PTA Popcorn Sales cancelled for this Friday
by Kevin Sypolt
ksypolt@gmail.com
Due to an ISB staff illness, the PTA regrets that the Popcorn Sale for this Friday, Jan 22nd will be cancelled. We expect to resume popcorn sales on Friday, Jan 29th.
IASAS Tennis – Booster’s Spirit Tent Needs You !
lynnandaj@icloud.com
ISB is hosting the IASAS Tennis Tournament January 28 – 30th with athletes coming from Manila, Taipei, Singapore, Kuala Lumpur and Jakarta . The Spirit Tent will be up and running for the 3 days selling drinks, treats and Panther gear. To sign up for a shift please see the link below.
IASAS Tennis at ISB!
Derrick QUINET
derrickq@isb.ac.th
Don’t miss the excitement and fun of IASAS tennis, next week at ISB. We are looking forward to a tremendous tournament, with a high level of play and all the bells and whistles of IASAS. This promises to be the best tennis tournament yet, with spectacular spectator seating for an enhanced experience!
We encourage you to check the schedule and aim to come support our Panthers next week. The boys and girls teams have been eagerly preparing and are hopeful for a big turnout to the matches. Go Panthers!
Check the IASAS Tennis Schedule and set your sights for next weekend!
Booster Club – IASAS Tennis
by Laurie Tyre
suzie.lucie@gmail.com
ISB is hosting IASAS Tennis January 28 – 30th with athletes coming from Manila, Taipei, Singapore, Kuala Lumpur and Jakarta. Please see the attached letter for some information for ISB and visiting IASAS families regarding the Booster Hut, Booster Spirit Tent, Parent Lounge and the closing banquet.
Go Panthers!
Girl Scout Sock Hop – January 30th
by Amy Hall
amersuec@yahoo.com
Tickets are on sale now for the Mother Daughter Sock Hop, sponsored by the Girl Scouts. Dress up in your best poodle skirt, wrap a 50s scarf around your neck, and help us raise money for the Maharaj Boys Home. The dance will be from 5 to 8 p.m. on Saturday, Jan. 30, in the ISB multi-purpose building. Tickets are on sale in the elementary school breezeway before and after school and can also be purchased from the CAO office. Tickets are 700 baht per person or 2,400 baht for a family (mother and three or more daughters). We are also sponsoring a shoe drive for the boys. Please drop soccer shoes or other athletic shoes for boys ages 4 and older in our donation box.
Adult Education Program Spring 2016 – Coming soon
by Gabriela Alvarez
isbadulted@gmail.com
Here we go again! The Adult Education classes will be ready soon. This program provides a variety of classes for all adults in our Community. You don’t need to be an ISB parent.
A detailed class catalog will be available during the first week of February on this link: https://inside.isb.ac.th/parentportal/adulteducation/.
Online Registration will be open from February 8th to February 18th.. Mark your calendars!
This is your chance to meet some new friends while learning a new skill or just refreshing an old one. Classes will run during the months of March and April, starting on February 29th and ending on May 4th.
This is a volunteer run fundraiser for ISB. Funds raised from this program go to support many activities at school, including grants for the Clubs, supporting our students and community around.
If you have any questions or suggestions, please don’t hesitate to contact me.
Best wishes,
Gabriela Alvarez Fourcade
PTA ISB Adult Education Coordinator
isbadulted@gmail.com
Bangkok All-Stars U12 Team Wins 3 Straight Tournaments!
by Andy Minckler
andy@mincklermail.com
The Bangkok All-Stars U12 travel baseball team continues to enjoy its most successful season ever, having won 2 more tournaments over the holidays: The Bangkok Christmas Classic and the Manila Goodwill Games. Playing host to teams from Dubai and Singapore, along with Bangkok’s Japanese / Thai team, the Thunder, the All-Stars went undefeated in winning the Christmas Classic in thrilling fashion! Milan Pant provided much of the fireworks by hitting a dramatic walk-off (game ending) homerun in its final round robin game over the Thunder. Jake Shain also hit his first homerun of the year, in a classic back and forth battle with the Thunder. Milan, the deserved Tournament MVP, then answered the call again in the Championship final, smacking another walk-off hit to score the winning run in the bottom of the last inning vs. the Thunder. Championship #2!
The All-Stars then traveled to Manila for its 5th consecutive year participating in the Goodwill Games Tournament. Three very strong teams from the Philippines joined Bangkok and Singapore in the U12 division. The All-Stars got off to great start by winning all 3 of its first round robin games vs. Singapore, ILAM and Samar from the Philippines, guaranteeing them a place in the Final Championship game on Sunday. Matthew Minckler had a hot bat with numerous base hits, including 6 doubles. Oliver Ellison and Hiroki Saito also helped power the offense, along with some great defense. The All-Stars then faced a very different looking Samar team in the finals, with their big, ace pitcher on the mound this time. Samar drew first blood with a run-scoring single to take a 1-0 lead in the 1st inning. But the All-Stars took back the lead thanks to Justin Blumenthal’s shot over the fence in the bottom of the 4th inning, his 5th homerun of the tournament. Bangkok’s superior pitching and stingy defense then took over, highlighted by Cole Westerman’s two amazing catches in center field, one of which robbed Samar’s hitter of a homerun. The All-Stars eventually prevailed by a score of 6-1, for its 3rd straight tournament victory.
The Bangkok All-Stars U12 team will next play at home again, from 23-26 March in the SEABYST International Tournament, featuring teams from Jakarta, Perth, Singapore and Manila. Come out and support the team as we vie for our 4th title of the year!
IFF Parade 2016
by Gabriela Alvarez Fourcade
gabilux1969@gmail.com
Dear ISB Community,
The International Family Fair is coming soon on Saturday, February 27th at ISB and we will have an International Parade at the beginning of the event... So we would like to see parents and children parading and all the countries represented.
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.
You can contact your Community Rep. If you don’t 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.
Best wishes,
Gabriela and Sanja
IFF Parade Coordinators
The ULTIMATE Job & Maria Run a BIG Success!
by Caryn Macky
carynm@isb.ac.th
Success can’t always be counted, but these numbers have something to say:
1) 240 energetic runners PLUS their cheering families and friends attended the Job & Maria Charity Fun Run this past Friday.
2) 56,585 baht was donated to the Job & Maria Scholarship Fund and the account now has sufficient funds to support all our scholarship students through college.
3) 330: 11 bulletin boards were moved 6 times to 5 locations around the school thanks to Khun Yok and her B&G crew, and Khun Kwang in the activities office. Thank you, 330 times, for helping with the set-up with cheerfulness and grace.
4) 44 enthusiastic volunteers gave generously of their time and skills to ensure the success of the event (see names below). My infinite thanks to this amazing team!
5) 13 deserving Thai students have received scholarships over the years to pursue their dreams. 9 students remain in the program and continue to work hard to reach their academic goals.
6) 10 years + thousands of participants + over a million baht donated = lives changed & dreams brought within reach.
But success is measured in more than numbers. See the post-race bulletin boards at the front of school to see the smiling faces of families, friends, teams, and strangers brought together by a united passion to have a bit of fun, and to DO SOMETHING to make the world a better place for others.
Karin and Petro Berkhout, Job & Maria’s parents sent us a message on race day. See below.
My thanks to all who have participated and contributed and supported the Job & Maria Charity Fun Run these past 10 years.
Caryn Macky
Special thanks to our 2016 Volunteer Team below:
Fun Run AMAZING Volunteer Team 2016
Donations for Ban Tham Hin Border Patrol Police School, Ratchaburi
by : Pongsatorn Kaewngam
pongsatk@isb.ac.th
7th graders are going to Suanphung for their class trip between February 3-5, 2016. They will visit Ban Tham Hin Border Patrol Police School where many students come from a refugee camp. Last year, our students held a fundraiser that resulted in being able to construct mosquito screens and netting for the boarding houses. This year, the trip will again have a service learning focus where students will help with planting for the school lunch project and doing action research to determine what the school needs.
Before the trip, we would like to ask you to contribute as you able by donating money, usable sport equipments, stationery, and educational books (especially those in Thai). You may contribute by dropping off your donations during MS lunch break at the school canteen or MS office from Monday, January 25 to Wednesday, January 27, 2016.
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.