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International School Manila

HS Student Circular April 1, 2011

 
  HS Calendar: 
  Monday, April 4:   
  IB2 Mock Exams (Grade 12) 
  MAP Testing (Gr. 9 & 10) 
   
  Tuesday, April 5:   
  IB2 Mock Exams (Grade 12) 
  MAP Testing (Gr. 9 & 10) 
   
  Wednesday, April 6: 
  Student Late Start 
  IB2 Mock Exams (Grade 12) 
  MAP Testing (Gr. 9 & 10) 
  ISSBA Elections 
   
  Thursday, April 7: 
  MAP Testing (Gr. 9 & 10) 
   
  Friday, April 8: 
  MAP Testing (Gr. 9 & 10) 
  Finale Concert  5:30‐7:00pm (FAT) 
   
  Saturday, April 9: 
  Battle of the Bands (ES Field) 
   
  Upcoming Events: 
  April 11:  Bataan Holiday‐ NO SCHOOL 
  April 12: HS Parent Coffee 
  April 16: Battle of the Bands Finals (ES Field) 
 
 
SCHEDULED COLLEGE VISITS:

College Representative Location Date


Rice University Mrs. Grace Panares HSGO 4/6/11 11:30 AM


FROM THE ADMISSIONS OFFICE:

IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT: Re-Enrollment for SY2011-12

The Admission Office and the individual school offices are making plans and gathering re-enrollment data for
next school year, SY 2011-2012. Middle and High School students must indicate re-enrollment intentions
through their Course Selection form (which is done on-line). If you have any questions about this, please
contact the individual school offices.

URGENT: If you know that your child(ren) will not be returning to ISM for the 2011-12 school year, please
inform the Admission Office as soon as possible if you have not already done so.

We currently have very few families 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 that are waiting to hear if their children will be accepted into ISM. If you are sure
that your child will be leaving ISM, please submit a Withdrawal Notification Form. The Withdrawal
Notification Form can be obtained from the Admission Office or from the ISM website: 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. Thank you.

Re-Enrollment requirements will be similar to last year and a Re-Enrollment DEPOSIT PAYMENT is not
required to reserve a space at the School for SY2011-12. However, parents are obliged to inform the
School in writing, before the second Friday of May, if their children will withdraw at the end of the
academic year. There is a WITHDRAWAL NOTIFICATION FORM for such purpose and this must be submitted
to the Admissions Office before the second Friday of May of each school year. Failure to do so will lead to a
deduction of US$1,000 from the Facilities Upgrade Deposit (FUD), in compensation for having held a space
for the child and thus preventing the School from offering that space to another child prior to the summer
holiday break.

The Re-Enrollment Form and other requested forms for each re-enrolling student will be available by the
beginning of April in both 'hardcopy' at the Admission Office and online on our website under Admission and
Re-Enrollment & Withdrawal.

If you do not download this information from the website then please drop by the Admission Office during
office hours (7:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.) and pick up the set of Re-Enrollment Forms. Parents may do this
personally or your child can come to the Admission Office and get the forms. If you would like to have your
driver or househelp pick up the forms, please give them a letter of authorization to collect the Re-Enrollment
Forms for your child/children.

Regards,

Gary W. Jerome
Director of Admission


FROM THE ATAC OFFICE:
IASAS 3rd Season information: 
IASAS travel packets for 3rd season teams will be distributed this week. Please get documents and information returned
asap. Please bring your passport to Joan at ATAC office so we can begin processing for your trip.
IASAS Send off assembly is April 6th
IASAS Send off lunch sponsored by parents is at the HS courtyard immediately after assembly on Wednesday
April 13th
IASAS 3rd Season sports awards is Friday May 6th at HS Gym starting at 5:30pm - dress to impress!

IASAS BADMINTON: April 18‐21 
ISM is very excited to host the IASAS Badminton tournament in 3 weeks time, final preparations are well underway and our
teams are training hard for this tournament. See ATAC blog for tournament draw and information.

Information related to the IASAS Badminton Tournament can now be found on the ATAC Blog http://atac.ism-online.org

All housing for IASAS Badminton is now complete. For families that have agreed to house your guest information letters will be
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distributed next week April 4 – 8 via the divisional offices. Please return the slip attached so we know you have received the
information letter. 

ATAC Blog: http://atac.ism‐online.org 
For information related to the ATAC Department please check the newly refurbished ATAC Blog. Weekly 
updates/newsletter items and other information related to the ISM ATAC extracurricular program and seasonal sports 
can be found here as well as links to the latest game schedule and IASAS website are available. 
 
GAME SCHEDULE PDF: (new procedure in place for access to game schedule pdf information) 
Information about all mid week/weekend fixtures for ISM teams can be found via the ATAC blog. 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.  Click  on  schedules  tab  or  the  Bearcat  logo  to  be  directed  to  the 
http://powerschool.ismanila.org/public/  .  You  will  need  your  power  school  user  name  and  ID#  to  access  the  game 
schedule pdf now located in power school 
 
ATAC HIGHLIGHTS/UPDATES – (for ALL match/schedule details check game schedule page as above) 
 April 2 Track Meet at Brent 
 April 8 Twilight Track Meet at ISM v  Brent at ISM 
 April 8 Varsity Girls Softball v Brent at ISM
 April 17 (Sunday) Teams depart for IASAS 
Track at ISB, Softball at JIS, ISM is hosting Badminton 

BEARCAT DEN:
Regular Opening Hours for the Bearcat Den:
Mon, Wed and Fridays from 11:30am – 1:00pm and 2:30pm – 4:00pm.
Tues and Thurs afternoons from 2:30-4pm. Thanks to all our great volunteers. If you are interested in joining our
group of volunteers in the Bearcat Den please contact our BCD volunteers coordination Chantel
  (fam.wanten@hotmail.com) or pop in to the Den near the HS Cafeteria and talk with one of our volunteers they will
  be very happy to make you welcome.
PLEASE NOTE: Last day of den operations for this school year is TUESDAY JUNE 7th. The Den
volunteers will be in hibernation from June 8th until reopening day on Monday August 8th, 2011


ISM AQUATHON 2011
Saturday 2nd April

Presenting the Annual ISM Aquathon 2011

Open to all ISM Student/Faculty/Staff/Parent


Community.
RACE 1 – 13/14, 15-18 and Adults - Start Time 8:00am
 Run 600m Swim 400m Run 1400m
RACE 2 – 9/10 11/12 Age Groups – Start Time 8:30am
 Run 300m Swim 300m Run 1000m
RACE 3 - 8 and Under Start Time 9:00am
 Run 150m Swim 200m Run 500m
RACE 4 - Relay – Student/Student, Adult/Student, Adults/Adult,
 Start 9:30am - Run 600m Swim 800m Run 1400m

Awards Ceremony – 10:00am


ISM AQUATHON 2011 – ENTRY FORM
1. Present this entry form to the Cashiers office and pay 300 pesos
entry fee
2. Cashier will Stamp Entry Form.
3. Present this form to the Swimming Pool Office

Participants Name Gender M / F

Birth date Age on Day

AGE GROUP – Please Select a division and Age Group (X) 
DIVISION 
8&U  9/10  11/12  13/14  15/18  Adult  Relay 

Race 1  
      13/14  15/18  Adult   
8:00am 

Race 2 
  9/10  11/12         
8:30am 

Race 3  
8&U             
9:00am 

Race 4 Relays  Student Student  Adult  Teacher


     
9:30am  Student  Parent  Adult  Teacher

Cashier STAMP 300 Peso Entry Fee(Cashier Office)


IASAS BADMINTON SCHEDULE: FROM THE FINE ARTS OFFICE:

International School Manila


IASAS BADMINTON 2011
Boys' Schedule HS Gym Match # Time Match # Girls' Schedule MS Gym
Day One 18‐Apr
tas v sas 1 8:30 2 iskl v ism
iskl v jis 3 10:00 4 tas v isb
ism v isb 5 11:30 6 sas v jis

sas v iskl 7 1:30 8 ism v tas


isb v tas 9 3:00 10 jis v iskl
jis v ism 11 4:30 12 isb v sas
Day Two 19‐Apr
sas v isb 13 8:00 14 jis v ism
iskl v ism 15 9:30 16 sas v tas
tas v jis 17 11:00 18 iskl v isb

isb v iskl 19 1:00 20 ism v sas


jis v sas 21 2:30 22 tas v iskl
ism v tas 23 4:00 24 isb v jis
Day Three 20‐Apr
isb v jis 25 8:00 26 iskl v sas
sas v ism 27 9:30 28 jis v tas
tas v iskl 29 11:00 30 ism v isb

1:00 Girls Consolation
Boys Consolation 2:30
4:00 Girls Final
Boys Final 5:30


CHINESE SUMMER CAMP IN BEIJING


COLLEGE ACCEPTANCES:
CONGRATULATIONS!
We are proud to announce that our ISM seniors were accepted to the following
universities:
                           COLLEGE/UNIVERSITY ACCEPTANCES: 
Academy of Art University  Durham University 
American University  Ecole Hôtelière de Lausanne 
American University of Rome  Embry‐Riddle Aeronautical University ‐ FL 
Amherst College  Emerson College (2) 
Ateneo de Manila University (17)  Emmanuel College (2) 
Babson College (2)  Fairfield University 
Bard College (2)  Fisher College 
Barnard College (2)  Florida State University 
Bath Spa University College  Fordham University (10) 
Bentley University (7)  Franklin and Marshall College (2) 
Binghamton University   George Mason University 
Boston College (3)  Georgetown University  
Boston University (15)  Georgia Institute of Technology (2) 
Brandeis University  Glasgow Caledonian University 
Brock University  Glion Institute of Higher Education 
Brown University  Goldsmiths College, University of London (2) 
Brown University (2)  Hamilton College ‐ NY 
Bryant University  Harvard University (3) 
Bryn Mawr College (2)  Harvey Mudd College 
California State University, East Bay  Haverford College 
California State University, Sacramento  Hiram College 
Cardiff University  IE University 
Carleton College  Imperial College of Science, Technology, and Medicine (2) 
Carnegie Mellon University (5)  Iona College 
City University  James Madison University 
Claremont McKenna College (2)  Johns Hopkins University 
Clark University  Johnson & Wales University 
Colby College  Juniata College 
Colgate University (2)  King's College London 
College  Lakehead University 
College of William and Mary (2)  Lancaster University (3) 
Columbia University   Lehigh University 
Connecticut College  Lewis & Clark College 
Cornell University (4)  London School of Economics (2) 
Dartmouth College  Longwood University 
De Anza College  Loyola Marymount University (2) 
De La Salle University Manila  Loyola University Chicago (3) 
Duke University   Manhattanville College (3) 


Massachusetts Institute of Technology  Trinity College 
McGill University (2)  Trinity College Dublin 
Menlo College  Tufts University (3) 
Michigan State University   University at Buffalo The State University of New York 
Middlebury College (2)  University College Dublin 
Middlesex University  University College London (6) 
Mount Holyoke College (3)  University College Utrecht 
New York University (3)  University of Abertay Dundee 
New York University (3)  University of Alberta (2) 
Northeastern University (7)  University of Bath 
Northwestern University (3)  University of Birmingham 
Nottingham Trent University (2)  University of British Columbia (11) 
Occidental College  University of British Columbia Okanagan 
Pace University, New York City (2)  University of California at Berkeley (8) 
Pennsylvania State University, Berks College (4)  University of California at Davis (8) 
Pratt Institute  University of California at Irvine (4) 
Princeton University  University of California at Los Angeles (6) 
Purdue University (5)  University of California at Riverside 
Queen Mary, University of London  University of California at San Diego (3) 
Radford University  University of California at Santa Barbara (6) 
Rhode Island School of Design  University of California at Santa Cruz 
Rice University   University of Chicago (2) 
Rider University  University of Dundee 
Ringling College of Art and Design  University of East Anglia 
Rochester Institute of Technology   University of Edinburgh (3) 
Saint Louis University   University of Exeter 
Saint Mary's College of California  University of Hawaii at Hilo 
Salve Regina University (2)  University of Illinois at Chicago 
Santa Clara University (3)  University of Illinois at Urbana‐Champaign (6) 
School of Pharmacy, University of London  University of Kent at Canterbury (2) 
Sheffield Hallam University  University of Leicester 
Smith College  University of Massachusetts, Amherst 
SSTH‐Swiss School of Tourism and Hospitality  University of Miami 
Stanford University (3)  University of Michigan (2) 
Stony Brook University (2)  University of Notre Dame (3) 
Syracuse University (5)  University of Nottingham (2) 
Temple University  University of Oregon 
The Chinese University of Hong Kong  University of Oxford (2) 
The Culinary Institute of America  University of Pennsylvania (3) 
The George Washington University  University of Portsmouth 
The Hong Kong University of Science & Technology (2)  University of San Diego (3) 
The Ohio State University  University of San Francisco (6) 
The University of Arizona  University of Southern California (4) 
The University of Iowa   University of St. Andrews (Scotland) 


University of Stirling (2)  University of Western Ontario 
University of the Arts London  Virginia Commonwealth University 
University of the Philippines (9)  Waseda University 
University of Toronto (6)  Washington University in St. Louis 
University of Victoria (2)  Wesleyan University (10) 
University of Virginia (3)  Western Michigan University  
University of Warwick (3)  Williams College 
University of Washington (2)  Yale University (3) 
University of Washington (2) 

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