International School Manila
ES PARENT BULLETIN
Volume 18
IMPORTANT DATES TO REMEMBER
APR
ES Book Week
27 - 30
PTA Used Book Fair, Children’s Media Center
MAY
1 Labor Day Holiday - No School
5 AFAC Concert @ 1pm, Fine Arts Theatre
Middle School Parent Evening @ 5-6.30pm,
Little Theatre
6 acting talents!
Information regarding the changes to grades 5
and 6
9 K-12 Dance Recital @ 3pm, Fine Arts Theatre
13 - 15 Grade 5 Camp Caliraya Field Trip
Children’s Musical Theatre performance @
29 1pm for students, Little Theatre.
evening show @ 6pm, Little Theatre
JUNE
Grade 4 Moving-On Ceremony @ 8-9am, Fine
Arts Theatre
Grade 5 Moving-On Ceremony @ 10-11am,
4 population and we feel it gives us the opportunity to balance
Fine Arts Theatre
Early Student Release @ 12 noon
End of 2nd Semester
From the ES Administration
Dear Elementary School Parents,
First of all I would like to update you on a staffing change
that took place last week. Mary Cunning, our CMC librar-
ian, will no longer be with us for personal reasons, and for
the remainder of this school year the CMC will be under
the direction of David Birchenall, our Director of Library
Services, with the support of Jo Cayabyab, our CMC In-
structional Assistant. Joining the CMC next school year as
our Librarian is Rebecca Pierce, one of our current grade
four teachers.
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Next week we have a lot going on in the Elementary
School. Our CMC Book Week will be taking place to pro-
vide our students opportunities to learn more about how
books are created by meeting with different authors and
taking part in storytelling sessions. Classes will each be as-
signed to different times throughout the week. Our Chil-
dren’s Musical Theater directed by Linell will be presenting
“The Nightingale” performed by students in grades four and
five. They will be on stage in the Fine Arts Theatre for a
student performance on Wednesday April 29 at 1:00 p.m.,
followed by an evening performance at 6:00 p.m. We look
forward to watching our students sharing their singing and
It is at this time of the year that we start to receive a lot of
questions about classes for the next school year. In Elemen-
tary School next year, we will be adding an additional class of
grade 2 and grade 5 will become a part of Middle
School. Therefore we will have the following classes:
Pre School 4 classes
ECLC 5 classes
Grade 1 – 4 6 classes each
Aside from the students going into their second year of Pre
School, where we maintain the group and teachers as much
as possible, mixing of classes is something that happens at
every grade level. We have a relatively transient student
the classes for the start of the new year. It also helps the
children expand their circle of friends and helps them to
adapt to change.
The sectioning process is very involved, one in which all the
teachers spend considerable time on and give a lot of
thought and consideration. The aim of the process is to cre-
ate balanced groups in terms of gender, language proficiency,
academic needs, emotional and social dynamics and a mix of
ethnicities. Students receiving Learning Support and ESL are
also distributed evenly across the classes. As much as possi-
ble, we also try to place each child with at least one other
person he/she works well with.
The teachers of the grade are responsible for establishing
the classes their students are moving to. For example,
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From the PE Department

Thank you to all those parents know that exercise also provides
who have sent in photos of chil- opportunities for fun and to be with
dren being active. They are now friends.
on display outside the Little It is terrific to see so many children
Theatre. A recent article pub- wearing hats to PE lessons sched-
lished in the School Health Alert uled on the ES Field.
Newsletter from Nashville Ten- As of April 27th Coach Pekin’s
nessee discusses a study that classes will be in the gymnastics
concluded that aerobic fitness area, Coach Bill’s classes will be
has a significant relationship to swimming, Coach Noli will be on the
cognitive function as measured Covered Court and Coach Perry’s
by academic performance. Rec- classes will be in the ES Gym.
ommended activity guidelines for
elementary aged children is a minimum of one hour per
day. Good for your body and your brain it seems! Con-
Amanda Pekin
gratulations to all our 5th grade athletes that participated in ES Physical Education
the final Amazing PE Race for the year today! It is good to pekina@ismanila.org

From the Admission Office From the Uniform Shop

Dear ISM Parents,

Greetings from the Admission Office! The Re-Enrollment Re- Hate to wait and be in a
quirements for School Year 2009-10 will be available for pick- long line?!?
up in the Admission Office starting next week. All of the generic
re-enrollment forms are ALSO available on the website if you wish Purchase your uniforms in advance for
to download and print the forms from there. The forms can be School Year 2009-2010…
found under Admission and then under the Re-Enrollment & Just visit the ISM Uniform Shop at
Withdrawal tab. Room P069 (beside the Security Office)
every Tuesdays and Thursdays from
The complete Re-Enrollment Packet will include the… 7:00a.m. to 4:00p.m.
1. Re-Enrollment Clearance Form for SY2009-10 (2-pages) for See you there!!!
each child in the family.
2. Health Clinic Clearance Procedure (1-page) letter
3. Health Clinic Updating Form (2-pages) for each child in the
family
4. Tuberculosis Screening Form (2-pages) for students entering Grades 1, 5, or 9
5. Parent and School Shared Agreements (4-pages) form for each child in the family
6. OPTIONAL Board Proxy Form (1-page) for each family
7. OPTIONAL PTA Directory Form (1-page) for each family

URGENT…if you know that your child(ren) will not be returning to ISM for the 2009-10 school year, please in-
form the Admission Office as soon as possible if you have not already done so. We currently have very few fami-
lies indicating that they will not be returning and consequently there are an ever growing number of applicants in
a WAITPOOL for possible openings. This is causing great distress and anxiety in those families (and in the Ad-
mission Office). If you are sure that your child will be leaving ISM, please submit a Withdrawal Notification
Form or contact and verify with the Admission Office (840-8488) that he/she is listed as not returning for SY2009-
10. The Withdrawal Notification Form can be obtained from the Admission Office or from the ISM website un-
der the Admission tab and then click on Re-Enrollment & Withdrawal. This will be a great help for our planning
and to the many families waiting to be admitted to the school. Thank you.

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From the Art Department

Dear Parents,
Just a reminder that we, in the Art
Department, are still in recycling
mode. We particularly require news-
papers at the moment and lots of it. We
are also currently in need of ribbons, string, bot-
tle caps and tops, old tools and toys (even if it does not
work), gift wrap, greeting cards, magazines, hardware
(broken is fine), transparent plastic wrap etc . Frankly,
there is not much we can’t find a use for. However
please do not send juice or milk containers as they at-
tract cockroaches even when washed.
Thanks so much,
Olivia Jones
ES Art

From the CMC

The CMC celebrates the world of books and storytelling during our

More Than A Book Week!

From Monday 27th April to Thursday 30th April, the CMC will celebrate the world
of books and stories by hosting several exciting events which will showcase local
authors, illustrators, storytellers and performing artists. We’ll be welcoming back
some of the guests from last year’s book week as well as introducing some new
ones, including:
Alitaptap Storytelling Group
Anino Shadow Puppet Theatre
Ms. Carla Pacis, Author
Mr. Elbert Or, Illustrator
Ms. Gidget Jimenez, Author
Ms. Melody Remorca, Storyteller
Ms. Neni Sta. Romana Cruz, Author
Mr. Robert Magnuson, Author and Illustrator

The schedule, including the location of each event, is posted on the bulletin board outside the ES Office. Par-
ents are welcome to attend any of the events during the week and join in the celebration with us.

We hope that you and your children will enjoy More Than a Book Week and be inspired to explore all the dif-
ferent ways that stories can be told. Congratulations to Candice Hodges, a student librarian from Grade 5
who wins a book voucher from Fully Booked for suggesting the name of our event.

See you next week!

CMC Staff
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From the ATAC Office

Place Age
Name Gender Age Group Time Place Overall
Group/Gender
Ray Oo M 13+14 14:37.0 1 1
MS/HS/ADULT LONG COURSE - 8:00AM Justin van Klaveren M 13+14 15:24.0 2 2
Gabriel Anaya M 15+18 16:36.0 3 1
Angie Oo F 15+18 16:45.0 4 1
Tyler Sy M 13+14 16:49.0 5 3
Noa Sison M 13+14 17:06.0 6 4
Lars Cohen M 13+14 17:57.0 7 5
Drew Caudill M 15+18 18:14.0 8 2
Masanori Kurisu M adult 18:47.0 9 1
Alex Wordling F 15+18 18:53.0 10 2
Eve Caudill F 11+12 18:55.0 11 1
Andrew Jeffries M adult 20:28.0 12 2
Yoatzin Anaya M 13+14 20:34.0 13 6
Gabriel Anaya M adult 23:34.0 14 3
Meg Caudill F adult 23:39.0 15 1
Julie Gooden F adult 24:32.0 16 2
Tim Klepp M adult 24:32.0 17 4
Jung Ho Kim M 13+14 09:17.0 1 1
MS/HS/ADULT SHORT

Tatsuro Irie M 15+18 09:28.0 2 2

COURSE - 8:30AM

Tim Thomson M 13+14 10:19.0 3 3

Kara Maeda F 13+14 10:28.0 4 1
Conrad Lee M 13+14 10:44.0 5 4
Ca Yi Yoon F 13+14 10:46.0 6 2
Ethan Que M 13+14 10:56.0 7 5
Osamu Irie M Adult 12:58.0 8 1
Michael Liu M 13-14 16:45.0 9 6
Tzoalli Anaya F 13+14 18:05.0 10 3
Sidney Miralao F 9+10 07:30.0 1 1
Georgina Pekin F 9+10 08:00.0 2 2
Alexander Woodruff M 9+10 08:06.0 3 1
ES GRADES 3-5 - 8:45AM

Cayli Chia F 9+10 08:26.0 4 3

Panarin Sungkboon M 9+10 08:34.0 5 2
Claire Wordling F 9+10 08:50.0 6 4
Victoria Burgos F 9+10 08:58.0 7 5
Aleny Serna F 9+10 09:15.0 8 6
Martin Narciso M 9+10 10:02.0 9 3
Kaya Newton M 9+10 10:11.0 10 4
Julia Woodruff F 9+10 10:28.0 11 7
Pawarin Sungkboon F 9+10 10:37.0 12 8
Bryan Tan M 9+10 12:30.0 13 5
Adrian Li M 9+10 12:30.0 14 5
Yuma Sato M U8 04:14.0 1 1
Gabriela Miralao F U8 04:16.0 2 1
ES GRADES 1-2 -

Charlotte Feeiki F U8 04:35.0 3 2

9:15AM

Imaya Jeffries F U8 04:36.0 4 3

Aleah Gooden F U8 04:38.0 5 4
Awe McCallum F u8 04:39.0 6 5
Daniel Klepp M U8 04:39.0 7 2
Seiryo Saki M U8 04:40.0 8 3
Kaichi Kurisu M U8 05:08.0 9 4

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International School Manila

SUMMER SPORTS CAMP
Badminton, Basketball and Soccer Camps will start on
June 8 to 26, 2008. These camps are open to ALL ES/MS/HS ISM students only.

A3 Basketball Camp will be run by PBA coaches and National Team

Players

Asuncion Badminton Camp training will be conducted by the country’s top

shuttlers Kennie and Kennevic Asuncion.

ISM Soccer Camp will be made possible by our very own ISM soccer
coaches.

Camp details are as follows:

Date: June 8 to 26, 2009
Cost: Php 4,000.00
GRADE SPORT DAYS TIME VENUE
ES/MS/HS Basketball T-TH 10:30am – 12:30nn MS/HS Gym
FRI 1:00pm – 3:00pm
ES/MS/HS Badminton M-W-F 10:30am to 12:00nn MS Gym
ES/MS Soccer M-W-F 8:00am to 10:00am HS Field

If you are interested in joining one or more of the camps please fill up form below and return to ATAC on
or before May 13, 2009.
As soon as we have reached the minimum amount of participants to run the program,
a formal permission slip will be sent to you through your child.
Limited slots available…… This is of first come first serve basis.

Sincerely,

Mark Pekin, Athletic and Activities Director

Reservation Slip
Date: __________________________

Please reserve a slot for my child for this years 2009 Summer Mini Sports Camp
(Please check sport/s below)
Basketball Soccer Badminton
(Gr. 1 & Above) (Gr. 1 & Above) (Gr. 3 & Above)

Name of student Grade Parents Name and Signature

________________________ _______ _________________________

As soon as we have reached the minimum amount of participants to run the program, a formal
permission slip will be sent to you through your child.

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CONGRATULATIONS! From the Treasury Office

ISM JUDO BEARCATS
Dear Parents:
2009 ISM JUDO INVITATIONAL
Please note a change (in bold below) in the payment of the
GOLD $1,000 deposit for company sponsored Students under Re-
NAME CATEGORY enrollment Clearance Form for SY09-10 for STEP2 – De-
posit Payment:
Kwee, Brian +84kg.
Sapinoso, Joshua +66kg. Step 2: DEPOSIT PAYMENT. To guarantee a place for the
Hosoda, Rikuto Kids Category coming school year, the Cashier must receive $1,000 or its
Roberts, Grace Kids Category equivalent payment, on or before May 15, 2009. This de-
Torres, Jerrick Kids Category posit will be applied to the tuition for the first semester.
Except for US Embassy & ADB (Cashier’s signature still
SILVER required), parents and other companies with sponsored
NAME CATEGORY students are directly responsible for the payment. If the
Fajardo, Ty Boy Kids Category student subsequently withdraws, the enrollment deposit
Lamont, Hugh Kids Category will be refunded via a graduated refund guideline
Stevens, Grace Rose Kids Category (available at the Cashier’s Office for review). No refund is
Torres, Donnell Kids Category available within two weeks prior to the opening day of
school.
BRONZE
NAME CATEGORY
Abe, Honami Kids Category From the ES Administration
Caro, Amado -55 Category
Lee, Sangnon Kids Category (Continued from page 1)
Tanaka, Brannon Kids Category Grade 3 teachers will organize the Grade 4 classes for
Tumiwa, Maya Kids Category next year. Once the grade level has made their final draft,
the lists are then reviewed by myself, Counselors, Learning
Support and ESL program leaders. At the end of the
school year, you will receive a section card informing you
of your child’s teacher for the next school year.

It is not uncommon to receive special requests from par-

ents. In order to minimize inequalities among sections, we
do not accept special requests from parents for placement
with a particular student, classmate or teacher. To do so
we would have to honor 770 preferences and this would
be impossible to do.

Thank you to those of you who have returned your re-

enrolment forms for next school year. We have a number
of families who have not notified us of their enrolment
intentions at this time. We would like to encourage you
to do so as soon as possible. We have a number of our
grades and programs that currently have waiting lists for
next school year.

Have a great weekend,

Yours in Education,

Simon Gillespie
Elementary School Principal

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From the Operations & Security Department

A MESSAGE FROM
THE OPERATIONS AND SECURITY DEPARTMENT

I. IDs for the New School Year

Parent IDs ANNOUNCEMENT!

Current parent IDs will continue to be valid for the new LOST AND FOUND VIEWING
school year 2009-2010.

Parents who require replacement school IDs due to loss EVERYDAY

or damage can acquire these from the Security Office upon pay- Monday to Friday
ment of Php100.00 to the Cashier. May 18
18--22, 2009
7:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Student IDs
FAT changing room 1118
All students will be issued with new ID cards at the begin-
ning of the new school year. To facilitate this they should visit the Items uncollected after this
security office before the end of the current school year for the time will be disposed of in
taking of their photograph. support of our Service
Learning Program.
School Passes

School passes issued to parent’s employees and representatives need to be replaced for next school
year. As of August 31, 2009 the blue 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, 2009.

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 Cashier’s Office.

2, Car Stickers for the New School Year

The car stickers for school year 2009/2010 will be available from the security office beginning July 1,
2009.

For vehicles already displaying an existing sticker, parents should submit a completed renewal form with
a copy of a current LTO official receipt. For new vehicles, parents are reminded that a copy of the vehicle’s cer-
tificate of registration and a current official receipt need to be submitted with the application. Applications for ve-
hicles registered with companies or other institutions should be supported by a letter of assignment.

Each ISM family will be issued one vehicle sticker free of charge. Any additional stickers will be issued
following payment of P100 to the cashier’s 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.

M I KE FLYNN
Director of Operations
and Security