HS Student Circular

International School Manila

March 27, 2009

For the week March 30 – April 3

Monday, March 30 Dear Parents,

2.30-2.50pm Homeroom

Tuesday, March 31
Deadline For SAT Registration
(to be taken on May 2)
ISSBA Meeting with Councils (1057)
Wednesday, April 1
Student Late Start
Thursday, April 2
IB 12 Theatre Arts PPP Recording Week (EA)
HS Academic Bowl (Brent)
As some of you may be aware, there was recently a security-
related incident involving the abduction of two students who
study at other international schools in the Metro Manila area. It
is our understanding that the incident took place as the students
were on their way to school but some distance from the actual
two schools’ premises. We were happy to learn that this
incident was resolved with the students being safely reunited
with their parents.

Friday, April 3
IB 12 Theatre Arts PPP Recording Week (EA)
3rd Season Pre-IASAS T&F (ISB), Softball & Although this incident did not directly affect members of the ISM
Badminton (SAS) community, and is not an indication of a general deterioration of
EPIC Trip to Mindoro (Tugdaan)
IB 12 Comp Science Dossier Due the law and order situation here in Manila, it is a good time for us
all to review our own security situations and consider possible
Saturday, April 4
3rd Season Pre-IASAS T&F (ISB), Softball & safety precautions. To assist parents in this process, we are
Badminton (SAS) providing some security guidelines drawn up by Business Profiles,
EPIC Trip to Mindoro (Tugdaan)
Child Hope Inc.; one of our contracted safety and security companies.
GK Field Trip

Sunday, April 5
3rd Season Pre-IASAS T&F (ISB), Softball & Should you have any further concerns, please feel free to contact
Badminton (SAS) Mike Flynn, Director of Operations and Security.
EPIC Trip to Mindoro (Tugdaan)

Dates to Remember:

April 6: NO CLASSES
BATAAN HOLIDAY
April 9-10: NO CLASSES David Toze
EASTER BREAK
Superintendent
April 18-21: 3rd Season IASAS
April 27-30: Gr 9 & 10 2nd
Semester Exams

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From the Office of the Superintendent:
Safety Tips for Students and Parents
Keep updated records of your children in a safe place. This includes current photographs, their height and
weight, description, dental records, passports and other essential information. Update photos and information
regularly.
Check the profile of your child’s nanny, family driver and bodyguard and all those who work in your home.
You should double check the background and bona fides of these people who work in your home. Their
knowledge of your family is extensive so make sure you have equivalent knowledge of them. You trust your
children with them, so be sure they deserve that trust!
Train your nanny and other household staff about security awareness and practices. They should learn not to
release personal information of your family members.
Establish open communication. Encourage your children to tell you or a trusted adult if anyone or anything makes
them feel scared or uncomfortable. Discuss security issues with them so they will understand the need for
safety and precautions.
Define strangers as someone children don't know very well. Teach them not to give out personal information to
strangers. This applies to the internet as well! Face Book, My Space and other social networking sites can be
dangerous places!
Make sure they know how to reach you when they feel endangered. Make them memorize (by heart) emergency
numbers and addresses particularly your cell phone number, your office number and your house number.
Have a list of family members who can be contacted in case of an emergency. Designate a family member who
would be able to fill the role of an adviser on your behalf if you are not in the country in case of an emergency.
Adopt a family code word. Choose a family code word that should be kept secret from all others. If a stranger
claims to have been sent to pick your children up, the children should ask for the code word. If your children
have doubts, they should find a nearby, trustworthy adult.
Define a “safe place” for your family. There should be a place where your children can go to when they feel
threatened or frightened: the school office; a neighbor’s home etc.
Consider varying routes. Do not take the same route on a regular basis. Be sure to have three (3) available
routes you can alternately use.
Identify security zones in your routes. Identify choke points, traffic areas, and danger zones. Be aware of
potential risks and threats along the road.
Establish “time frame” especially when the kids are on the road. Have an estimate of your kids’ traveling time
per route; know when your kids will be at any place on that route. Have someone check on their locations
especially when they are in a danger zone.
Always listen to the news. You should be aware of local issues and incidents that are happening in your locality
and know how to act.
Make your own judgments about what is safe and unsafe rather than be convinced against your better
judgment by your children. “Hanging out” at shopping malls is not necessarily “safe” behavior!

From the Uniform Shop:

Hate to wait and be in a long line?

Purchase your uniforms in advance for School Year 2009-2010…
Just visit the ISM Uniform Shop at Room P069 (beside the Security Office)
every Tuesdays and Thursdays from 7:00a.m. to 4:00p.m.
See you there!!!

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From the Athletics Office:

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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From the Fine Arts Office:
Dance Co Auditions
March 30 and 31
3:00 pm to 5:30 pm
Venue (TBA)
Dance Clothes
Director: Yek Barlongay

LET’S GO GREEN:
All faculty, students and parents are invited to this month’s school-wide ‘Let’s Go Green’ meeting this coming
Monday, March 30th
3-4pm in room 3072
This is a great opportunity to share ideas about promoting environmental responsibility in school.
This month we will be sharing all of the great work happening around school and will be finalising our plans for
celebrating Earth Week (April 20-24)

If you are unable to make the meeting but have some suggestions, questions, or initiatives that you would like to
share, please don’t hesitate to email eco@ismanila.org

You can check out our website for further details

www.ism-online.org/gogreen/
The Green Rules (listed below), as well as our other green policies, are all published there.
» Switch off lights and aircon if you are the last person to leave the room.
» Switch off all computer monitors when not in use.
» Switch off and shut down all computers at break, at lunchtime and after school.
» Use natural light as often as possible.
» Use both sides of paper whenever possible.
Many thanks for your continuing support,
Let’s Go Green.

From the Clinic:

INFLUENZA VACCINATIONS
Date Price (Php)
April 22nd, 2009 Influenza 2009 Strain 560

If you would like more information or you wish to sign up to receive any of the above vaccines, please contact the clinic on the
number/email below or call in to pick up a registration form (next to the elementary canteen). Only people with a valid ISM
ID may participate in this program.

PAYMENT FOR THESE VACCINATIONS MUST BE MADE TO THE CASHIER DEPARTMENT.

Deadline for Payment is:
Influenza Vaccination: NO LATER THAN WEDNESDAY 15TH APRIL 2009.
VACCINES WILL THEN BE ORDERED AND NO FURTHER REGISTRATIONS WILL BE ACCEPTED.

Clinic direct number: 840 8580

Email: clinic@ismanila.org

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From the Modern Language Dept:
Summer Language Study / Home-stay / Travel Program to SPAIN
The ISM High School Modern Language Department is pleased to announce its Summer Language Study / Home-stay
/ Travel Program to Spain from June 6th to July 4th 2009 for students aged 13 to 19 years old.
The program aims to develop students’ language proficiency and to broaden his/her cultural knowledge. This
program is being offered in cooperation with Escuela Internacional Madrid (TANDEM), a school in Madrid and San
Sebastian, Spain. Students will continue learning and, more importantly, will practice Spanish through total
immersion in the classes and during the home-stay. The school finds families for students to stay with, assists in
locating appropriate local resources for the group’s activities, plans outings, maintains a list of local medical and
emergency resources, and helps with the orientation for group leaders.

The language course proposal is to have 4 class sessions (45 minutes each) of language and culture from Monday to
Friday, from 09.30 to 13.00 each day (with a break from 11.00 to 11.30). The classes will include language and
culture subjects as well as adequate preparation for the cultural visits. Students will complete a placement test in
order for the school to form groups based on the level of Spanish.
Last year, 15 students from ISM traveled to Spain and all of them reported dramatic improvements in their
acquisition of the Spanish language as well as outstanding experiences with their home-stay families and one
another during their time in Spain.

If you are interested in receiving more information about this summer course, please contact Laurie Atilano or
Samantha Ramos in the High School Office, or email Adriana Vargas at vargasa@ismanila.org.

ISM Chinese Summer Camp Beijing 2009

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From the Fine Arts Office:

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 CONGRATULATIONS:

NAME OF STUDENT COLLEGE / UNIVERSITY

University of British Columbia (Arts, Faculty of), Brock University, McMaster University, Simon Fraser
Richard Abasta
University, York University
Ariana Abundo University of California at Davis, University of California at Irvine
University of Bristol, University of Edinburgh, University of Durham, Imperial College of Science, Technology,
Kamran Heinrich Ahmad
and Medicine
Sarah Jane Ahmed Loyola University Chicago, Concordia University
Joong Kap An University of Illinois at Chicago
De La Salle University Manila, Lewis & Clark College, Loyola Marymount University, University of the
Mark Jedric Ang
Philippines, Seattle University
Ateneo de Manila University, De La Salle University Manila, University of Dundee, University of Leeds,
Daisy Birchenall
University of the Philippines, University of Stirling
Paolo Bitanga New York University (Tisch School of the Arts)
Curry College, University of Maine, Manhattanville College, Salve Regina University, Suffolk University,
Antonio Brias
Wheaton College
Antoinette Brillantes Syracuse University (Accelerated Liberal Arts)
Gladriann Reizeld T Browning Indiana State University
Gil Buenaventura Saint Mary's College of California
Peter Burton University of Dundee, University of Leeds, Nottingham Trent University
Ashleigh Butt Enderun Colleges Inc.
University of California at Davis, University of California at Irvine, University of California at Santa Barbara,
Isabel Chamberlain Mills College (w/ $17,000 Provost scholarship), Saint Mary's College of California, San Francisco State
University
Brandon Chin Coventry University
Ji Won Choi University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Syracuse University
Elysia Chu University of California at Davis
Franz Louie Chua University of San Francisco
John Jacob Benjamin Co De La Salle University Manila, Ateneo de Manila University, University of Waterloo
Vicente Jaime Maria Constantino Ateneo de Manila University, University of the Philippines
Jan-Michael Nadora Cruz De La Salle University Manila
Jasmin Dargani Lesley University, Pace University (w/ $11,000 scholarship), Loyola Marymount University
Suzannah Davis Bangor University, University of Exeter, University of Sussex, Lancaster University, University of Stirling
Quintin de Castro University of California at Santa Barbara (College of Letters & Science)
Amiel de Guzman Brock University, Seneca College of Applied Arts & Technology
Cristina de Leon Babson College, Loyola Marymount University, New York University
Maria Lovell Kyna de Mesa University of British Columbia
Marco del Rosario University of California at Irvine
Alexandra Amanda Eduque Barnard College
Oro Inigo Fernandez Ateneo de Manila University
Michael Fong Dominican University, Saint Mary's College of California
Jahnne Racquel Go University of Chicago
Francesca Guingona Mount Holyoke College, Wheaton College
Ron Richard Chow Habla Ateneo de Manila University, Bond University
Joon Sup Han University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (Engineering), University of Michigan, University of Southern

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 California
University of Arizona, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (Liberal Arts & Sciences), New York
Sung Yeon (Tammy) Joo University (Tisch School of the Arts), Northeastern University, Rutgers-The State University of New Jersey at
New Brunswick (School of Business), University at Buffalo The State University of New York
Bo-Won Keum Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, New York University (College of Arts and Science)
Khasan Khamudkhanov University of British Columbia, Queen's University
Jin Bae Kim University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Ju Myoung Kim New York University
Sung Yun Kim Purdue University, Syracuse University, Wentworth Institute of Technology
Fordham University (College of Business Administration), University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (Liberal
Shao-Ting Ko
Arts & Sciences), Pennsylvania State University, University Park (Smeal College of Business)
Ha Kyung Kwon California Institute of Technology, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology
University of Asia and the Pacific, Ateneo de Manila University, La Salle University, Saint Mary's College of
Maria Michelle La O'
California
University of Alberta (Arts), University of British Columbia (Arts, Faculty of), Capilano College, Carleton
Jennifer Labrie
University (Sprott School of Business), Simon Fraser University at Harbour Centre
Jobo Lau Loyola Marymount University, University of California at Davis, University of Miami
Pennsylvania State University-University Park, Purdue University, Temple University, Washington State
Da Hee Lee
University
Jun-Ho Lee University of Michigan
Louie Angelo Lee University of Pennsylvania
Myung Soo Lee Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology
Sang Yun Lee University of British Columbia, Duke University, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology
University of British Columbia (Okanagan), Purdue University (School of Science), Syracuse University
Seung Jae "Patrick" Lee (College of Arts & Sciences), University of Toronto (Arts and Science, Faculty of), Worcester Polytechnic
Institute
University of British Columbia, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, University of Richmond, University
Julian Libihoul
of San Francisco
Patricia Maria Josefina Limcaoco University of California at Berkeley, University of California at Davis, Stanford University
Carlos Lopez Menlo College, Notre Dame de Namur University
Isabelle Marie Lopez Smith College
Carlo Fong Luy Fordham University, Manhattanville College, New York University
Marine Charlotte Maupin University of Dundee, Middlesex University
Ateneo de Manila University, University of Brighton, University of British Columbia (Sauder School of
Maria Lourdes Margarita Mojica
Business), University of Durham, University of Edinburgh, University of Nottingham
Marie Elysee Murray University of British Columbia, McGill University, Queen's University, University of Toronto
Arjun Nandkishore Imperial College of Science, Technology, and Medicine
Jeane Catherine Catherine
Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising, Irvine
Napoles
Gabriella Alexandra Navas Glion Institute of Higher Education, Johnson & Wales University
David Nelson University of California at Davis, University of California at Irvine, San Diego State University
Jennifer Patricia Ng De La Salle University Manila, Pratt Institute, University of Santo Tomas, Savannah College of Art and Design
University of California at Davis, University of California at Irvine, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign,
Marianne Oh
University of Michigan, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, Mount Holyoke College, New York University
Yu Ohyama Glion Institute of Higher Education
Maria Mercedez Olondriz Knox College (w/ $12,000 scholarship), Savannah College of Art and Design (w/ $12,000 scholarship)
Ateneo de Manila University, Babson College, University of the Philippines, Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific
Rina Noelle Opinion
University (w/ $12,266 scholarship), University of Rochester (w/ $12,000 scholarship)
Janina Marie Paredes Menlo College (w/ $32,000 scholarship), Saint Mary's College of California (w/ $10,000 scholarship),

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 University of San Francisco, Notre Dame de Namur University
Florida Atlantic University, Florida International University, Florida State University, University of Florida
Ana Laura Perez O. Santillanes
(College of Business Administration), The University of Tampa (w/ $8,000 scholarship)
Ateneo de Manila University, University of Brighton, University of Edinburgh, University of Illinois at Urbana-
Maria Rebecca Pelaez Plaza
Champaign, Loughborough University, University of the Philippines
Antheia Brittni Rae Central Saint Martins College of Art & Design
University of British Columbia (Science, Faculty of), Concordia University, McGill University (Faculty of
Science ), McMaster University (Faculty of Science), University of New South Wales, Queen's University
Saadia Rahman
(Faculty of Arts and Sciences), University of Toronto (Arts and Science, Faculty of), University of Waterloo
(Faculty of Science), University of Western Ontario
Katrina Razon Northeastern University, Saint Mary's College of California
Ian Unys Daisy Recto Ateneo de Manila University, Randolph-Macon College (w/ $15,500 scholarship)
Ateneo de Manila University, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (Engineering), University of Michigan
Kannah Marie Alvarez Salazar (Engineering), New York University (College of Arts and Science), Purdue University
(School of Engineering), Smith College, Wentworth Institute of Technology
Babson College, University of British Columbia, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, New York
Haider Shakeel
University
Zara Sibtain Manhattanville College (w/ $11,500 scholarship), Randolph College (w/ $13,000 scholarship)
Rafael Siguion-Reyna Fordham University (Fordham College at Lincoln Center), Sarah Lawrence College
McGill University (w/ $3,000 scholarship), Queen's University (w/ $10,000 scholarship), University of
Laura Jean Smith
Toronto (w/ $5,000 scholarship), University of Western Ontario
Caitlin Marie Tan Glion Institute of Higher Education
Kenley Aldridge Tan De La Salle University Manila, Rutgers-The State University of New Jersey at New Brunswick
Martin Tan Santa Clara University
Kenichi Tsusaka (Cumagun) Ateneo de Manila University, Northeastern University, University of Toronto
Solongo Tumurbaatar Glion Institute of Higher Education
Peter Vargo Liberty University
Anh Hai Vo South Dakota School of Mines and Technology
Winnie Wong University of British Columbia, Mills College (w/ $12,500 scholarship)
University of California at San Diego, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, University of
Minkyu Woo
Michigan
Carnegie Mellon University, Kenyon College (w/ $8,000 scholarship), University of Virginia, College of
Margaret Maureen Wood
William and Mary
University of British Columbia, Concordia University, McGill University, Queen's University, University of
Mariama Wurie
Toronto
Hyun-Joong "Sean" Yoon Binghamton University, Rutgers- The State University of New Jersey at New Brunswick, Syracuse University
Amanda Yong Yu Duke University
Wei Onn Yuen Cornell University (College of Art, Arch., & Plan.)
Nissim Zeitoune Curry College, Manhattanville College
Brian Zimmerman University of South Dakota

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