International School Manila For ATTENDANCE concerns,

please contact the HS Office

(Sam Ramos or Laurie Atilano)
Tel: 840 8650 / 840 8653
or email HSOffice@ismanila.org

For GUIDANCE concerns, please

contact Gigi Azarcon and Jasmin
September 24, 2010 Andres Tel:840-8655 / 840-8660

Dear Parents 
 
Last week you did not hear from me as instead we posted the information on how to make your online 
bookings  for  the  upcoming  Parent  Teacher  Conferences.  These  will  be  held  on  Monday  and  Tuesday, 
October 18 and 19. The new system has proven to be very efficient and as of yesterday we had received 
conference requests from 339 parents with a total of 1,232 confirmed conferences. Thank you for your 
assistance with this new system. Please see Mr. Mike Dickinson’s note in this bulletin about how to make 
these  conferences  and  how  and  when  you  will  be  able  to  book  additional  conferences  from  the  initial 
limit of four. 
 
Last week we heard the roar of Bearcat Spirit around the corridors of the HS, as we witnessed the annual 
ISSBA organized Battle of the Bearcats or BOB as it is more commonly called. I am sure you have already 
heard  much  about  this  year’s  action.  According  to  the  HS  Student  Planner  the  purpose  of  BOB  is  to 
promote student involvement in activities and class spirit; and, of course, school spirit. I am very pleased 
to report that this year’s BOB was an outstanding success, with many reports that this was in fact the best 
ever!  We  were  very  proud  of  our  seniors  who  gave  the  freshmen  a  standing  ovation  for  their  first  up 
involvement in BOB.  
 
I would like to take this opportunity to wish our first season IASAS teams all the best for their respective 
tournaments.  A  special  thanks  to  all  our  first  season  coaches;  their  mission  is  to  develop  skills  and 
attitudes that make each and every student the best that they can possible be. Good luck Bearcats. Enjoy 
IASAS! 
 
This  is  a  timely  reminder  as  we  plan  for  our  second  season  of  athletics,  as  well  as  a  myriad  of  other 
activities, that in schools like ISM there are many rich opportunities. I encourage all students to pursue 
their  personal  interests  and  to  get  involved  in  co‐curricular  activities.  For  those  students  who  feel  that 
they have had extra work recently, I hope they will be able to enjoy this weekend, as our designated no 
homework weekend. 
 
Kind Regards 
 
 
 
William R. S. Brown 
High School Principal 

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 ISM High School Parent Teacher Conferences 2010

Dear Parents / Guardians,

I’d like to start by giving you all, as a group, a grade “A” and a huge “well done!” for your
demonstrated understanding, participation and patience regarding the new on-line scheduling of
your child’s conference this October 18th and 19th. Thank you to those who have been extremely
helpful and polite with your feedback regarding the system – we will take your suggestions onboard
for v2.0 in 2011.

You will have noticed that the system only allows you to make up to 4 PTC reservations at this time.
You will be able to make more reservations in about one week’s time. On Monday October 11th, we
will allow a further 4 conferences to be made by all families (assuming that there are still vacant
slots available). We started with this staggered approach in an attempt to avoid an initial stampede,
where all conferences we being taken by only half of our families.

Just to clarify, the system has been programmed in-house by the IT department here at school and is
not a PowerSchool plug-in or add-on. This may explain the tone of apprehension in my initial email
to you all. So far, more than 1200 conferences have been scheduled by over 350 parents. Again,
well done!

If you have misplaced the instructions for making reservations, then they are available either by
clicking on the “PTC Scheduler” link when you log on to PowerSchool, or by downloading last week’s
HS Friday Bulletin from the ismanila.org website.

If you have made a reservation that for whatever reason you find yourself unable to honor, please
either let us know so that we can cancel the reservation for you, or simply cancel it yourself on-line.
This will make these conferences available to other ISM families and will go a long way in ensuring
that all families have the opportunity to speak with teachers on those two days.

We are relying on your continued cooperation and, as always, appreciate your support.

Regards,

Mike Dickinson
High School Assistant Principal
International School Manila

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HS Calendar:  MESSAGE OF THANKS:
Monday, October 4:   
MAP Testing  Dear ISM Community Members,
IASAS 1st Season (Soccer@JIS,) (Volleyball & Cross 
Country @ ISB)  The International School of Islamabad (ISOI) sends its
sincere gratitude for your assistance in helping to raise
 
donations and awareness for the 14 million displaced
Tuesday, October 5:   
families in Pakistan. The USD 3000 in relief funds ISM
MAP Testing 
donated has allowed ISOI and their students to offer relief
IASAS 1st Season (Soccer@JIS,) (Volleyball & Cross  goods and survival packages to those directly affected in
Country @ ISB)  their greater community.
IB1 ‐ Math S/H IA begins 
  Please visit www.isoi.edu.pk and look for the Community
Wednesday, October 6:  tab followed by ISOI Flood Relief Appeal for a complete
Student Late Start  update on the flood relief efforts..
MAP Testing 
IASAS 1st Season (Soccer@JIS,) (Volleyball & Cross  We thank you for your continuous support and generosity to
Country @ ISB)  the IS Manila Disaster Relief Fund which enables ISM to
IB1 ‐ Math S/H IA begins  respond to calamities quickly.
 
Thursday, October 7:  Warm regards,
  Stephanie H. Hagedorn
Friday, October 8:  Director of Community Relations
International School Manila
 
 
Saturday, October 9: 
 
Saturday Service  
SAT (ES Gym, Little Theater, AMR, 1057) 7:30am  
 
Upcoming Events: 
October 12:  HS Parent Coffee (Little Theater) 
October 16:  PSAT 8am‐1pm (HS Gym) 
October 18‐19: Parent Teacher Conferences 
October 21: HS Sports Awards Dinner 
October 22:  Filipiniana 
October  25 – November 2:  SCHOOL HOLIDAY 
 
 
 

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FROM THE GUIDANCE OFFICE:

PSAT REGISTRATION:

Please consider registering for the PSAT that will

be held at ISM on Saturday October 16. This test
is only offered once a year! We STRONGLY
recommend that all sophomores and juniors take
this exam as a way to begin preparation for the
SAT.

Registering for the PSAT is simple—go to the

cashier’s office and pay USD 18. Be sure to pick
up the PSAT review booklet along with your
receipt. The registration deadline is Friday
October 8!

If you want more information about the PSAT,

then come see your counselor and/or go to the
blog post with the presentation from the
September 8 assembly: http://guidance.ism-
online.org/2010/09/08/gr-10-assembly-on-
psatfamily-connection/

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FROM PTA OFFICE:
**TRAVEL EXPO**
For the ISM Community
Sponsored by the ISM PTA

Tuesday, October 12, 2010

7:30 am – 9:00 am, Little Theatre
For our October PTA General Assembly Meeting, parents, teachers, and staff in the ISM
Community are all invited to attend our Travel Expo!
The following travel-related sponsors will be on campus with valuable information and special offers:
 Marsman Travel, our resident travel agency, will be there to introduce their latest travel packages and offers!
 KLM- Royal Dutch Airlines will be present special fares and programs to help you decide where to go this coming
semester break, Christmas break and Easter holidays.
 Representatives from twelve (12) different beautiful tourist resorts in the Philippines will be present to promote
special packages for ISM community members!
Please come and join us and get your travel plans organized!
for more information, please contact pta@ismanila.org
 
 
FROM THE ATAC OFFICE:
ISTA FESTIVAL:

ISM is excited to be hosting this year’s ISTA Middle School Theatre Festival! The International Schools Theatre
Association (ISTA) facilitates two MS festivals each year in Asia, which provide an amazing opportunity for
international students from around the world to engage in new theatrical experiences and to develop skills that will
deepen their passion for performance. As a school, ISM has been a proud supporter and participator of ISTA, and we
now have the opportunity to give the participants an experience they will never forget! We will be hosting the first ever
Musical Theatre ISTA festival, and we are very excited about welcoming other international students to the Philippines
and to our wonderful school.

The ISM ISTA Festival will take place November 19-21 (Friday to Sunday), and will involve as many as 100 students
from other countries, as well as our own ISM participants. As with any event, the whole ISM community has the
opportunity to get involved in this Middle School event. The most significant way for the ISM community to get
involved is to provide housing for the visiting students. If you are able to host some students, you may contact the
ATAC Office and/or the Fine Arts Office at badiangoj@ismanila.org and/or talense@ismanila.org . Most guests will
arrive on November 18th and will depart on either November 21st or 22nd. If you would like to help out with
organization or facilitation during the ISTA Festival, you may also contact Vicki Close in the Fine Arts Office
(closev@ismanila.org) for more details on how you can help.

More information about ISTA can be found at http://www.ista.co.uk/

We look forward to this fantastic event, and this excellent opportunity for ISM to “show Manila proud”!

Vicki Close John Mulhall Mark Pekin

Performing Arts Director MS Drama Faculty ATAC Director
 

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  st BEARCAT DEN:
  IASAS 1  Season Championships: 
For  everyone  that  wishes  to  keep  in  touch  with  how  the 
Regular Opening Hours for the Bearcat Den:
Bearcats  teams  are  going  at  IASAS  the  best  way  is  via  the  Mon, Wed and Fridays from 11:30am – 1:00pm and 2:30pm
www.iasas.asia website. Game scores and live streaming of  – 4:00pm. Please note after the October Break the den will
events will be available.  be opening on Tuesday and Thursday afternoons as well
from 2:30-4pm.
To all our IASAS athletes/coaches we hope you have a great  Thanks to all our great volunteers. If you would like to join
IASAS experience.  the Bearcat Den team of volunteers and contribute to
The 1st Season Awards dinner is Thursday Oct 21st at the HS  school life with a fun group of people please drop by the
Gym and celebrates the first season efforts of all HS teams  den to find out more or email Chantal Wanten
fam.wanten@hotmail.com to have your name put on the
for Volleyball/Cross Country and Football.  den roster.

Dri-Fit Polo - ladies 300

ATAC ES/MS SOCCER ANNOUNCEMENTS:  Dri-Fit Polo – men 300
RIFA (7 a side) SOCCER FESTIVALS:  Jogging Pants - men's/green 450
Teams involved:  Shorts - Mesh - ISM 250
  Shorts - Paw Print - black or green 200
ES Midgets C2 (Coach Chris)      ES Midgets E1 (Coach Popoy)   Shorts - Spandex - black, ladies' 300
Shorts - Spandex - black, mens' 350
ES Midgets G (Coach Besa)        ES Midgets E2 (Coach Mike)  Tarpaulin Envelope Bag 150
MS Midgets C1 (Coach Eric)      MS Girls 3 teams: (Coach’s Kleng,  Tarpaulin Messenger Bag 600
Chris, Rudy)  Tarpaulin Shopping Tote Bag 300
 
RIFA Festivals   OTHER MERCHANDISE AVAILABLE:
Remaining Dates/Venues ‐ Boys: 
ISM HOODIES 1,100
 Sat Oct 9th @ Ateneo (Katipunan Ave) 7:30am – Noon  ISM GYM BAGS:
Girls RIFA Remaining Festival Dates/Venues:  - NEW DESIGN, Large Size: 1,300
 Sat Oct 9th @ Ateneo (Katipunan Ave) 12:30pm‐5pm  - NEW DESIGN, Small Size: 1,100
  - OLD DESIGN, Large Size only (small size is sold out): 950
MIDGETS B FESTIVAL DATES:  NEW merchandise COMING SOON (clappers, pencil cases,
Midgets B teams with Coach Rudy and Coach Jay will play  water bottles)
tomorrow 
 Oct 2nd at Alabang Country Club from 8:30am – 4pm. Permission 
slips have been sent home with players.  
 

GAME SCHEDULE INFORMATION: http://ismanila.org/_Rainbow/Documents/1st_season_game_schedule03.pdf

Information about all mid week/weekend fixtures for ISM teams can be found by going to the GAME SCHEDULE tab
on the ATAC page of the ISM website. You can also access this information via the ES/MS/HS divisional web pages.
Please note the game schedule does change often due to involvement with many local schools so please check the
page regularly to find out the latest information of where and when the Bearcats teams are playing.

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