Keep on being MARVELOUS for animals throughout the summer break. See you next school year. Enjoy the break!

Animarvelous 2009 ~ 2010

The ES Bamboo Shoots Magazine’s 2nd issue features a full page on bearcats. Click on the image below to read more about our school’s mascot. ~ ENJOY!

Bearcat Feature

An adult bearcat ~ google images

ES Animarvelous, MS and HS students will assist in building a bearcat enclosure for 15 bearcats in Laguna this May.

Yesterday, we had a quick “sweets and treats” sale to raise more money for this project. We made 3 000 pesos for the bearcats in only 45 minutes!

Thanks for your support!

Bake Sale ~ March 4

Do animals need us? (Irene)

Do we need animals? (Layla)

Is it fine to buy pets from a pet store? (Angelica)

Is it fine to keep animals caged or chained? (Liz)

Do we need to treat animals the way we want to be treated? (Nicole)

Can we live without animals? (Nanami)

How do animals communicate with us? (Seo Young)

How do you treat animals? (Ines)

What do you think about animals? (Nana)

Which are more harmful, TIGERS or HUMANS? (Ruchira)

For the first time the Bamboo Shoots Magazine featured a full page on dogs. Click on the image below to read more about your dog’s needs. ENJOY!

Bamboo Shoots Feature on DOGS

The Animarvelous shirts are selling at P300 each. Selling these shirts helps us raise funds for the PARC Dog and Cat Shelter in Quezon City.

The front reads: Animarvelous with a paw print

The back reads: Every Animal Matters

If you would like to have one of these shirts, then please fit for your size with Ms. Toni in the ES AFAC Office. These shirts will be sending out a very strong message about how you feel about animals.

Design by Tricia Casaje

Saturday, January 16 was a very special day for Animarvelous students. For the first time, ES students joined MS students on a trip to the PARC Shelter. For many of us, this was our first trip to an animal shelter.

We started with touring the shelter grounds. Some animals were newly rescued and we passed them in the quarantine areas. So many cats and dogs are available for adoption and they are eagerly waiting in the cattery and dog runs for a loving home.

We filled these exciting hours with walking dogs (or should we rather say, they walked us), playing with cats and making cat toys. We were a great team. We helped each other interacting with the animals and for some us it was a day of “firsts”. The following question came up a few times ~ “Are animals the same as people?” What a great question, with so many answers.

We are all eager to visit the shelter again. If you would like to visit the shelter and meet the cats and dogs who need a home, then please visit the PAWS site at http://paws.org.ph

We gave the PARC office one of our Animarvelous Responsible Pet Ownership Posters. Thanks to the PARC Staff, Ms. Pavic and all the students for making this trip a great success.

Enjoy our photos!

Dear Animarvelous Students

Please complete the following worksheet. Our deadline for submitting our ideas is next Friday, January 22. ENJOY!

Dear Animarvelous Students                                    

Thanks so much for all your enthusiasm and eagerness to understand and help animals. The first three months of school passed quickly and even though we only met once a week you made a difference and did your part for animals.

Thanks to Animarvelous’ request for donations from the ISM Community we were able to make 3 trips with long lists of donations in kind to the PARC Shelter, PAWS.

We have lots more to do when we return from our short break:

1. Updating our blog with educational info on being compassionate to animals. This info we will share with the rest of the kids in Elementary School.
2. Getting our responsible pet ownership posters on the bulletin boards.
3. A possible visit to the PARC Shelter before the end of this semester or during the 2^nd semester ~ this still need to be arranged and if successful information will follow.

For this holiday: While enjoying your days away from school make sure to help animals by being a good example for your family/friends in the way you treat your own pets.

Use your voice when an animal cannot speak for him/herself.

Take a photo of an animal this holiday: During the break, please take a photo of your own pet or a photo of a friend’s pet. Perhaps you will visit a Wildlife Reserve (if you are so lucky) and take photos of wild animals.

Pick the photo you like the most and include the following info:

The kind of animal and the name of the animal ~ only if he/she has a name.

The circumstances of the animal ~ living conditions, food and water, space to move etc.

If the animal in your photo could speak, what would he/she say:

Send the photo with info to my email diazi@ismanila.org or bring it to Animarvelous after the break.

Have a great holiday!

Animarvelous is ~

• a place to ask and answer questions about animals.
• a place where we will do our best to understand animals.
• a place where we will find ways to help animals.
• a place where we will create media to share with the rest of the ISM Community.
• a place where we will learn about and donate to organizations who care about animals.
• a place to wonder and think about animals.