by Dennis Harter
dennish@isb.ac.th
The 2017-18 school year is here! On behalf of our Middle School teachers, staff, counselors and administrators, I offer a sincere welcome to the new families joining ISB. You are joining a wonderful, caring community and a learning- and learner-focused school. We are glad you chose to enroll your child with us and we embrace the responsibility of ensuring they receive a high quality education.
To all of our returning families, welcome back. We hope you had a wonderful summer holiday (or winter if you were down under) and that you are your children are excited and ready to get back to school.
There is a group of you who fall a little bit into both categories – our families of incoming grade 6 students. It can feel like a big leap to leave elementary school and start middle school. Last year, we spent a lot of time with the grade 5 helping with this transition. They are ready! We will continue to support them through these first months and of course, throughout the year.
Our teachers are back and have been planning for the start of the new year. We have a new schedule this year, and MS students will have more time in language classes, P.E., music, and other electives along with long blocks in English, Science, Social Studies, and Math, as before.
Students will receive their schedules on the first day of school and they will quickly become accustomed to the new schedule. We will highlight new aspects of the schedule in future eNews posts.
On that note, please take the time to read the eNews each week. This is our main vehicle for communication with families and it’s important that you know what’s going on at school and what might be needed in the coming days. Please encourage other community members to do the same.
We looking forward to seeing our hallways and classrooms filled with students again. We love our summer holidays, of course, but we are lucky to have wonderful jobs in which we get to work with students and education each day. It’s exciting to be back and do the work we love.
See you soon!