Elementary School Festival of Lights – Wednesday, December 13th, 6.30pm
By: Anthony Giles, PK-12 Arts & Activities Director
anthonyg@isb.ac.th
For the past few months, nearly 100 students in Grades 3, 4 and 5 have been preparing songs and dances to share at the annual Elementary School Festival of Lights. Come and enjoy a festive evening of song and dance with the ES Panther Choir, Orff Ensemble and String Ensemble. The Festival of Lights will take place in the Chevron Theatre on Wednesday, December 13th, starting at 6:30pm Entrance is free.
Second Chance Bangkok Sale at ISB – Wednesday, 13th December
By: Mary Stalnaker
marys@isb.ac.th
Second Chance Bangkok will be selling their beautiful upcycled goods at ISB on December 13th between 9:30am and 3:00pm in the MPB 1. Please stop by for some holiday shopping. There will be loads of Christmas banners, buntings, decorations, bags, toys, gift ideas, stocking fillers, and jewelry. Come support one of our service learning partners, find great affordable gifts and/or add to your holiday home decorations. Hope to see you there!
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Bangkok Christmas Classic Baseball Tournament
By: Bob Connor, Communiy Activities Coordinator
bobc@isb.ac.th
Our Bangkok All-Stars program will once again be hosting our 6th annual Bangkok Christmas Classic Baseball Tournament. Games will be played on Friday–Sunday, December 15-16-17 (see attached schedule) in three age divisions – U10, U12 and U15. Start off your holiday by coming out to cheer on our Bangkok teams, while enjoying some exciting baseball action!
Christmas Classic 2017 Schedule
PTA Back to School Coffee – Monday, 8th Jan
By: Tara and Colleen
jntosterstock@gmail.com
All new and returning parents, the PTA Welcome Wai would like to invite you to join us for coffee and snacks to welcome everyone back from the Winter Break. This is also a great opportunity for parents who are new to ISB to meet new people and have some of your questions answered. We hope to see you all there!
Are you leaving ISB?
By: Admissions Office
admissions@isb.ac.th
Unfortunately, given the transient nature of our community, often we need to bid farewell to families at the end of Semester 1. For those of you who are not returning to ISB after Semester 1, we would like to please remind you to notify the appropriate divisional office/s as soon as possible and complete the Notice of Withdrawal from ISB Form to enable us to process school records that will be required by the new school.
- ES Office, K. Tina (tinaratr@isb.ac.th)
- MS Office, K. Namwan (sariyam@isb.ac.th)
- HS Office, K. Fon (supanniy@isb.ac.th)Thank you for your attention to this important matter.
Volunteer to ensure road safety near ISB
By: Katie Edsall
escoord@isb.ac.th
Parent Traffic Wardens Needed:
We want to work together to ensure that the roads in Nichada are safe for our children. Many children commute to school on bicycles or on foot. Despite the existence of bicycle lanes and crosswalks, students are in harm’s way when drivers of cars and golf carts fail to drive at a safe speed, pass dangerously, fail to give right of way at the front roundabout, and park in bicycle lanes. ISB administration is working with Nichada Thani on a variety of solutions to educate our community and enforce safety rules.
While the ISB guards work hard at managing the school crosswalks and entrances, they need our support. We are organizing parents to volunteer alongside the ISB guards and help make our school zones safer. This will require a team of parents who care enough about this issue to make a difference. Parent volunteers will be involved in assisting students at crosswalks, reminding offending drivers about the school zone rules, and reporting offenders to administration when they continue to break safety rules.
There is much talk about wanting greater safety in our community. Please volunteer your time to make ISB and it’s surrounding roads the safe environment we all want for our kids. If you are interested, please email me at escoord@isb.ac.th.
Native Language Blog Features Multilingual Parenting Info
By: Avery UDAGAWA
averyu@isb.ac.th
The Native Language @ ISB Blog (formerly the Mother Tongue blog) has a new ASK OLGA! column about raising multilingual children. This time, columnist Olga Steklova reflects on the role of grandparents in supporting children’s language over the holidays. See also the blog’s BOOKMARKS for resources on parenting bilingual and multilingual children.
Lost Property on display – 26th January
By: Natalie Lollback
lostandfound@isb.ac.th
This is a reminder, that all items coming to school should have a name on them. Due to limited storage space, all un-named items will be disposed of after they have been displayed at the monthly Lost Property display. Display dates are on the school calendar and are advertised on the ISB Lost Property Facebook Page. The next display will be on Friday 26th January.
All school uniforms have a label to write your name on, please use it. Please encourage your children to be responsible for their belongings. Every month there is an incredibly large amount of unclaimed items.
Central Lost Property is open 10am -12pm and 2pm -4pm each school day. Lost property bins around the school are cleared out every Thursday and items are moved to Central Lost Property. Put a name on everything to ensure it does not get lost.
Touchstone Magazine: Write about these important events
By: PTA – Touchstone
touchstone@isb.ac.th
A number of important events and days of celebration have taken place over the past few months or are happening soon, all of which with important significance. Maybe some of these mean more to you personally than other and maybe you would like to tell us why? We are looking for writers to give us their understanding and feels about the following events:
International Day of Non-Violence
World Teachers Day
Halloween
International Day of Tolerance
Universal Children’s Day
Human Rights Day
Christmas Day
If you are interested, please download the full prompts here.
ISB eNews Guidelines
By: Shelley Bragg, Director of Marketing and Communications
shelleyb@isb.ac.th
The ISB eNews provides a valuable avenue for communication within the ISB parent community. For your convenience we have provided you with our eNews 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
- A contact person and email address for further information
- Important details such as dates, location, prices, etc
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.
pta-communications@isb.ac.th is for PTA announcements of interest to all ISB parents.
Your announcement will be submitted for review. Please note: 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 All-School eNews is for the entire community is sent out on Thursdays (or Fridays when necessary). Announcements for potential publication in this newsletter must be received by noon on Thursdays.
The ES, MS, and HS eNews are sent out on Fridays. Announcements for potential publication in these newsletters must be received by noon on Fridays.
The PTA eNews are sent out on Tuesdays. Announcements for potential publication in these newsletters must be received by noon on Mondays.