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ISB School Board Meeting, January 19,2016 (Tuesday)

Tutoring at ISB: An update on current procedures and practices

by Diana Drummond
dianad@isb.ac.th

Last year, initial changes were made to our procedures and practices as they relate to Tutoring of ISB students.  In line with our new Child Safeguarding Policy, additional changes have been made, forming the ISB Tutoring Policy.

The biggest change reflected in this policy is that we will no longer allow tutors on campus who are not vetted through the school and that the hours and locations for tutoring have altered.

Who is able to tutor on ISB campus?

• ISB Faculty & Staff members

• ISB Substitute Teachers.

• Those approved through various ISB programs such as CAO program can provide private lessons (e.g Instrumental Music Program, Gymnastics, Tennis etc.), Mother Tongue program etc.

When can tutoring take place?

• After school from 3.05 to 5:00 for ISB faculty and staff members

• After school from 2:15 to 5:00 for non-ISB faculty and staff members

Where can tutoring occur? (Following locations only)

• Main Library (until 5:00pm)

• MS/HS Cafeteria

• ES Learning Hub (until 3:30pm)

• ES Quads – outdoor spaces

• Music Practice Rooms booked through Instrumental Music Program (IMP) coordinated by CAO (Only for music lessons)

What has not changed is our commitment to meet the learning needs of students by utilizing various learning support structures in place at school.  Recommendation for tutoring is only considered after in-school learning support structures are exhausted and after consultation with the appropriate counselor and/or the Student Support Team (SST).

Parents who employ tutors do so at their own risk and are strongly advised to conduct interviews, and request recommendations. Parents should also ensure that tutoring occurs in locations approved by ISB where both tutor and child are visible to others (ISB Cafeteria, Main Library, ES Quads and ES Hub).

Parents who have questions about changes to our policy about tutoring ISB students on ISB campus are asked to contact division Vice-Principals/Dean of Students Diana Drummond dianad@isb.ac.th  (ES), Tico Oms ticoo@isb.ac.th  (MS) or Andy Vaughan andyv@isb.ac.th  (HS).

Parent Portal

Chad Bates
chadb@isb.ac.th

The ISB Parent Portal is now embedded directly in Powerschool. Starting next week, parents will need to login to Powerschool to view our ‘closed’ section of the website, this is for current parents only. In this area, along with grades and attendance, you will also be able to access school news and events, as well as updating your family contact and address information.

If you have forgotten your username or password, there is a link on the Powerschool page to retrieve it, alternatively you can contact:
Khun Vinit: vinitp@isb.ac.th
Khun Golf: trins@isb.ac.th

 

The ULTIMATE Job and Maria Charity Fun Run THIS FRIDAY, Jan. 15!

Volunteer PHOTOGRAPHER NEEDED for the ULTIMATE Job and Maria Charity Fun Run THIS FRIDAY, Jan. 15, 4:30!

by Caryn Macky
carynm@isb.ac.th

Volunteer PHOTOGRAPHER NEEDED for the ULTIMATE Job and Maria Charity Fun Run THIS FRIDAY, Jan. 15, 4:30!

We need a volunteer photographer who can bring their own high-quality camera to take actions shots of the racers and capture the feel of the event with photos of spectators as well. Please contact Caryn Macky (carynm@isb.ac.th ) ASAP if you can help with this.

Registration for ISB Panther Gymnastics Term 2 sessions are now open

by ISB Gymnastics Club
isbgym@gmail.com

Dear parents and gymnasts,

The ISB Panther Gymnastics is now accepting registrations into our program for all ISB boys and girls from Pre-K through 12th grade. Any student interested in learning gymnastics skills for fitness or competition is welcome to join and we accomodate all levels. Some classes are already full, but we still have many availabilities.
– Kindly note our Pre-K foundational gymnastics classes on Wednesdays and Fridays 1:30-2:15, where the little ones have a chance to play and get familiar with gymnastics.
– We also had great fun last year with the MS/HS Gymnastics class, where MS/HS students only can learn from basics or continue their learning of gymnastics skills with peers.

Please go to our website for more information about the club, fees, schedule and which classes to chose: www.isbpanthergymnastics.com

or click here to register:

thriva.activenetwork.com/Reg4/Form.aspx?IDTD=3207594&RF=11609920&mode=0

Registration ends on January 15, 2016 and all payments must be done before January 15, 2016 at the Community Activities Office (CAO) open from 7am to 3pm Mon-Fri. Practices begin on Monday January 11, 2016. The link will stay open until then but please remember that some classes tend to fill up quickly after which we will remove the class from the system.
If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact me via email, isbgym@gmail.com.
We look forward to a fun, new term of gymnastics and wish you all a happy holiday with friends and family.

Best regards,
ISB Panther Gymnastics

 

Attention All HS & MS Girls Interested in Softball!!

by Bob Connor
bobc@isb.ac.th

We are hosting the annual SEAYBST (Southeast Asia Youth Baseball & Softball Tournament) at ISB on March 23-26, 2016. Participating teams will be from Bangkok/ISB, Singapore, Jakarta, Manila, and Perth. We are now in the process of forming teams for the Bangkok Majors & Seniors Girls Fast-Pitch teams. Tryouts and practices/training will start on Monday & Wednesday, January 18 & 20; from 6:30-8:00pm on field B at ISB.

Age restrictions are as follows:

Girls Majors Softball:  cannot be 15 years old before January 1, 2016

Girls Seniors Softball:  cannot be 19 years old before January 1, 2016

All HS & MS girls interested in trying out for either of these teams should come to the first tryout sessions next week.

Please contact us if you have any questions.

Bob Connor                                            Laura Stewart

Community Activities Coordinator      Activities Coordinator, Seniors Head Coach

bobc@isb.ac.th                                                 lauras@isb.ac.th

 

Instrumental Music Program

by Angela Kohl
angelak@isb.ac.th

Dear Parents,

Welcome to the second semester of Music Lessons. With the start of the school year we will open our online registration. If you are interested in your child taking lessons through the ISB music program, please contact the coordinator Angela Kohl (angelak@isb.ac.th) and we can discuss details and procedure. The IMP offers private lessons on a variety of instruments as well as voice.

All lessons happen on campus in the Performing Arts Centre and will start the week of January 25.

For those of you who have registered already, a draft schedule will be sent out soon. Please make sure that fees are paid before the start of the lessons.

IASAS TENNIS at ISB – Jan. 28th-30th

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Panther Tennis Registration for Session 3 (2015-16)

by Panther Tennis
panthert@isb.ac.th

Dear Parents,

Registration for the Panther Tennis session 3 are now open to all the ISB students. The session will commence from February 8th, 2016.

The registration link is as follows  PANTHER TENNIS SESSION 3

For session 3 schedule and price, please click HERE

 

 

 

IFF Parade 2016

Dear ISB parents and community,

As you know, the International Family Fair is coming soon on the 27th of February 2016 at ISB. So we would like to invite all of you (parents and children) to participate in the IFF Parade. We would love to have every country represented on the event.

There will be one child or adult who will carry the flag, but the other community members may join the group wearing their beautiful costumes and national colours… The PTA will provide the flags and sashes with the country names, so please let us know asap
Please contact your Community Rep. If you do not have a Community Rep at the school please get in touch with either of us directly (gabilux1969@gmail.com / sanja_stanley@hotmail.com) by sending us
the name of the country which will be represented, your name, child’s name and your email address and phone number too.

We would like to thanks especially to the countries that have already signed up for the parade: Argentina, Australia, Bangladesh, Georgia, Germany, Great Britain, India, Indonesia, Ireland, Japan, Mexico, New Zealand, Pakistan, Philippines, South Africa, United States and Venezuela!

 

 

 

eNewsletter Guidelines

by: Tony Arnold
anthonya@isb.ac.th