Mark your Calendars! Spirit Night – Sept. 26th
by: The Booster Club
isbbooster@isb.ac.th
Friday, September 26 is our first Spirit Night of the school year! Please come out and support our Panther athletes and show your Panther Pride. Need Panther wear? Stop by the Booster Hut on Friday, September 26 from 08:30-14:30 to stock up on Panther items.
ISB British Community – Lunch Social – Tuesday 30th September at 12:00pm
by Heather Powell
heather.wyn@gmail.com
There will be a lunch social for the ISB British community on Tuesday 30th September starting at 12:00pm at Blue Sky Café (behind ISB). Please RSVP if you are able to attend by contacting your ISB British Representative – Heather Powell (email: heather.wyn@gmail.com mobile 083 293 2169).
Welcome Wai Coffee, Wednesday 1st October, 7.30-8.45am @ Starbucks opposite ISB
Heather Powell
by welcomewai@isb.ac.th
The Welcome Wai coffees continue throughout the semester and so if you were unable to attend in September, we hope you can drop in on Wednesday 1st October from 7:30am at Nichada Starbucks. No RSVPs necessary but if you have any questions please email Heather Powell and Rachel Neale at welcomewai@isb.ac.th and we will be happy to help. This is a good opportunity to get to know other new families a little better and have your questions answered. To speak with a member of the Welcome Wai team please feel free to phone Heather– 083 293 2169.
Booster Meeting – October 6th
by: The Booster Club
isbbooster@isb.ac.th
Thank you for making our first Booster meeting in September such a fantastic success! Let’s keep the momentum going. Please join us again on October 6, @ 11:00 a.m. in the MPB1 (top of the zigzag) for our next meeting. Look forward to seeing you there!
BBSA – Baseball and softball registration is now open for the 2014-15 season
by Kevin Sypolt
kevinjan@optonline.net
ksypolt@gmail.com
Bangkok Baseball Softball Association (BBSA) has organized baseball/softball play for the past 54 years in Bangkok. There are leagues for boys and girls ages 5 yrs – 18 yrs. Please note registration is open from now until October 31st. We must register players now so we have time to hold player assessments, form teams and order player uniforms before play begins. Current fees per player are THB 3,000. Registration fees will increase to THB 3,500 on November 1st so be sure to register before November 1st.
You can make your payment at the Community Activity Office (CAO) or pay by Thai bank wire transfer. Cash, credit cards and Thai baht checks are accepted for payment at the CAO office. The CAO Office is open Monday – Friday, 7:00AM to 11:00AM and 12:00PM to 3:00PM.
Player assessment will be held on Sunday November 2nd or Sunday November 9th at the ISB fields. All players are strongly encouraged to attend their assessment sessions to allow the coaches to create fair and balanced teams. Parents will be contacted about the specific times for their player’s assessment session.
Practices will begin in mid November with Opening Day for baseball/softball on Saturday, Nov 22nd. All games are played on Friday evenings and Saturdays at ISB. Games will continue every weekend until the league championships the weekend of February 27th/28th. There will be no games during the winter break at ISB but we will continue play on Saturday, January 10th 2014.
All teams will practice once per week during the season as a weekly practice is important to skills development and to learn the fundamentals of teamwork, etc. Most practices will take place at the ISB fields on weekday evenings (Monday – Thursday). We have arranged a downtown Bangkok location on Thursdays for an optional weekly practice at NIST. Parents will have to pay THB 500 for the season for this practice because NIST charges for field usage. But all players should register to play even if they cannot commit to attending all weekly practice sessions.
On the registration form you will also have an opportunity to volunteer to be a coach, assistant coach or team parent. Please consider helpng out with your child’s team in some way. The kids really love having their parents helping out with their team and you will have a great time. No previous baseball experience is necessary.
BBSA has purchased a limited number of fielding gloves and batting gloves for players who need them. These will be sold on our assessment days on Sunday, Nov 2nd and 9th.
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Panther Pops IMPORTANT message! Please read:
by: The Booster Club
isbbooster@isb.ac.th
Panther Pops are back this Friday, September 26. Each Panther Pop is 30 baht a piece and exact change is always welcome.
Attention ISB Community:
For your information, Panther Pops do NOT have any ingredient with peanuts or treenuts. HOWEVER, Panther Pops use MARS Chocolate Bars. On the packaging of the MARS candy there is a statement that reads “MAY BE PRESENT: PEANUTS OR TREENUTS.” MARS is required to have that statement on the packaging from their Australian plant because there are candies in different vats being manufactured that contain nuts.
PLEASE BE AWARE OF THIS AND IF YOUR STUDENT IS ALERGIC TO PEANUTS OR TREENUTS, USE YOUR OWN DISCRETION AS TO WHETHER TO PERMIT YOUR CHILD TO PURCHASE PANTHER POPS!
eNewsletter Guidelines
by Tony Arnold
anthonya@isb.ac.th
ISB eNewsletters provide a valuable avenue for communication within the ISB parent community. Please see our eNewsletter guidelines below.
Submitting an announcement for publication
ISB accepts announcements from ISB families and ISB staff 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
• An image or photo (optional)
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.