Mabuhay!

Tis the season! No not Christmas, silly… it’s the Chowdown season!

Sige na, another SF Bay Area gathering of AS and ISM alumni in honor of another visitor: August Heiss ’82.

Join us this Thursday night, January 25 in San Rafael at 7 PM.

Meet up at:

Gaspare’s Pizzeria Ristorante & Bar
200 Merrydale Rd.
San Rafael, CA 94903
Tel 415-472-7101

Directions:
Right next to Highway 101 in North San Rafael. Take 101 Exit North San Pedro Rd. Head East, take 1st R on Merrydale, go 2 blocks.

Mabuhay!

Time for an AS/IS Chowdown with some live music…

Linda Jhong Palermo ’83 and her band THE MINKS are playing next week! They play songs by The Kinks.

Date and Time:

Thursday August 3 at 8 PM

Location:

The FENIX

919 4th St

San Rafael, CA
Sige na, tell your friends!

International School Manila and Jeepney Gang AS/ISM Alumni Association invite YOU to:

EIGHTIES ERUPTION 4 ALL

All staff, teachers and students who attended either the pioneering American School or its successor, International School of Manila are invited!

Come to sunny San Diego, California on August 1-3, 2014. Join us at the Handlery Hotel to recollect, reminisce, rekindle, and ripen old friendships.

Prepare for a fun filled weekend of activities. The fiesta jumpstarts with Friday’s Mabuhay Mixer — a cool casual affair with outdoor dining and a no-host bar. Next up are the Eruption Auction, alumni movies, dancing and partying in a friendly, relaxed setting.

Saturday we will have another infamous Pinoy Beach Party at Mission Beach, complete with Pinoy Catering! Super sarap native Filipino fare and fun in the sun (volleyball, frisbee, surfing, board walk strolling…)!

That night we’ll have a “Saturday Night Party,” You’ll be dancing like you did in the 80s! Evening highlights include an appreciation and awards presentation. And you will be immortalized in our traditional class photo sessions.

This is also a kid-friendly reunion. Kids 12 and under are FREE.

Eighties Eruption 4 All
Handlery Hotel, San Diego, CA
August 1-3, 2014

Mabuhay SF Bay Area alums!

Time for another AS/ISM San Francisco Chowdown!

Our guest of honor is alum Nasreen Khan ’86 who is visiting SF.

Mark your calendars:

Date: March 22, 2014

Time: 7:00 PM

Location:

E&O Asian Kitchen

314 Sutter Street
San Francisco, CA 94108
Tel 415.693.0303

Here are some of the AS/ISM reunions from 2013 and 2014:

Chicago A-Go-Go – 60’s Reunion Chicago, IL Open to all A.S. alums from the 50’s to the 70’s September 27-29, 2013
Manila Memories – The Way We Were Washington D.C. OPEN TO ALL October 11-13, 2013
New Hampshire Autumn Leaves Reunion III American School Reunion Margate Resort, Laconia, New Hampshire Oct 24-27, 2013
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Eighties Eruption 4 All Handlery Hotel San Diego, CA OPEN TO ALL August 1-3, 2014

ISM ALUMNI
MINI-REUNION
You’re invited to an
AS/IS INDIAN CHOWDOWN!

Upcoming SF Bay Area, CA Chowdowns:

WHEN

Saturday May 25 8:00 PM

WHERE
Bimbos 365 Club
1025 Columbus Ave
San Francisco, CA
Tel 415.474.0365

HOSTS
Linda Jhong Palermo ’83 and her band The Minks
The Minks play songs by The Kinks.
Entrance fee $25

Sige na, see you Saturday night!

Were you at IS in the seventies? Then you may remember Dannie Russell as the wife of Dr. Daryl Russell (former IS High School Principal) or the mother of IS alums Ian and Jessica.

Now she is also the author of a travel memoir! Her new book is entitled “Home is Where my Earrings Are” and it is out on Peppertree Press.

All the cool kids are reading it. You can order it here.

Videos

Need a funny video fix? Visit the Bola Bidjo section!

5 Flashback videos from the 2008 Homecoming Reunion:

2010

The JeepneyGang AS/IS Manila alumni association invited alums to attend Nancy Keeney Forster’s March 16, 2010 lecture in Tiburon, CA about her book “Encounters: A Lifetime Spent Crossing Cultural Frontiers” .

Nancy read from the book which describes the adventures of her late husband, AS ’43 alum Cliff Forster.

Order your copy of ENCOUNTERS online via the JeepneyShop

There were at least 5 AS/ISM alums attending:

Hank Miller ’59
Mary (Brings) Farquhar ’61
Michelle Palmer Alvino ’79 (and her mom)
Alex Kahl ’81
Tisha del Rosario – Kahl ’84

2007
School Book Drive

Vicky Sycip Herrera ’68 and Susie McElhaney ’82 collected books for public elementary schools in Tagaytay.

The schools needed books written in English! Schools all over the Philippines are embarking on a program to teach English.

The schools have set aside time in the day for students to read books in English. However, there are few English language books available.

The goal was to build a collection of books for each school. Due to alumni generosity, the book drive collected 4,000 books!

CLICK HERE FOR DETAILS