Newsletter Sept 18 Issue

Dragon Newsletter

Educate. Engage. Empower.

September 18, 2020

Message from the Head of Schools
Early Years / Elementary School
Middle School / High School
Club of the Week
Library
School Clinic / Guidance Office
MAP Tests
School Activities

Message from the Head of Schools Important Dates / Days

Dear parents/guardians, September 18 - National Cheeseburger
Day
As we launch our first parent workshop this week on the theme of
Supporting Your Child with Distance Learning: Well being, led by Simon September 20 - Wife Appreciation Day
Mann, I wanted to share some thoughts on wellbeing with you. At a time September 21 - International Peace Day
when parents are spinning a myriad of plates ,from work to running a September 24 - 1st Online Assembly
household to supporting education at home to finding quality time with
loved ones , ever conscious of the additional pressure due to the for MS/HS
pandemic, it has never been more important to practice self care. September 28 - Confucius Day
Ironically, when we need it the most, finding the time to look after October 5-8 - Spirit Week
ourselves has never been more pressured. I think, though, of the October 9 - Parent Workshop 2
phrase used for air travel , " put your own mask on first before helping October 5-28
others" . To help our children, who are also spinning plates of their own,
we must look after ourselves so we are able to support our children. As
parents, we can do several things to support our own well being by:

 sharing any worries and seeking out support from our friends and family

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 living a healthy lifestyle by eating well, staying active, having fun
through shared family experiences and getting enough sleep

 staying well informed by finding out more about topics that concern us
 never stop talking and listening to our children through good times and

bad

Karen Jones Research tells us that keeping as many learning avenues open for our
children as possible, including outside the classroom, not only through after
Middle School and High School Director school activities but also by passing on the skills we may have or sharing our
Head of Schools interests connects us to our children through the shared learning process.
Children are natural learners and when we make their world as large as
possible by filling it with new ideas , experiences, and culture, they relish
the sense of achievement this gives them.

When we look after ourselves , when we put our own masks on first, we can
then encourage our children to pay attention to their feelings and show
them how to process their emotions in a positive way developing their
resilience. This is probably one of the most valuable life lessons we can pass
on to our children.

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Early Years and Elementary School

Mylene Pastor
EY/ES Director
[email protected]

We’ve been having lots of fun in our classes. Check out the photos to see
what we’ve been up to in EY/ES so far!

Kinder YM’s Activities this week

Maria Cristina Lagdameo
EY/ES Deputy Director
mlagdameo@cismanila

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Early Years and Elementary School

Google Classroom Access Grade 2MR sharing maps of their homes, and exploring maps in
Pear Deck

Parents/Guardians can access
their child’s teachers’ Google
Classroom through a Guardian
invite. As a guardian, you can
receive email summaries showing
your child’s progress in the
classroom. You can choose the
frequency of the emails, such as
daily or weekly. You can
unsubscribe or remove yourself
from Classroom at any time.

Guardian email summaries
include:

Missing work
Upcoming work
Class activity

Mr. Danilo Cargo, our ICT head,
has begun sending out Guardian
invites to parents

If you haven’t received your
Guardian invite yet, please email
the ICT department at
[email protected]

Mary Rose Loria
All-School ICT
Digital Literacy

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Early Years and Elementary School

Grade 2DH student sharing about her pet caterpillar,
and discussions in class

Student notebooks would be
ready for pick-up at school
during school office hours

8:00 AM to 12:00 PM
1:00 PM to 4:00 PM

For further questions or con-
cerns, you may reach out to
our Admissions and Advance-
ment Team at
[email protected]

Viber Group Chat for Parents

The Class Representative of
each level are inviting par-
ents to join their viber group
chat for more efficient dis-
semination of announce-
ments, reminders and other

information.

If you are not yet a member
of the viber group chat
please send your mobile
number to

[email protected].

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Middle School and High School

School is becoming more stimulating as we conclude our fourth week. The
class representatives of Middle and High School met with the Student
Council this week to plan their upcoming assembly on September 24.

Masks On Monday Spirit Week is coming this October. We will have dress up days according
to the theme! In the next week, homerooms will decide on their themes
Pajama Tuesday for Thursday (please watch this space for further updates). Let’s get fun
and creative with our costumes!
Wacky Wednesday
(something fun and light, Also, this week ,the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF)
but still school appropriate) representative, Dino Calderon, met with the juniors and
seniors to discuss CAS projects in collaboration with WWF,
which include the development and production of video
materials for public school online learning, and designing
online workshops and webinars for WWF. We recommend
that parents encourage their children who are enrolled in
the CAS program to sign up for one of these online CAS pro-
jects offered.

We are also looking forward to more CAS project proposals
from other non-profit organizations, such as from Interna-
tional Justice Mission (IJM) in the upcoming weeks. We
hope our IB students become more engaged in experiences
which will help to develop their social awareness.

As always, stay safe and have a restful weekend!

Class Theme Thursday

Korinna Chung

Deputy Director of Student Life
Middle School and High School

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Featured Club of the Week

Pierre Jasper Bacolod

IB Diploma Programme
Coordinator

The Library Team would like Library Department
to share this very helpful
resource from Oxford Books
to the CISM community.
This contains online copies
of books for further reading
and study at home.
Temporary access is until 30
September 2020.

Click on the link below

Oxford Books

If you cannot access the site
please try the PDF version of the
newsletter or email
[email protected] and the
team will send the link to you.

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Luli Bernas Guidance and Counseling

University Counselor Hello CISM!
[email protected]
The past few months has been a bit of a challenge for everyone and
Gracie Orden we all have different ways of dealing with it. We would like you to
know that the Guidance Team is here to assist you in coping with our
Guidance Counselor current situation. Please feel free to send us an email and tell us how
[email protected] your day is going.

Communications will be via email, Zoom, or Google Meet. All matters
disclosed will be kept confidential.

You will also receive posters twice a week which will focus on
mindfulness, self-regulation, and wellness.

Thank you and we hope to hear from you!

Gracie, Luli
The Guidance Team

From the University Counselor

Day and Time College / University Link For this semester we will conduct
our college talks online. We are
Tuesday, 22nd September, Northeastern https://northeastern.zoom.us/ fortunate to have admissions
1500-1530 University, USA j/99882985931 officers from different universities
around the world who would like
Wednesday, 23rd September , Reed College, USA https://zoom.us/j/95786840745 to speak to our CISM students
0800-0830 about their degrees and
scholarships.
Thursday, 24th September, College for Creative https://
1530-1600 Studies, USA collegeforcreativestudies.zoom.us/ Attendance is required for Grade
11&12 students, and will be
Friday, 25th September, 1340- Ateneo de Manila https://us02web.zoom.us/ required for Grade 10 students
after the orientation session on
1430 University, Philippines university counseling. Attendance
is optional for Grade 9 students.
Tuesday, 29th September, Nagoya University of https://nucba-ac-jp.zoom.us/ Parents are always welcome to
1530-1600 Commerce & Business, j/96348034573 attend any of the online college
Japan talks. Students can find the
schedule of college talks on Cialfo
Wednesday, 30th September , College of the Holy https://holycross.zoom.us/ at https://cismanila.cialfo.co/app/
j/96962746008 web#/college_events.
0800-0830 Cross, USA
For any questions, please contact
Tuesday, 6th October, 1530- Singapore Institute of https://sim-edu-sg.zoom.us/ Luli Bernas, University Counselor,
1630 Management, j/95652374857? [email protected].
Singapore

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School Clinic

Fall MAP Tests for Grades 3-10 will be
from October 5-28.

We will be holding a MAP Info Session
for Parents on the following dates to
explain what you need to know. Zoom
links to follow.

September 29 (10:30-11:00 am) - ES

September 30 (10:30-11:00 am) -MS/
HS

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School Activities

Announcements

Tetrapaks and Plastics Collection

Dear Parents,
We are glad to inform you that CISM's commitment to sustainability to the

environment remains unwavered. We are still collecting Tetrapaks and plastics for recycling.
Kindly drop your collection at the CISM gate on Upper Mckinley road (next
to the bus stand) and please send me a picture of your collection with the
Tetrapak count, Plastic count (for bottles) or weight(for soft plastics)
at [email protected].

Continued collection of the same will be counted as
"Service " points for upper school students. All students will be given a
certificate to honor their contribution at the end of the semester. Thank
you so much for your constant support for these projects.

Madhumita Saini
Service Learning Coordinator
Chinese International School Manila

Please note that the Parent Workshop 2: Supporting your Child with Distance Learning is
scheduled on the 9th of October and will be led by Karen Jones

To receive the zoom details for the Parent Workshops please email
[email protected] and a sign-up form will be sent to you

Thank you for your continued support and involvement at CISM.

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The Appreciation Page

THANK YOU!

The CISM community would like to thank
Mr.Caiping Chen and Ms.Guimei Su for
donating these face shields to the staff at
CISM. These will go along way in avoiding
infection but of also instilling discipline
among the staff to always be vigilant and
protect oneself and others.

Thank you also to the parents who give feedback to us as we
challenge ourselves to improve and adapt due to our current situation.

Thank you parents and guests!

The CISM community would like to thank the parents and guests who attended the Open
House last September 11 and the first Parent Workshop last September 18! We hope to
conduct more activities such as these to further involve and educate parents and the
community.

Open House Parent Workshop:
Supporting Your Child with Distance Learning

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Chinese International School Manila Email Directory
Upper McKinley Road, McKinley Hill, Fort
Bonifacio, 1634 Taguig, Metro Manila, Head of School
Philippines [email protected]

Trunkline: +63(2) 7798-0011 Early Years / Elementary School
Fax: +63(2) 7798-0582 [email protected] / [email protected]
Mobile: +63 917 7980011
Middle School / High School
www.cismanila.org [email protected] / [email protected]
For questions or concerns, kindly email
[email protected] IB Diploma Programme Coordinator
[email protected] [email protected]

Telephone Directory Admissions and Advancement
[email protected]
Department Local Staff
Finance Department
Admissions and 103 / Greg Santillan; Angelica [email protected]
Advancement 116 Paat & Jasmin Andres
Information and Communications
Finance Office 104 Dante Calaminos Technology Department
[email protected]

Purchasing Office 105 Cristinova Tolentino

Guidance Office 106 Luli Bernas; Mary Grace
Orden

Clinic 107 Arnie Rose Guna

Ancillary Office 109 Justin Bueno

Human Resources 112 Kristin Navalta & Imee
Department Cruz
113 /
Library 123 Zen Martinez &

Lyka Vergara

Receptionist Desk 117 Lita S. Ramos

Cashier - Finance 120 Merry Ann Ramos
Officer

ICT Office 124 Dan Cargo; Basilio Tosoc &
Gerald Quiroz