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GCW Permission and Payment Slips
Andy Vaughan
andyv@isb.ac.th
Payment and Permission slips were distributed in the week before October break. All permission forms should now be turned into Lead GCW supervisors.The payment period for GCW courses was extended by one week to this coming Monday 7 November.
How do I make a payment?
All students were issued a pre-printed Bank of Ayudhya payment slip. Payments should be made at any branch of Bank of Ayudhya using this pre-printed payment slip. If your child has not brought this slip home to you, please print out the form from this link: GCW Payment Advice and fill in the blanks by hand as follows:
- Student Name: The full name of your child attending
- Student ID: Your child’s ISB Student ID number, enter in “Ref. 1”
- Course Number: Please see the Course No. at this link, enter in “Ref. 2”
- Total Amount Due: Please see the Course Amount at this link
For parents wanting to pay using online banking transfers, please ensure you include your child’s Name on the payment and add your child’s ID number and Course Number as per the instructions above. Please also ensure that you take a screenshot of your transfer and email this to Khun Namo (krishpot@isb.ac.th) to ensure confirmation of this transfer.
Please note that we do not accept Credit Card payments.
Permission Forms
On Monday all students had their first GCW meeting. In this meeting they should have returned:
- Their signed permission forms(please see this link for the ‘Parent Permission Form‘ if your child has not taken theirs home or returned it yet)
- Two Copies of their passportfor all trips that travel overnight.
There is no need to return the payment slips in the first meeting, please keep these as confirmation of payment.
If you have any questions regarding either the Parent Permission Form or the Payments for GCW, please contact Andy Vaughan (andyv@isb.ac.th) or Khun Namo (krishpot@isb.ac.th)
Presentation from the Grade 10 IB Information Evening on Thursday November 3rd
Susan Canobie
susanca@isb.ac.th
It was great to have many students and parents at the Grade 10 IB Information Evening last Thursday evening in the MPB. If you were unable to attend or would like to recap on the presentation you will find it linked HERE.
Please do not hesitate to contact your child’s counselor or myself if you have any follow up questions.
Counseling News
Kevin Davy
kevind@isb.ac.th
Grade 9
This week in Freshman Seminar our class of 2020 had 2 sessions. The first session involved the introduction of Naviance. This is an online tool used for educational resources such as inventories, career exploration, and university research and application. Once students created their account they proceeded to complete a learning style inventory. From this they added to their personal portfolio their results / report, discussed points of interest and strategies to potentially use in their future learning. In the second session we focused on creating an electronic Personal Portfolio that will store information about the student – who they are as a person and as a learner. Many of the items we create in Freshman Seminar are stored there and will hopefully be added to over the course of the next 4 years. This is a great website for a student to share with a new teacher at the beginning for the school year; it will give the teacher some early insight.
Grade 10
This week the sophomores finished an individual school and career plan. The students have assessed their strengths and what they like doing, and have explored what people with those same strengths and interests tend to do in university and beyond. The next step will be to think about what courses in 11th and 12th grade will help them on the path to further studies. Ask your son or daughter what people like him/her do for a living!
Grade 11
Welcome back from the October break. Hopefully your student took some time to relax, get some rest, read for pleasure, and spend important time with family. With 6 weeks left in the semester, it’s a good time to reinforce skills that help students reach success.
- Time management (completing assignments as soon as they’re assigned)
- Self advocacy (seeking help or clarification from teachers)
- Pursuing personal interests (not letting academics solely dominate and finding time to exercise, read, and remain committed to extra-curriculars)
At this point and moving into next semester, the challenge of IB courses will most likely increase for students using more higher order thinking skills. These aren’t necessarily skills that tutoring will assist with. It’s important that students reach out to teachers first.
Finally, express trust and confidence (even if in doubt) in your student that they have the tools around them to handle challenges. Never underestimate the power of your words and actions. Here’s a great article with advice from Michael Thompson, Ph.D. on how to manage this.
Grade 12
Several students worked diligently on their college applications over the break so that they could submit their Early Action and Early Decision applications earlier this week. Now that the November 1 deadline has come and gone, students are working on Regular Decision applications.
Just a reminder that November 21 is the last day for students to submit Transcript Request Forms for schools with deadlines in January. In addition, students must submit their first university application or two with their counselor.
Test scores such as the ACT, SAT, IELTS, and TOEFL are sent directly to the university by the student. Universities will not accept scores from ISB. It is important that students remember to send their test scores when they apply to each university.
College Visits
Please click on this link: College Visit Calendar
Congratulations IASAS Teams!
Derrick Quinet
derrickq@isb.ac.th
ISB’s varsity teams traveled to Taipei and Jakarta during the October holiday to wrap up their seasons at the IASAS championships. The boys soccer team earned a spot in the final against hosts JIS, and facing a raucous crowd, our Mighty Panthers came from one goal down, to scoring two in the final seven minutes to wrap up a magical season! Our girls soccer team highlighted their trip to Indonesia by holding eventual runners-up TAS scoreless, finishing 5th overall.
The boys cross country team landed in Taiwan on fire, having won the Thailand Invitational against a stacked group and cleaning up in claiming the BISAC championship. The hills high above Taipei proved challenging, with our boys splitting the two days events with SAS, eventually going down via the tie-breaker to claim silver. Our girls team showed the heart of a champion, braving the hills and showing their character in a strong finish for the Panthers!
The girls volleyball team opened the competition with a heart-stopping five-set win over ISM, and the thrills kept on coming. Our Panthers played with the best and gave it their all, eventually finishing 4th in a tight competition. The boys volleyball team demonstrated exceptional poise in a well-coached effort, competing in every game on their way to a 5th place finish.
Congratulations to all of our teams and players for their effort, and we want to show our sincere appreciation to our coaches for all of their time, care, and commitment this season. Well done Coaches Barnes and Barnes, Stephenson and Mackey, Kirk and O’Rourke, Speirs and Tahan, and Bentley and Giles. A special shout out goes to our goalkeeping coach and resident expert, the one and only Mr. Fraser Carver.
Go Panthers!
U15 tryouts for Season 2 will start on Monday, November 7th 2:35 – 3:40pm
U15 Boys & Girls Soccer (meet in front of PE Office)
U15 Boys & Girls Badminton (Rajendra Hall)
*Must be U15 as of Aug. 1, 2016
No sign up required, students can just show up for the first tryout session.
Pre-IASAS baseball and softball
Kevin Sypolt
ksypolt@gmail.com
+66-84-388-7715
As most of the high school students will be aware, this year IASAS is switching to from slow pitch softball to baseball for boys and from slow pitch softball to fast pitch softball for girls.
The IASAS and Junior Varsity tryouts won’t occur until February but here is your chance to get a jump on these 3rd season sports.
Bangkok Baseball and Softball Association (BBSA) is a great pre-season for the IASAS season. There is a senior baseball league for boys and a fast pitch softball league for girls. There is one practice during the week and one game each weekend for both sports. And BBSA employs professional coaches who will help the players, particularly with pitching for both the boys and the girls.
BBSA is open to players of all abilities. We want everyone to develop their baseball/softball skills and have a great time. There are no tryouts. Everyone is placed on a team based on their abilities.
If you are interested, please go to our website at https://www.isb.ac.th/community-baseball or contact Kevin Sypolt at ksypolt@gmail.com or Maria Van Zant at mvanzant@hotmail.com
eNewsletter Guidelines
Shelley Bragg
shelleyb@isb.ac.th
ISB eNewsletters provide a valuable avenue for communication within the ISB parent community. For your convenience we have provided you with our eNewsletter guidelines below.
Submitting an announcement for publication
ISB accepts announcements from ISB families 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
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.