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Legs4Legs Dance Charity Showcase – May 22nd

By: Natchaya Makjumreon, 

Legs4Legs is an annual Charity showcase that is coming towards its sixth year at ISB. It’s on Monday, May 22nd at 3:30 pm in the CCT. Legs 4 Legs raises awareness and donates money towards the Thai Prosthesis Foundation of H.R.H the Princess Mother. The show features ES, HS and community dancers and guest musical performances. Entrance fee is a donation of any amount. We will also be selling raffle prizes, baked goods and T-shirts. Come enjoy the show and support a good cause!

Join ISB’s 65 Year Anniversary Reception – May 24

By: Shelley Bragg, Director of Marketing and Communications
shelleyb@isb.ac.th

Our Anniversary Reception is next Wednesday. This event is for parents, staff, alumni and friends of ISB, to honour our 65th Anniversary. RSVP is required and you can book your tickets here. We hope you will join us for this elegant evening, filled with music and memories. 

For those living in or near Nichada, we will provide vans from ISB leaving at 4.30pm to the venue and offer return trips. Should you wish to be on the ISB vans, please book a seat here.

Thank you to the generous sponsors who helped make this event possible.

We hope to see you on the 24th!

Special Birthday Lunch Menu from Epicure – May 24th

On the 24th of May, we are celebrating our Birthday at ISB. We will have our Reception in the evening at The Renaissance Hotel. To RSVP for the reception, please click here.

We will also have a celebration for the students during the day and epicure has prepared a delicious Birthday Menu for the occasion.

Celebration Mexican Fiesta
Featuring Epicure’s Special Roast Salmon Filet and Homemade Chicken Chimichangas, accompanied with your choices of Homemade Yellow Mango and Tomato Salsas, Avocado Guacamole and Cheddar topped Corn Chips. 
Set menu with or without Salmon 250 B/160 B

Please come through and have a lovely lunch in a festive atmosphere!

 

Annual ISB Service Celebration Showcase – May 15th to 26th

By: Becky Hansberry, Activities Director/ CAS Coordinator
beckyh@isb.ac.th

Starting Monday, May 15th there will be a display in front of the MS/HS library presented by the High School Service Council. Please come learn more about the amazing service projects our elementary, middle, and high school students have been involved with this year. The display will run until Friday, May 26th.

Heat Related Illnesses

By: Sally Plomley, Nurse office
sallyp@isb.ac.th

Living in Thailand, we need to always be aware of heat related illness. It is important to know that the risk of developing these conditions increases dramatically when we are in the hot season.

Heat related illness ranges from uncomfortable Heat Cramps to the potentially lethal Heat Stroke. We should be aware of these conditions and the treatment of them should someone be affected. Most importantly we should all be working to prevent anyone getting these conditions.

Prolonged periods outside also increase the risk of Heat Illness. Please ensure that your child does not have prolonged periods of time outside (especially with after school sports). If they do please discuss this with their coaches to ensure they have adequate rest time in a cool environment.

SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF THE THREE STAGES OF HEAT RELATED ILLNESS     

 Signs and Symptoms of Heat Cramps

• Profuse Sweating
• Fatigue
• Thirst
• Muscle Cramps
• Treatment:
  • Move to cool environment
  • Sip a drink containing electrolyte solution (or water if electrolyte not available)
  • Massage area that has cramped
  • When cramp resolves may continue exercise as long as drinking plenty of fluids and all symptoms have resolved
  • If not improving with the above measures and on ISB campus whilst nurse is on duty, call the nurse. If no nurse is available arrange for the person to go for a medical review.
  • Educate the person about heat illness and need to drink water throughout the day and whilst exercising (to help prevent recurrence).

2. Signs and Symptoms of Heat Exhaustion

• The signs and symptoms of Heat Cramps and…
• Headache
• Dizziness and Lightheadedness
• Weakness
• Nausea and Vomiting
• Cool Moist Skin
• Dark Urine
• Treatment:
  • Move to a cool environment
  • If on ISB campus whilst nurse is on duty call the nurse. If no nurse is available or delayed in attending, continue to care for the person as below.
  • Apply cool wet cloths to the person’s skin rotating them regularly. Fan the person.
  • Sip a drink containing electrolyte solution (or water if electrolyte not available). Do not drink too quickly
  • Encourage them to rest in a comfortable position.
  • Ensure they do not return to physical activity for several hours.
  • Call for ambulance if recovery is slow, condition deteriorates or vomiting occurs.

3. Signs and Symptoms of Heat Stroke

• Throbbing headache
• Dizziness and lightheadedness
• Lack of sweating despite the heat
• Red, hot, and dry skin
• Muscle weakness or cramps
• Nausea and vomiting
• Seizures
• Rapid, shallow breathing
• Unconsciousness or collapse
• Hyperventilation                            
• Rapid heartbeat-strong or weak
• Confusion, disorientation, or staggering
• Treatment:
  • Call Ambulance immediately. Anyone with Heat Stroke must go to hospital. Start measures below whilst waiting for the ambulance
  • Put in cool environment and fan patient.
  • Rapid cooling with the use of iced towels or ice packs over groin, neck and axilla region rotating frequently for 20mins or until condition improves.

If any heat illness occurs whilst on campus and please call the nurse on 1111 or 081 544 8255 immediately to come and provide care for  the person. Start immediate first aid as outlined above whilst waiting for the nurse to arrive.

When the nurse attends she will find out what has happened and review symptoms, signs and check blood pressure, pulse, respiratory rate and do a neurological assessment. After her review the nurse will determine whether the student has heat exhaustion or heat stroke. If the student has heat stroke, parents will be called and immediate transfer to hospital will be arranged. If they have heat exhaustion, parents will be called and they will be managed in the clinic until their condition improves and parents arrive to take the student home. Occasionally it is difficult to determine if it is heat exhaustion or heat stroke. In these instances the student will be treated for heat stroke and transferred to hospital.

Prevention

• Heat illness is caused by prolonged exposure to heat. Being dehydrated will dramatically increase your risk of heat illness.
• It is important that everyone drinks water throughout the day to ensure they are adequately hydrated at all times.
• Students are encouraged to drink water regularly with an aim of staying hydrated. Students get water breaks during PE classes to replace increased losses that occur with increased ambient temperature and physical exertion.
• The ambient temperatures are monitored and with increasing temperatures and humidity the amount of rest/water breaks increases and the amount of physical exertion and time outside decreases.
• All student toilet blocks have information for students on the how the color of their urine reflects their hydration status. Students are encouraged to self monitor to ensure their urine is clear.

Assessments available on Powerschool from May 24th

By: Graeme Scott, Deputy Head of School for Learning
graemes@isb.ac.th

MAP (Measures of Academic Progress) and ISA (International Schools Assessment) assessments will be uploaded to Powerschool and will be available from Wednesday 24th May.  To access these assessments, go to powerschool.isb.ac.th and log in with your username and password.  To open the document use the password in red on the screen once you login.  If you experience difficulty with logging in, please contact our Ed Tech department at vinitp@isb.ac.th  or trins@isb.ac.th

Please remember that we use many different types of assessment to measure student progress.  Most assessments of student learning are done by their teacher in a ‘normal’ classroom setting. 

MAP and ISA are two popular and well-researched external assessments but they are broad in nature (as they are designed not for specific schools, but for huge numbers of students across the globe), and they only assess some elements of what students learn here at ISB.  They are also administered in different conditions to those the students normally learn in. They represent one point of data in a much bigger discussion about student learning and progress.  

You may have a chart at home on the wall, where you measure your child’s growth in height. In a similar way, these assessments measure growth in learning and, much the same as height, this growth is rarely regular and can happen in spurts. It is not practical for example, to expect regular, predictable learning growth each year.  That is not typically how children learn.  Equally, the higher the level achieved, the harder it is to demonstrate further progress in these assessments as the margins become narrower and our students can ‘top out’.  For this reason, we no longer administer MAP in grade 9.  Only students in grades 3-8 take the MAP assessment and those in grades 3, 5, 7 and 10 take the ISA assessment.

Second Chance Bangkok Sale – May 25th at ISB

By: Eleanor Haynes, ES teacher
eleanorh@isb.ac.th

Second Chance Bangkok is having a sale on May 25. From 9:30 to 1:30 the sale will be open in the MPB1. Second Chance Bangkok is a fair trade organization in the Klong Toey Slum that uses donated clothing to create upcycled goods. Come and find that perfect summer gift, while supporting our Thai community. 

Cultivating Peace Concert – June 1st

By: Anthony Giles, PK-12 Activities Director
anthonyg@isb.ac.th

The Middle School Choirs with special guest musicians, artists and actors present an evening of music on the theme of Cultivating Peace. Join us as we explore struggles, hopes, self-realization, taking action, celebrating our world, coming together and creating peace in our world. Admission is free and doors open at 18:15 for a 18:30 start time.  We hope to see you there!

 

 

 

 

 

 

Come along and enjoy “Attitude!” our annual ASD Performance

By: Helen Weir, After School dance
afterschooldance@gmail.com

ES Performances
– Friday 26^th May 3pm
– Saturday 27^th May 10am

MS/HS Performances
– Friday 26th May 6.30pm
– Saturday 27^th May 2pm

Tickets go on sale from Monday 22nd May:
Adults Baht 200
Students Baht 100

Tickets will be available at:

Monday 22^nd May
12.50 – 14.50 Outside in front of Admission Office 

Tuesday 23^rd May to Wednesday 24^th May
7.00 –   8.00 Outside in front of Admission Office
12.45 – 14.45 Outside in front of Admission Office  

Thursday 25^th May to Friday 26^th May
7.00 –   8.00 Outside in front of Admission Office
10.00 – 12.00 in MS/HS Cafeteria

And before all Performances in front of Chevron Theatre.

For further information please contact Helen Weir afterschooldance@gmail.com .

 

 

 

 

 

New Position Announcement – Panther Tennis Coordinator

By: Bob Connor, Assistant Athletics Director
bobc@isb.ac.th

The Community Activities Office (CAO) at ISB would like to announce the following:  Our Panther Tennis program is looking for a “Coordinator” to help support the efforts of the current coaches, players and parent committee. This will be a CAO position similar to our current Gymnastics Coordinator, with support provided by the CAO and the PTPC (Panther Tennis Parent Committee), along with the current coaches. There will be a monthly stipend for the position. 

All interested applicants should please review the attached document/job description, and follow the application procedure noted in the document. Thank you!

 Panther Tennis Coordinator Job Description

ISB Summer School 2017 – Information and Registration

By: Maurilio Baron-Toaldo, Activities Director
maurilib@isb.ac.th

Our ISB Summer School Office is open and accepting registrations for Summer School 2017 at ISB! You can go to the ISB website, or click here, to access all information about dates, programs, and fees. 

Our Summer School Office is 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

Summer Dance Intensive: June 12th to 16th

By: Jaleea Price, HS Fine Arts
jaleeap@isb.ac.th

Start your summer off with a kickstart of fun! Join the 1-week Summer Dance Intensive at ISB.  Classes offered June 12 – 16 for ES (current Grades 3, 4, 5), MS, HS and Adults.

Check the Summer Dance 2017 schedule for details. Registration and payments at the CAO from now until June 1. Early Bird discount for registrations completed before May 20th. 

Summer Dance 2017 schdl and teachers

Registration is open for Girl Scouts for 2017-2018!

By: Julie Swierczewski,  Committee Chairs for Girl Scouts
julieswierczewski@yahoo.com

Calling all girls!  If you are currently a Girl Scout or would like to become a Girl Scout for the 2017-2018 school year, please consider registering during our Early Bird Registration.  Registering early will secure your spot for the upcoming school year and girls will receive a special Early Bird patch.  The registration period started Monday, May 8th.  The deadline is Thursday, June 1st.  Please e-mail Julie Swierczewski at julieswierczewski@yahoo.com, Amy Hall at amersuec@yahoo.com, or Rita Thompson at rituke.thompson@yahoo.com for more information.

It’s time to renew your ISB parking stickers

By: Mark Hevland, Head of Risk Management
markh@isb.ac.th

 eNewsletter Guidelines

By: 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.