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Weekly Publication for Middle School Parents ISSUE # 06
WEEK OF SEPT. 13 TO 17, 2010
As part of our Wellness program and ongoing commitment to health education, consultants from Freedom
from Chemical Dependency (FCD) Educational Services will visit ISM from September 13 – 17. FCD is a non-
profit organization that provides substance abuse prevention education for schools and colleges in the United
States and around the world.
Since 1976, they have taught over a million students of all ages. Their mission is to:
• Provide educational communities with the guidance and training necessary to implement comprehensive,
effective approaches to substance abuse prevention
• Educate students, parents, teachers, and school administrators on the physiological and psychological
effects of alcohol and other drugs
• Promote awareness of drug addiction, including alcoholism, as a progressive, chronic and often fatal
disease
• Teach students and adults how to recognize the early warning signs of substance abuse and to intervene
appropriately
• Empower young people to make healthy, responsible choices regarding alcohol and other drug use
• Encourage and support the non-use of alcohol and other illegal or illicit drugs during the growing years.
A parent meeting on Tuesday, September 14 starting at 10:15 A.M. in the Little Theater has been
scheduled and all parents are invited to attend. For the duration of their stay, FCD presenters will meet
with students, counselors, wellness teachers and administrators. Based on feedback from last year, we are
confident that this program will be a valuable educational experience for our school community.
On the page that opens, click on the Demographic Update icon for changing or updating demographic infor-
mation. Note that if there are siblings also enrolled in ISM, changes will automatically be made in the data
files of all other enrolled siblings in the same family at the same time.
The Middle School students took place in a large cross country competition which involved 6 different
schools.
38 runners
117 runners
The students all improved their times significantly with many of them improving their time
by 2 minutes. Go ISM!!
Next races are on September 25, 2010 in Faith Academy and October 2 in Brent.
The ISM ISTA Festival will take place November 19-21 (Friday to Sunday), and will involve as many as 100 stu-
dents from other countries, as well as our own ISM participants. As with any event, the whole ISM commu-
nity has the opportunity to get involved in this Middle School event. The most significant way for the ISM
community to get involved is to provide housing for the visiting students. If you are able to host some stu-
dents, you may contact the ATAC Office and/or the Fine Arts Office at badiangoj@ismanila.org and/or
talense@ismanila.org . Most guests will arrive on November 18th and will depart on either November 21st or
22nd. If you would like to help out with organization or facilitation during the ISTA Festival, you may also
contact Vicki Close in the Fine Arts Office (closev@ismanila.org) for more details on how you can help.
We look forward to this fantastic event, and this excellent opportunity for ISM to “show Manila proud”!
Vicki Close
Performing Arts Director
John Mulhall
MS Drama Faculty
Mark Pekin
ATAC Director
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