Required Student Medical Screening for August 13th 2014
by Usa Somboon
usomboon@isb.ac.th
Dear ISB Community,
The purpose of this communication is to inform you of a change in ISB’s Safety & Wellness Program which will require your action.
As you are aware, ISB has taken many positive steps this year to enhance the safety and wellness of our student population. These enhancements touch all aspects of student healthcare:
1) Facilities & Equipment
a. Mobile emergency unit (Ambulance) on premises, equipped with the most up-to-date medical equipment.
2) Healthcare Staff & Training
a. Hired part time Healthcare Consultant
b. Hired full time Safety & Security Coordinator
c. Hired an additional School Nurse
d. Trained many of our ISB Staff in CPR and First Aid
3) Processes
a. Implemented a new Health & Wellness Process for new student admissions. Thereby ensuring 100% of incoming student meet the required ISB standards
b. Implemented a new Student Athlete Process which required 100% of Student Athletes to have a physical examination (including ECG Screen) prior to participation is sporting activities
c. Requiring enhanced Health Screenings of our current student population
As we look to the 2014-2015 school year, we will require all returning students to have a complete physical examination that includes:
1) Overall health assessment
2) Hearing and vision screening
3) Cardiac evaluation (including ECG screen) – Required for Grades 5-12
Annual physicals are an excellent opportunity to provide benchmarks regarding your child’s overall health. This long-term history provides physicians a complete record of your child’s progress and development over time. This information enables early detection of emerging issues, as well as being informed of any changes related to recent illnesses or injuries. The physical examination also serves as a great opportunity to discuss immunization needs.
Action required:
All returning students are required to have the Comprehensive Physical Form (Select Link) completed by the start of next school year. We suggest that you either follow up with your home country physician or take advantage of ISB established packages at either World Medical Center or Bumrungrad International Hospital.
You may call World Medical Center at 02-836-9999 or Bumrungrad Hospital at 02-667-1555 to schedule an appointment. When making the appointment, please make sure to indicate that this is for the ISB Comprehensive Physical for an Existing Student. In addition, please provide grade and date of birth of the student and remember to bring the Comprehensive Physical form and the student ID (if you have ID) to the appointment so that you may receive the established package pricing. Grades Kindergarten through 4th grade (without ECG) price for the physical exam is approximately 1500 baht at both hospitals and the price of physical for grades 5 through 12 (with ECG) is roughly 1700 baht at World Medical Center and 2000 baht at Bumrungrad. If however, an abnormal finding requires that your child have further testing and evaluation by a specialist, there may be additional cost incurred.
ISB is committed to your child’s overall development, both educationally and health related. Should you have any questions about either ISB’s Health & Wellness Program or the required Comprehensive Physical Form, please contact Kristin Simpson, ISB Health Consultant at kristins@isb.ac.th.
Sincerely,
Usa Somboon
Headmistress
Note: This screening will also serve as your Physical requirement should you choose to participate in Middle School or High School athletics.
Parents & Visitors Must Wear ID Cards
by Usa SOMBOON
usomboon@isb.ac.th
In light of recent events we are seeking your cooperation in making ISB a safer place. Please be reminded to wear your ISB ID cards at all times when on campus. Please be aware that our security guards check for ISB ID cards at all entrance gates.
All visitors must enter the front security gate. Before entering the security gate, all visitors must exchange a personal ID for an ISB visitor pass that must be worn at all times while on the ISB campus.
Thank you.
ISB Parent Survey
by Chad Bates
chadb@isb.ac.th
This week we emailed out the annual ISB Parent Survey. For some families this went to the father’s email and for others it went to the mother’s email. To be sure we get a high response rate, we would like all families to have completed the survey at least once. If you did not receive the survey through email, please click here to access it.
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
HS Visual Arts Show
by Kerri Fitzgerald
kerrif@isb.ac.th
HS Visual Arts Show on now until June 2nd Chevron foyer. Your eyes are sure to widen – come along and see how our young artists view and interpret their worlds.
ASD Dance Show
Tickets will be available
Monday 26th May to Wednesday 28th May
7.00 – 8.00 Outside in front of Admission Office
10.00 – 12.00 in MS/HS Cafeteria
13.30 – 14.30 Outside in front of Admission Office
15.00 – 17.00 in the Foyer of the Chevron Theatre
Thursday 29th May
7.00 – 8.00 Outside in front of Admission Office
10.00 – 12.00 in MS/HS Cafeteria
13.30 – 14.30 Outside in front of Admission Office
Friday 30th May
7.00 – 8.00 Outside in front of Admission Office
10.00 – 12.00 in MS/HS Cafeteria
And before all Performances in front of Chevron Theatre.
For further information please contact Helen Weir afterschooldance@gmail.com .
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!
ISB Instrumental Music Program
by Angela Kohl
Angelak@isb.ac.th
The ISB instrumental Music Lesson program offers private lessons on a variety of instruments after school on campus. Returning families may still pre-register until the end of the school year. Families new to the program may start registering starting next week (Monday, May 26) for the coming school year. Please contact the coordinator for more information with regards instrumental lessons at ISB and how to register (angelak@isb.ac.th).
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 tokentarou@isb.ac.th.
Kentaro Udagawa and Brent Poling, MS Band
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!
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
Volleyball clinic
by Angela Kohl
angelak@isb.ac.th
This year we are offering a volleyball clinic coached by U13 coach Khun Gade towards the end of the summer break, August 4 – 8 from 3.00 pm – 5.00 pm. The clinic is suitable for all boys and girls Gr. 6 and older, who have some experience playing volleyball, and plan to try out for one of the BISAC or JV volleyball teams in the school year 2014/15.
We will collect a fee of Baht 2000. If you want to register your child, please contact Angela Kohl (angelak@isb.ac.th). Registration and payment need to be done before the summer break.
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
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.