Road Safety
by Usa Somboon
usomboon@isb.ac.th
For the safety of our students and our community please be reminded that:
2. The area in front of Starbucks is not an area for dropping off students. Nichada has requested our cooperation and would like to inform ISB parents and community members that their security guards will strictly monitor this area.
Thank you for your cooperation and assistance in keeping our community safe.
Kind regards,
“The Crucible” by Arthur Miller – High School Drama Production
by: ISB Booster Club
isbbooster@gmail.com
Who? This is a powerful play with strong themes. The target audience would be High School and Middle School. Older Elementary students could attend at parent’s discretion.
What? It is 1692 in Salem, Mass. The area is agrarian, the people are pious and the church substantially powerful. But a vengeful spirit that had been brewing silently erupts, throwing reason and truth into utter disarray. “Rose Havard, Cedars, “Play Review: The Crucible”
When? Performances are on Thursday Nov 21st at 3pm, Friday Nov 22nd at 3pm and Saturday Nov 23rd at 6pm. Performances will last approximately 2 hours. Light refreshments served in the foyer on Saturday at 5:30 and during intermission.
Where? ISB Cultural Centre Theatre (CCT)
Why? To support the Arts!
Filipino Lunch – Nov 22nd
by: Joy Davy
joy.davy@yahoo.com
On behalf of the Filipino community of ISB, we would like to thank everyone who came to donate and buy at the bake sale yesterday. The response was overwhelming and we raised a significant amount, which we will add to the Philippine Relief Fund.
We would also like to remind the community that tomorrow, Friday, November 22 will be the Filipino lunch. Please don’t forget to send some cash with your kids to buy their lunch.
We will start serving at 10:00 am up to 12:30 pm (or until food servings last). Filipino all-time favorites like adobo, pancit and lumpia will be served. We are also making Filipino desserts representative of the different provinces (Cebu, Leyte, Samar, Bicol and Bohol) severely affected by the typhoon and will include bibingka, biko, leche flan, maja. bibingka cassava, and binignit, quite a handful of probably familiar and not so familiar names but be assured, they are all delicious!
Come and enjoy, it’s a lunch date!
ThaiCraft Fair – Saturday, November 23rd
by Chris Tananone
ctananon@isb.ac.th
Handmade crafts by village artisans from over 50 producer groups all over Thailand will be on sale just in time for holiday shopping.
In addition, there will be two craft workshops: Sa Si Moom group will teach their traditional-style appliqué work to sew onto a drawstring purse and Fabric Art will guide participants through the creation of a Christmas design from scraps of material to become a seasonal pouch of good cheer. Photos are attached.
Come shop, make a craft, and support this Fair Trade social enterprise which has partnered with ISB for over 30 years! The ThaiCraft Fair will take place in our Rajendra Hall (HS/MS air conditioned gym) from 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.
For more information, contact Chris Tananone at ctananon@isb.ac.th
Toy Donations Needed
by Kari BACKES
karib@isb.ac.th
Attention ALL PARENTS! It’s that time of year again! Our next toy collection for the School Toy Libraries(STL) will take place soon – from November 24-Dec. 6. BE QUICK- NO LATE DONATIONS ACCEPTED! Please drop the toys in the familiar boxes in front of ES Library.
The STL, School Toy Librarians, is a project that helps provide village children with toys. The children are able to check out toys from their library for a week in exchange for acts of community service. Your donated toys help create, build and stock toy libraries in schools throughout Thailand and give students without any toys a chance to play!
The kind of toys you donate are very important. We can’t use broken toys or games and puzzles that are missing pieces. Also, we don’t want any electronic toys because the village has no source of battery, therefore they will not be able to use the electronic toys. Stuffed animals are great, but since they are mostly for snuggling they get dirty very easily, therefore toys that the children would be able to play with would be much better. We would appreciate if you could donate toys like legos, balls, cars, puzzles, barbies, action figures, train toys, sport equipment, etc. We also would love some books in either English or Thai because the children love to read. We would really encourage your children to donate some toys to help us build another toy library or replenish some existing ones.
Clean out your closets! Empty your toy bins! Make room for those new Christmas presents! Do some spring cleaning in December! We need your help.
Thank you,
Middle School Toy Librarians
Friends of the Library organizing meeting — Tuesday, November 26
by Ana Coghlan
ana.coghlan@gmail.com
If you’re interested in supporting the main library or helping the library support community-wide literary and artistic efforts — have we got the group for you! Please join us for a Friends of the Library organizing meeting on Tuesday, Nov. 26. We’re currently organizing a fundraising dinner, a Fathers & Sons Book Club, and a Film Series — plus, we’re always open to new ideas.
Date: Tuesday, November 26, 2013
Time: 1:00 – 2:00 p.m.
Where: ISB Main Library
Who: All those interested in supporting the library and having the library support them!
For more information, please contact Ana Coghlan (ana.coghlan@gmail.com) or Alegria Barclay (alegriab@isb.ac.th).
Staff Appreciation Cookie Day Wednesday 27th November
by: Jo McGregor
ozmcgregors@gmail.com
It’s that time of year when we show our ISB staff just how much we really appreciate them.
The PTA is requesting 2 dozen baked cookies from each family – hopefully we have enough that each staff member will enjoy 3 cookies for morning tea!
So that’s a massive 1,500 cookies needed!
Our Teachers, Instructional Assistants, Guards, Bus Drivers, Nurses, Classified Staff and many more look forward to these sweet treats we provide, its such a lovely gesture from our ISB parents.
So please get out your favorite cookie recipes, – choc chip, sugar, oatmeal, anzacs or anything similar from your own country – remember NO NUTS
Click here to sign up
https://docs.google.com/
Any questions contact Jo McGregor
PTA Hospitality Coordinator
ozmcgregors@gmail.com
Thanks Giving Concert
by Kerri Fitzgerald
kerrif@isb.ac.th
Drag out your furry feet, hobbit ears and hobbit-style capes for this next Strings Concert. Again we encourage you to DRESS UP!!
A Strings Thanksgiving Concert in the
Cultural Centre Theatre,
Thursday, November 28th 2013 at 6.30pm
Admission free
Come and hear the MS Concert Strings and the HS String Ensemble perform these works: Jupiter by Holst, a Symphony by Stamitz and ‘Winter’ from Vivaldi’s Four Seasons and an excerpt from
“The Hobbit”
Now accepting PreKG applications for 2014-15
by ISB Admissions
register@isb.ac.th
If you have a child who will turn 4 on or before September 1, 2014, we encourage you to apply for the PreKG program at ISB. As a family school, our preference is to give priority to siblings of current ISB students. However the program is very small and seats are limited. We are currently accepting applications so please apply early to avoid disappointment.
We also welcome applications for children of Kindergarten age (5 years old on or before Sept 1, 2014) or higher at this time as well.
Information on how to apply can be found on our website at How to Apply and Required Documents. As always, if you have questions or need assistance, our admissions staff would be happy to help you. Please call our direct line at 02-963-5808 or write to us at register@isb.ac.th at your convenience.
Downtown Parent Connection
Marlene Heese
marlenesheese@gmail.com
Please join us for one of our Parent Connection Events.
*December 11, 2013*
Four Seasons Hotel
Spice Market Cafe-11:30 am
*February 5, 2014*
Jim Thompson House
Lunch & Tour- 11:30 am
*April 23, 2014*
Mandarin Oriental Hotel
Lobby Cafe- 10 am
Please RSVP for each event: satokorinan@gmail.com
Marlene Heese
Bangkok, Thailand
Chevron Panther Tennis Clinic with Asia’s prominent Tennis Specialist: Dec 14 & 15
by Alina Ibrahim-Eddy
alinaeddy@gmail.com
For the first time at ISB, the Parent Tennis Committee (PTC), together with Advantage Tennis and supported by Chevron, are organizing a special 2-day tennis clinic by one of Asia’s most accomplished tennis coaches, Randall Scott, who has a 20-yr track record developing champions in Asia. Offering a wholistic approach to developing young players in tennis, Coach Randall has also been a personal coach to Davis Cup, Grand Slam and Olympic players during their pivotal, development years. He has been a development coach to players with 10 professional titles and 35 international, junior titles.
Coach Randall: “Over the years, many elite junior and senior players I have coached would say to me during their post match discussion — “I lost because I wasn’t playing well”……Tournament tennis is not about waiting to play well to win, it is about learning to win even when you are not playing well. This is the attitude of a player who develops into becoming an effective competitor and peak performer.”
To know more about Coach Randall, please click on this link:
https://www.wholistictennisasia
Coach Randall will be assisted by visiting Coach Simon Tomlinson (CV attached below) from the U.K., who also has 20 years’ experience in coaching junior champions in the U.K.
The clinic, to be held on December 14-15, is open to all competitive tennis players at ISB. The fee for each participant, inclusive of lunch, drinks, giveaways and prizes is 4,500 Baht. There will be two sessions each day, each comprising 2.5 hours, so each participant will get 5 hours of training daily. To maximize the effectiveness of the sessions, places will be limited to only 20, so please book a place for your child by December 2. Registrations will be strictly based on a first-come-first-served basis.
To sign up, please email panthertennisisb@gmail.com with the following details:
- Participant’s name, age, grade and gender
- Number of years/past & current experience in tennis, if any
You will receive a confirmation email followed by the clinic schedule and relevant details. All payments have to be made at the CAO by Dec 10.
For more information, please feel free to email alinaeddy@gmail.com or sandysmora@hotmail.com of the PTC.
Thank you.
MS Volleyball Opportunities
by Angela KOHL
angelak@isb.ac.th
Volleyball camp end of winter break
All MS volleyball players (boys and girls), who either played for BISAS or attended one of the MS volleyball clinics, may register for the MS winter break volleyball clinic January 8, 9, 10 (Wednesday through Friday) 3.00 – 5.30 on campus. The camp will be coached by volleyball varsity players.
Volleyball clinic on Thursdays
We will continue our Thursday evening clinic Jan. 16, 23, 30 and Feb. 6 (4 times before tryouts).
You can register for one or both by emailing Angela (angelak@isb.ac.th) and paying the fee of Baht 1.000 (each) after you got a confirmation. Your child is only registered once the fee is paid.
eNewsletter Guidelines
by 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.