High School Upcoming events (Please click):
HS Open House – Thursday the 12th of September
Philip Bradley
philb@isb.ac.th
We cordially invite you to our annual Open House on Thursday the 12th of September. Parents will have the opportunity to attend classes according to their son’s or daughter’s schedule. In this way we hope that you will gain much useful information about the courses your son/s and daughter/s are taking and understand more about the learning environment we foster at ISB. This in turn will allow you more opportunities to engage in learning focused conversations with your child/children.
Please plan on arriving shortly after 6:00 p.m. As you arrive make your way to the front of Chevron Theater. In front of the Theater you will collect an individualized schedule and for each of your children – this will guide you throughout the evening with details on periods, teachers and locations.
There will be a technology session starting at 6:15 p.m. in the Chevron Theater – this will cover a lot of helpful information for parents so that we are better able to support our children.
At 6:30 p.m. there will be an introductory assembly held in the Chevron Theater.
From 7:00 – 9:10 p.m. parents will follow the eight period HS schedule.
Excusing Absences
Peter Roback
peterro@isb.ac.th
If there are times when your child is going to miss class or a day of school, please email our attendance secretary, Khun Gade at sasivimb@isb.ac.th or call her at 02 963 5883. It is important that we receive this parental contact, because without it, your child is marked absent unexcused (AbU). Unexcused absences will prevent your child from participating in after-school activities and athletics.
You can see whether your child has been marked absent (X) on any day using PowerSchool. If we receive confirmation from parents that the absence is excused (Student Handbook, page 26-27), then we adjust the code to reflect that (AbE). Please help us to ensure we best understand reasons for your child missing school.
Making up Work
Peter Roback
peterro@isb.ac.th
Related to absences, please note that if a student misses class but comes to school for other parts of the school day, they are expected to turn in any assignment or take any assessment that was expected in the class(es) missed. This is an expectation. It is the student’s responsibility to find the teacher and submit work or arrange time for an assessment. If the student does not do this, it is likely they will not receive credit for the work and will be assigned to Mandatory Study Hall which takes precedent over all other clubs or activities after school. Please help your child understand their responsibilities when he or she misses class.
Safety
Peter Roback
peterro@isb.ac.th
If your child drives a motorcycle or golf cart, please remind and encourage them to drive in a safe and responsible manner and review with them the rules of the road. To help protect our youngest students, it is especially important to drive carefully and slowly near the Elementary School crosswalk and around both adjacent corners. Students that are operating these vehicles without any license or training are endangering children and others. Also be reminded that all students and adults must be wearing a proper bicycle helmet that is strapped to enter campus.
Measure of Academic Progress (MAP) Testing – Grade 9 ONLY – 9 & 10 September
Philip Rogers
philr@isb.ac.th
On these two days our Grade 9 students will complete two MAP tests in Reading and Mathematics. This testing looks at the learning growth of an individual child and benchmarks it against a significant sample from the USA and worldwide. It is a computer-based adaptive assessment looking at what an individual student can do in these two areas. Students do not need to study for this test and will complete it in either their English or Mathematics period on these two days. At ISB students in Grades 3 to 9 complete the test twice a year to help determine their growth over this time. It is used to help develop learning plans and individual student goals. Parents will receive a report later in the semester that provides feedback on the MAP test. Please note that MAP is a common assessment tool for schools but other schools will not require this test for admissions. The MAP test is run by the NWEA (North West Evaluation Association) and if you would like more information please visit their https://www.nwea.org/products-
Counseling News
Andrew Weiser
andreww@isb.ac.th
All: International Parenting presentation with Tina Quick September 12. USA Girl Scouts Overseas is thrilled to present a very special webinar. Choose from one of two sessions:
7PM -8:30PM Central European Standard Time CEST (7:00PM ROME/1:00PM NY)
8PM -9:30PM Japan Standard Time JST (8:00PM TOKYO)
Tina Quick, Third Culture Kid (TCK) expert and author of The Global Nomad’s Guide to University Transition, will present a 90 minute webinar on the topic of International Parenting including these key points:
*The unique character traits of global nomads/TCK and their unique challenges
*Benefits and challenges of a globally mobile childhood
*Challenges facing parents raising children abroad
*Transitions and other issues and how they affect the entire family
*Strategies for parenting globally mobile children
The webinar is FREE to members of Girl Scouts (with membership through September 2014). Register for the webinar here.
If you’re not a member yet or have not yet renewed your membership for 2013-2014, you may update your membership and register for the webinar here.
If you’d like to attend the webinar without registering for Girl Scouting you may pay $50 and register for the webinar here.
Grade 9: Freshmen Seminars are well under way. This past week the grade nine students met with Ms. Tananone (Community Service) and Ms. Jamgochiam (Library Boot Camp)
New Student Check-Ins: Counselors are meeting with all their new students this week and next. This is simple a “temperature” check to see how things are going.
Grade 12: Once again, the name of the game is “Organization!” To answer additional questions about college applications, Counselors will hold “university lab” every Monday from 2:10 to 3:10 in room 203 (Aug. 19 – Dec. 2); that equals 14 hours of college application time!! The first two sessions were well attended with 25 students at each session as well as 23 students attending the special UCAS session.
SAT / ACT Prep: SAT prep can be found on Naviance. The “PrepMe” program is a comprehensive program available to all ISB students. Additional SAT/ACT Prep information is available in the counseling office and all Junior and Senior students received an email regarding a 90-day free trial SAT Prep Phone App offered by an ISB alum now working for a multinational tech firm.
Global 30 Japan: On Monday, 2 September, at 9:00 AM in MPB 1 there will be a presentation by the Global 30 Project from Japan. Six of the 13 universities selected by the Japanese Government to take part in the Global 30 Project will be at ISB to present the programs offered at their universities. The goal of Global 30 is to provide an academic environment where international and Japanese students can learn from one another and nurture lasting bonds. These universities are interested in recruiting non-Japanese students to study in English. Please come to find out more! A traditional university fair will take place in the cafeteria from 10:20-11:00 following the presentation.
Brown University & University of Pennsylvania at NIST
The sessions will take place in the NIST Theatre on the fourth floor of the CAB Building (on your left hand side as you enter the gate).
September 26 at 7 pm
Online registration here: https://www.brown.edu/admission/undergraduate/introduction-brown-university-0
Upcoming University Visits (Consult Naviance for any additions or changes)
| Kyushu University | September 2 |
| Doshisha University | September 2 |
| Keio University | September 2 |
| Osaka University | September 2 |
| Ritsumeikan University | September 2 |
| University of Tokyo | September 2 |
| University of Chicago | September 2 |
| Rice University | September 2 |
| Vanderbilt University | September 2 |
| Chapman University | September 4 |
| Elon University | September 4 |
| La Salle University | September 4 |
| Lynn University | September 4 |
| Santa Clara University | September 4 |
| Purdue University | September 4 |
| Rollins College | September 4 |
| Trinity University | September 4 |
| University of British Columbia | September 4 |
| Baylor University | September 5 |
| Macalester College | September 5 |
| Blue Mountains Hotel Manag. School | September 6 |
Please see Naviance for details- there are 180 universities already on the calendar for Semester One!!!!
Teams selected, Chickens chasing and Games begins!
Andy Vaughan
andyv@isb.ac.th
With all teams now finalised we have had our first full week of trainings for Varsity and Junior Varsity Teams. As I walk around our training sessions I’m always impressed by the caliber of our coaching staff and the commitment each coach puts in to making the season a great one for all the athletes on their team.
Tonight our Varsity Council host their first event of the year, Capture the Chicken! Over 200 HS students will be out on the fields competing as class teams to win the coveted ‘Capture the Chicken Trophy’. We’ll have a number of HS clubs selling drinks and food for the event to support their club activities that lye ahead in the year. It is always a great to see these student led events in action and our student leaders having a chance to step up and lead these community building events.
This week our Varsity Soccer team played our Thai staff team, winning 2-0 in what was a good match up for our boys early season. Our girls volleyball team opened the season against Satrinonthaburi, who last year were the Thai champions of their age division. Although our girls lost, their performance was a big step up from last years games, with the girls showing much potential for the season ahead. Next weekend our Varsity Volleyball and Soccer teams travel to NIST for their friendship tournament and in two weeks we will host our first exchange with Soccer teams from JIS, ISKL and SAS joining us while our Volleyball and Cross Country teams travel on their first exchanges.
This coming Monday is also our first Booster Club meeting for the year. We hope that anyone interested in supporting our HS extra curricula activities this year can make it for this meeting at 11am.
Go Panthers!
eNewsletter Guidelines
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 (ES) announcements of interest to ES families.
maurilib@isb.ac.th is for Middle School (MS) 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.