International School Manila

ES PARENT BULLETIN
04 June 2016

Volume 19

IMPORTANT DATES TO REMEMBER

JUNE
08

Student Late Start 8:30AM

Report Cards in PowerSchool

09

Gr.4 Moving On Ceremony, 8:00 AM, FAT

Early Student Release, 12:00 PM
LAST DAY OF SCHOOL

From the ES Administration

Step-Up Day
Next Tuesday 7th June, we will be holding a step-up
session for our students, whereby they will move to their
next Grade level for a one hour session. The purpose of
this is to acclimatize students with the new location of
their grade and to support the transition process, mainly
through allying any fears or apprehension some students
may have. This is a social and interactive session, such
that students leave, looking forward to their next school
year and excited about their new grade level. Students are
also made aware that the teacher they move to is not
necessarily their class teacher for the following year!

Reports
Your childs Semester 2 report for 2016/17 will be available from Powerschool from 7 30 am on Thursday 9th
June. Please note if you would like a hard copy generated, please contact the ES office and this will be
available for pick-up on the same day.
Thank you
As we come to the end of another school year, a heartfelt thank you to our entire community for your support
throughout the year. Your childrens education is a partnership and can never be achieved in isolation. The
more discourse we share, pedagogy we unravel together and conversations we have, the better we are able to
meet the needs of your child. Thank you.
Farewells
It is a time as well when we are farewelling some great friends and educators as they move on to new
countries and new adventures: Jenni Laing (Preschool), Graham Laing (Gr.1), Anne Courso (Gr.1), Michael
Riley (Gr.1), Christine Yamanaka (Gr.3), Martina O'Connor (Art), Lauren Erickson (LSP), Eugene Comer
(Guidance), Mitzi Bautista (Gr.1 TA), Leah Calamiong (Kinder TA), Alyanna Reyes (Preschool TA), Em Destura
(ESL TA), Jeng Paulson (Preschool TA) and Fi Santos (Reading TA).
Staying at ISM but moving on to Middle School and High School respectively, we have Kris Hamaguchi (Grade
4), Liz Godfrey (Art).
It is also time to acknowledge all the hard work and dedication of Michael (Rourke), who has left a
fundamental and lasting impression on our program and pedagogy at ISM. Michael has continued to challenge
us all to be better inquirers and we wish him the very best on his new and exciting adventure in Australia.
And last but certainly not least, a special goodbye to all those families who are moving onto new adventures
and places. Hopefully ISM will remain long in heart.

Adam Campbell
Elementary Principal

Michael Rourke

Elementary Assistant Principal

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From the Treasury Ofce

IMPORTANT - PLEASE READ: YEAR END CLEARANCE REMINDERS - CASHIERS OFFICE:
NOTE 1 : Student charges will be FINAL on June 07,2016 . Kindly view the ISM Web Online and settle the
remaining outstanding balance(s) in time for year end clearance SY2015-2016.
NOTE 2 : In anticipation of the year-end clearance for SY2015-2016, please note that only students with fully
paid SY2015-2016 fees will have their clearance forms signed by the cashier and will then have access to
school documents such as report cards and transcripts.
Likewise, for next school years incoming Pre-School 4 to Grade 4 old students, section cards will be
released by the Accounting Office on June 9, 2016 and thereafter only if current school year (2015-2016) fees
are fully settled.
NOTE 3 :Please be informed that for the purpose of clearing the accounts of students for SY15-16,
Only CASH payment will be accepted by ISM cashiers both for dollar and peso payments after the cut off
dates below:
Peso checks will no longer be accepted starting on May 23, 2016 (Monday) while US$ checks will no longer
be accepted starting on April 25, 2016 (Monday). This is to allow enough time for the check to get cleared
by the bank in time for the student clearance in June. Please also note that US dollar coins are not
accepted by the cashier, however, the same can be converted to its peso equivalent to settle the
remaining fees.

From the Admissions and Advancement Ofce

Dear Parents:
Please be informed that PowerSchool is now temporarily closed and will not open until SY16-17.
If you did not re-enroll your child/ren, please contact Admissions immediately to inform of your
intentions to Re-enroll or Withdraw.
Access to Report Cards will be available through the Parent Portal starting June 09 for ES and
June 15 for MS and HS, after you have settled any end of the year charges your child/ren may
have incurred for SY15-16.
Thank you.

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balance. In case the account does not have enough

balance, ES students will be allowed up to P500
credit only, parents must load cards immediately.

Campus Card Corner

CAMPUSCARDINTHEFor more information about the campus card system,

please click here:
ESCANTEENUPDATE
http://www.ismanila.org/page.cfm?p=948
Whats New?
The Elementary School Canteen joins the
implementation of the full debit system beginning
SY16-17.

Reminder: ES Students are not permitted to purchase

food items in the MS/HS Canteen during their lunch
break.

How does it work?

The students campus cards (ID with a smart chip)
will remain in the homeroom. If there are special
classes (Art, Music and P.E.) before the lunch
break, the campus cards should be worn before
the student proceeds to the special class as they
will not return to their homeroom.
During lunch, students can purchase food at the
ES Canteen using their campus cards. Sodexo and
The Yogi Chef (international vegetarian cuisine)
will provide a well-balanced and kid-friendly
menu in the ES Canteen.
Upon leaving the canteen, ES students will leave
their campus cards in the designated box assigned
to their homeroom and the campus cards will be
distributed back to the homeroom so they will be
available the following day.
If a student misplaces/losses the campus card,
the concessionaire can access the students name
without the card so the student will have access
to food that day. If the card is lost, it must be
replaced immediately through the Security Office.

Needtotopup?ISMgoescashless
inSY1617!
Starting SY2016-2017 ISM will implement a full debit
system in the MS/HS Canteen. The debit system
provides customers with a cashless payment system
once the customer's ID has been loaded with funds.
Parents and Students are encouraged to start
using the debit system if they aren't already doing
so.
Click here for details.

LostCampusCard

Whether you are on a family or individual account,

you can still set a spend limit per day at the
Cafeteria, Copy & Print, and Bearcat Den
Heres how:

How to use the campus card?

Parents must load the family or individual account
(online, at the kiosk or at the Cashiers Office) to ensure
that the student can use the card to purchase food in
the ES Canteen.

Log in to your account

Go to E-Account
Set Spend Limit
Click Save when done.

With the debit system, parents are able to:

Set spend limit per day and/or per student.
Restrict card usage on (a) particular day/s.
View card activity to view what student purchased
on a particular date and time.
Set low balance notification to make sure the
family or individual account has enough fund

For more information, visit:

http://campusonline.ismanila.org
For questions/concerns, email:
campuscard@ismanila.org

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A Message from the Operations and Security Department

I. IDs for the New School Year
Parent IDs
The previously issued black and white parent IDs will continue to be valid for the new school year. Standard parent cards are
issued free of charge. Parents may, however, elect to apply for a smartcard ID which will be usable with the cashless payment
system introduced into the school for SY 2013-14. There will be a fee of P250.00 for a smartcard.
Applications for parent IDs can be processed through the Security Office.
Student IDs
All students will be issued with new ID cards at the beginning of the new school year. The cards will be compatible with the
cashless payment system. There will be no need for returning students to visit the Security Office as we will be utilizing the
photographs taken for the yearbooks.
School Passes
School passes issued to parents employees and representatives need to be replaced for next school year. As of August 31, 2016
(Wednesday) the brown bordered passes will be invalid.
The security office is now accepting applications for new school passes, however the cards will not be available for collection
before July 1, 2016. These passes will not be compatible with the cashless payment system.
Each family will be given two free school passes. Additional school passes may be obtained after paying a processing fee of
Php100.00 each to the Cashiers Office.
2. Car Stickers for the New School Year
The car stickers for school year 2016/2017 will be available from the security office beginning July 1, 2016.
To obtain a new vehicle sticker please submit a completed vehicle sticker form.
companies or other institutions should be supported by a letter of assignment.

Applications for vehicles registered with

Each ISM family will be issued one vehicle sticker free of charge. Any additional stickers will be issued following payment of P100
to the cashiers office.
I would like to thank all members of the ISM community for their cooperation across this school year in helping us maintain
ISM as a safe and secure environment for our children.

Mike Flynn

Director of Operations and Security

ANNOUNCEMENT!
LOST AND FOUND VIEWING
EVERY SCHOOL DAY
May 23rd to June 9th, 2016
From 7:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Fine Arts Theater
Changing Room 1123
Items uncollected after this time will be disposed of
in support of our Service Learning Program.
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Elementary School Parent Bulletin

Aug 8,9,10 S1 MS Tryouts (Volleyball/Soccer/Cross

Country)

From the ATAC Ofce

Aug 8,9,10 Tryouts/Registration for ES Rifa League Soccer

Gr1-4.

Best wishes Bearcat students and families for a safe and

enjoyable summer vacation. It has been another great year at
ISM for sports and we look forward to welcoming back our
returning and new Bearcats in August. See below dates for
tryouts in the new SY for our season one teams and for our all
year round teams in August. Be safe, take care and stay fit
Bearcats ready for SY 16-17!

Aug 8, 10, 12- Tryouts/Registration for ATAC All Year

teams( Sailfish swim squads, Gymnastics, Wall Climbing,
Table Tennis, Chess, Akido, Judo, TaeKwonDo
For our Sailfish swim team program and tryouts information
for next SY please check the Sailfish blog for
information. http://sailfish.ism-online.org/

ISM hosts IASAS Basketball, Golf and Badminton next Feb and
April which will be fantastic events to host for our school. We
look forward to welcoming all the IASAS athletes for these
events.

Please note the practice times for ATAC programs for SY 16-17
are as follows: ATAC all year round teams- 3:15-4:30. See
schedule for our All year round teams program at ATAC blog
schedules page.

IASAS SCHEDULE FOR SY 16-17

During the summer and in the new school year parents and
students please take some time to peruse the ATAC blog it has
a wide variety of information and links to our sports and
activities program. If you have any questions regarding the
competitive program of sports at ISM after reading the
information on the blog please send an email
to pekinm@ismanila.org and I will endeavor to assist you as
best I can.

S1 IASAS Oct 20-22 Soccer at Jakarta/Volleyball&XC at

Taipei
S2 IASAS Feb 2-4 Basketball at ISM/Tennis at Bangkok/
Swimming at Kuala Lumpur/Rugby & Touch at Jakarta
IASAS Cultural Convention Mar 2-4 Art,Danc,Drama
at Kuala Lumpur/Music at Jakarta/Debate&Forensics at
Bangkok

The ATAC game schedule pdf which is updated regularly by

Triz Gonzalez (ATAC Athletics Coordinator) gives the most up
to date information on where/when and who our Bearcat
teams will be playing throughout the school year. Access to
the game schedule is now via the ISM parent portal not via
power school as in the past. A navigation guide is available
here. ATAC Game Schedule Users Guide.

S3 IASAS Apr 6-8 Golf and Badminton at ISM/

Baseball&Softball at Singapore/Track at BangkokS1
IASAS Oct 20-22 Soccer at Jakarta/Volleyball&XC at
Taipei
S2 IASAS Feb 2-4 Basketball at ISM/Tennis at Bangkok/
Swimming at Kuala Lumpur/Rugby & Touch at Jakarta
IASAS Cultural Convention Mar 2-4 Art,Danc,Drama
at Kuala Lumpur/Music at Jakarta/Debate&Forensics at
Bangkok

Access the parent portal via this link, log in with your user
name/password and then look for the ATAC Game Schedule
tab under the left side quick links. Don't forget to refresh the
pdf page each time it opens so you access the most current
schedule. Please note this schedule does change often and at
short notice due to involvement with many local schools and
organizations.

S3 IASAS Apr 6-8 Golf and Badminton at ISM/

Baseball&Softball at Singapore/Track at Bangkok
ISM summer camps registration is now closed. Summer
camps are offered the first 3 weeks of the summer vacation.
Please note due to the large amount of facility construction
planned for this summer camps will only be offered in the
mornings and all sessions will end by 12 noon or before.

Check it regularly for the most up to date information. For

security purposes....access to the ATAC game schedule pdf
must be linked via the secure parent portal and details should
not be shared with non ISM community members.

UPCOMING EVENTS

Bearcat Den- drop by our fantastic spirit store for year end
sale items. Get some Bearcat gifts for friends and family.
Bearcat Den hours of operation- 7am-4pm Mon-Fri.

June 3 Last day of AFAC and ATAC training

June 7 Gr8-11 Girls Basketball Clinic with Kelly
Hardemen 3:15pm MS gym

Regards,

Aug 4,5,8,9 S1 HS Tryouts (Volleyball/Soccer/Cross

Country)

Mark Pekin
Director of Athletics/Activities

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BeyondtheBookClub
Beyond the Book Club is a summer enrichment
program. We oer a holis c and mul sensory approach
tothestandardbookclubformat.
Each session will begin with a readaloud of a story
chosen from a carefully curated library of awardwinning
childrens literature. Following the readaloud, students
willbeprovidedwithengagingthema cac vi esthatare
centeredonthebookfortheday.
This book club seeks to foster a love for reading, as
well as support the development of emerging literacy
skills.Sessionswillalsoincludeartsandcra s,coopera ve
games, sensory play, and science inves ga ons. It also
aims to provide a venue for the child to build friendships
whileengagedinenrichingac vi esandlearningthrough
meaningfulplay.

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For more informaon, you may

contact us at 0917.7928192.