MS eNews – Friday, March 28, 2014
Updated MS Calendar of upcoming events:
Friday, April 4 – Day 4
- MS Alternate Dress Day
- MS Student Social at 3:00pm
Monday, April 7 – Chakri Day : Professional Day
- Substitute Holiday – No school for students and Classified Staff
- Professional Day for Certified Staff
Tuesday, April 8
- CANCELLED – MS & HS Jazz Band Concert
Friday, April 11
- MS Songkran Assembly at 7:20am in the Chevron Theater
Monday – Friday, April 14 – 18
- ISB closed for Songkran & Spring Holidays
Tuesday, April 22
- MS Earth Week Assembly at 1:20pm in the Chevron Theater
Friday, April 25
- MS Alternate Dress Day
Saturday, April 26
- BISAC U13 Softball – boys at SHB, girls at BPS
- BISAC U13 Volleyball – boys at ISB, girls at TCIS
- BISAC U15 Volleyball – boys at RIS, girls at NIST
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
Next Mindfulness Training for MS Students: .b (Stop, breathe, be Mindfulness 8 week course)
This exciting program is now open for the second time this year for our MS students. We have places for 12 students only. The training is led by Mrs. Greenwood (grade 7 counselor), a trained Mindfulness teacher. The Mindfulness in Schools Project (UK) has designed this 8-week program, which has been successfully evaluated by Professor Felicia Huppert of Cambridge University and Professor Katherine Weare, Exeter University. Mindfulness is now highly regarded as a life skill that can be taught to young people and adults to improve wellbeing and enable people to flourish. Please see attached the information about the .b program.
If you would like your child improve their attention/concentration, feel happier, calmer, more relaxed, improve their relationship with others, and help them feel more confident in situations that make them feel anxious like tests or sport or music performances, this program is ideal for your child. There is no cost for this program.
The program will be held on Thursdays and starts on the 27 March 2013 from 2:15 until 3:15pm and takes place in the MS Office. Students need to know this is an 8-week commitment, and students gain most when they make a full commitment to the program. The dates of the training are as follows:
- Thursday, April 3
- Thursday, April 10
- Thursday, April 24
- Thursday, May 1
- Thursday, May 8
- Thursday, May 15
- Thursday, May 29
- Wednesday, June 4
Please email Mrs. Greenwood at jackieg@isb.ac.th to reserve a place for your child.
Elephant Eco Trip Video
By Mr. Dyke
kerryd@isb.ac.th
Take a look at this amazing video made by one of our senior students about the last eco trip.
Cafeteria News…Did You Know…?
…That our milk supplier, Dairy Home, has introduced a new label design for their organic milk? This change has caused quite a stir on campus and a lot of confusion with everyone! There have been many questions about why we changed our milk, while others believe that the ‘new’ milk tastes even better than the old one. Please allow us to clarify this issue – the label design is the only thing that has changed, nothing else! The bottle itself, the superior quality, the great taste, and most importantly the organic nature of the milk are exactly the same! It is really amazing to think of what a little change in color and design does to our overall perceptions of a product! Please continue to savor all the traditional goodness, while you appreciate the new fresh and dreamy look. Enjoy!
Reminder: Information – MS Summer School, 2014
MS Summer School is open to all students who are presently in Grades 5 to 7 in the 2013-2014 school year. For general information about the MS Summer School, dates, times, sessions being offered, and costs, please click on the first link below. For more information about specific program offerings, please click on links 2, 3, and/or 4 below.
3. Coding and Robotics Offering
4. Musical Theatre Camp Offering
If your child is presently in 8th grade and is interested in attending summer school, please use the following link to see summer school information for the other divisions: ISB Summer School – https://www.isb.ac.th/Summer_School/default.aspx
Reminder: Leaving ISB at the end of the school year?
The MS Counselors will be running lunch time sessions for students who are leaving at the end of the school year. These sessions will start in the beginning of April. During these sessions, we will be supporting students as they build their RAFT. RAFT stands for Reconciliation, Affirmation, Farewells, and Thinking destination. The term comes from David Pollock and Ruth Van Reken, authors of the book Third Culture Kids. For a brief overview of the RAFT building, check out this article https://tcktalk.com/2013/05/14/rafting-time-for-tcks/
If you would like your child to join our student-leaving group, please fill in this form. https://docs.google.com/a/isb.ac.th/forms/d/1GIGyWXRLifqm3g7L8Jg7SPTP4d0BCoTSzThQ29ouyX4/viewform
If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to contact your child’s counselor.