Host families needed for ISB’s Thai Scholarship Program
by Dr. Andrew Davies
Head of School
andrewd@isb.ac.th
Dear ISB Parents,
For the 2015/16 school year, ISB will be accepting two additional students as part of our Thai Scholarship Program. Both students are females.
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 May 15, 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
ISB Health Consultant
by Sonja ROBACK
sonjar@isb.ac.th
In planning for next year, ISB is seeking local candidates interested in part-time employment to fill the position of Health Consultant. The Health Consultant works in various ways to coordinate and implement preventive health services and crisis response for students and staff. Candidates must hold a degree in nursing, a current medical or nursing license, and have experience working in a community or school setting. Qualified applicants should email ISB Health Consultant, Sonja Roback by Wednesday, May 13.
Health Letter for Returning Students
by Sonja ROBACK
sonjar@isb.ac.th
The purpose of this communication is to inform you of updates to ISB’s Health Requirements which will require your action and to provide you with the health form for returning students in the 2015-16 school year.
As we look ahead to the next school year, we want to give families ample time to plan for health appointments and allow for the Health Clinic staff to perform any necessary follow up. In addition, we want to highlight some minor changes to the health form requirements for this year.
For the 2015-2016 school year, all returning students are required to have a complete physical examination that includes:
1) Overall health assessment
2) Hearing and vision screening
3) Cardiac evaluation with ECG – Required only for students entering Gr 6, 9, and 11
Annual physicals are an excellent opportunity to provide benchmarks regarding your child’s overall health and to create a picture of progress and development over time. This information enables early detection of emerging issues, a review of immunization status, and the opportunity to inform the school of any changes related to recent illness or injury. For the upcoming school year, a change has been made to limit the ECG requirement for only those students entering Grades 6, 9 and 11. This allows for an age-appropriate assessment of health while increasing efficiency in the administration of student health information. These changes were made in consultation with local pediatric health professionals and health resources in the ISB community.
Action required:
All returning students are required to complete and submit the Comprehensive Physical Examination Report Form by June 30, 2015. Please follow up with your local healthcare provider, a healthcare provider in your home country or take advantage of established ISB Student Packages at either World Medical Center or Bumrungrad International Hospital. When making the appointment, please indicate that the appointment is for the ISB Comprehensive Physical for an existing student. In addition, please bring the Comprehensive Physical Exam form and the student ID (if available) in order to receive the established package pricing. Price details are listed below.
Pricing and Contact Details
| Bumrungrad HospitalTel. 02-667-1555 | World Medical CenterTel. 02-836-9999 | |
| KG – Grade 12 (without ECG) |
1660 THB | 800 THB |
| Grades 6, 9, 11 (includes ECG) |
2170 THB | 1000 THB |
Note that if an unexpected finding requires your child to have further testing and evaluation by a specialist, additional costs may be incurred. Full details can be accessed for World Medical Center here and for Bumrungrad here.
Please submit the completed Comprehensive Physical Examination Report Form to the ISB Nurse’s Office in person or via email (nurse@isb.ac.th) by June 30, 2015.
ISB is committed to your child’s overall development, both educationally and health related. Should you have any questions regarding either ISB’s health requirements or the forms, please contact the Health Clinic, or the Health Consultant, Sonja Roback.
Sincerely,
Usa Somboon Sonja Roback
Headmistress Nurse Consultant
ThaiCraft Fair this Saturday, May 9th
by Chris Tananone
ctananon@isb.ac.th
ThaiCraft Fair this Saturday May 9th from 9 a.m. – 1 p.m. in Rajendra Hall. Handmade crafts by village artisans from over 50 producer groups all over Thailand will be on sale just in time for buying gifts to take home. Appropriately, this year the fair coincides with World Fair Trade Day, held every year on the second Saturday in May. So come and support these fair trade artisans by buying their beautiful hand crafted products. For more information, contact Chris Tananone at ctananon@isb.ac.th
Beginning String Drive – May 9th
by Marianne DEROW
mariannd@isb.ac.th
The Beginning String Drive will be held on this Saturday, May 9th between 10.00am and 12.00 noon. Bravo Music have kindly offered to come to the school with a display of instruments, bows, strings, rosin, mutes etc.
Students and parents from Middle and High Schools may also purchase items from them on Saturday – they will set up in the String Room 123 in the Cultural Centre Building. Please come and check them out.
Art Silent Auction for Nepal – May 11th & May 13th
tristam@isb.ac.th
Acquire a piece of beautiful art work and help a great cause!
Middle school artists are offering their work for sale via silent auction. The money raised will benefit the Moonlight Foundation in Nepal.
The silent auction will be held from 5:30-6:25pm on Monday, 11 May before the MS Strings & Choir Concert and Wednesday, 13 May before the MS Band Concert. All of the art work for sale is on display in the Chevron Theatre Foyer. Artwork should be paid for after the concert on the night of the auction.
MS Choir and String Orchestra Spring Concert – May 11th
by Coleen Mann
coleenp@isb.ac.th
Our students and teachers are excited to bring you our MS Choir and String Orchestra Concert which will take place in our Chevron Theatre on May 11th at 6:30 pm.
Artwork currently on display in the Chevron Theatre Foyer will be sold via silent auction before the Middle School Choir/Strings and Band concerts on Monday, May 11 and Wednesday, May 13. The money raised will be donated to the Moonlight School in Nepal that ISB is supporting. The auction will start at 5:30 and end promptly at 6:25. Purchasers will need to pay for the work on that evening before they leave. They can take the work home after the Band concert, but not Choir & Strings (the artwork will stay on display until after the Band concert on May 13). Please contact tristam@isb.ac.th with questions or for more details.
We hope to see you there!
South Asian (Indian and Bangladeshi) Food Fair – May 12th
by Vidhya Parasuraman
vidhyaparasuraman@yahoo.com
On Tuesday, May 12th, the South Asian parent communities at ISB will host a Food Fair in the main cafeteria from 10:15 – 1:00. All proceeds will go to Nepal Relief. Bring cash so that you can eat yummy South Asian food and support our Nepalese friends at the Moonlight School. For more information contact Vidhya Parasuraman at vidhyaparasuraman@yahoo.com
MS Spring Band Concert – May 13th
by Kentaro Udagawa
kentarou@isb.ac.th
We would like to invite you to our MS Spring Band Concert on Wednesday, May 13 at 6:30 p.m. in Chevron Theater (admission is free).
We hope to see you there!
Final Welcome Wai Coffee for this School Year! – May 13th
by Welcome Wai team
welcomewai@isb.ac.th
Wednesday 13th May 2015
1pm @ Starbucks Nichada
Still not quite settled? Have questions you would like to know the answers to or perhaps you are now feeling that you yourself would like to welcome those coming to ISB at the start of the new school year? Come along on the 13th of May or email us at welcomewai@isb.ac.th The Welcome Wai team would love to hear from you.
Tom Sawyer – May 21st & May 22nd
michaels@isb.ac.th
Tom Sawyer the Middle School Play opens on Thursday May 21 in the CCT. There are two performances. One on Thursday at 3:30pm and a Red Carpet event on Friday at 5:30pm followed by the show at 6:30pm.
Tickets for the production will go on sale in the cafeteria from May 11.
While we are selling tickets we are also going to be raising awareness and money for the Nepal Charity Fund. The FENCE OF HOPE is a fence that will be available for us to write a message of hope on for the people in Nepal. By donating a minimum of 20 baht, you can leave a message, drawing, symbol that will act as a symbol of strength for these displaced people after the tragedy that has occurred in their country. The FENCE is also a prominent feature in Tom Sawyer and once Tom is over it will be donated to Helping Paws to help them secure an area when they bring our four legged friends into school.
Top Flight Summer Flight School at ISB June 15th – 26th
by Punnanunt Wisuppakan
punnanuw@isb.ac.th
Dear Parents and Students,
We would like to invite you to our Top Flight Summer Flight School at ISB June 15-19, June 22-26, from 9:30-14:30
This year the Top Flight Staff has designed a very special camp program for our students.
We will utilize a specially tailored basketball specific program that focuses on our campers coordination, flexibility, agility, and speed to make our players better basketball players and better overall athletes.
This year we are very excited to once again welcome our special NBA guest coach, Raman Sposato. Coach Sposato has just completed his first season as an assistant coach in The NBA Development League where his team, The Santa Cruz Warriors, won their first NBDL Championship. Before joining the Warriors coaching staff, Coach Sposato served as lead assistant of player development for the Los Angeles Clippers organization, where he worked very closely with NBA superstars Chris Paul, and Blake Griffin. Coach Sposato has also worked for many years as coach at the NIKE Snow Valley basketball school in Santa Barbara California, one of the best youth camps in America. We are very excited to have a coach of this caliber taking part in this years camp, his background at the highest levels of the game specializing in player development will be great for our kids.
Dont worry, as always, there will still be plenty of time for fun at camp, we will organize fun games and special contests at camp to keep our kids engaged and enjoying themselves.
Camp is open to Boys and Girls ages 5-17 of any skill level or experience. Our coaching staff will separate students by age, skill level, and in some cases gender in order to ensure that each student has an enjoyable and memorable experience.
*There will be a “Pro Training” division strictly for Elite team players and players who have demonstrated an advanced skill set 14-18 years of age. These players will have the opportunity to work exclusively with Coach Sposato in his advanced skill clinics.
Our professional, passionate, and positive coaches will help your child become a better player and a more inspired athlete. Camp provides the perfect opportunity to improve skills, make new friends and smile a lot.
The camp registration fee is 7,000 baht for one week, 13,500 for two weeks, and 20,000 for 3 weeks. There is 10% family discount for any family registering 2 students or more. (Daily drop-in rate 1,600 baht) The registration fee includes lunch and a light snack everyday.
Registration is open now on the Top Flight website www.topflightbangkok.com.
Top Flight Basketball Co., Ltd
We Just Love Basketball!’
Cell: +66 (0) 8181-78400
Email: ike@topflightbangkok.com
Yoga Pray For Nepal
by Napisa C. Pant & John Lambert
Napisapant.yoga@gmail.com
Yoga Pray For Nepal
A donation yoga class to raise funds for Nepal Children
On April 25, a powerful 7.8 earthquake struck Nepal, near the capital of Kathmandu. To urgently reach out to the Nepalese children, Yoga Pray For Nepal was immediately created. The raised funds will be for two organizations: Moonlight Kindergarten channeled through ISB and The Nepal Orphans Home in Kathmandu.
Last Friday, May 1, non-yoga practitioners and heart core yoga practitioners pulled together in sweat and tear of Sun Salutation A B, to Z and chanted Love to all, Pray for all, for the new hope. The donation was
54,000 baht in a 75 minutes class. The total donation at this minute is 107,271 baht.
The funds were already sent to both organizations, shared half and half.
We are truly blessed to be in the ISB and Nichada Community, to be able to join our energy and reach out to those in dire need. We thank you for joining us in our efforts and prayers for Nepal.
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.