We enjoyed seeing everyone “try on” our ISB Values through our Character Celebrations! We would like to thank the ES Learning Hub for organizing these two great days.
World Language Choice for 2017-2018
The World Language choice form will go home on Friday, May 19th to those students who need to make a choice for the next school year. Students in pull-out EAL and LS programs, and Thai national students do not need to make this choice. Completed forms must be returned to homeroom teachers on Monday, May 29th 2017.
Kindergarten Book Sale – June 2, 2017
If you have books in good condition that are suitable for younger children, PreK-G2, please consider donating them to our annual KG Book Sale! Proceeds from our sale will go to the Bumble Bee Free Library located just outside of Nichada. We will be supporting their Birthday Book Program. Collection boxes for donations can be found in the KG classrooms and outside of the ES office. Thank you for your support!
Donations for fair trade organization “Second Chance Bangkok”
Second Chance Bangkok is a local fair trade organization in the Klong Toey Slum that seeks reusable household items and creates employment opportunities for people who have experienced barriers to employment. They also finance projects that support families in these slums. Grade 3 students are organizing a donation drive to support Second Chance Bangkok and the Klong Toey community. Please donate items including: clothes, baby items, toys, bikes, skateboards and kitchen items. A collection box is located in the Grade 3 Quad. The last day for collection is May 25.
Thursday’s Summer Learning Parent Workshop: links to resources
This past Thursday the ES Learning Coaches hosted a parent workshop focusing on summer learning, providing parents who attended the opportunity to access some practical and fun ideas to keep learning happening over the Summer months. Click here to see the slides and here to see the resources that were shared.
ES Explore Program (After School Activities)
Please note that Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday ES Explore classes are complete with exception of Wednesday Coding class that will have makeup class on May 17th.
Thursday and Friday classes will have their last session on May 18th and 19th. Makeup class for Knitting will be on Thursday May 25th.
Livnat Ziskinder
ES Explore Coordinator
esactivities@isb.ac.th
(Repeat) NaNoWriMo Celebration and Book Launch
When: 29th May from 2:30 – 3:30pm
Where: ES MPR
Back in November, around 150 elementary students participated in the fun, frantic novel writing challenge of NaNoWriMo – National Novel Writing Month. By the end of the month, those students had collectively written more than half a million words! Now, six months on, many of those students are published authors. They have revised, edited and formatted their novels, designed their covers, written their blurbs and completed the publishing process. The Celebration is an opportunity to recognise the effort and achievements of these young writers, browse the collection of new books, and eat cake!
(Repeat) ES P.E. Swimming
Last session of swimming for ES PE begins next week on May 9. All pertinent information will be posted on our PE blog. You can access our blog on your child’s classroom blog or by going to this link:
http://inside.isb.ac.th/perrype/
Third Session: May 9 – June 8
Grade 5: Ekstran, Hunter
Grade 4: Ward, Day
Grade 3: Garrett, Haynes, Bailey
Grade 2: Hagen, Giles
Grade 1: Zammuto, Scranton
KG: Brickerd, Pool
Thanks,
Elementary Physical Education Department
(Repeat) End of Year Book Return Dates
Your ES HUB is starting end-of-year book inventory procedures and gearing up for summer checkout.
May 19, Students and parents return all books for inventory.
May 29, Summer checkout begins.
~a gentle reminder that departing families must clear accounts before the end of year or report cards are held~
(Repeat) Learning Hub Survey
Dear Parents,
Thank you for your patronage of the ES Learning HUB. In our efforts to improve, we invite you to fill in our yearly opinion survey. We take your responses seriously and aim for continuing improvement. The survey takes about 5 minutes.
(Repeat) Beginning Band Drive: Make-Ups
Dates: Wednesday, May 17 & Thursday, May 18 (please choose one day)
Time: 2:30 to 3:15 p.m. (both days)
Location: MS Band Room (4-107) on the first floor of the Cultural Center (CC)
For those grade 4 and 5 students that could not attend the Beginning Band Drive last week and would like to try out band instruments, there will be other opportunities to do so (please see above for dates, time, and location).
During the Beginning Band Drive, students can try out many different band instruments to find out which instruments they may enjoy and which instruments best suit them.
If you are planning to come to a session (you need to come only one day), please fill the sign up using the Google form below. It includes specific time/sign-up information.
If you have questions, please feel free to email Brent Poling <brentp@isb.ac.th>.
Best regards,
Brent Poling and Kentaro Udagawa
MS Bands
(Repeat) Summer School at ISB Update…
Registration for summer school is going well. One class is full already and others are getting close! Reminder to register by Friday, April 28th to receive the Early Bird tuition rate!
If you are only around the first couple weeks of our summer break, reminder, we do have three special enrichment camps available:
ES/MS Computer Science For All – “Arduinos, Drones, and Robots – More Than Just Fun” class on June 12 – 23
ES/MS Panther Musical Theater class on June 12 – 16 (this year’s production will be Wicked – The Untold Story of The Witches of Oz)
ES/MS Science and Technology class on June 12 – 16
You can go to the ISB website, or click here, to access all information about summer school dates, programs, and fees, or visit Khun Fon in our Summer School Office (located through door on the right side of the ISB Bookstore).
For any questions, please email sumdir17@isb.ac.th
Best Regards,
Mr. Maurilio Baron-Toaldo
Summer School Director
International School Bangkok
(Repeat) The ES Music Shares Are Back! Starting end of May
At the end of the year, ES Music will host a “Music Share,” a time for students to perform music, drama, or dance and share with an audience of parents and their peers. Students are invited to perform a 2-3 minute piece that they have prepared outside of music class to share with their peers. Parents are welcome to join us for this event, which will be held in the music room 4-115. The schedule and sign-up form for this year’s Music Share can be found here.
(Repeat) If You Know you are Leaving ISB
Families who are leaving ISB at the end of the school year are asked to inform the school as soon as possible using the official Notice of Withdrawal Form. This helps us prepare school records for your child and with planning for next year. Completed forms can be dropped off at the ES Office.
eNews 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.
phremjiz@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 Director of Marketing and Communications 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.
Calendar of Events
May 2017
| 13-May | Thai Craft Fair |
| 16-May | Board of Trustees Annual General Meeting 7:00 pm (Chevron) |
| 23-May | Board of Trustees Meeting 6:00 pm (MPB3) |
| 24-May | ISB 65th Anniversary 6:00 pm (Renaissance Hotel Ploenchit) |
| 29-May | NaNoWriMo Celebration 2:30-3:30 pm (ES MPR) |
| May 29-June 2 | ES Music Shares |
| 30-May | 1:10 pm Early Dismissal |
