MS eNews – Friday, March 20, 2015

Updated MS Calendar of upcoming events for the next four weeks:

Tuesday, March 24

• Grade 6 & 7 Student Meeting re: Grade 7 & 8 program and registration info 1:25 – 2:05pm in the CCT
• Grade 6 & 7 Parent Meeting re: Grade 7 & 8 program and registration info 6:30 – 8:00pm in the Chevron

Wednesday, March 25

• Grade 5 Student Meeting re: Grade 6 program and registration info 1:15 – 2:00pm in the CCT
• Grade 5 Parent Meeting re: Grade 6 program and registration info 6:30 – 8:00pm in the Chevron

Friday, March 27

• MS Alternate Dress Day (rescheduled to April 3)
• MS Student Social at 3:00 – 5:00pm (rescheduled to April 3)
• BISAC Swimming Champs @ HIS

Saturday, March 28

• BISAC Swimming Champs @ HIS

Sunday, March 29

• BISAC Swimming Champs @ HIS
• BISAC Open Golf Tournament BIST
• BISAC U15 Team Tennis ISBb BPSg

Thursday, April 2

• MS/HS Jazz Concert at 6:30pm in the CCT

Friday, April 3

• MS Alternate Dress Day (rescheduled from March 27)
• MS Student Social at 3:00 – 5:00pm (rescheduled from March 27)

Monday, April 6

• Chakri Day & ISB Professional Day (No School for students and Classified Staff)

Thursday, April 9

• MS Songkran Assembly at 1:20pm in the Chevron

Monday, April 13 – Wednesday, April 15

• Songkran Days (Holiday for Classified Staff)

Monday, April 13 – Friday, April 17

• Spring Holidays (No School)

Monday, April 20 – Friday, May 8

• MAP Testing in Reading and Math

Friday, April 24

• MS Earth Assembly at 1:25 – 2:05pm in Chevron

 

 

Present Grade 6 and 7 Parent Information Meeting on Tuesday, March 24th

Dear Parents of present 6 and 7th Graders, on Tuesday March 24th at 6:30 – 8:00pm in the Chevron Theatre, there will be a parent information meeting regarding the Grade 7 and 8 programs in the middle school for the 2015-2016 school year and registration process for submitting each student’s course requests.  Present Grade 6 and 7 students will be attending a student information meeting earlier the same day.

 

 

Podcast Available from the MS Principal Forum Held March 19th

Dear Parents,

On March 19, we held our second and final MS Principal Forum of the year.  Mr. Burgess and the Administrative team addressed topics, which had been raised by parents, and answered, follow up questions as well.

Topics covered were:

• Haiku/Homework
• Drug Testing Policies
• BISAC Sports
• Structure of MS Administration (Roles and Responsibilities)
• Lunchtime Supervision / Lunchtime Detention
• ID Policy in Cafeteria
• L2L Curriculum

If you would like to listen to the responses and discussion, please feel free to download first (recommended!) the attached podcast before playing on your computer.

Link:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B8ktpqmuEN85dWxlRXJRejBkcDA/view?usp=sharing

Thank you to all who helped make the MS Principal Forum a success this year!

Nisha Westerman / Andrea Puck

PTA MS Coordinators

 

 

“Keeping Children Safe in Bangkok” Presentation from March 20th

On the morning of Friday, March 20th, we had a well-attended presentation on “Keeping Children Safe in Bangkok”.  Our three presenters (Mr. Graeme Scott – Deputy Head of School, Mr. David Sherrell – Freedom from Chemical Dependency, and Nixon Frederick DEA (Drug Enforcement Agency) Program Director) gave our parents good insight and strategies on helping students make healthy choices in regards to drugs and alcohol. Here is the Powerpoint from the presentation that shares some helpful resources:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B_c32vcH8_0oSlZrME84RkU4NkU/view?usp=sharing

In addition, here is a helpful handout that was shared on parenting strategies:

https://drive.google.com/a/isb.ac.th/file/d/0B_c32vcH8_0oTS15RHZxVDVVUkk/view?usp=sharing

 

 

Grade 8 Transition to HS Presentation

Please click here for a copy of the presentation that was given to Grade 8 parents on Tuesday, March 17th regarding transition to HS and in particular course registrations.  A reminder that ALL grade 8 students (even if they may be leaving) will be asked to make course selections for next school year via Powerschool from 18th to 23rd March.  Please refer to the HS Program of Studies for course information.

 

 

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by Tony Arnold
anthonya@isb.ac.th