MUNCH AND MEET
IT’s Back!!!
Now that the year has settled down we would like to invite grades 6 and 7 students who would like to have lunch together in a smaller, quieter room to come and join the counselor for a grade lunch.
Munch and Meet is a chance for you to have your lunch with friends, to meet new friends and to share in laughter and talk.
Grade 6 students are invited to lunch on Tuesdays in the Middle School Skybox.
Grade 7 students are invited to lunch on Thursdays in the Middle School Skybox.
Bring your lunch with you. We will supply the popcorn.
We start next week. First lunch is Tuesday 27th for Grade 6 and Thursday 29th for Grade 7
Looking forward to seeing you there.
Ms Carmel and Ms Karen (Grade 6 and Grade 7 counselors)
BANGKOK INTERNATIONAL CHOIR FESTIVAL
Dear All,
Please see the edited version below as there is no cake reception this year. Sorry about that.
THE 22nd ANNUAL BANGKOK INTERNATIONAL CHOIR FESTIVAL (BICF) will be held Friday and Saturday, October 7 and 8, 2016 and will feature ISB’s HS and MS choirs along with twelve other visiting choirs from as far away as Jakarta, Indonesia. Unique to this year’s festival will be the the addition of special guest group, the award winning Male Ensemble Northwest (listenhere), or M.E.N. as they are called. Join us for the M.E.N. Feature Concert* (200THB) on Friday, October 7 at 6:00pm in the Chevron Theatre and the BICF Gala Concert (FREE) featuring the 400 student MS and HS Massed Choir on Saturday, September 8 at 2:00 also in the Chevron Theatre.
*BICF participants will be given tickets for the Friday night M.E.N. Concert as part of their involvement with festival. Starting Wednesday, September 28 a limited number of tickets for the general public will be available for purchase at the MS/HS lunches in the ISB cafeteria, or by contacting Ms. Coleen Mann at coleenp@isb.ac.th.
Middle School Eco Trip
25 excited but tired Middle School students recently returned from an action packed and educational first Eco Trip of the year. During the first day, students viewed one of the last herds of wild elephants in Kuiburi National Park; even getting lucky enough to watch the herd silently emerge from the forest to bath in a nearby lake. After viewing the elephants, the students learned how to make, and then actually made, a salt lick for the elephants. The second day started off with students helping the park rangers with another conservation project by building a dam in a dry creek bed to prevent erosion. After a solid morning’s work, the students packed up their tents and travelled to Khao Sam Roi Yod National Park for an afternoon hike to explore the famous Phrayanakhon Cave and a night of camping on the beach. On the third day, students fuelled up with a pancake breakfast before hiking out of the park to go kayaking on the Khao Deng waterway. Elephant viewing, hiking, cave exploring, kayaking, camping, cooking over a coal fire, and completing two conservation projects in a national park…what a great way to experience Thailand! As 8th grade student Carter W. wrote: “Thanks so much for this awesome eco trip! It was the best one yet that I’ve been on. Thank you!” The next Eco Trip will take place October 15 – 17 and will educate students about the unique eco system of a cave in Jedkot. Stay tuned for more adventures!
Please see Kuiburi Eco Trip photos in this link.
Baseball/softball registration for 2016-17 season registration is now open
Bangkok Baseball Softball Association (BBSA) has organized baseball/softball play for the past 56 years in Bangkok. There are leagues for boys and girls ages 4-18. Please note registration is open from now until November 11th. We must register players now so we have time to hold player assessments, form teams and order player uniforms before play begins. Current fees per player are THB 3,600. Registration fees will increase to THB 4,100 on November 12th so be sure to register prior to that date.
Please click here to go to the BBSA website. You will see the registration link there.
You can make your payment at the Community Activity Office (CAO) or pay by Thai bank wire transfer. Cash, credit cards and Thai baht checks are accepted for payment at the CAO office. The CAO Office is open Monday –Friday, 7:00AM to 11:00AM
and 12:00PM to 3:00PM.
Please note that BBSA is switching to fast pitch softball for the intermediate and senior girls softball this year since ISB high school will begin playing fast pitch softball this year in IASAS competition.
Player assessments will be held on Sunday November 13th at the ISB Fields. Assessment sessions allow the coaches to create fair and balanced teams, and parents will be contacted about the specific time for their player assessment session. Assessment sessions are NOT tryouts. All players will be placed on a team.
Practices will begin during the week of November 14th with Opening Day for baseball/softball on Saturday, Nov 19th. All games are played on Friday evenings and Saturdays at ISB. Games will continue every weekend until the league championships the weekend of February 24-25 There will be no games during the winter break at ISB but we will continue play on Saturday, January 7th 2017.
All teams will practice once per week during the season as a weekly practice is important to skills development and to learn the fundamentals of teamwork, etc. Most practices will take place at the ISB fields on weekday evenings (Monday – Thursday). We have arranged a downtown Bangkok location for an optional weekly practice at NIST. Parents will have to pay THB 500 for the season for this practice because NIST charges for field usage. But all players should register to play even if they cannot commit to attending all weekly practice sessions.
On the registration form you will also have an opportunity to volunteer to be a coach, assistant coach or team parent. Please consider helping out with your childs team in some way. The kids really love having their parents helping out with their team and you will have a great time. No previous baseball experience is necessary.
BBSA has purchased a limited number of fielding gloves for players who need them. These will be sold on our assessment days on Sunday, Nov 13th. Please note that the BBSA no longer has any baseball cleats to sell. So parents who want baseball cleats will need to obtain them on your own.
If you have any questions, please contact Kevin Sypolt at ksypolt@gmail.com