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Graduation Date change – Saturday May 26th 2018 1pm
Justin Alexander
justina@isb.ac.th
Dear ISB Community,
Please note that after seeking feedback and suggestions from parents and students from the class of 2018, the Graduation date and ceremony has now been moved forward to Saturday May 26th at 1pm. There was strong support for this change with 89% of parents and 73% of students surveyed last week preferring the earlier graduation date instead of the originally planned last day of school in June.
The date change for Graduation means that a number of other ISB events scheduled in May and June 2018 now need to move in order to avoid conflicts with dates and facilities. We have received great support from our Building and Grounds team and our Athletics and Arts Programmes in order to move some of their events around. The changes listed below will be made on the ISB online calendar in the days ahead. In the near future we will produce a pdf version of the updated months of May and June for parents to print out and add to their ISB hard copy calendar.
Regards
Justin Alexander
High School Princip
Updated ISB events in May/June 2018
- MS Spring Production May 8-10th
- After School Dance performances May 18-19th (HS performances will not take place on
- Saturday evening)
- HS Prom May 19th (same date)
- Volleyball 4×4 tournament May 21st
- Legs 4 Legs May 22nd
- MS Band Concert May 22nd
- HS Awards night May 23rd
- GRADUATION Saturday May 26th 1pm
- Panther Swim team Year-End Party May 30th
- Last day of school Friday June 8th 11.30am
‘Powering up’
Justin Alexander
justina@isb.ac.th
Dear Parents,
Thank you to the 50 parents (and three students) who joined us on Thursday night at a very informative HS PTA meeting. The HS Admin team spoke and shared information about Clubs and Activities, IB DP Exam results, Global Citizenship Week, Powerschool and our 7-1 grading scale. We were pleased that we could share with parents the differences between formative and summative assessments and show how these tasks are reported on Powerschool. We also shared the rubric document for Habits and Attitudes for Learning and then spent some time explaining how the Honor Roll will be calculated for our students with the 7-1 grading scale.
Honor Roll determination (Gr 9-11)
Students’ semester subject grades (on the 7-1 scale) will be totaled and averaged to produce a GPA with a maximum GPA of 7.0. Students whose GPA is above a 5.9 will make the Honor Roll and students whose GPA is in the range 6.3-7.0 will make the High Honor Roll.
Honor Roll Determination (Gr 12 only for this year)
Senior Students will receive a semester grade for each subject on the 7-1 scale. However for transcript purposes (for this year only) this 7-1 score will be converted to a letter grade (A-F) and then a GPA will be calculated with a maximum GPA of 4.8 (same as last year). Senior students whose GPA is above 3.5 will make the Honor Roll and students whose GPA is in the range 3.9 – 4.8 will make the High Honor Roll.
For more details and to see the entire presentation from Thursday night’s meeting please click on this Link to HS PTA Presentation Sept 14th 2017
Have a wonderful weekend and all the best to students representing ISB in the various exchanges taking place (Soccer, Volleyball, Cross Country and Dance).
Regards
Justin Alexander
High School Principal
Reporting Dates for First Semester
Please be advised that the reporting dates for the first semester are as listed below. On these dates HAL grades and a grade to date for each subject will be updated.
Sep. 11 (HAL only)
Sep. 29 (HAL and Grade to date)
Oct. 20 (HAL and Grade to date)
Nov. 24 (HAL and Grade to date)
Dec. 15 (HAL and Grade to date)
GCW Registration Opens Soon!
Andy Vaughan
andyv@isb.ac.th
Today we have released the Global Citizenship Week Course booklet for courses offered in February 2018. Registration for Global Citizenship Week courses begins Monday, 25 Sept at 7:00pm for Seniors and for Juniors this opens on Thursday 28 Sept at 7:00pm.
It is very important that prior to your child registering, you have conversations with them that clearly limit the cost of trips you are willing to pay. If students move courses after they are placed, they will be moved to in-Thailand, lower cost courses.
Please find here the link to the GCW Booklet for 2017-18
For any questions, please email Mr. Vaughan directly at: andyv@isb.ac.th
Clubs and Activities
Becky Hansberry
beckyh@isb.ac.th
The Clubs and Activities Haiku page is now accessible on Powerschool!
Log in to the Parent Portal by clicking here and then click on your HS student’s name at the top of the page. Please click on the “Activities” tab on the left hand navigation panel and you will see the link to the Clubs and Activities site. This Haiku page includes links to the Club Schedule, descriptions and details about all the clubs, and other information on how students can plan events and start new clubs.
High School Counseling eNews
Andrew Weiser
andreww@isb.ac.th
College Counselors
Next week is a very busy week at ISB as we are excited to host 25 college visits. Both parents and students are invited to these visits. For a full list of who is coming, please subscribe to the Google Calendar at this link. Also, a reminder that a large worldwide College Fair will be held on Saturday, September 23, 3:45pm at the Shangri-La Hotel. Students must register in advance at: cois.org/bangkokfair2017. A list of universities in attendance can also be found at the link.
We are also excited to welcome back Jennifer Melton and Stephan Golas. They attended the National Association of College Admission Counselors (NACAC) conference in Boston. They also visited 15 colleges and universities in the Boston area. Bangkok is also fortunate to host, for the third year, the EARCOS/CIS Conference. Three ISB College Counselors will be in attendance on Friday and Saturday along with 155 colleges and universities worldwide (see link above for College Fair).
SPIRIT WEEK OPEN MIC
Anthony Giles
anthonyg@isb.ac.th
Sign up here to participate in the September 27th SPIRIT WEEK OPEN MIC event hosted by Arts Council. Performances may include singing, dancing, instrumental performances and more!
ISB’s Together Assembly: Many Languages, One Voice
Anthony Giles
anthonyg@isb.ac.th
ISB’s Together Assembly: Many Languages, One Voice will be held on Thursday, September 21. Through the mediums of dance, music, film, drama, visual art, and storytelling this year’s PK-12 gathering, as the title suggests, will celebrate the many native languages spoken at ISB. Due to limited space in Rajendra Hall this event is not open to the public however photos and video of the assembly will be available to all ISB parents the following week. Thursday, September 21 is a free dress day for all divisions with students, staff, and faculty encouraged to wear bright colors to celebrate both our differences, and our unity as a learning community – “Together, We Can Change the World!”
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.