International School Manila For ATTENDANCE concerns,

please contact the HS Office

(Sam Ramos or Laurie Atilano)
Tel: 840 8650 / 840 8653

HS FRIDAY BULLETIN
or email HSOffice@ismanila.org

For GUIDANCE concerns, please

contact Gigi Azarcon and Jasmin
December 4, 2009 Andres Tel:840-8655 / 840-8660

Dear Parents,

This will be the last Friday Bulletin for this semester as next week we will be returning from our ICARE
expeditions and the following week we will be on a well deserved holiday!

I would like to take this opportunity to wish you all a very restful, safe and relaxing holiday. I also
want to thank you for what has been an amazing semester. I have written in the past about successful
schools being all about community. We truly have a vibrant and energetic community and that has
been evident many times this semester.

Next week Tuesday through Friday is our annual ICARE experience. Time and again this experience is
recounted by our alums as one of their greatest memories. Of particular note this year has been the
way that we actually developed ICARE sites working in local schools, organized by former ISM students
through the Renovate to Educate or RED foundation. One of the strengths of ISM is our commitment to
service learning. This is not because we believe we can solve all of this country’s issues in one week,
but more because when we do engage in these types of activities our ISM students gain so much in
terms of our ISM core beliefs. Our CORE BELIEFS strive to:
• Advance the value of learning, growth and self-awareness as life-long endeavors.
• Nurture creativity and originality as precursors for critical and reflective thought and
action.
• Succeed collectively as well as individually, achieving our personal best in all aspects of
school life.
• Maintain a healthy balance in the time devoted to work, rest and recreation.
• Involve our community in sustaining and safeguarding our environment.
• Interact through honest, respectful and open communication.
• Acknowledge and celebrate our differences and encourage empathy, compassion,
understanding and respect for human dignity.
• Live our lives positively, joyfully and ethically.

In the last week of school we will run the MS schedule on Tuesday, December 15 and then finish the
semester on Wednesday December 16 with a half day schedule with the release of all students at 12:00
noon after a full school assembly.

Again I wish you all a fantastic holiday.

Kind regards,

William R. S Brown Michael Dickinson

High School Principal High School Assistant Principal

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From the HS Office: From the Guidance Office:

Monday, Dec 7 Friday, 08 January 2010

IB2 TOK Essays DUE Bentley University Talk/Presentation by Abel Jose (ISM
Class 2007)
Tuesday, Dec 8 11:30 am - 12:00 nn, Room 1057
ICARE
Friday, 15 January 2010
Wednesday, Dec 9 Oxbridge Summer Program
Student Late Start 11:00 am – 12:00 noon, Room 1057
ICARE
Wednesday, 27 January 2010
Thursday, Dec 10 Fordham University Talk/Presentation by Marion
ICARE Kinder, Coordinator of Admissions
11:30 am – 12:30 pm, Room 1057
Friday, Dec 11
ICARE

Saturday, Dec 12
Early Release Schedule
7am-1pm ACT (1057)

Sunday, Dec 13 Wednesday December 16th

Remember: 8.30 - 9.05: C
December 14: 11am PTA Lunch for Faculty
CAS Reflections DUE
9.10 - 9.45: D
9.45 - 10.00 break
December 15: Registration Deadline SAT I & II for Jan 23 10.00 - 10.35: E
IB2 Geography IA DUE 10.40 - 11.15: F
December 16: Early Release 11.20 - 11.50: Assembly
December 17-January 4: CHRISTMAS BREAK
January 5: 1st day of Classes for Second Semester

Reminder:

School Policy on Pre and Post Holiday Absences: In order to maximize student/teacher contact and
prevent teaching opportunities lost because of partial class attendance there will be no excused absences
without a doctor’s note for the 2 days immediately proceeding and following a school holiday.

CANCELLED:
Highschool Parent Coffee that was scheduled for December 8 is cancelled. Next parent coffee is scheduled
for January 12, 2010.

To all students:
Do not forget to submit your order forms to official school photographer for Kawayan Yearbook, Tino Ley.
Orders will not be processed if payment is not made.

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ICARE REMINDERS:
• Remember that ICARE runs through Dec. 8 – 11
• All Students must come to school on time! Be punctual so you don’t hold up the departure to the sites
From the ATAC Office:
Wall Climbing:
This Saturday Dec 5th ISM will host a number of schools
for our annual wall climbing competition in the MS gym.
This is a very interesting event to watch with climbers
scoring points for the different wall faces they can climb
according to prescribed routes with varying degrees of
difficulty. Best wishes to our ISM wall climbing team led
by Coach Jeremy.
Local Matches this weekend:
Friday Dec 4th:
JV and Varsity Boys Basketball v Reedley and De La
Salle Greenhills from 3:30 pm at HS Gym
Sat Dec 5th:
Chess team at Marist school
JV boys tennis @ ISM v LSGH from 1pm
Judo Invitational @ DLSU from 7am
Boys basketball all sections @ ISM
(consult game schedule on ATAC website for times)
Varsity girls (2pm) and boys (3:30pm) Basketball @ ISM
v Faith
Lots going on ….. GO BEARCATS!
Table Tennis:
This weekend our table tennis players will be playing at
Marist on Saturday and again on Sunday in the semis
and finals of the PRADA Table Tennis Championships.
Good luck to all participants.
Varsity Boys Tennis:
This weekend our boys tennis team, who have won the
IASAS Tennis Championships the past two years,
travel to Bangkok to compete in the IASAS tennis
exchange weekend against ISB and United World
College. This is an important preparation for the team
who will be striving to make it 3 gold medals in a row
this year at the IASAS Tennis Tournament in late
January
Gymnastics:
Our very best wishes to the Bearcats Gymnastics
Team who this Sunday will be competing in the annual
Bea Lucero Cup Gymnastics Competition at Rizal
Memorial Stadium. All the girls and coaches have been
working really hard to prepare for this first major event
of the gymnastics year for them we hope they do well in
the individual apparatus and in the teams competition.
ISM will host the ISM Goodwill Gymnastics Meet on
Feb 13th 2011.
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From the Fine Arts Office:

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