Job & Maria Fundraiser
by Marlies Goense-Suijver
marliessuyver@hotmail.com
For eight years our school has been raising money for the Job & Maria Charity. This charity was established to honor the memory of the twins Job & Maria Berkhout, 6 year old first graders at ISB, whom we lost in the devastating 2004 tsunami. The Job & Maria Scholarship Fund was set up in 2006 by Karin and Petro (Job & Maria’s parents) For the past eight years, the scholarship fund has enabled 6 Thai children to continue their schooling. This year, to earn money for the scholarship fund, we will have a collection box at the ES Breezeway from May 6-9th. Then on May 9th, we plan to incorporate a fun event into the Panter Paws track and field program to remember Job and Maria.
Please, support a good cause and send in your donation! If you have any questions, please email: marliessuyver@hotmail.com
Banner Bags and Booster Hut Sales!
by ISB Booster Club
isbbooster@isb.ac.th
A new batch of banner bags will be for sale at the booster hut this Friday. They are bags made from 1st and 2nd season athletics banners. Come and check them out!
-May sale – Starting the first Friday in May until the last day of school. All tee’s 300 baht, Polo’s 400 baht.
-End of year sales …
Thursday and Friday May 29, 30
Come by to show your Panther Pride!
Community Concert – Boy Scout Eagle Project – @ Secret Garden, Nichada Thani, Saturday, May 10th 7 – 8 PM.
by Sebastian WEIR
12849@students.isb.ac.th
Community Concert – Boy Scout Eagle Project – @ Secret Garden, Nichada Thani, Saturday, May 10th 7 – 8 PM.
A free concert with a selection of music styles, from acoustic to rock. We will be collecting donations of toys (interactive toys suitable for 3-5 year olds) for the Baan Rachawadee Club.
A Midsummer Night’s Musical – Tickets on sale now!
Michael SHARP
michaels@isb.ac.th
It’s time to get out your 80’s costumes and buy your tickets to the Middle School Production “A Midsummer Night’s Musical”
Show Dates: Thursday May 15 @ 3:30pm and 6:30 pm and Friday May 16 @ 6:30 pm
200 Baht – Adults and 100 Baht – Students.
Tickets go on sale on Tuesday May 6 in the cafeteria and at the front of the school. Get in quick!!!
If you loved the 80s, like to laugh and don’t mind a bit of Shakespearean comedy, then you will love this show. It promises to be lively, magical and just a little but silly!
NaNoWriMo Book Launch – May 14th
by Selena GALLAGHER
selenag@isb.ac.th
Last November many students took part in NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month), including all of grade 7 and around 70 keen elementary students, and a great number of those became NaNoWriMo ‘winners’, successfully meeting or exceeding their word count goals. However, since then, some extremely dedicated students have taken on the possibly even more monumental task of editing and revising their novels and preparing them for publication. As a result we now have a number of newly-published authors among our student body. Come and help us celebrate their achievements at our NaNoWriMo Book Launch on Wednesday 14th May from 2.30 to 3.30pm in the Main Library.
Girl Scout Junior Troop 40007 – Bake Sale May 15th
by Deana Turner
dluscioust@gmail.com
Girl Scout Junior Troop 40007 will be having a bake sale after school on Thursday May 15th near the Chevron Theater. Proceeds will go towards purchasing supplies for the garden the Scouts are helping build at the Angels’ Home, a home for disabled children and their families. Please stop by anytime between 2-4pm.
Panther Swim Team AGM, Thursday, May 15th, 7:00 pm MS MPR
by Tom Edwards
tomandaimee.edwards@gmail.com
It is time to gather nominations for all Panther Swim Team Governing Board positions. If you have ideas about how to make the team better, here is your chance to have a voice. You may nominate yourself, if you are interested, or someone else, as long as they agree to the nomination. We also encourage you to team up with another person and share the work for one position. Submit your nomination today!
Nominations for all positions are made by e-mailing Tom Edwards at tomandaimee.edwards@gmail.
Elections will take place at the Annual General Meeting:
Thursday, May 15th, 2014, 7:00 pm, MS MPR
Please plan to attend this meeting to help shape our swim team for the future! Agenda items include a message from Coach Day as well as the election of the 2014-2015 swim team board. You must attend the meeting to vote.
A final agenda will be sent out about a week prior to the AGM.
We have made some changes to the positions on our Board for 2014-2015. We feel that all of our board members that are working to keep the team running smoothly should have a vote, so we have included the former committee coordinators as voting board members. The positions that are open for nominations are:
President
Vice President
Secretary
Treasurer
Meet Director
Sponsorship Director
Incentive Director
Volunteer Director
Communication and Technology Director
Merchandise Director
Special Events Director
All jobs run for one year – from the day after the last day of school (June 6th, 2014) through the last day of school in June 2015.
A slate of candidates will be e-mailed out by May 12 and then the voting will take place at the AGM.
Board meetings are held monthly, with committees meeting additional times as necessary. The monthly board meetings are held in the evening to accommodate working parents. We understand how difficult it can be for parents who live downtown or parents who travel to attend all meetings. No worries – accommodations can be made to join via skype or phone.
Don’t hesitate to contact me to ask questions and learn more!
Thanks,
Tom Edwards
PST Vice President
ThaiCraft Fair at ISB next Saturday, May 17
by Chris Tananone
ctananon@isb.ac.th
The always popular ThaiCraft Fair will be taking place on May 17th in Rajendra Hall (HS/MS air conditioned gym) from 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. Handmade crafts by village artisans from over 50 producer groups in all parts of Thailand will be on sale just in time for buying gifts to take home.
In addition, there will be a hands on “Make your own tie dye T-shirt” workshop by Baan Chang Designs.
Come, shop, make a T-shirt, and support this Fair Trade social enterprise which has partnered with ISB for over 30 years! For more information, contact Chris Tananone at ctananon@isb.ac.th.
Bangkok Youth Soccer (BYS) registration for the 2014-2015 season is open!
by Justin Wah
justinw@isb.ac.th
The season will kick off when we return to school in August.
Its very important that you get registered as early as possible. Please DO NOT wait for the last moment to register. If you know your child will want to take part in BYS please register NOW.
Please click here or go to the CAO webpage to register
Faculty Follies Returned!
by Kerri Fitzgerald
kerrif@isb.ac.th
Thanks to all those who came to the show which raised nearly 50,000 THB for the After The Wave foundation. The faculty short film “Happy Dance” was a fantastic finale and is currently being re edited to include footage of everyone dancing at the end. If you missed Faculty Follies don’t worry … the DVD will be shamelessly sold off beginning Monday 19th May in the Activities office (in the CC Building: go over the bridge, turn left and turn left again). It will also be on sale in the ES office for 200 THB (all proceeds to After the Wave).
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.