First Friday with Andy – February 5th
by Andrew DAVIES
andrewd@isb.ac.th
The next “First Friday with Andy” will take place on Friday 5 February at 8:00am in the new Business Office Conference Room (aka Orange Room).
“First Friday with Andy” is an open forum for parents to meet informally with the Head of School and address any topics of interest or concern. No signing up is necessary – simply come and participate if you are free and interested.
Adult Education Program - Online Registration begins Monday Feb 8th
by Gabriela Alvarez Fourcade
isbadulted@gmail.com
This program is open to everyone and provides a variety of classes for all adults in our Community (it’s not a requirement to be an ISB parent).
We are offering new classes this semester. A detailed class catalog is available now in the link below, please have a look: https://inside.isb.ac.th/parentportal/adulteducation/
Online registration will be open from February 8th to 18th, and classes will run from February 29th to May 4th.
Mark your calendars and don’t miss this chance!
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
The Challenge of Mother Tongue Maintenance in International Schools – February 10th
by Pascale Kervyn
pkervyn@gmail.com
You are warmly invited to participate to a workshop by Paul Dufficy, ISB’s mother tongue coordinator, on Wednesday February 10, from 9:00 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. in MPB2.
In this interactive workshop we will look at a range of issues related to maintaining our children’s mother tongue. Many of these issues are complex and easy solutions are not always possible. However, parents (and teachers) have an important voice in this, and we might be able to work together to develop a vision of possible mother tongue futures here at ISB.
Contact: Paul Dufficy, paul@isb.ac.th, Pascale Kervyn, pkervyn@gmail.com
Ahoy mateys! Come Fly with the ES Musical: Peter Pan Jr.!
by Ashley BENUSA
ashleyj@isb.ac.th
Ahoy mateys! Come Fly with the ES Musical: Peter Pan Jr.!
Join the pirates, mermaids and Lost Boys of Never Land as they tell the tale of a boy who won’t grow up and the girl who has to! This colorful rendition of Disney’s Peter Pan, based on the novel by J.M. Barrie, will run two performances in the Chevron Theater: February 17 at 3:30 and February 18 at 6:30. Tickets go on sale to the public on Thursday, February 11 in front of the ISB Admissions/Main Office. The cost is 100 baht for student and 200 baht for adults.
Register your child for the 2016 North Bangkok Basketball Association (NBBL) season
by Kevin Sypolt
ksypolt@gmail.com
+66-84-388-7715
Registration is open to all boys and girls in grades KG-12. The fee is THB 3,100 for all players. Players do NOT need to be ISB students but all games and practices take place at ISB.
Team practices will begin the week starting March 7th. League play will take place on Saturdays and begin on March 12th. Games will continue every Saturday (except for Songkran break) and conclude the weekend of May 20th/21st with league championships.
We have attached the Top Flight weekly clinic schedule so you are aware when your child will practice. Some coaches may also choose to hold a weekly team practice.
We will need many parents to help out as coaches in order for the league to function. Parents only need to coach the teams at Saturday games since we have Top Flight running weekday practices. But if we don’t have enough parent volunteers for a league we will not be able to offer basketball for that particular age group. So we strongly encourage all parents to sign up to help coach.
Please see the attached assessment schedule for Sunday, March 6th. Normally assessments would be held on a Saturday but there are too many conflicts with other activities for our students for Saturday, March 5th.
Payment for the NBBL season can be made at new Community Activity Office (CAO) which is located next to the bookstore at ISB. The CAO is open from 7:00 to 11:00AM and 12:00 to 3:30PM Monday – Friday.
Please go to the NBBL website at https://www.isb.ac.th/basketball for the link to our registration system and for other important information.
If you have any questions, please contact the NBBL at info@nbbl.asia
International Family Fair – MS Photography Competition
by Rachel Nahmias
arjmon13@gmail.com
Inviting all MS students to take part in this fun photography competition!
THEME: Living in Thailand
DEADLINE: Monday, February 22nd – 8:00 am
IFF Country Parade 2016
by sanja_stanley@hotmail.com
gabilux1969@gmail.com
Dear All,
As you may know the the IFF (Int’l Family Fair) is the main intercultural event at school and it is drawing closer, on Saturday, Feb 27th , from 4 pm to 7 pm at ISB.
The Country Parade will officially open this PTA event at school and we would like to have as many countries and nationalities as possible represented here as a symbol of our global citizenship and international community spirit.
Please let us know if you would like your child or friend of your child or you to be the flag bearer for the parade — carrying the flag of your country with the sash across their chest — all provided by the PTA.
Please send us your confirmations by e-mail asap. Name of flag-bearer, name of parent in charge, phone number. If you would like to participate. Everyone is welcome to parade.
More details to come… Please get involved, have fun, represent your country, spread the international energy throughout on the day.
Cheers!
Gabriela and Sanja
IFF Country Parade Coordinators
Late bus services during February 8th to February 12th
by Suthida (Pu) JIRAVICHAI
suthidaj@isb.ac.th
Please be informed that from February 8th to the 12th we will not have the 5:00 pm and 4:30 pm late bus. We will have the regular 2:15 pm bus and will have the 3:30 pm bus.
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.