Suksan Wan Songkran!
We wish you a very happy Thai New Year – Wan nee pen wan Songkran! We wish every family a fun-filled and relaxing Songkran break and look forward to welcoming students back on Monday April 20 (an E day).
Final ES PTA Meeting
The final ES PTA meeting for the year will be on April 30th at 8:30 am in the new Middle School Skybox (this is on the 3rd floor across from the LDC). Mark your calendars.
ES After School Activities
Spring holiday will start on April 13th, therefore no ASA in session from Monday, April 13th until April 17th. All ASA will resume as normal from Monday April 20th. I’m in the office daily, from 1:30-3:30 if you have any questions or concerns.
Livnat Ziskinder
ES After School Activities Coordinator
esactivities@isb.ac.th
Earth Week – April 20-24
Help reduce waste AND support fair trade during Earth Week 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 Klong 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
Cafeteria News…Did You Know…?
Earth Week welcomes us back to school after Songkran commencing April 20. The Cafeteria plays a large role in this week, this year by raising awareness of meat production and its impact on the environment, specifically in the case of beef. A little food for thoughton this matter as taken from an excerpt from TIME and The Guardian respectively:
“You may think you live on a planet, but really you live on a gigantic farm, one occasionally broken up by cities, forests and the oceans. Some 40% of the world’s land surface is used for the purposes of keeping all 7 billion of us fed. The vast majority of that land — about 30% of the world’s total ice-free surface — is used not to raise grains, fruits and vegetables that are directly fed to human beings, but to support the chickens, pigs and cattle that we eventually eat.” (TIME 12/2013)
Out of all the meats produced, beef has the largest impact on our environment. “Beef’s environmental impact dwarfs that of other meat including chicken and pork, new research reveals, with one expert saying that eating less red meat would be a better way for people to cut carbon emissions than giving up their cars. The heavy impact on the environment of meat production was known but the research shows a new scale and scope of damage, particularly for beef. The popular red meat requires 28 times more land to produce than pork or chicken, 11 times more water and results in five times more climate-warming emissions. When compared to staples like potatoes, wheat, and rice, the impact of beef per calorie is even more extreme, requiring 160 times more land and producing 11 times more greenhouse gases.” (The Guardian 7/2014)
The entire Earth Week at the Cafeteria will be an ISB ‘Meatless Monday’ with reduced offerings of meat at each section, thereby featuring some tasty, new vegetarian alternatives. Our aim is simply to invoke some mindfulness about meats and their impact on the environment, especially when it comes to beef. Enjoy.
Michelle Ihrig
cafeteria@isb.ac.th
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(Repeat) Summer School 2015 at ISB
Planning on being in Bangkok during June or July? Looking for something for your child(ren) to do? Then this is the year to join us for ISB’s exciting and enriching Summer School Program! Once again students in Pre-Kindergarten through Grade 12 will be learning in an environment that is nurturing, academically challenging, and socially engaging. ISB’s highly qualified teachers are inspired professionals dedicated to creating the best possible learning experiences. New ideas, new curriculum and new friends await each student.
We have a range of classes that are sure to meet every student’s needs. Registration is now open with an Early Bird special that expires on May 29. For more information on program dates, courses, costs, and registration process, please click here then open tabs located on the left side of the page under the heading of Summer School.
(Repeat) ES P.E. Swimming
Swimming continues for the following classes after Songkran. You can access our blog on your child’s classroom blog or by going to this link: https://inside.isb.ac.th/perrype/
Second Session: April 8 – May 13
Grade 5: Herdrich, Perkins
Grade 4: Ward, Jessee
Grade 3: Day, Vilim
Grade 2: Madden, Meyer
Grade 1: Bell, Ducharme
KG: Brickerd, Pool
(Repeat) If You Know you are Leaving ISB
Families who are leaving ISB at the end of the school year are asked to inform the school as soon as possible using the official Notice of Withdrawal Form. This helps us prepare school records for your child and with planning for next year. Completed forms can be dropped off at the ES Office.
(Repeat) 5th Grade Book Sale
Thursday April 23 and Friday April 24
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)
Calendar of Events
April 2015
| Apr. 13-17 | Spring Holiday |
| Apr. 21 | Board of Trustees Meeting |
| Apr. 22 | Earth Day |
| Apr. 23-24 | Gr. 5 Book Sale |
| Apr. 23 | Western African Performing Arts Celebration, 6:30 pm (Rajendra Hall) |
| Apr. 24 | Lost and Found Display |
| Apr. 25 | ASD Photo Day |
| Cub Scouts Blue and Gold Banquet | |
| Apr. 27 | Board of Trustees Meet the Candidates Night 6:30 pm |
| Apr. 28 | 1:00 pm Early Dismissal |
| Apr. 30 | ES PTA Parent Meeting 8:30 am (new MS skybox – on the 3rd floor across from the LDC) |
