High School Upcoming events (Please click):
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HS PTA Meeting 9:30 Thursday Nov 20 in the MPB
Philip Bradley
philipb@isb.ac.th
Please join us for our next PTA meeting. WE have a learning focused agenda covering issues related to assessment practices, the end of semester examinations, writing and research skills – we are also lucky to have Mr. Graeme Scott present some research on the importance of sleep.
GCW Payments- Update
Peter Roback
peterro@isb.ac.th
This past Tuesday was the deadline for GCW payments. We will be following up on all missing payments next week. Related, it is useful to share that the costs of GCW courses are based on travel expenses, charges by the organizing companies, lodging and food costs, and often other factors. For each course, there are different circumstances ranging from companies that have single, all-inclusive charges to trips on which each facet requires individual payments.
ISB does not retain any money on GCW courses, so estimated costs for parents are based solely on the charges the course requires. We always try to find the best costs possible, however, we first prioritize safety. The companies we use ensure first aid trained guides, safe equipment, and high standard experiences. The improvements and commitment to safety standards in recent years have also had an effect on overall costs of trips. ISB has also greatly enhanced our safety and risk management procedures for each individual trip including vetting trip providers, working with various safety personnel in the region, and providing additional training for our teachers.
High School Counseling Newsletter
Kevin Davy
kevind@isb.ac.th
Dear Parents,
As always, if you are concerned about your son’s or daughter’s performance or experiences here at ISB or outside of school, do not hesitate to contact his or her counselor. We’re here to help.
Grade 12 – Seniors applying to universities with deadlines of November through January (Hong Kong, UK, Canada, US, etc.) are busy finalizing and submitting their applications with counselors. November 24 is the final date to submit transcript requests for applications deadlines through February (formal notification to ISB of where a Senior is applying). We want to remind students and parents that application essays should be the sole work of the student, written in their own voice. Admissions representatives are keen at detecting if essays are not the work of a 17/18 year-old student and compare written work to grades and standardized test scores. A few final reminders for Seniors and parents:
- Standardized test scores (TOEFL, ACT, SAT, etc.) must be sent from the testing agency, not ISB.
- Seniors applying to universities that are not in their home country (ie: Thai citizen applying to the US) will need to submit some form of financial documentation/ability to pay. Please research this requirement thoroughly for each university. Each school has a different requirement.
Seniors are reminded to make and keep appointments with their counselor for university application submissions. Please be on time.
Grade 11 – Students are encouraged to continue meeting with college/university representatives to learn about different institutions and to connect with representatives.
Research, Research, Research….
Grade 10 – This past week the sophomores explored some possible career options through the “Career Interest Profiler” on Naviance. It is based on answering a survey and then comparing results to the results of people in various professions. Ask your son or daughter what their results were!
Grade 9 – Every Freshman will be meeting with Mr. Davy for an individual conference during the month of October and beginning of November. This will be a check-in to see how life in the high school is moving along. This week in Freshman Seminar students worked on identifying their own personal character strengths. To do this they completed a well-respected survey created by Gallup. This is part of their Naviance account. After identifying the top three strengths students were asked to flex these strength muscles and put tem into action. One of their tasks was to create and carry out one action step for each of their three strengths this week. There will be additional sessions focusing on individual character strengths in the near future.
Upcoming College/University Visits
Monday, November 17: @ lunch in room #203
Sino-British College (China)
Thursday November 20:@ lunch in room #203
S P Jain School of Global Management (Singapaore)
Tuesday November 25:@ lunch in room #203
Johns Hopkins University (U.S.A)
Wednesday, November 26:@ lunch in room #203
|Staffordshire University (United Kingdom)
Please see Naviance for the extensive list of colleges/universities that will be visiting ISB.
Have a great weekend!
The HS Counseling Department
Hairspray
Marianne Derow
mariannd@isb.ac.th
Come and check out ISB’s High School Fall Production of Hairspray: the musical – a high energy, toe-tapping, fun musical for everyone!
- Thursday, November 20 at 3:00pm
- Friday, November 21 at 3:00pm
- Saturday, November 22 at 5:30pm for the Red Carpet* event and 6:30pm for the performance.
- Red Carpet Event is an opportunity to meet the characters, musicians and crew before the performance. This is a Booster Club catered event.
Ticket prices are 100.00Baht for students and 200.00 Baht for adults. Red Carpet ticket prices are 150.00 Baht for students and 300.00 Baht for adults.
BBSA Scorekeeping/ Umpire opportunity for students in Grades 7-12
Kevin Sypolt
kevinjan@optonline.net
ksypolt@gmail.com
BBSA (Bangkok Baseball Softball Association) is looking to hire Grade 7-12 students to work as scorekeepers and umpires for BBSA games. The games will take place on Fridays and Saturdays at ISB. This is a great opportunity for Grade 7-12 students to earn their own money and learn the responsibility of a work situation. The students will earn between THB 300 and 450 per game.
David John, the BBSA commissioner will lead the umpire training session training on Sunday, November 23rd on Field B at 10:00am. Students who have not umpired before will need to attend.
A training session for scorekeepers will be scheduled as needed.
If you are interested in working as either an umpire or a scorekeeper please contact Maria Van Zant at mvanzant@hotmail.com.
For more information on BBSA, please consult our website at https://inside.isb.ac.th/cao/2011/08/17/bbsa-baseballsoftball/
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.