MS eNews – Friday, February 8, 2013
Updated MS Calendar of upcoming events:
Tuesday, February 12
- Early Dismissal at 1:00pm
Friday, February 15
- MS Alternate Dress Day (Theme is Twin Day)
Monday, February 25
- Maka Bucha Day (No School)
Wednesday, February 27
- MS Third Season Volleyball, Softball, and Tennis (U15) Tryouts Begin – 2:15 – 3:15pm
Friday, March 8
- MS Music Assembly at 1:00pm in the Chevron Theatre
- Faculty Follies at 3:00 – 4:30pm in the Chevron Theatre
We’re back! Three Successful MS Trips…
Mr. Baron-Toaldo maurilib@isb.ac.th
Except for a few illnesses and some scrapes and bruises, all three grades have returned from successful grade level trips this week! A well deserved weekend of rest to all our students and staff! We are sure you will be hearing all about the trip your child(ren) attended if you haven’t already! Please don’t hesitate to contact us with any questions or concerns.
Early Dismissal on Tuesday, February 12
Reminder, all ISB students will be dismissed at 1:00 pm on Tuesday, February 12th, 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.
LUNCH News…What you NEED to know…
Starting Monday Feb. 11, those students who have insufficient funds on their cards will not be serviced from the Cafeteria. Up until now, Epicure has been accommodating those students who forgot to top up and did not have cash with them, by jotting down the ID number and debiting the amount from the card on a later date once it has been topped up. Because the number of these students is on the rise, we will go back to Original School Rules, which is to top up the cards and pay with them. Don’t let your kids go hungry next week! Remind them to bring their IDs AND have them topped up! For students who do forget their student ID card, they can see Khun Dalad in the MS Office and borrow a temporary card to buy lunch that day and then pay her back next day.
MS Activities and Athletics Weekly Highlights
Web Design for students. This is an opportunity for students to learn a quick and easy way to turn Google Sites into stunning websites. During the Mini Workshop students will learn about setting colors and fonts as well as creating and adding their own favicon. To sign up, click HERE. Contact Mr. Zambrano (miguelz@isb.ac.th) if you have any questions.
Floor Hockey starts after our school trips. All students are welcome! No experience needed! This activity will run on Monday, Wednesday, and Thursday for two weeks after the class trips. Contact Mr. Ducharme (daved@isb.ac.th) if you are interested or have questions.
BISAC SPORTS Season 3: All the details, including how to sign up for Tennis are HERE.
Job & Maria Charity Fun Run. It’s time to pull your running shoes out of the closet and take a few laps around the lake to get ready for the the 7th annual Job & Maria charity fun run on Friday, February 15th.
We run to honor the memories of Job & Maria Berkhout, ISB students, whom we lost in tsunami 2004 and provide an education and brighter future for six Thai children. Job & Maria would be in 8th Grade this year, so the MS 1 Mile Race is dedicated to them.
Sign up on the day will be open from 3:30 PM at the ISB track. First year we offer an on-line sign up at: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/embeddedform?formkey=dGRvSHZoajloTVBtZGFTeEVtQUotVVE6MQ. You can bring your registration donation to CAO office (next to the Book shop). For more info, please contact: Sharka or Marlies at: sharka.furda@gmail.com, marliessuyver@hotmail.com.
Carl Anderson Visits ISB
Carl Anderson, author of How’s It Going? and Assessing Writers, will again be visiting ISB the week of February 11th. Carl is a master at assessing writers through conferring and then using this information to meet students where they are and move them forward. Teachers from grades 2 through 8 will glean ideas and insight from his modeled mini-lessons and conferring techniques and then hone their own conferring skills while participating in labsites throughout the week. Carl will be offering a teacher workshop on assessing writers and a workshop for IAs on improving the quality of teaching points in conferences. On Friday, Carl will spend time with interested parents on what to look for in their children’s writing, how to notice what students are learning and giving positive feedback. We hope you can join us.
What: A Morning with Carl
When: Friday, February 15th from 7:30 – 8:45 a.m.
Where: ES MPR
Parents as Learners: Raising Responsible Online Children
By Mrs. Bagnato ellenb@isb.ac.th
The ISB counselors and the Technology Coordinators will facilitate a forum for parents to learn more about children being safe online, making smart technology choices, and owning their digital footprint. We will also break out by division to address specific issues based on age development. The group is limited to 20 parents from each division. The forum will be held on Thursday February 14 from 8:00 – 9:30am in the ES MPR. Contact the Curriculum Office to register. Space is limited.
Note: There is no need to bring a computer; this is not a workshop on computer skills.
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.