May 6, 2013—No School
Monday, May 6 is a substitute holiday for Coronation Day (May 5). Class resumes on Tuesday, May 7, 2013. It will be an ‘F’ Day.
If you know you are leaving ISB
Please come to the ES office and submit your official withdraw. Deadline for the notification of intention to leave ISB has now passed. Thank you for your cooperation. Please see attached Notice of Withdrawal Form and can also be found at https://www.isb.ac.th/How_to_Apply/default.aspx.
Coaches Corner
ES mathematicians continue to work hard this last trimester refining and developing efficient strategies in number sense. In order to build strong conceptual understandings, students focus on explaining their thinking of math operations, in addition to the application and fluency of math facts. In the classroom, children are given the opportunity to gain fluency through a combination of games and explicit instruction based on individual needs. Please feel free to visit the sites below for extra fluency practice at home.
https://www.sheppardsoftware.com/math.htm
https://www.arcademics.com/
https://www.coolmath.com/
At this month’s parent training, parents focused on the development of multiplication strategies across the elementary grade levels by building awareness of the variety of strategies that students use in the classroom so that they could better support their children with homework and explaining their thinking at home.
For more information on how to support your child at home you may like to explore the following math sites.
https://investigations.terc.edu/families/
https://mixinginmath.terc.edu/
ES P.E. Swimming
espe@isb.ac.th
Elementary Physical Education Department
Our final session of swimming will begin on Wednesday, May 8. If your child’s class is part of this session you will receive a detailed letter explaining our swim program in your child’s Friday folder that will go home on May 3. So please be on the lookout for this!
The following classes will be the second session in the pool: (May 8 – June 7)
Grade 5 – Hahn, Cherry
Grade 4 – Hamlin, Jessee
Grade 3 – Slimko, Bentley
Grade 2 – Giles, Rodgers
Grade 1 – Ducharme, Scranton
Kindergarten – Whitman, Brickerd
Friday performance of Scapino postponed until Tuesday
The HS Drama performance of Scapino’s Friday performance has been postponed until Tuesday, May 7th at 3 pm. The Saturday performance and Red Carpet event will carry on as scheduled. Tickets for Friday’s show are valid for Tuesday’s show. Alternatively, if you arrive on Saturday with a Friday ticket, it may be exchanged for a different seat for the Saturday performance. For those unable to use their Friday performance ticket, refunds will be provided. More information will be shared next week.
ES After School Activities News
Livnat Ziskinder
esactivities@isb.ac.th
Please note that Monday, May 6th is a school holiday. No school, no ASA in session.
Many of our ASA are complete but some still remain in session. Please read the information below carefully:
· Monday – There are two more sessions on May 13th and May 20th.
· Tuesday – COMPLETE with exception of soccer class. Make up classes will be on May 7th.
· Wednesday – COMPLETE with exception of two Yoga classes. Make up class will be on May 8th and May 15th.
· Thursday – There is one more session on May 9th with exception of Basketball class. Make up class will be on May 16th.
· Friday – There is one more session on May 10th with exception of Archery class. Make up class will be on May 17.
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.
ES Songkran Assembly DVD
A DVD is available for check out in the main library or ES Thai class, if you are interested in watching the Songkran assembly.
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
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
Father Daughter Dance
Linda Stuckey
lindastuckey@midcircle.com
The tickets are selling fast to the annual Father and Daughter Dance “A Red Carpet Affair”.
Don’t miss out get your tickets today. Contact: lindastuckey@midcircle.com for questions. See attached flyer for details.
FlyerFather and Daughter Dinner Dance
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
May 2013
| 6-May | Coronation Day – Substitute (No School) |
| Colgate Kids Triathlon | |
| 7-May | Cub Scouts Pack Meeting |
| 8-May | Volunteer Appreciation Lunch |
| 10-May | Panther Paws Track & Field 5:00 pm |
| May 11-12 | BISAC Gymnastics Championships (SHB) |
| 14-May | 1:00 pm Early Dismissal |
| PTA Executive Board Meeting 10:00 am | |
| 15-May | ES Music Concert |
| 17-May | ES Music Assembly 9:30 am (Chevron Theater) |
| Panther Paws Track & Field 5:00 pm | |
| 18-May | Cub Scouts Pack Event – Day Camp & Family BBQ |
| BISAC U11/U13/U15 Track & Field Championship (ISB) | |
| ThaiCraft Fair | |
| IMP Recital | |
| Father Daughter Dance 6:00-10:00 pm | |
| 21-May | Food Committee Meeting 9:00 am (HS Conference Rm) |
| PTA AnnualL General Meeting 6:00 pm | |
| Board of Trustees Annual General Meeting 7:00 pm | |
| 23-May | Transport Committee Meeting 9:00 am (HS Conference Rm) |
| 24-May | Visaka Bucha Day (Holiday for Classified Staff) |
| School in session | |
| Panther Paws Track & Field 5:00 pm | |
| 30-May | ASD Dress Rehearsal 2:00 pm |
| 31-May | After School Dance Performance |
| ISB Gymnastics Second Semester Ends | |
| Board of Trustees Retreat |
