MS eNews – Friday, December 7, 2012
Updated MS Calendar of upcoming events for the remainder of Semester 1:
Today at 3:00pm to 12:00pm on Friday, December 21
- PowerSchool access to students/parents turned off while semester report cards being finalized
Monday, December 10 – Friday, December 14
- Grade 7 After The Wave Fundraiser
Monday, December 10
- Constitution Day – School is in Session
Tuesday, December 11
- Early Dismissal at 1:00pm
Saturday, December 15
- MS Holiday Social at 5:00 – 7:15pm in the MPB
Tuesday, December 18
- MS Drama/Dance Assembly for 6th grade (7th & 8th grade by teacher reservation), 1:00pm in the Cultural Centre Theatre
Thursday, December 20
- MS Olympics – all day
Friday, December 21
- MS Alternate Dress Day
- MS End of Semester Assembly at 7:20am in the Chevron Theatre
- All students dismissed at 11:30am
Early Dismissal on Tuesday, December 11th
Dear Parents,
Reminder, all ISB students will be dismissed at 1:00 pm on Tuesday, December 11th, our next scheduled Early Dismissal Day. School buses will leave at 1:15 pm. There are no scheduled after school activities this day for MS students. Early Dismissals allow ISB Staff to collaborate and further their professional development, providing a common meeting time in all three divisions. Please note that no instructional time is lost, as we have added additional school days to the academic year.
MS Semester 1 Report Cards
ISB will be closed during the week of December 24th to 28th. As a result, report cards for all returning students will not be mailed home until after January 1st. All information will be available on PowerSchool however after 12:00pm on Friday, December 21st.
For all students leaving ISB at the end of this semester, their report card will be available for pickup in the MS Counseling Office after 11:30am on Friday, December 21st, or on their last day of attendance this semester.
Letter to all MS Parents…
Dear Parents,
Every year the Grade 7 class sponsors several students from the R-35 School in Khao Lak. We sponsor the students through the After the Wave foundation. For more information about After the Wave and the school in Khao Lak, please click here.
For the past two years we have raised money through a Digital Technology Challenge and it was so successful, for learning and for fundraising, we are going to try it again this year!
On Thursday, December 13th, at 6:30am, every student in Grade 7 is going to try to go without using electronic communication devices for 24 hours. On Friday, December 14th we will have a Socratic Seminar about the impact of electronic devices on learning and on their lives in general.
Help sponsor our students as they take the 24 Hour Digital Technology Challenge on Thursday, December 13th. If each student raises 200 baht we will be able to continue our sponsorship of the same children 7th graders have sponsored for the last 4 years. If we raise more than that amount, which we did last year, we will donate to the general fund.
We see this as a good learning opportunity for our students and a good way for them to give of themselves as we fund-raise for others.
This will be as hard for the teachers as it is for the students. We want our students to be as honest as possible about how many hours they can survive without cell phones, video games, the internet and mp3 players. Our discussion on Friday will address the ways in which being digitally wired in can cause multiple distractions. We believe that talking about our technology use (and abuse) will help us make better decisions about how to manage our time and our ability to communicate.
Two of ISB’s 3 major exit outcomes involve community service and giving to others. Experience shows when we are giving up something to help others, be it time or effort, then the lesson is stronger and more meaning is attached to the giving.
We thank you in advance for your support.
Humanities 7 Team
MS Movie Opportunity!
As part of One School, One Book, One Ring, middle school students have an opportunity to go to a movie screening of The Hobbit after school on Friday, December 14 at The Esplande @Rattanathibet. Permission forms are available outside the SOAR Center, in the main library, or online HERE. If you have any questions you can contact Ross Tague (rosst@isb.ac.th) or Alegria Barclay (alegriab@isb.ac.th).
MS School Photos Update
Dear Parents,
If you ordered school photos recently from our school photographer, Kidsfoto, 6th graders were given their photos to take home earlier today. 7 and 8th graders will receive their pictures to take home on Monday, December 10th.
Leaving ISB End of This Semester?
If you are leaving ISB end of this semester, please contact Khun Fon in the MS Office at supanniy@isb.ac.th – she will send you paperwork that needs to be completed in order for her to get your child’s school records ready for his/her next school.
Panther Swim Team Parent Meeting
Contact email: swim3@isb.ac.th
There will be a meeting for all Panther Swim Team parents on Monday
Dec. 10th, at 6:30pm in the MPB3. The agenda includes announcement of new leadership, voting on updated by-laws, voting in new board members, new facility update with pictures and coaching update.
Cafeteria News…Did You Know…?
…That you can do some of your Christmas shopping right here at the Cafeteria? Our Epicure Dining Vouchers are the perfect small way to say Thank You to teachers and staff. Vouchers start at 100B and go up to a value of 500B. Thinking of someone who would love to try some of the very new and unique Jasberry Rice? ‘Baskets’ of all 3 rice assortments are packed into a handmade leather bag for only 990B (retail value 1,450 B), or buy a Jasberry Gift Box for 450 B (retail 650B). Still nothing you are looking for? Then try our extremely popular homemade Christmas cookies for 280 B/ Dozen packed into a cake box and wrapped with celebration ribbon. Next time you’re on campus, stop by to shop! For further inquires or how to order, please email Cafeteria@isb.ac.th Enjoy.
Michelle Ihrig
Epicure Catering
Manager of Operations @ ISB
Tel. 02-963-5800 ext. 7728
M: 082-322-7531
eNewsletter Guidelines
By Tony Arnold anthonya@isb.ac.th
ISB eNewsletters provide a valuable avenue for communication within the ISB parent community. For your convenience we have provided you with our eNewsletter guidelines below.
- Submitting an announcement for publication ISB accepts announcements from ISB families for potential publication in our eNewsletters. The announcements are generally intended to highlight events that occur at ISB and/or highlight information about ISB.
- What to include in the announcement • A title for your announcement • An email contact for further information
- Where to submit your announcement
- 4publish@isb.ac.th is for announcements of interest to the entire ISB community
- tinaratr@isb.ac.th is for Elementary School announcements of interest to ES families
- maurilib@isb.ac.th is for Middle School announcements of interest to MS families
- vijitl@isb.ac.th is for High School (HS) announcements of interest to HS families
Your announcement will be submitted to the appropriate Principal and/or to our Marketing Director for review. ISB reserves the right to determine which announcements will and will not be published, and to edit announcements that are approved for publication.
- Frequency of eNewsletter mailings
- The ISB eNewsletter that is for the entire community is sent out on Thursdays. Announcements for potential publication in this newsletter must be received by noon on Thursdays.
The ES, MS, and HS eNewsletters are sent out on Fridays. Announcements for potential publication in these newsletters must be received by noon on Fridays.