High School Upcoming events (Please click):
‘Spirit’
Justin Alexander
Justina@isb.ac.th
ISB was certainly a place of great spirit this week, as the various student leadership councils led a variety of different and fun events designed to engage their fellow classmates and generate and promote ‘School spirit’. A fun assembly featuring student sumo wrestlers, hula hoop competitions, a ‘dress your advisor’ lunchtime, lunchtime danceathon and obstacle course races for students complemented the dress for spirit themes of the week. I am very much looking forward to Spirit night and and watching our JV and Varsity boys and girls volleyball and soccer (football) teams represent the Black and Gold in their games tonight. Do come along to support!
High School Parent Teacher (student) Conferences:
Justin Alexander
Justina@isb.ac.th
Yes they are taking place on Friday 6th October and please be reminded that you and your children are invited to join us on Friday in the Rajendra Gym at either session 1 (7:30-11:15) or session 2 (12:00-14:30) for parent teacher conferences. This is a non-instructional day for students, but students should accompany parents to the conferences on this day (uniforms are not required). When students attend the conferences with their parents it allows for them both to fully appreciate the strengths and what are the areas for growth for the individual child.
‘Formative vs Summative and Powerschool (repeat)’
Justin Alexander
Justina@isb.ac.th
As a follow up to our last HS PTA meeting on September 14th we would like to invite interested HS parents into school on Thursday 5th October at 9am in MPB1 for an interactive workshop on Assessment and Powerschool. We will be reviewing and learning the differences between formative and summative assessments and then working through the parent portal in powerschool to show parents how they can see evidence of their children’s assessments. Achievement grades and HAL grades will be updated on Friday September 29th, so this workshop on October 5th comes at an opportune time.
IB Examinations
Susan Canobie
susanca@isb.ac.th
Registration for IB Exams and payments for these exams for the May 2018 session are coming up. All Grade 12 and some Grade 11 students have received their IB exam registrations and associated invoices this week. Parents and students are asked to check the course registration forms carefully, both for personal details and IB courses. Students who are completing the second year in any IB course are expected to complete the course by sitting the IB examination, as detailed in our HS Program of Studies. Universities also expect students completing an IB program or course to have fulfilled all assessment requirements of the course, of which the examination is the culminating assessment.
Please note that invoices are payable to the cashier by Wednesday, 12th October. If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to contact me.
IB Dates and Deadlines
Susan Canobie
susanca@isb.ac.th
The link to the ISB Dates and Deadlines for IB Assignments for students sitting exams in May 2018 is here. Please note that these dates may change as faculty need some degree of flexibility as they move through the courses.
Global Citizenship Week (GCW) Registration Continues Next Monday
Andy Vaughan
andyv@isb.ac.th
Dear Parents,
Registration for the annual Global Citizenship Week courses continues next Monday, 2 October at 7:00pm for Sophomores and for Freshman on Wednesday 4 October at 7:00pm.
To find out more about all the courses offered as part of this year’s GCW week, you can either go to the ISB website at this link: https://www.isb.ac.th/learning-isb/academics/hs/gcw, or you can go direct to the 2017-18 GCW Handbook at this link.
We strongly encourage that prior to your child registering for GCW, that you have clear conversations regarding both cost and experience, as there are some essential requirements for all students as they register for courses. If your child registers for a course, then later change courses, they will be moved to local low cost courses.
Please find at this link the available seats for the courses taking into consideration the registrations that have already taken place.
Important guidelines:
- Students must register via the online registration site (this is sent to students on the day of their registration).
- Students are required to complete a Category 1 (in Thailand) course before they graduate (Note: Internships do not count as Category 1)
- Students may only select a Category 3 (outside Asia) course if previously completed Category 1 (in Thailand).
- Students will be asked to register listing courses by preference. If one choice is full, we will try to place each student in the next course in order. We cannot guarantee that students will be placed in their top choice, but we try to accommodate each students top three picks
- Students should communicate with parents before registering. Any changes after registration will result in students moving to the end of lists or to low cost local courses.
- Students and parents will receive an email to their school account confirming their registrations, this may go to their SPAM folder.
- Students should register online using their ISB username and password. Students also need to log out of all other Google Accounts before registering.
Registration is by grade level prioritised as follows:
Third Priority Selection: Grade 10
Monday, October 2, Online registration window opens 7:00 pm.
Tuesday, October 3, Online registration window closes 12:00 pm.
Fourth Priority: Grade 9
Wednesday, October 4, Online registration window opens 7:00 pm.
Thursday, October 5, Online registration window closes 12:00 pm.
Fifth Priority: Students without registration assigned
October 9-10, any student who has not selected a course will be assigned to available courses.
Trips are categorised as Service or Cultural or both. Freshman and Sophomores, are required to complete a service trip as one of their first two GCW trips. For Juniors and Seniors, service trips can be part of their CAS reflections.
For new students who wish to find out more about GCW, there was an information session last week, however, if your child missed this, please direct them to see Andy Vaughan directly. All Freshman attended a GCW Freshman Seminar Session this past week to prepare them for their registrations next week.
Finally, this year we will be starting a review process for the GCW program. From the initial feedback that we have received it is unlikely that category 3 trips (Tanzania, Australia and New Zealand) will continue to run next year. This is being openly shared incase this effects this year’s choices.
I hope you enjoy reading through the options available for your child for this year and please mark your calendars for the sign-up dates and times above!
High School Counseling eNews
Andrew Weiser
andreww@isb.ac.th
School Counselors
Have you spoken to your student about what you’ll talk to the teachers about next Friday at the Parent – Teacher conferences? It’s a good opportunity to communicate with your child about how school is going, what their concerns are, what they’re enjoying, etc. This should give you some informed questions to ask the teachers when you discuss your child’s progress. We’ll see you next Friday!
College Counselors
On Wednesday, October 11, grade 11 students will take the PSAT. College counselors gave students a PSAT booklet with more information on August 28 during Junior Seminar. if students have questions, they should see their college counselor. As a reminder, students do not need to do anything to prepare for this.
If a student is an IB Diploma candidate AND will ONLY apply to Australia, Canada, the UK, or other countries in Europe, they may opt out and not take this test. However, they can only opt out by completing an opt out form. These forms are due ASAP to the counseling office.
University Visits- for a full list of who is coming, please subscribe to the Google Calendar at this link.
Intercultural Day is coming!
Becky Hansberry
beckyh@isb.ac.th
Intercultural Day is coming! Students are encouraged to represent a culture either as a club, a group of friends, or individually for our Intercultural Assembly on November 14th and our First Annual Intercultural Lunch Fest on November 17th. The Intercultural Lunch Fest is a great fundraising opportunity for student groups to sell food, host a craft, or organize a game to celebrate and promote a culture. Please sign up by November 1st!
Link to assembly sign up, 14th November (performances only!):https://goo.gl/forms/yU8JzoQzzJ0WKi5j2
Link to lunchtime sign up, 17th November (performance or fundraising activities): https://goo.gl/forms/g7See6PbseNCCzLP2)
Bangkok International Choir Festival (BICF)
Anthony Giles
anthonyg@isb.a.cth
BICF will be held Friday and Saturday, October 6 and 7 and will feature 350+ singers from ISB’s HS and MS choirs along with multiple other visiting choirs from as far away as Jakarta, Indonesia. Please join us for the gala concert on Saturday, October 7 at 2:00 in the Chevron Theatre. Admission is free.
Theatre Arts Programme Symposium (TaPS)
Anthony Giles
anthonyg@isb.a.cth
Theatre Arts Programme Symposium (TaPS) and is a three-day intensive training workshop for IB Theatre students, fully catered towards the IB Theatre Diploma. Our TaPS event here at ISB is taking place over the 6th-8th October, with 150 visiting students arriving from the 5th from as far away as Kenya to immerse themselves in three fantastic days of theatre workshops!
Spirit Night & ISB Friendship Tournaments!
Derrick Quinet
derrickq@isb.ac.th
Grab your vuvuzelas and get down to ISB for Spirit Night, this Friday! Catch all our varsity and JV teams in action, along with all your favorite vendors, food providers, and spirit purveyors as we rock out on another Friday’s festivities – SPIRIT NIGHT!
Friday night’s games are part of our international volleyball and soccer tournaments, and we continue on with exciting play through championship Saturday! Check the volleyball tournament and soccer tournament schedules and plan to support our Panthers!
Good luck to all our cross country teams as they take on BISAC in the season-ending championships for Bangkok. ISB’s teams, from U11 to varsity will be running on Sunday at Unico Grande Golf Course, hosted by Shrewsbury. Good luck Panthers!
IASAS Soccer – October 12-14!
Derrick Quinet
derrickq@isb.ac.th
The entire ISB community is gearing up to host the jewell of IASAS tournaments, Soccer 2017. From October 12-14 you can catch the excitement, thrills, and entertainment of one of the highest quality shows in international school sports. Join our Panther Pride as we welcome SAS, TAS, JIS, ISM, and ISKL to campus for three days of intense competition. You don’t want to miss this if you’re a true football fan!
Check the schedule and make your plans to support our Panthers!
Spirit of ISB Award! Nominate Now.
Derrick Quinet
derrickq@isb.ac.th
The Booster Club will continue to recognize our athletes, artisans, coaches, and community members who go above and beyond to make a positive and lasting impact at ISB in 2017. Nominees for this award can be anyone who helps make our community a better place, adds spirit, demonstrates incredible courage or sportsmanship, or simply shows kindness and empathy for others throughout the season. There are so many people who contribute to the success of our teams and programs, and they deserve to be celebrated.
Help us out! We are now accepting nominations through November 4. If you know of someone who deserves to be recognized for positively contributing to the ISB season one athletics program, please fill in the NOMINATION FORM here.
Derrick Quinet
Athletics Director
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.