MS eNews – Friday, March 8, 2013
Updated MS Calendar of upcoming events:
Tuesday, March 12
- Early Dismissal at 1:00pm for all students
Thursday, March 14
- Meeting for all 8th grade students at 1:15pm in Chevron regarding Grade 9 in HS
- Gr. 8 Parent Information Meeting at 6:30pm in Chevron regarding Grade 9 in HS
Friday, March 15
- MS Alternate Dress Day – Theme is “Show Your Colors”
- MS Assembly at 1:00pm in the Chevron Theatre
- MS Student Social in MPB at 3:00-5:15pm
Friday, March 22
- Last Day MS Quarter 3
Monday, March 25
- First Day MS Quarter 4
Tuesday, March 25
- PTA Staff Appreciation Lunch
Thursday – Friday, March 28-29
- MS Student-Parent-Teacher Conferences (No classes these two days)
March 29-31
- BISAC Swimming Championships at ISB
Monday, April 1
- MS Track and Field Tryouts begin afterschool
MS Activities and Athletics Weekly Update
Check out some of the highlights that have happened, or will happen soon. For the most up-to-date information, click on the following link: https://inside.isb.ac.th/inthemix/https://inside.isb.ac.th/inthemix/
Early Dismissal on Tuesday, March 12
Reminder, all ISB students will be dismissed at 1:00 pm on Tuesday, March 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.
MS PTA Meeting, Tuesday, March 12
Join us for the MS Parent PTA Meeting on Tuesday, March 12 at 6 pm in MPB1. We will be discussing the MS Humanities program and how it supports the development of reading, writing, speaking, listening, and language skills.
A New Look For PowerSchool Has Now Been Launched!
Dear MS Parents,
Based on feedback received, we have now activated a new look for the main page of PowerSchool that first opens when students/parents log in – check it out if you have not already done so! All you need to do is log into PowerSchool as you normally do. The new look should make it easier to navigate than it was before. Thank you for your feedback and patience, which are much appreciated!
Upcoming MS Parent Technology Workshop Available
Next week, our MS Technology Learning Coach, Mr. Zambrano, will offer two sessions on using Mac’s Parental Controls to help monitor student’s online activity. The sessions will take place on the 13th and 14th of March between 2:15 – 3:15 PM. The venue will be the Wilde Room in the Main Library. It is important to remember to bring your child’s school laptop, so please make arrangements with your son/daughter to meet you at the end of the day and hand you the laptop for an hour. If you are interested, please contact Mr. Zambrano (miguelz@isb.ac.th) directly by email to confirm your participation.
MS Laptop Case Inspection Next Week
Dear Parents,
Teachers will be conducting a laptop case inspection next week. All students should be using the laptop case provided at the start of the year. If the laptop case is broken, they must return the bag to Ed Tech and will be issued with replacement. It is important, however, to remind your children that the main problem with the laptop case is the zipper. What leads to the zipper breaking is actually students’ careless use of the case; stacking lots of papers or other objects like pens and earphones for example, inside the case along with the laptop and then trying to close the zipper, sometimes by force, is actually mistreating a school accessory that you get as part of the Laptop Program. Not to mention that these objects can easily exert additional pressure on the laptop, damaging the screen, the most expensive part in a laptop. Teachers will be vigilant of this, so please don’t place any additional objects inside the case. If you have any additional concerns, please contact Mr. Zambrano (miguelz@isb.ac.th).
Grade 8 Parents – HS PTA meeting Wednesday 13th March in MPB – TRANSITIONS
By Mr. Bradley, HS Principal philipb@isb.ac.th
Grade 8 parents please join us for our next HS PTA meeting – we have a session devoted to Transitions.
From 9:00 – 10:00 AM the focus will be moving up transitions for students currently in grades 8,9,10 or 11. We have assembled a panel who will address a selection of frequently asked questions related to charting the best possible path through high school – advice, observations and experience. This will include a brief outline of the online course registration process.
If there are questions you would like to see addressed please email Holly Daniel the HS PTA representative at hwdaniel@yahoo.com
Grade 8 HS Course Registration Parent Information Session
By Mr. Rogers philr@isb.ac.th
On Thursday 14th March at 6:30pm in the MPB the HS will be hosting a grade 8, parent information session about the on-line registration process for High School courses for next year. All grade 8 parents are welcome to attend. Earlier on the same day a similar session will be held for all grade 8 students.
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.