Monday, April 8, 2013 Substitute Chakri Day No School
Monday, April 8, 2013 is Substitute Chakri Day. No school for students and classified staff. However, it is a professional day for certified staff. Classes resume on Tuesday, April 9, 2013. It will be a ‘D’ day.
Songkran Assembly
Our students will participate in our annual Songkran Assembly next Friday. Due to safety regulations, this is a student only event. Parents will not be admitted to the theater. Thank you for your understanding and cooperation. We will upload photos onto our Flickr pages.
ES Parent Training – The Reading Workshop: Book Clubs
ES Parent Training
The Reading Workshop: Book Clubs
Students are encouraged to read, read and read some more both at school and at home. In grades 2-5, teachers monitor student understanding as well as teach life-long skills through book clubs. The book club structure provides students an opportunity to share their learning with others around a similar topic or title. In book clubs, they share their thinking and learn to work collaboratively by building on the ideas of others, looking for common threads across different titles, identify themes, encouraging others to participate in conversations, and more. If you would like to learn more about book clubs and participate in one yourself, please consider attending one of the workshops below. I’m looking forward to reading with you!
Who and When: Parents of Students Grades 2 and 3 – April 11th
When: 7:30 a.m. – 9:00 a.m.
Where: Coaches Office (Rm. 117 in the Art/Music Quad)
If you know you are leaving ISB
Please come to the ES office and submit your official withdraw. We are planning for next year and this information would help us greatly. Thank you for your cooperation. Please see attached Notice of Withdrawal Form.
ES After School Activities News
Livnat Ziskinder
esactivities@isb.ac.th
Please note that Monday, April 8th is a school holiday. No school, no ASA in session.
There are limited spaces available in some of our ASA. You can still register and a fee pro rata will be arranged for you but don’t delay! Most of ASA have already hosted their 5th session so there are no longer any changes permitted.
Livnat Ziskinder, our After School Activities Coordinator, is in the office daily from 1:30pm – 3:30pm if you have any questions or concerns.
Coffee and Chat – Raising Multilingual Children
Olga Steklova
olgas@isb.ac.th
Once again we are inviting you for a conversation about raising multilingual children. This will be our last Coffee & Chat this school year. Please join us to share your family stories and ideas for planning your children’s language development. We have two new books to share for your holiday reading list! We will meet on April 11 from 10:45-11:30 am in Room 224A (4th grade quad). See you there!
After School Supervision – Expectations
All students are expected to go home at the end of the school day (2:05pm) unless they have a school-sponsored After-School Activity. Students may not be on campus after school unless supervised by an adult.
Book Donation
On April 25 and 26 the Fifth Grade will be holding its Annual Used Book Sale. We are proud to be one of the main contributors of donations to Mercy Centre, found in the Klong Toey Area of Bangkok. They use this money to send children to school and to run educational programs.
However, in order for this to be successful, WE NEED YOUR HELP! While you are spring cleaning over the next few weeks, could you please look for books and magazines to donate?
Books to Donate
Children’s books
Young Adult books Fiction and Non Fiction
Adult Fiction and Non Fiction
Appropriate magazines
We also had a small section last year of Kids Toys that sold like hotcakes! If you have any games that you no longer play (with all of the pieces J), you could donate them as well.
We have a box already in place outside of the ES Office.
Thank you for your assistance!
Steve Perkins and the 5th Grade Team
Summer School
Registration for ISB’s 2013 Summer school is now open! We have elementary classes available for preK students to grade 5 students. An Early Bird special registration is available for all sessions:
Session 1: June 10 – July 5
Session 2: July 8 – July 26
Full Session: June 10 – July 26
Please see our webpage www.isb.ac.th/Summer_School for further information, or please contact the summer school office on 02 963 5812 or sumdir13@isb.ac.th
U11 Track and Field Starts Monday April 22nd (Date Change!)
Mike Rutherford
miker@isb.ac.th
The elementary U11 Track & Field team consists of 4th, 5th and age qualifying 6th grade boys and girls. To register your child for Track & Field please visit the online registration page. All students who come out for the team will be able to train through to the BISAC event where a representative team will be chosen.
IMPORTANT INFORMATION for U11 Track & Field
Starts: Monday April 22nd 2:15-3:15pm
Where: ISB track in the stands
Who: Any 4th, 5th, or 6th grader who was under 11 years of age on August 1, 2012
What You Need to Bring: Come dressed in PE clothes with running shoes, a hat and a water bottle.
Practices: Two-three times per week from 2:15-3:15pm. Monday, Wednesday and Thursday
When Does the Season End? Saturday, May 18 BISAC at ISB.
14th Colgate Kids Triathlon registration is open!
Kevin Sypolt
ksypolt@gmail.com
The 14th Annual Colgate Kids Triathlon is just around the corner. The race will take place on Monday, May 6th (Coronation Day substitute) at 7:30AM starting at two the ISB pools. It’s shaping up to be an incredible event! Again this year the triathletes will receive timing chips to wear around their ankles for accurate time and distance recording. The Relay Race will again allow relay teams in each age division (based upon the oldest participant in the relay team), so athletes can form teams of three people to participate together. One of the relay team members can be a teacher or other adult this year.
The distances this year will be:
5-6: 50m swim, 1 km bike, 450m run
7-8: 100m swim, 2.5 km bike, 800m run
9-10: 150m swim, 4.5 km bike, 1.2 km run
11-12: 200m swim, 4.5 km bike, 1.7 km run
13-14: 250m swim, 6.8 km bike, 2.4 km run
15+ : 350m swim, 9.1 km bike, 3.1 km run
Registration will close on Monday, April 29th. No late registrations will be permitted so make sure you register before the close date! The fee per participant is THB 500 (THB 1,500 for relay teams). All participants will receive a water bottle, towel and race bag.
All registrations must provide one volunteer to help on race day or pay a THB 1,000 (no volunteer fee)
Please note that all bike riders must have their own bicycle and must wear a helmet.
More information and the registration link can be found at our Kids Triathlon website:
https://inside.isb.ac.th/cao/2011/08/16/colgate-kids-triathlon/
Using the Playground
Families are welcome to use the ISB playgrounds after school hours, with supervision. However, during the school day from 7:00 am to 2:00 pm, the playgrounds are to be used only by students for scheduled recess. This includes the PK/Kinder playground. After 1:00 PK dismissal, the playground should only be used by Kindergarteners for their scheduled recess. Your cooperation is appreciated.
Calendar of Events
April 2013
| Apr. 5-6 | Girl Scouts Siam Oceanworld Sleepover |
| Apr. 8 | Chakri Day- Professional Day |
| (Substitute – No school for students and classified staff) | |
| Apr. 9 | Thai Food Festival |
| Board of Trustees Meeting 6:00 pm | |
| Apr. 10 | Open Session ‘What is a Trustee?’ 7:30 am (MPB 3) and 6:30 pm (MPB 3) |
| Apr. 11 | Parent Training – The Reading Workshop: Book Clubs for Parents of Students Grades 2 and 3, 7:30 a.m. – 9:00 a.m. (Coaches Office, Rm. 117 in the Art/Music Quad) |
| Coffee and Chat – Raising Multilingual Children 10:45 -11: 30 am Room 224A (4th grade quad). | |
| Apr. 12 | ES Songkran Assembly 9:30 am (Chevron) |
| Apr. 13-17 | Songkran Holiday (No school for staff) |
| Apr. 15-19 | Spring Holiday (No school) |
| Apr. 22 | U11 Track & Field Begins |
| Gr. 4 Hamlin/Terry Field Trip to Bangkhen Water Treatment Plant 9:15am-12:20pm | |
| Apr. 22-26 | Earth Week |
| Apr. 23 | Gr. 4 Andree/Crimi Field Trip to Bangkhen Water Treatment Plant 9:15am-12:20pm |
| PTA Executive Board Meeting 10:00 am | |
| Apr. 24 | Gr. 4 Jessee/Macky Field Trip to Bangkhen Water Treatment Plant 9:15am-12:20pm |
| Apr. 25 | ES PTA Meeting 7:45 am (MPB 1) |
| Apr. 25-26 | Grade 5 Book Fair |
| Apr. 26 | Panther Paws Track & Field 5:00 pm |
| Apr. 27 | After School Dance Photo Day |
| Cub Scouts Pack Event | |
| BISAC U11 T-ball (ASBg. BPS, b/g) |
