The Safety Corner
by Rick Nelson
ISB Safety Manager
rickn@isb.ac.th
The Safety Corner
The campus is a buzz this week with IASAS tournaments and final planning for nearly 50 student trips away from ISB – these range from grade level trips to the High School GCW trips. They also includes Middle School AMIS Music Festivals and the upcoming MS Mathcounts Tournament. Here are a couple quick safety reminders to help all groups with prevention and safety.
1) If a child’s medial history has changed at all since the beginning of the school year (injuries, illness, new medications, etc.), please make sure to inform our health center immediately. Trip leaders need to be aware of any new conditions or history that would be important to know when traveling away from home.
2) Hydrate and protect yourself – whether on campus or on a trip, make sure all children have a water bottle (with fresh clean water). Proper hydration is one of the most important prevention steps anyone can do to minimize the effects of the heat and dehydration. In addition, apply sunscreen and wear light, protective clothing to combat sunburn.
3) If traveling out of country, make sure all passports are up to date (no less than six months left before expiration) and all visa requirements have been taken care of. Out of date passports and failure to secure proper visas may prevent a student from participating in trip and also creates a safety concern for the entire group when this is discovered at a customs gate.
4) On Campus – if you did not read last week’s safety corner, please remember that pedestrian crossing areas at the new sports complex, ES bicycle racks and near the main gate are for pedestrians only (walkers and bicyclists). These areas are NO Parking and NO Drop off zones. Please do not endanger others by pulling vehicles into bicycle/pedestrian lanes anywhere on the roadside.
Have a great week!
Booster News! PLEASE READ – Important IASAS information
by: ISB Booster Club
isbbooster@isb.ac.th
New Merchandise!
ISB CamelBak water bottles on sale this week, assorted colors available at limited quantities.
ID card usage at Booster Hut: With new merchandise arriving, a gentle reminder to check your spending limit at the Booster Hut using your IDcard.
ALL SCHOOL SPIRIT WEAR DAY FOR THE ENTIRE ISB COMMUNITY
Friday, January 30th all students (Pre-K through 12) are allowed to wear ISB Spirit Wear to support our teams participating in IASAS. Note: All shirts/sweatshirts have to be ISB Spirit Wear and purchased at the Booster Hut! This is not a free-dress day! Any students not wearing Spirit Wear must wear regular uniforms to school! The Booster Hut is open this Friday for you to purchase Spirit Wear! GO PANTHERS!
Coaches’ Hospitality Suite – IASAS
The Booster Club is organizing the Coaches’ Hospitality Suite for ISB and visiting coaches for the 3 days of IASAS – January 29th – 31st. It will be open from 7:30 am to 6 pm each day in the MPR room on the 2nd floor of the new Athletic’s Building.
The Athletic Department will provide a lunch but the rest of the food will be provided by the parents of the Varsity Rugby, Touch and Swim teams. All parents are expected to provide one snack. In addition to baked goods, local snacks such as mango sticky rice and chicken satay have been popular in the past. Please no nuts.
Food can be dropped off in the MPR from 7 – 7:30 am (or 1-2 pm for the afternoon snacks) or the night before to my house (39/40 Nichada Park) Please contact Karen at karenmitchell@mac.com with any questions. Thank you !!!
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1T-LDApuTfKiaWcJnyn4JJcfCZf9bqRH13NiwFsLJNbw/edit?usp=sharing
PLEASE SIGN UP TO WORK THE SPIRIT TENT FOR IASAS JANUARY 29-31.
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1fZs022jM6TIgf2pmT0dqQ2V5H-pygN0Zlq3MuEHuNjo/edit?usp=sharing
Please note that the Hospitality Suite for Coaches, Spirit Tent and all vendors will be located at the new Sports Complex/Pool. The athletes and coaches will keep all of their bags/gear in the new gym. There will also be a lost and found table by the Spirit Tent! First-Aid stations will be clearly marked at the complex and on the filed!
Thank you in advance for your support! More questions? Contact Lynn Jones at lynnandaj@icloud.com
Panther Pops are back! Look for the Panther Pops on Thursday, January 29 in the IASAS Spirit Tent until they are gone and available by the Booster Hut Friday, January 30 from 08:30- until they are gone! The Pops are 30 baht and exact change is always appreciated.
Coming to the IASAS games? Please wear your black spirit wear Thursday, white spirit wear on Friday, and gold spirit wear on Saturday!
Booster Meeting! Please join us Monday, February 2 in the Middle School Skybox at 11:00 for our next meeting.
IASAS Coaches
2nd season IASAS Booster Volunteers
Register now for NBBL Community Basketball
by NBBL
info@nbbl.asia
Registration is now open for NBBL Community basketball. NBBL basketball offers play for all boys and girls in grades 1-12. The fee for the season is THB 3,000 for all players.
Player assessments will be conducted in March (likely on March 7th). League play will begin on March 14th and will continue through the weekend of May 22nd/23rd – we will have a break over the two Songkran weekends.
Payment for the NBBL season can be made at the Community Activity Office (CAO) which is located next to the bookstore at ISB. The CAO is open from 7:00 to 11:00AM and 12:00 to 3:00PM Monday – Friday.
Please go to the NBBL website for the link to our registration system and for other important information. – https://inside.isb.ac.th/
If you have any questions, please contact the NBBL at info@nbbl.asia
Panther Tennis Session 3 Registration is open now!
by Panther Tennis
panthertennisisb@gmail.com
Registrations for the Panther Tennis session 3 are now open to all the ISB students. The session will commence from February 9th, 2015.
The registration link is as follows https://inside.isb.ac.th/cao/panther-tennis-academy/session-information
French speaking community: Breakfast for parents February 4, at 7:20 a.m. Blue Sky cafe
Pascale Kervyn
pkervyn@gmail.com
If you or your child(ren) speak French and are interested in developing activities and/or a French classes for natives at ISB, join us for breakfast at the Blue Sky cafe (just behind ISB) on February 4, at 7:20 a.m. Contact: Pascale Kervyn (pkervyn@gmail.com)
Welcome Wai Monthly Coffee – All Parents Welcome – Wednesday 4th February
by: Welcome Wai
welcomewai@isb.ac.th
All parents at ISB are invited to attend the monthly Welcome Wai Coffees coordinated
by Heather Powell and Rachel Neale. We especially encourage new parents who
arrived this 2nd semester or 1st semester to come along so as to make new contacts and
have your questions answered. The first monthly coffee for this semester will start at
7:30am Wednesday 4th February in the Atrium (next to The Grind in the main cafeteria).
Drinks and breakfast snacks will be served! RSVPs would be appreciated please email
welcomewai@isb.ac.th to let us know if you plan to come along.
We hope to see you there and if you have any questions please contact Heather Powell
or Rachel Neale at welcomewai@isb.ac.th
No 5:00 pm and 4:30 pm late bus service – Feb 9th – 13th
by Suthida (Pu) JIRAVICHAI
suthidaj@isb.ac.th
Please be informed that from February 9th to the 13th we will not have the 5:00 pm and 4:30 pm late bus. We will have the regular 2:15 pm bus and will have the 3:30 pm bus.
Facilitating your child’s success: a workshop for parents – February 23rd
by Tamara Redmond tamarar@isb.ac.th
Meg Fisher megf@isb.ac.th
Facilitating your child’s success: a workshop for parents
The Student Support Team at ISB invites you to join us for a cross-divisional parent workshop. We will explore the role of parents in achieving ISB’s Vision of preparing our students for success in the world community. This workshop is based upon longitudinal research, conducted by the Frostig Center in California, into life success for students with disabilities. However, the findings of this research offer practical applications for ALL students. The parent workshop will address:
-What is success?
-What does success look like at ISB
Participants will be invited to contribute to a video about success at ISB, although this is entirely optional.The workshop and optional video interview will take place on:
Monday February 23rd, 8:00-9:30AM Elementary School ES MPR
If you are interested in attending or have questions please contact Tamara Redmond
tamarar@isb.ac.th or Meg Fisher megf@isb.ac.th
Taste the world in 3 hours at the IFF – February 28th
Kim deKeijzer
isbiff@gmail.com
Every year,the IFF will take you on a culinary journey. We love this and that is why we need your help. If you like to cook and your country has not yet a food booth, please contact Kim straight away to book a booth for your community. We still have space for your country.
Thank you Brazil, Bangladesh, Korea, Germany, New Zealand- Australia, Thailand, USA, China, Argentina, Indonesia, Pakistan, Japan, Philippines, Israel, India, Canada, The Netherlands. We can’t wait to taste your lovely food!!!!
Don’t forget to ‘like’ us on Facebook at International Family Fair
FUN FUN FUN AT THE IFF – February 28th 4-7pm
Kim deKeijzer
isbiff@gmail.com
Only 5 weeks to go and you will have a blast at ISB!!!
An afternoon full with international food, games for young and old and….
more then 600 prizes to win in our raffle.
Yes, of course we have silent auction. This year again unique ‘once in a life time’ prizes!!!
To name a few; Be Corry for a Day, win a free dress day for your class, HS Off campus pass for 2, ES climb as high as you can with Andy
Of course we are going to have a great party and we will do this together!!!!
See you on the 28th of February 4-7 pm and stay tuned for volunteer options;)
The IFF team 2015
ps. ‘like’ us on Facebook International Family Fair and maybe you win a prize there as well… Yes we will have a special Facebook friends raffle prize this year!!!!
Adult Education Spring 2015 – Coming Soon!
by Gabriela Alvarez
isbadulted@gmail.com
Come to meet some new friends while learning a new skill or just refreshing an old one. This is your chance!
The Adult Education Program provides a variety of classes for the adults in our Community. A detailed class list will be available during the first week of February and online registration will be open from February 9th to 15th.
This is a volunteer PTA-run fundraiser for ISB. Funds raised from this program support many activities and grants at school, including HS Clubs, supporting our students and the whole Community.
If you have any questions or suggestions for additions to our program in the future, or if you’d like to teach, please do not hesitate to contact me: isbadulted@gmail.com
Sincerely,
Gabriela Alvarez Fourcade
PTA ISB Adult Education Coordinator
Interested in Netball?
Andy Vaughan
andyv@isb.ac.th
For those of you interested in Netball, Bangkok Patana is running a ten week skill development program weekly on Saturday mornings.
If you are interested in attending this, please follow this link to find out more.
WE NEED BOOKS, MAGAZINES, AND BOARD GAMES
by Sherry Heinecke
heinecke.sherry@gmail.com
Dear Parents, Teacher’s, and Students,
The 5th grade students are collecting books for their grade 5 book sale April 23 and 24. We need books, magazines, and any board games that are a complete set without missing pieces.
Books can be dropped off at the 5th grade work room now or starting March 2, 2015 there will be drop boxes located around the school and at drop off zones.
Please be aware of what your are donating. They can be adult, teen, or children books fiction and non-fiction. NO text books or manuals, no inappropriate books or books with missing pages, and magazines need to be intact.
The book sale is an annual event and all proceeds go to the Mercy Center in Klong Toey.
Thank you,
5th Grade Book Sale Team
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.