A Midsummer Night’s Musical – May 15th & 16th
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.
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!
Panther Swim Team AGM – 7:00 pm TONIGHT, MS MPR
by Thomas Edwards
tomandaimee.edwards@gmail.com
Panther Swim Team Annual General Meeting
Thursday, May 15th, 2014, 7:00 pm, MS MPR
Agenda includes a year end summary from our President Dan Papps and a presentation from Coach Day.
2014-15 Governing Board elections will take place tonight. We still have a couple of open positions and will take nominations from the floor, so if you are interested, please come to put your name in the hat.
Thanks,
Tom Edwards
PST Nominations Chair
tomandaimee.edwards@gmail.com
Moonrise Run! – May 16th
by Kerri Fitzgerald
kerrif@isb.ac.th
Traffic Jam is an international organization that works to prevent human trafficking and ISB has a large Traffic Jam club. Please join ISB’s Traffic Jam for their second annual Moonrise Run an Walk for Freedom. The event starts at 7:00 pm this Friday night on the ES field next to the track. Admission is 200baht and the first 100 participants get a free t-shirt and neon glow sticks. Prizes will be given for the best neon costume so be creative and dress brightly. See you at moonrise!!!
ThaiCraft Fair at ISB – 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.
Final Reminder: 2014 AGM – May 20th
by: Joy Davy
Chair, Committee on Trustees, BOT
joy.davy@yahoo.com
Please don’t forget to come to the Annual General Meeting (AGM), 7 pm on Tuesday, May 20, 2014 at the Cultural Center Theater. At this meeting, the Head of School and the Board of Trustees will present the 2013-2014 annual reports. We will also vote on the proposed revisions to the ISB Bylaws so it is important that all ISA members attend this meeting.
We look forward to seeing you all at the AGM on May 20, 2014.
German Speaking Community
by Andrew Davies
andrewd@isb.ac.th
Dear German Speaking Community,
We are planning to set up a mother tongue/fluent Speaking Language Group for ISB students.
It us of utmost importance to keep up studies in your mother tongue to ensure a cultural connection, identity and a possible re-integration in your home country. Studies show that the growth of your mother tongue directly and positively strengthens the acquisition of other languages, including English.
Please click on the link below and fill out the form until May 25th if your child is a fluent German speaker (regardless of your child’s nationality) for us to assess how many students at ISB could be interested in participating in this program.
https://docs.google.com/forms/
If you have further questions please feel free to contact us under german@isb.ac.th or call Susanne +66 924583505 or Andrea +66 880161453
Thank you!
Susanne Rodriguez and Andrea Puck
“Welcome to ISB” ….. WELCOME WAI 2014-2015
by Heather Powell
heather.wyn@gmail.com
In preparation for the next school year, the Welcome Wai team is looking to put together a list of willing parents who can share school information with new families to help them acclimate.
The initial point of contact will be the Welcome Wai Coordinators along with School (ES, MS & HS) and Country Representatives. We are also looking for welcoming parents at our coffee events and / or available to answer questions by email.
This is a very simple volunteer role but key to providing a welcome to new parents. Is this something you would like to be involved with? If yes, please let us know as soon as you can. We look forward to hearing from you very soon (email heather.wyn@gmail.com)
Heather Powell & Rachel Neale
Welcome Wai Coordinators
Selling Band Instruments
by Kentaro Udagawa
Contact Email: kentarou@isb.ac.th
Upcoming grade 6 band students are planning to purchase instruments for band classes next year. In doing so, some parents are looking for second-hand instruments to purchase.
If you have following band instruments (flute, oboe, bassoon, clarinet, alto/tenor/baritone saxophone, trumpet, French horn, trombone, euphonium/baritone, tuba and/or percussion kit) that are in good condition and if you would like to sell them, please contact us at <kentarou@isb.ac.th> and bring instruments to the MS band rooms (#119 or 107 in the Cultural Center) before Friday, May 30 for us to evaluate and give an estimated price. We will then send a list of available instruments to parents who are interested in purchasing second hand instrum
Please be advised that we are not able to guarantee that all the instruments will be sold due to the condition or interested buyers.
If you have further questions, please feel free to write to kentarou@isb.ac.th.
Kentaro Udagawa and Brent Poling, MS Band
Summer Soccer Camp at ISB
by Justin Wah
justinw@isb.ac.th
Dear ISB Parents,
Bangkok Youth Soccer in coordination with Bangkok Soccer Schools would like to announce soccer opportunities for ISB students over the summer break.
Please go to this link in the BYS section of the CAO website for more information.
Regards,
Justin Wah
Faculty Follies DVD
by Kerri Fitzgerald
kerrif@isb.ac.th
The Faculty Follies DVD should be ready for sale by Wednesday May 21next week and will also include the ISB Happy Dance remix (this new extended version has more crazy antics of mainly faculty so is a GREAT memento of ISB 13-14).
It’ll keep you happy for weeks ;-)
On sale in the Activities Office, the MS office and the ES office
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!
Patrick Haney World Cup
by Justin Wah
justinw@isb.ac.th
The Patrick Haney World Cup came to a close with some thrilling matches being played over the course of the 3 week tournament.
Teams from all over the world (13 high school, 1 middle school, and 1 teacher team) did battle to win the ultimate prize in the Beautiful Game.
Final game of the Cup was fittingly played between the Amazing 8th grade team (Japan White), and the Underdog 11th graders ++ (Italy White). Both teams showed great tenacity to make it to the finals, and when they got there neither disappointed in their level of commitment and quality of play.
Italy White came out as eventual Champions, with a disappointed, but gracious Japan White finishing as Tournament Runners Up.
Here are the final standings in this years Patrick Haney World Cup.
Cup Competition: 1st Italy Blue, 2nd Japan White, 3rd Italy White, 4th Portugal
Plate Competition: 1st Japan Blue, 2nd England, 3rd Brazil, 4th Korea.
Well done to all participants. In all the different ways you could honor Patrick and his Family, you found the perfect one. Your fantastic spirit, sportsmanship, and camaraderie was a fitting way to pay tribute to the Haney family. You all showed why ISB is such a fantastic place to be a student, parent, or member of staff.
Thank you all………
LEG4LEGS – May 26th
by Kerri Fitzgerald
kerrif@isb.ac.th
LEG4LEGS Dance charity concert coming up! Monday 26th is the ‘Legs4Legs’ dance showcase at 2:30-3:30 in the CCT. This student-run event features HS, MS, and ES students. There will be hip hop, contemporary, Bollywood dance and even little kids dancing! Entrance fee is a recommended donation of 100B to support local charities like Thailand’s Prosthetics Foundation. There’s also a bake sale after the show! Come enjoy great dancing while supporting a good cause!
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.