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For the 2015/16 school year, ISB will be accepting two additional students as part of our Thai Scholarship Program. This program is designed for highly capable Thai students whose families have a demonstrated financial need. The students will be enrolled in our High School in August 2015.

We are now looking for volunteers to provide housing for these students for the 2015/16 school year. Ideally we are seeking two different host families that:

• Live close to ISB
• Speak English at home
• Have a spare bedroom
• Have a HS child
• Would enjoy the experience of housing a scholarship student

Host families would be expected to provide food, lodging and some incidental expenses. The ISB Scholarship Fund would take care of uniforms, cafeteria meals, school trips, some clothes, school supplies, certain other incidentals and transportation costs home for holidays.

If you are interested in volunteering to host one of these students, please complete the Host Family Expression of Interest Form by clicking on this link by April 10, 2015. If you should have any questions, please contact our Scholarship Program Coordinator, Mr. Tony Arnold at anthonya@isb.ac.th

All families who submit an Interest Form will be contacted to arrange an appointment for an interview.

Sincerely,

Dr. Andrew Davies
Head of School
International School Bangkok

 

 

Help reduce waste AND support fair trade during Earth Week – April 2oth – 24th

by Christine TANANONE
ctananon@isb.ac.th

Help reduce waste AND support fair trade during Earth Week (April 20th – 24th) by bringing used clothing, shoes, toys, sports equipment, and household items in good condition to ISB and placing them in the appropriate boxes in front of school.  All items will be donated to Second Chance Bangkok, a social enterprise located in Kong Toey slum, which resells used goods in their second hand shop and gives women the opportunity to earn a fair wage through “upscaling” used fabrics into a creative range of bags and giftware.  These products will be on sale in the main cafeteria from 10:30 – 12:30 during Earth Week. For more information, contact Chris Tananone at ctananon.isb.ac.th

Kofi is Coming to ISB!

by Ashley BENUSA
ashleyj@isb.ac.th

The K-12 Fine and Performing Arts Department of ISB is looking forward to hosting guest Ghanaian musician and educator, Kofi Gbolonyo. In the two weeks following the April holiday, Kofi will be working with students in select performing and fine arts classes throughout every grade level of our school.

Mark your calendars also for the Western African Performing Arts Celebration on April 23rd in Rajendra Hall at 6:30pm. This event will feature performing groups from all three divisions working with Kofi as well as some opportunities for audience participation and community music making. We hope to see you there!

 

 

ISB School Board Meeting, April 21st

by Walairat (Oor) WATTANA-UNGKOON
walairaw@isb.ac.th

The next School Board regular meeting will be on Tuesday, April 21, 2015, 6:00 pm at the MPB 3.   All ISA members are welcome to attend. Please see the attached agenda.

Board Agenda 21.4.15

5th Grade Book Sale – April 23rd & 24th

by Sherry Heinecke
heinecke.sherry@gmail.com

5th Grade Book Sale

Thursday (April 23) and Friday (April 24)

Dear Parents,

The 5th grade book sale is a yearly sale put on by the 5th graders with the help of the teachers, IAs, and parents.

The Funds raised from this Charity event support the Mercy Center in Klong Toey and pays for the education for many underprivileged kids who cannot afford education. Last year they raised close to B200,000.00. This year we, of course, would like to beat that amount.

Please start sending books and/or complete board games to school with your child. The book boxes are located around the school. You may also drop them in 5th grade work room. (small room at the top of the stairs in the 5th grade quad).

Books to Donate

Children’s books

Young Adult books Fiction and Non Fiction

Adult Fiction and Non Fiction

Appropriate magazines

Please Do Not Donate

Text Books

Manuals

Inappropriate Books or Magazines

Books with missing pages or covers

(These books have to be disposed of by our volunteers and takes away from actual sorting time)

 Thank you for your assistance,

Grade 5 Book Sale Team

 

British and Irish and Canadian Combo Social – April 24th

by Heather Powell
heather.wyn@gmail.com

 

 

 

Booster News – Last Booster meeting of the year, April 27th

by: The Booster Club
isbbooster@isb.ac.th

Last Booster Meeting of the year!  Please join us on April 27 at 11:00 a.m. in the MPB2 for the last meeting of the school year.  This is a particularly important meeting because we are voting on Executive positions for the 2015-2016 school year.  Plan to attend if you are able

 

Registration for the 16th Colgate Kids Triathlon is now open!

The fee per participant is THB 500 and all participants must provide a volunteer to help on race day or pay a THB 2,000 fee if they can’t provide a volunteer.

It’s shaping up to be an incredible event!  Again this year the triathletes will receive timing chips to wear around their ankles for accurate time and distance recording.  The Relay Race will again allow relay teams in each age division (based upon the oldest participant in the relay team), so athletes can form teams of three people to participate together.  One of the relay team members can be a teacher or other adult this year.

The distances this year will be:

• 5-6 year old : 50m swim, 600km bike, 500m run
• 7-8 year old:100m swim, 2.5 km bike, 800m run
• 9-10 year old: 150m swim, 4.5 km bike, 1.0 km run
• 11-12 year old:200m swim, 4.5 km bike, 1.7 km run
• 13-14 year old:250m swim, 6.8 km bike, 2.4 km run
• 15+ year old :350m swim, 9.1 km bike, 3.1 km run

Registration will close on Monday, April 27th or when 210 athletes have registered, whichever comes first.  So please register now to avoid disappointment.

Please note that all participants must provide their own bike and bike helmet.

Please contact me if you have any questions.

Thanks

Kevin M. Sypolt
ksypolt@gmail.com
084-388-7715

 

Volunteer Appreciation Luncheon @ the Holiday Inn Bangkok Silom – May 6th

by Tony Arnold
anthonya@isb.ac.th

Dear Parents,

Each year ISB’s administration hosts a Volunteer Appreciation Luncheon for the many, many parents who spend countless hours helping to make our school a better place for our students. Whether you’ve donated one hour or hundreds of hours, this luncheon is for you.

This year’s luncheon will take place on May 6^th from 11:00 am to 1:00 pm at the Holiday Inn Bangkok Silom. We will be providing a number of vans to take parents from ISB to the luncheon departing at 10:00 am and returning to ISB at the conclusion of the event. To reserve your place in one of the vans please complete the form at the following link by May 1st: Van Transportation Reservation

We hope to see you there!

Holiday Inn Bangkok Silom
981 Silom Road, Bangrak, Bangkok
Tel  662 238 4300

 

Father Daughter Dance – May 9th

by Sara Ayala
s.m.ayala2008@gmail.com

This year’s Father Daughter Dance will be held Saturday, May 9th at the InterContinental hotel. Early Bird Tickets on sale from Thursday, April 2nd until Friday, April 10th, 7 to 7:30 am and 2 to 2:30 pm in the ES Breezeway. Dads and daughters tickets are 1,600 baht per person. After Songkran, dad tickets will be 2,000 baht so be sure to get yours now. Sponsored by the Girl Scouts of Thailand. If you have any questions, contact us at gsthailand40@gmail.com.

 

 

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.