Mar 18 2010
MS Student Notices for Friday, the 19th of March
On this day in 1932, the Sydney Harbour Bridge opens.
Today is a March Madness Day 6
5 -> 6 -> Ineedabreak -> 8 -> 7 -> mmmlunch -> 1 -> 2
Do not put your spoon into the pot which does not boil for you.
~ a proverb from Romania ~
Birthdays Today . . . .
Alex Miu (Gr 6), Aish Nair (Gr 6), Lia Dominques (Gr 6), Sarah Corning (Gr 6), Dinu Lipatti (Romanian pianist), Ellen Starr (co-founded Chicago’s Hull House), Kjell Aukrust (Norwegian author), Alexandra Kollontaib (Russian revolutionary)
Happening Today
Ping Pong this afternoon! This will be the last gathering of the MS Ping Pong activity for the year . . . head on down to the breezeway by Rajendra for your last chance to whup Mr. Herrmann!
Fun and Follies will Begin 3:00!
The PTA will have a display of Found Items from the Lost and Found TODAY in the MS/HS Cafeteria from 09:00am-02:30pm. Please look at the display and to retrieve of your items. Items without names and unclaimed will be donated to a charitable cause.
Friday Performance . . . . One of Mr. Hux’s classes is performing a play TODAY. The play will start at 1.30pm and run to the end of school. This piece is called “Dodge Ball - The Smashing of the Stereotypes” and was written by Mr. Hux and his students. The class was challenged to become a theatre company and produce a piece of Drama specifically to be performed to you. If your Per 2 class can come, please do!
New Notices
Sad News About the Visiting Author . . . Next week was to be our Visiting Author week this year. Ms Sheree Fitch, the author, will not be able to join us, as planned, because of an emergency in her family. We are very sorry Ms. Fitch cannot join us, and wish her family well. Wednesday, March 24th will be a regular Day 1 schedule.
A Reminder to 6th and 7th Graders! You can submit your course requests online inside PowerSchool anytime between March 19th and 31st. If you forget your PowerSchool login details, see Khun Phen in the MS Office. The information handouts on how to register and what to submit can be downloaded from the MS Forms and Documents page on Inside ISB: http://inside.isb.ac.th/middle/documents-for-download/
Habitat for Humanity Bake Sale Coming Can U Help? Help support our builds by bringing in goodies to sell to Ms Jones Room on Wednesday. If you don’t bring goodies, bring your money and buy the treats at lunch! We also have a few Habitat tee shirts left for sale at 250 baht.
Grade 8: Thanks to all the students who took time to explain on paper why observing a heart operation would be meaningful. We look forward to hearing from Brandon, Cha, Natalie and Yii-Ru about their visit. They will be excellent representatives of the Grade 8 this Saturday, and they will give us a personal connection to our fundraiser, Hoops for Hearts!
Repeating (But Still Important) Notices.
Head’s Up! Blogs.isb.ac.th and Inside.isb.ac.th will NOT be accessible from TODAY through Sunday. These services will be returned to normal by Monday morning. The maintenance being performed will improve the performance of our blogging sites, and also PantherNet Affected services will be: Inside.isb.ac.th and blogs.isb.ac.th.
Calling All Scientists! The first-ever ISB MS Science Expo is fast approaching. Start brainstorming your Expo ideas and join Mr. McGovern and Mr. Johnson every Wednesday in room 207 to set up and test your experiments! Applications can be picked up at the SOAR Centre, and are due by March 31st.
Do you speak Spanish? Are you from a Spanish-speaking country? If you’d like to share you love and pride for your country, see Sr. Ethridge to make a short mp3 of you reading a description of your country in Spanish! The sign-up sheet is on Sr. E’s classroom door, MS 212.
HooHa Question of yester DAY
Diesel engines do not have spark plugs.
HooHa Question of the Day
Puberty in humans generally occurs in humans between the ages of 11 - 14.
When does puberty generally occur in cats?
3 months 6 months 9 months 12 months 15 months