MS eNews – Friday, January 22nd, 2016
Early Dismissal on Tuesday, January 26th
Students will be dismissed at 1:00pm on Tuesday, January 26th. School buses will leave at 1:15pm. Early Dismissal Days provide a common time for staff in all three divisions to meet, collaborate, and further their professional development.
Class Trips are Getting Close!
As we hope most of you know, our grade level class trips take place during the week of February 1st. Our teachers have been explaining the trips to the students and communicating information about the trips through email and Haiku pages. If for some reason you don’t know anything about these trips, please speak with your child this weekend to learn more. You should check out the packing lists to ensure that your child has everything they need and you won’t be rushing to find anything at the last minute. All of this information has been made available to your child, so please speak with them if you haven’t already. You can also contact the grade level leaders if you need further information:
Grade 6: Paula Carroll – paulac@isb.ac.th
Grade 7: Jerome Banks – jerome@isb.ac.th
Grade 8: Roger Everett – rogere@isb.ac.th
“ Adolescent Development and Sexual Health “
Dear Parents of Gr. 6, 7 and 8,
The Wellness teachers, together with the MS School Counselors, would like to invite you to attend a meeting to share with you the Wellness curriculum we will be teaching in regard to Adolescent Development and Sexual Health (human growth and development).
The Wellness lessons provide the knowledge and understanding of how the human body changes during puberty and the process of human reproduction. We also aim to provide opportunities to discuss and explore what healthy, happy relationships look like as we move through the adolescent years.
If adolescents are provided with accurate information to understand what is happening to them they will hopefully grow into confident and healthy adults able to make positive choices.
At the meeting you will have an opportunity to learn about the research behind the curriculum, the content being taught and how we teach this content. There will also be an opportunity to share your thoughts and questions.
We appreciate your role in guiding your child through this developmental period. We hope our session will be thoughtful and enjoyable and we encourage you to find the time to join us.
We look forward to seeing you next Thursday.
When: Thursday, January 28th
Time: 9:00 – 10:30am
Where: MPB 1
Please use this link to sign up for the session. We will need to know numbers in order to prepare seating and refreshments.
Regards,
Wellness Teachers – Brenda Perkins, Martin Hermann (Gr 8) ; Lindsay Serrano, Maurilio Baron-Toaldo (Gr 7) ; Peter Johnson, Michelle Ahoy , Louise Saddington (Gr 6) ; Jackie Greenwood, Janel Wilder and Carmel Kean (MS Counselors)
MS COUNSELOR CORNER
Wellness In January
Welcome back to second semester!
During the months of January and February the wellness lessons across the grades will have some variation:
Gr. 6 classes will start our lessons on substance abuse. We will be concentrating on Tobacco, Alcohol and Marijuana. Research shows that the likelihood of student use of alcohol and other drugs is related to a young person’s perception of the negative effects of using these substances. When they are aware of the negative effects they are less likely to use these substances. We will use discussion, videos and health related materials to help students understand and think through the ways in which their brains, bodies and relationships may be damaged by using tobacco, alcohol, or marijuana.
Gr. 7 classes are finishing off their personal safety lessons. They are working on safety plans and strategies to keep themselves safe. They will be starting their substance abuse lessons in the near future and as with Gr. 6 they will be learning about the harmful effects of various drugs.
Gr. 8 classes are beginning their lessons on adolescent development. We have a parent presentation on these lessons coming up next week. Be sure to read the invitation in this newsletter and sign up. The presentation will go over content and how we teach these lessons.
We hope to see many parents from Grades 6, 7, and 8 at our parent presentation on adolescent development and sexual health next Thursday, 28th, at 9:00am in MPB1.
Please see the invitation and sign up in this newsletter.
Warm Regards,
Carmel (Gr. 6); Janel (Gr. 7) and Jackie (Gr. 8)
Students Driving Motorized Vehicles Within Nichada
Dear MS Parents,
It has recently been brought to our attention that middle school students are frequently seen throughout Nichada Thani driving golf carts.
According to the driving rules published in an issue of the Nichada Thani Talk newsletter, “parents, teachers, and Nichada Thani employees have the responsibility to report violations to the appropriate school administrator and the Nichada Thani Customer Relations Office.” It states that golf cart drivers must be over 15 years old. Our Middle School Student Handbook also states, “Only students with a valid Thai driver’s license may drive any motorized vehicle.” This means that no middle school student should be driving in the proximity, onto, or within the school campus, any motorized vehicle, including scooters.
We therefore ask that you not allow children without a driver’s license or less than 15 years old to drive any motorized vehicles, including scooters.
We follow “good neighbor” guidelines here at the school where we do inform parents of incidents/concerns brought to our attention, not only here in Nichada, but also from other parts of the city.
Best Regards,
Tico Oms
MS Dean of Students
ticoo@isb.ac.th
Parent Portal – New Procedures to Access It As of This Week
As announced last week, the ISB Parent Portal is now embedded directly in Powerschool. Starting this week, parents 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
(Repeat) 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.