Suksan Wan Songkran!
Congratulations to our students for such wonderful recent learning. Your progress is simply amazing! A special thank you to all ES parents for your partnership in the learning process and your support. We wish every family a fun-filled and relaxing Songkran break and look forward to welcoming students back on Monday April 22 (a B day).
ES PTA Meeting
Cory Fox and Sharane Sherman
escoord@isb.ac.th
Our final ES PTA meeting for the year will take place at 9:30 am on Thursday, April 25 in MPB 1. It’s a little later than usual, so that we can tour the ES Cafeteria with Manager Michelle Ihrig from Epicure Catering, just before the first group of students are welcomed in for lunch. Topics of discussion for the meeting include: ES Cafeteria – including the tour; ES playground – an explanation of different play options, supervision and an introduction to our student mediator program, and of course, Q and A with PTA Reps Cory and Sharane, ES Administrators, Kelly and Diana.
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
EARTH WEEK COMMUNITY SING-A-LONG!
(led by the Middle School Choirs)
Coleen Peterson
coleenp@isb.ac.th
Come join us as we kick start earth week 2013!
We will be singing in front of the Administrative Offices by the Reuse/Recycle stations….everyone from PK-adult is welcome to sing with us!
Monday-Friday, April 22-26
6:45-7:10am
Link to songs with lyrics for practice + karaoke tracks can be found HERE.
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.
Beginning Band Drive
Brent W. Poling Brentp@isb.ac.th
Kentaro Udagawa kentarou@isb.ac.th
If your grade 5 child will be choosing band as the music elective in grade 6, please read and fill out the on-line form. This MS sign up process usually happens earlier, however, with a new schedule in the works details have not been completed. Since the Beginning Band Drive is scheduled to occur soon after the Songkran holidays, we are sending this out to let you know about the day your child can try out a variety of instruments.
In getting a head start for the next school year, we are planning a “Beginner Drive” set for Saturday, May 18, 2013. It will begin at 9:00 am and will finish at 12:00 pm. At this time you will be able to meet the MS Band teachers at ISB and your child will have the opportunity to try out various instruments; from flute to tuba and French horn to percussion, all wind and percussion instruments will be available. We will be looking for which instrument best physically suits your child as well as finding the instrument that he/she can excel on the fastest. This is a very important process because some children may not be physically capable of playing certain instruments or may be limited to minimal success. For example, a child with a teardrop shaped upper lip will have a difficult time excelling on the flute. A child with an under-bite will have an extremely difficult time playing saxophone or clarinet.
We will split up the three-hour session by the last name of the student. It is as follows:
9:00-10:00 Last name beginning with A-J
10:00-11:00 Last name beginning with K-R 11:00-12:00 Last name beginning with S-Z
Knowing which instrument your child will be playing in advance will help the school year begin smoothly and successfully.
The link to the on-line form is here:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=dENWd1Y2LUhmR0RoMEJMLU80aEFaNkE6MA
(if the link doesn’t work, try copying and pasting into an empty page in your browser)
Thank you all so much for your time. We anxiously wait the day that we get to meet you. If you have any questions, please contact
Brent W. Poling Kentaro Udagawa
Brentp@isb.ac.th kentarou@isb.ac.th
ES After School Activities News
Livnat Ziskinder
esactivities@isb.ac.th
Spring holiday will start on April 15th, therefore no ASA in session from Monday, April 13th until April 19th.
All ASA will resume as normal from Monday April 22nd.
Please note that the TKD class on April 25th and 26th will be reallocated to the MS MPR (and not in the ES MPR as usual).
Livnat Ziskinder, our After School Activities Coordinator, is in the office daily from 1:30pm – 3:30pm if you have any questions or concerns.
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.
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.
Cafeteria News…Did You Know…?
Michelle Ihrig
cafeteria@isb.ac.th
That the ES Cafeteria kicked off an ‘Eating Well’ Campaign just a few months ago which consisted of the introduction of new plates with wellness messages printed on them, colorful posters in front of the ES Cafeteria, and wellness discussions in the classrooms. What has been the outcome of this collaborative effort? We have actually seen a rise in the consumption of the cooked and sauted vegetables! Further, there is a raised awareness of the importance of ‘more color’ on your plate. What effect has it had on the salad bar consumption? Not much. Which is terrific news, as about 85% of the ES students already use the Salad Bar on a daily basis anyway after they have enjoyed their hot selection first. Overall the students are making good choices, and one can track, that the older they get, and the more they have learned, the better the choices become. Enjoy.
Calendar of Events
April 2013
| 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 9:30 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) |
