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GCW Payment Due
Andy Vaughan
andyv@isb.ac.th
Final reminder that GCW Payments are due by November 10th. Students will have their first GCW meeting at 1:10pm on the 10th. Payments can be made at any Ayudhya Bank branch (there is one in the parking lot near Villa in Nichada Thani). For your convenience the payment slip we sent home with your child is completed and should be used when paying.
For any questions regarding GCW, please email Andy Vaughan (andyv@isb.ac.th)
Presentation from the Grade 10 IB Information Evening on Monday November 2nd
Phil Rogers
philr@isb.ac.th
It was great to have almost 150 students and parents at the Grade 10 Ib Information Evening last Monday evening in the MPB. If you were unable to attend or would like to recap on the presentation you will fin it linked HERE.
Please do not hesitate to contact your child’s counselor or myself if you have any follow up questions.
Counseling News
Jennifer Melton
jenniferm@isb.ac.th
An article we came across this week addresses quite a concern that parents sometimes share in regards to their son (mostly) or daughter “gaming” excessively. The article specifically focuses on teen boys and suggests 10 agreements to strike a healthy balance in relation to life with game systems. Here is the link:
Grade 9
This week in Freshman Seminar our class of 2019 had 2 sessions. The first session included 3 activities reflecting upon personal character strengths that were identified through the completion of a VIA assessment last week. The second session involved the introduction of Naviance. This is an online tool used for educational resources such as inventories, career exploration, and university research and application. Once students created their account they proceeded to complete a learning style inventory. From this they added to their personal portfolio their results / report, discussed points of interest and strategies to potentially use in their future learning.
Grade 10
Next Thursday, November 12, will be the third Sophomore Seminar. (This is changed from the school calendar date of November 19.) We will do the “Career Interest Profiler”, which is a survey based on research by careers guru John Holland. The results will show students what people with similar interests and abilities as theirs, tend to do for their careers. After this seminar students can begin to put together the information that we’ve generated in the first three sophomore seminars, and see what kinds of subjects they might like to study in order to eventually work in a field in which they’ll be both successful, and happy!
Grade 11
On Wednesday, 68 non-native English speaking students took the Institutional TOEFL. The Institutional TOEFL is a practice test that measures a students English language proficiency in listening comprehension, structure and written expression, and reading comprehension. Many universities in English speaking countries may require students to the TOEFL for either admission or visa purposes.
Grade 12
For Seniors applying to the US, UK, Canada, and Hong Kong (or any other university with an online application), students should:
- Schedule an appointment in advancewith their counselor to submit applications. Leave some space/time just in case there are issues needing attention prior to the application deadline. DO NOT submit an application without the counselor present.
- Send multiple applications at a time. In other words, plan to send more than one application in one appointment with the counselor.
- Remember to bring a credit card. Submitting online with the counselor requires students to make a payment.
- Remember that essays must be the student’s work, not the work of others. Seniors are encourage to share these in advance with their counselor. Counselors view these through the lense of what a university admission officer might see.
- Ensure application and essays are complete when meeting with the counselor to submit. Questions about essays, activities, etc. should be addressed prior to this appointment.
- Make copies of application items before submitting just in case anything goes missing in the process.
Following these guidelines will make the process go as smoothly as possible. So far, those who have been applying early have been doing a good job with the above items. As always if you have questions, please let us know. A general timeline can also be found here: https://sites.google.com/a/isb.ac.th/isb-hs-university-advising/timeline.
College Visits
Tuesday, November 10 (9:50am in Room 203)
Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD)
Wednesday, November 11 (10:20am in Cafeteria)
UK Art and Design Roadshow
Arts University Bournemouth
University of Brighton
De Montfort University
Goldsmiths College, University of London
University of Northumbria
Nottingham Trent University
University of Southampton
University for the Creative Arts at Farnham
Thursday, November 12 (10:20am in Room 203)
Kings’ College London
University College London
Singapore Management University
WHU – Otto Beisheim School of Management (Germany)
Friday, November 13 (10:20am in Room 203)
Cardiff University
Penang Medical College
Athletic News
Derrick Quinet
derrickq@isb.ac.th
Congratulations to our BISAC Teams! The JV and U15 BISAC championships were held last weekend across the city, and our Panthers once again made us proud. The JV girls volleyball team placed 3rd while the boys placed 5th. The JV boys soccer team earned the silver medal whilst the girls finished 3rd. The U15 rugby team grabbed the bronze medal, and the U15 touch team wrapped up their season as runners up in BISAC. Great job athletes and coaches!
The Varsity/JV Season One Sports Banquet will be held on Tuesday, November 10 at 5:30 in Rajendra. Tickets have been on sale all week and are now sold out, however parents without tickets are still encouraged to watch the festivities without the catering and join in the team room. See you there!
U15 sport tryouts begin next week, with boys and girls soccer and badminton on the slate. Students aged under 15 as of August 1 2015 are eligible to tryout on Monday, Wednesday, and Thursday. Good luck Panthers!
Derrick Quinet
Athletics Director
Student Safeguarding
Jackie Valenzuela
jackiev@isb.ac.th
On Wednesday, November 18 from 8-9am and 6:30-7:30pm our PreK-12 counselors will host a Parent Workshop in MPB1 that will cover ISB’s student safeguarding board policy and procedures. Counselors from each division will also discuss how they are teaching students about the safeguarding policy.
IASAS MUN – November 12th -14th
Anthony Giles
anthonyg@isb.ac.th
Dear Parents and Friends of MUN,
Next week ISB will be hosting seventeen schools for IASAS Model United Nations 2015. The conference itself will be held November 12-14 at the UNESCAP building in downtown Bangkok with visiting schools arriving on our campus to meet host families throughout the day on Wednesday, November 11. Although ISB sends only 16 delegates to the event it will take a an army of student pages, security, press, and IT to run the conference properly. Thank you in advance for your support. Remember, M-U-N is F-U-N!
Regards,
Anthony Giles
eNewsletter Guidelines
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.
dennish@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.