High School Upcoming events (Please click):
Principal’s Forum
Philip Bradley
philipb@isb.ac.th
Tuesday Feb 28th at 11:00 in MPB3
Please join the HS admin team who will be answering questions and concerns from the community. Be aware that in order to accommodate the High School Black and Gold Assembly the meeting now starts at 11:00.
GCW -A great week!
Andy Vaughan
andyv@isb.ac.th
It is hard to believe that after months and months of planning by many dedicated teachers, support staff, contracted companies and administration, that GCW will finish up this weekend! The first of our trips arrived back late last night and the last will land in Thailand on Saturday night.
Over the past week I’ve had a chance to visit some of the trips in Southern Thailand, which has been a great experience. The opportunities that our students get on these trips are incredible and the memories they have formed this week will stick with them for a long time. The enjoyment and engagement of all the students on the courses I visited was testimony to the worthiness of GCW.
Our goal is that there remains a common theme of developing an appreciation of the cultural and environmental richness of our world. Some of our trips are heavy on the service aspect while others build on developing a cultural understanding and environmental appreciation of the destinations each course visits, whether this in Thailand or abroad. Our students have interacted with other students whom they may not have known prior to this trip and have been led by teachers whose class they may not have been in.
This weekend, please take the time to listen to your child’s stories and help them reflect on the learning that they have encountered during GCW. On 15 March each GCW group will meet for the final time and reflect on their trip. Students will hand in their reflections during or prior to this final GCW meeting; please encourage your child to complete this over the next week or two while this experience is fresh in their minds.
I would also like to thank all our teachers for all they put into this week to make it so special; the time they have dedicated and the time away from home to provide such a great opportunity to all our students is invaluable.
Bus Riders -New Tap In Process
Andy Vaughan
andyv@isb.ac.th
As part of our process to improve the safety of our bus service, all Montri bus riders will be expected to tap into and out of the RFID system that Montri provides. Currently this service is available, but not required as students need to carry an alternative card to ensure this works.
In order to make this process simpler and more efficient, we will be adding an RFID strip to all HS bus travellers cards this coming Monday and Tuesday in Panther Block and Lunch. Students need to bring their ISB ID card to the table in the cafeteria where our IT staff will set their cards up with this new technology.
Please remind your child to complete this task on Monday or Tuesday as this will be coming into effect shortly. More information about this process will be provided in next week’s Enews.
Grade 10 ISA Testing
Susan Canobie
susanca@isb.ac.th
On the mornings of Monday 27th and Tuesday 28th February all Grade 10 students will be completing the International Schools Assessment (ISA) in Mathematical Literacy, Reading and Writing. Please note, this is a change from the original date of February 6th & 7th as advertised on the ISB Calendar. This assessment is conducted in grades 3, 5, 7 and 10 at ISB and the results are used to provide patterns in learning and assist in charting future direction. Students are expected to bring a pencil, black pen, eraser, ruler, sharpener and calculator to the test. EAL students may also bring a translating dictionary for the Mathematics. Please ensure encourage your children to be at the MPB by 7:15am on Monday morning.
Grade 10 Course Selection Evening – Monday 6th March 6:30pm MPB
Susan Canobie
susanca@isb.ac.th
Please save the evening to come along with your grade 10 child to speak with grade 11 course teachers about the different options available in grade 11.
The transition from grade 10 to 11 is the time when students have the most choice available about what courses they can study. It can prove to be hard to make these choices and we hope that having the opportunity to talk to teachers will help that decision to be an informed one.
Please come along!
IB Basics for Parents
Susan Canobie
susanca@isb.ac.th
An information session on the basics of the IB Diploma dated for Tuesday February 28th has been postponed and will now be held on Monday, March 13th at 6:30-7:30pm in MPB1. Please come and learn the basics of the IB Diploma Program and its assessment.
Grade 12 Exam Schedules both Mock exams and for May 2017 – Important information
Susan Canobie
susanca@isb.ac.th
Grade 12 students will be undertaking Mock exams from Friday 17th March to Friday 24th March, with the Arts students having a working session on Tuesday March 14th from 1:30pm. The Mock exam schedule will be given to students next week, and is also available on PowerSchool. Please note, morning exams begin at 7:30am and afternoon exams begin at 12:00pm, with the exception for Friday March 14, where the exam will begin at 1:00pm.
Grade 12 students will all finish formal classes on Monday 24th April and start study leave the following day. The official IB exams for ISB start on Friday 28th April and go through to Friday 19th May. There are IB exams on Thai holidays during this period.
Individual IB and ISB exam schedules can now be found on PowerSchool. They are located on the top right corner of the quick lookup page. Please check them carefully and record the dates in your family calendar. All exams are in MPB with AM (mornings) starting at 7:30am and PM (afternoon) starting at 12noon.
Grade 8-11 Course Selection for 2017/18 Academic Year
Susan Canobie
susanca@isb.ac.th
More information will be coming out over the coming weeks leading up to online course registrations opening on Wednesday March 15th. If you would like to look through the courses on offer with your son or daughter for next year updated information will be placed on the main website HS Academic courses page within the next week.
Even if your family is leaving ISB next year we ask you to sign up because it assists students, counselors and administrators in this transition.
IASAS FAD at ISB – March 2-4, 2017
Anthony Giles
anthonyg@isb.ac.th
ISB to host IASAS Forensics and Debate March 2-4, 2017. ISB will be hosting cohorts from all other IASAS schools for the IASAS FAD 2017. The conference itself will be held on the 3rd and 4th floors of the Cultural Centre building on March 2-4 with visiting schools arriving on our campus to meet host families throughout the day on Wednesday, March 1. Come out to hear our delegates incredible speeches and debates as well as those of our sister schools. Thank you in advance for your support. Remember, F-A-D is R-A-D!!!
ADDT and Music Delegates to travel March 1-5 to ISKL and JIS for IASAS CC. Please wish all of our Art, Dance, Drama, Music, and Theatre Tech delegates well this week as they travel to JIS (IASAS Music CC 2017) and ISKL (IASAS ADDT CC 2017) to perform and present at IASAS CC. Go Panthers!
ISB Summer School – Information & Registration
Maurilio Baron-Toaldo
maurilib@isb.ac.th
Dear HS Parents,
All information about our ISB Summer School 2017 Programs will be available on the ISB website starting next week on Wednesday, March 1st.
The ISB Summer School Office and registration will open on Thursday, March 2nd with an Early Bird reduced tuition fee that will expire on Friday, April 28th.
The Summer School Office will be located through the door on the right side of the ISB Bookstore where Khun Fon will be there to greet and assist you.
For any questions, please email sumdir17@isb.ac.th
Best Regards,
Mr. Maurilio Baron-Toaldo
Summer School Director
International School Bangkok
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.