MS eNews – Friday, October 11, 2013
Updated MS Calendar of upcoming events:
Saturday, October 12
- BISAC U13 Girls Tennis Singles Invitational at BPS
- BISAC Cross Country U11-19 at ISB
Sunday, October 13
- BISAC U13 Boys Tennis Singles Invitational at BPS
- BISAC Water Polo U15 at RIS
Monday-Friday, October 21-25
- October Break (No School)
Friday, November 1
- MS Alternate Dress Day
- MS Student Social at 3:00pm
- MS KS 3 String Festival at BPS
Saturday, November 2
- MS KS 3 String Festival at BPS
- BISAC U13 Basketball Tournaments (Boys at SHB, Girls at HIS)
- BISAC U13 Team Tennis Tournaments (Boys at ISB, Girls at BPS)
- BISAC U15 Basketball Tournaments (Boys at RIS, Girls at ISB)
Sunday, November 3
- BISAC U15 Girls Touch Invitational at ISB
- BISAC U15 Rugby at ISB
Monday, November 4
- Season Two U13/U15 Tryouts after school for Soccer & Badminton
Tuesday, November 5
- Early Dismissal at 1:00pm for Students
Wednesday, November 6
- Season Two U13/U15 Tryouts after school for Soccer & Badminton
Thursday, November 7
- Now a regular school day – Day 1 for the MS
Friday, November 8
- ISB Passion Day
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: Link to MS Activities and Athletics
School Photos Sent Home Today!
All students had their picture taken recently for our annual MS Yearbook. Your child(ren) should have brought home their proofs along with information on how to order prints if you would like them, and costs. October 19th, all orders are due back to Khun Roong in the MS Office. November 28th, any pictures ordered will be delivered to the school and distributed to students to bring home.
ISB School Board Meeting – Tuesday October 15th
The next School Board regular meeting will be on Tuesday, October 15, 2013 at 6:00 pm in the MPB 3. All ISA members are welcome to attend.
Our Next MS Counselor Connection Meeting
We welcome MS parents to join the school counselors on Wednesday, October 30th, from 9:00-10:00am in the MS Skybox (Rm 4-309). Coffee and pastries will be provided. Based on feedback from our first Counselor Connection last month, we will focus October’s Counselor Connection on understanding adolescent growth and development. Please take some time to read the following article that we will discuss as a group: https://pubs.ext.vt.edu/350/350-850/350-850.html
Please RSVP by completing the form: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1QoTCgsz232FzFyJJXPALH69sRBKNwOPKg-UAPYys5bM/viewform.
Because we will be facilitating a discussion, we can accommodate the first thirty parents who submit this form. We hope you can join us.
Grade 7 Students Featured on Facing the Future Website
As part of their Social Studies unit on Sustainable Futures, students from Grade 7 Humanities classrooms partnered with students at the Seattle Girl’s School to create a photo gallery addressing issues of sustainability. Their collaboration and product were featured on the educational website Facing the Future. Read the article and check out their photos here: https://www.facingthefuture.org/GetInvolved/Blog/tabid/638/EntryId/70/-Is-the-rich-poor-gap-getting-worse.aspx#.UlXrwmQpbyd
Show Your Support for Operation Smile!
If you are unfamiliar with Operation Smile, please note their mission statement:
Throughout the world, Operation Smile volunteers repair childhood facial deformities while building public and private partnerships that advocate for sustainable healthcare systems for children and families. Together, we create smiles, change lives, and heal humanity.
https://www.operationsmile.or.th/
Last year, students at International School Bangkok raised over 600,000 baht for Operation Smile through games, raffles, and the selling of Operation Smile merchandise. During November of 2010 and February 2010, middle school students and high school students also took part in medical missions where they were able to experience first-hand the amazing work Operation Smile does to a change children’s lives. This year we will be sending sixteen committed middle school students to Mae Sot from 2-5 November to participate.
Each November, ISB middle and high schools jointly sponsor Operation Smile Week, our biggest event of the year. Our goal is to raise awareness about Operation Smile’s work and funds to further those efforts. The most popular event of Operation Smile Week is our culminating raffle. Last year, prizes included accommodation vouchers for AANA Resort in Koh Chang, Zeavola Resort on Koh Phi Phi, Hotel de la Paix in Siem Reap, the Amari Atrium Hotel in Bangkok and the Dusit Thani in Bangkok. In addition, we received dining vouchers from River Side Luxury Cruise Ship, Roadhouse Barbecue, the Conrad Hotel, Molly Malone’s and Great American Rib as well as phones from Blackberry and computer products from Acer. In exchange for these gracious donations, we are able to advertise these businesses to the ISB community of over 2000 students and families.
If anyone in the community is interested in helping us with this event through raffle prize donations (for either students or adults), please contact a Grade 6 teacher (or James Denby,jamesd@isb.ac.th). Your support makes this fundraiser possible. Thank you in advance for your help.
Sincerely,
The Grade 6 Faculty
International School Bangkok
Operation Smile Middle School Coordinator
02-963-5800 ext. 4479
Upcoming Vision and Hearing Screening for All New Students to ISB
Dear Parents of new students to ISB this school year. All new students will have their vision and hearing tested at school October 14 – 18. Your child(ren) will receive their scheduled time from the MS Office. Our school nurse will be contacting you if there are any irregularities in the results.
Leaving ISB End of This Semester?
If you are leaving or possibly leaving ISB before, or end of this semester, please contact Khun Fon in the MS Office at supanniy@isb.ac.th – she will send you the ISB Withdraw Form that needs to be completed in order for her to get your child’s school records ready for his/her next school.
Cafeteria News…Did You Know…?
…That 100% of the chicken served and consumed across campus is Antibiotic and Hormone Free! Why is this important for you? Because long term exposure to antibiotics, whether taken directly or through another source, actually weaken our immune systems by taking over our bodies’ natural ability to fight infection and bacteria, thus leaving us much more prone to illness. Furthermore, our poultry is 100% certified Halal. In Arabic, the word halal means permitted or lawful. Halal foods are foods that are allowed under Islamic dietary guidelines. Muslims are taught through the Qu’ran that all animals should be treated with respect and well cared for.’ A further belief is that Halal is one of the most humane methods of animal preparation. Now here’s to Chicken! Enjoy.
Michelle Ihrig
Epicure Catering
Manager of Operations ISB
Tel. 02-963-5800 ext. 7728
M: 082-322-7531