HS Student Circular

International School Manila

February 20, 2009

For the week of February 23 - 28 EVENT:

Fashion Runway afterschool activity – Thursdays 2.50-4pm
Monday, February 23 room 1169. See Mrs. Barton or the Arts council for details.
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REMINDERS:
Tuesday, February 24 PHOTOS
HS Course Registration Week Students who ordered photos please don’t forget to send payment.
IB 12 Japanese/Korean A1H World Lit DUE The HS Office will only accept check payments. Please make the
ISSBA Meeting with Councils (1057) check payable to PHOTO CONCEPTS STUDIO.
2.30-2.50pm Incoming Gr.11 Course Registration
(MC Computers) SENIOR CLASS RINGS
Order your 2009 Class Rings now!! Last order will be accepted on
5.30pm HS Sports Awards (HS Gym)
March 15, delivery of the rings will be in April. Wear it and be proud
you are a Senior!
Wednesday, February 25
HS Course Registration Week
Student Late Start Dates to Remember:
10.55 Grade Level Assembly
11.30-12.00pm Cooking Club Bake Sale Mar 2: IB 11 EE Proposal DUE
5-7 pm IASAS Music Previews (LT) Mar 3: GEO Field Trip Gr. 9 Taal Volcano
Mar 3: IB 11 Econ Comm DUE
Thursday, February 26 Mar 5-7: IASAS Art/Music (ISKL)
HS Course Registration Week Mar 5-7: IASAS DDF (SAS)
IB 11 Math Portfolio DUE Mar 7: CCV Field Trip/
5-7 pm IASAS Dance/Drama Previews (FAT) Mar 7: GK Field Trip

Friday, February 27
HS Course Registration Week LET’S GO GREEN:
IB 11 math Portfolio DUE
Gr11 Student Course Selection DUE Poetry for our planet
IB 12 Film Independent Study DUE
IB 12 Film Production DUE (journal) A competition for all ISM students
IB 12 Theatre Arts Major IA (IPP) DUE To celebrate our earth, ECo are inviting you to write a poem
IB 12 Theatre Arts major IA (IPP) DUE
on the topic of Environment. This can be an ode, an elegy, an
5-7 pm IASAS Music Previews (LT)
epic, a limerick… it’s totally up to you.
Saturday, February 28
5-7 pm IASAS Dance/ Drama Previews (FAT) The winning poem will be published in the yearbook!
7-10pm Battle of the Bands Please submit all entries to:[email protected]
By Monday March 9th

I dream of a better life,

And to myself I say:
“If we had been more concerned about this planet…
…would earth have turned out another way?”
(Grade 6 student, 2004)

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From the Athletics Office:
2nd Season IASAS:

HUGE congratulations to our varsity boys’ tennis team who defended their IASAS GOLD medal at Bangkok. This
is an outstanding result from athletes and coaches to win GOLD two years in a row.
Our touch team also made it into the gold medal playoff game against SAS and in a very tight game lost in a heart
breaker with seconds to spare on the clock. The girls played outstanding touch all three days and to bring home
silver in such a narrowly contested final was no doubt a little disappointing but they should feel very proud of their
efforts to win silver two years in a row.
Boys rugby lost another heartbreaker game in the bronze medal playoff match. They let TAS get a big lead in the
first half but pegged them back and tied the game with seconds to spare, sending the game into overtime.
Unfortunately TAS came out the victors scoring first in the extra time period.
Girls and Boys Basketball both placed 4th in Taipei however both teams played some great matches in the
tournament and pushed all other teams they played to tight games.
Girls tennis has some solid results and were in the running on Friday to finish in 2nd place but ended up 5th
showing how close the competition was in the girls section of the tournament.
Our swim team place 6th but we had over 80% of our swimmers post personal best times which shows a great
improvement at the meet and demonstrates the hard work that has been occurring in the swimming pool during
training sessions.

IASAS All Tournament Players: ES/MS/HS track meets dates for this year are:
**Well done to the following athletes who were Feb 21st MS/HS only at ISM
selected to March 7th at Brent
IASAS All Tournament Teams: March 28th at Brent
Rugby: Jimmy Go and Jonathan Pisano April 3-5 Varsity track at Singapore (IASAS
Touch: Pats Limcaoco, Mercedes Olondriz and exchange weekend)
Sara Jane Ahmed April 18-22 3rd Season IASAS at Jakarta.
Basketball: Pat Reed and Michelle Martin
Tennis: Josh Ho and Marco Del Rosario

IASAS Sportsmanship Award:

HIGH SCHOOL END OF SEASON AWARDS
ISM Girls Touch Team.
Event: HS Sports Awards
3rd Season Sports: Where: HS GYM
MS/HS - Badminton, Track and Field and Softball Date: Feb. 24, Tuesday
Time: 5:30 pm

All 3rd season sports are now in full swing with students and coaches making a very smooth start to the
season after tryouts week concluded. I would like to remind all participating students to complete the ATAC
on-line registration.
3rd season has a number of interruptions and as such students and coaches can lose the flow of the season
easily. Please stay in contact with your coach regarding practices and weekend matches/meets as they relate
to your particular sport this season.

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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 [email protected].

From the FINE ARTS OFFICE:

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CONGRATULATIONS:

NAME OF STUDENT COLLEGE / UNIVERSITY

Richard Abasta Simon Fraser University
University of Bristol, University of Edinburgh, University of Durham, Imperial
Kamran Heinrich Ahmad
College of Science, Technology, and Medicine
Sarah Jane Ahmed Loyola University Chicago, Concordia University
Mark Jedric Ang De La Salle University Manila, University of the Philippines
Ateneo de Manila University, De La Salle University Manila, University of
Daisy Birchenall
Dundee, University of Leeds, University of the Philippines, University of Stirling
Antonio Brias University of Maine
Antoinette Brillantes Syracuse University (Accelerated Liberal Arts)
Gil Buenaventura Saint Mary's College of California
Peter Burton University of Dundee, University of Leeds, Nottingham Trent University
Isabel Chamberlain Mills College, Saint Mary's College of California
Brandon Chin Coventry University
Louie Chua University of San Francisco
John Jacob Benjamin Co De La Salle University Manila, Ateneo de Manila University
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, Loyola Marymount University
Bangor University, University of Exeter, University of Sussex, Lancaster
Suzannah Davis
University, University of Stirling
Cristina de Leon Loyola Marymount University
Alexandra Amanda Eduque Barnard College
Michael Fong Dominican University, Saint Mary's College of California
Ron Richard Chow Habla Ateneo de Manila University
University of Arizona, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (Liberal Arts
& Sciences), New York University (Tisch School of the Arts), Rutgers, The
Sung Yeon (Tammy) Joo
State University of New Jersey at New Brunswick (School of Business),
University at Buffalo The State University of New York
Fordham University (College of Business Administration), University of Illinois
Shao-Ting Ko
at Urbana-Champaign (Liberal Arts & Sciences)
University of Asia and the Pacific, Ateneo de Manila University, La Salle
Michelle La O'
University, Saint Mary's College of California
Jennifer Labrie Simon Fraser University
Jobo Lau Loyola Marymount University
Pennsylvania State University-University Park, Purdue University, Temple
Da Hee Lee
University, Washington State University
Jun-Ho Lee University of Michigan
Louie Angelo Lee University of Pennsylvania
Patricia Maria Josefina Limcaoco Stanford University
Carlos Lopez Menlo College
Marine Charlotte Maupin University of Dundee, Middlesex University
Ateneo de Manila University, 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
Arjun Nandkishore Imperial College of Science, Technology, and Medicine

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Jeane Catherine Catherine
Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising, Irvine
Napoles
Jeanne Napoles Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising, Irvine
Gabriella Alexandra Navas Glion Institute of Higher Education, Johnson & Wales University
Jennifer Patricia Ng Savannah College of Art and Design
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, University of Michigan,
Marianne Oh
University of Minnesota, Twin Cities
Yu Ohyama Glion Institute of Higher Education
Rina Noelle Opinion Ateneo de Manila University, University of the Philippines
Menlo College, Saint Mary's College of California, University of San Francisco,
Janina Marie Paredes
Notre Dame de Namur University
Ana Laura Laura Perez O. The University of Tampa, University of Florida (College of Business
Santillanes Administration)
Ateneo de Manila University, University of Edinburgh, University of the
Maria Rebecca Pelaez Plaza
Philippines
Antheia Brittni Rae Central Saint Martins College of Art & Design
University of British Columbia (Science, Faculty of), McGill University (Faculty
of Science), McMaster University (Faculty of Science), Queen's University
Saadia Rahman
(Faculty of Arts and Sciences), University of Waterloo (Faculty of Science),
University of Western Ontario
Katz Razon Saint Mary's College of California
Daisy Recto Ateneo de Manila University, Randolph-Macon College
Ateneo de Manila University, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Kannah Marie Alvarez Salazar (Engineering), University of Michigan (Engineering), Purdue University (School
of Engineering), Wentworth Institute of Technology
Zara Sibtain Manhattanville College, Randolph College
Laura Smith Queen's University, University of Western Ontario
Caitlin Marie Tan Glion Institute of Higher Education
De La Salle University Manila, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey at
Kenley Aldridge Tan
New Brunswick
Kenichi Tsusaka (Cumagun) Ateneo de Manila University
Solongo Tumurbaatar Glion Institute of Higher Education
Anh Hai Vo South Dakota School of Mines and Technology
Winnie Wong Mills College
Mariama Wurie McGill University, Queen's University, University of British Columbia
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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