Advanced Photography Show: January 22nd – February 9th, Chevron Foyer
By: Anthony Giles, PreK – 12 Art & Activities Director
anthonyg@isb.ac.th
Photography changes everything! Once again our high school students raise the creative bar. The high school fall semester Advanced Photography students will display their projects for the community to enjoy. Please visit the Chevron Foyer between January 22nd and February 9th to immerse yourself in their thoughtful, inspired creations. Join the artists to celebrate the official opening of the gallery at 11am on Monday 22nd of January.
Parent Workshop – Thursday, January 25th
By: Bronwyn Weale, Curriculum and Learning Specialist
bronwynw@isb.ac.th
Join Bronwyn MacLeod for a parent workshop on Thursday, January 25th from 9:30-10:45 in MPB1. Her workshop will address the following questions:
- What effect does being highly able have on my child’s social emotional and cognitive development and on our family?
- What does it mean to be highly able? Does this mean talented too?
- How does being highly able impact upon your child in the classroom as well as at home?
This workshop will include research combined with practical strategies to help you understand how to best nurture your highly able child’s social emotional and cognitive development.
Bronwyn MacLeod is a renowned author and educator for gifted education and current Director of Gateways Education.
IASAS Basketball Championship at ISB: February 1st – 3rd
By: Derrick Quinet, Athletics Director
derrickq@isb.ac.th
ISB plays host to the 2018 IASAS Basketball Championship, Feb. 1-3, and this is one tournament you won’t want to miss! Catch all the excitement, action, spirit, and drama as the tournament plays out over a roller coaster three days. The entire school will be out in support of our Panthers, with Rajendra rocking, and all the sounds, food, and festivities of an international event.
Show your Panther Pride, and plan on joining the fun at IASAS Basketball 2018!
Raising Multilinguals Parent Workshop: Unlocking the World with a Family Language Plan
By: Avery Udagawa, Native Languages Coordinator
averyu@isb.ac.th
On February 1, 2018, from 7:45 to 9:15 am in MPB 1 at the top of the Zigzag, ISB EAL and Native Language faculty will offer a workshop for parents from all divisions (ES, MS, HS) about maintaining students’ native languages while they also study in English at ISB. This will be an extended version of the Raising Multilinguals workshop offered in the ES in past years.
At this workshop faculty will:
- Present reasons to maintain native language, based on research
- Describe native language classes and resources available at ISB
- Discuss the importance of making a family language plan
Faculty will also lead small group discussions of how to nurture particular languages, how to support native language development at home, and how to make a language plan work.
Please join us! Parents of students in PreK through Grade 12 are welcome. For further information, please write to nativelanguage@isb.ac.th.
ISB Health Clinic: Influenza
By: ISB Health Clinic
nurse@isb.ac.th
Over the last week we have noticed an increase in students being diagnosed with influenza. We want to make sure parents are aware of the symptoms. Please read the information below and keep your children at home if they are unwell to help prevent influenza spreading throughout the school. Influenza is highly contagious and it is essential we have cooperation from all ISB families to isolate those who potentially have the infection to limit the spread. Influenza vaccination for the 2017/18 season is currently available at hospitals.
How influenza is spread?
Influenza virus is spread when someone with influenza coughs or sneezes, producing airborne droplets that come into contact with another person. Droplets can be spread through the air. Infection may also be spread by contact with hands, tissues and other articles soiled by infected nose and throat discharges.
Symptoms:
- rapid onset of fever
- headache
- muscle aches
- fatigue
- sneezing
- running nose
- sore throat
- a cough.
- may have nausea, vomiting and abdominal pain
Most people recover within a week, although the cough and fatigue may last longer. Influenza is much more serious than the common cold. It can lead to pneumonia (lung infection or inflammation) and other complications, and even death.
Once you are exposed to the influenza virus it is an average of 2 days for seasonal influenza (range 1 to 4 days) before you get symptoms. You are usually contagious from 1 day before onset of symptoms until 7 days after the onset of symptoms.
Treatment:
Most people recover with rest, drinking plenty of fluids and use of paracetamol/acetaminophen for the relief of pain and fever.
If the influenza virus is detected on throat/nasal swab. Antiviral medication can be given. This should be started within 48 hours of the onset of the illness and may decrease the duration and the severity of the illness. The entire course of the antiviral medication should be taken.
It is important that children are able to recover fully prior to returning to school otherwise they will relapse and risk spreading the infection to their peers. They should be fever free without medication for 24 hours prior to returning to school.
If your child is diagnosed with influenza please notify the Health Clinic. They will then need to present a medical certificate to the Health Clinic stating they are fit to return to school and no longer contagious prior to going to class (this can be the medical certificate from initial diagnosis with the dates of exclusion from school written on it).
When to seek medical advice:
Seek medical advice if:
- you are concerned about the symptoms
- symptoms are getting worse
- shortness of breath
- difficulty breathing
- confusion
- inability to keep liquids down because of vomiting
- symptoms of dehydration (such as being dizzy when standing or passing much less urine than normal).
- If you want to see if antiviral medications will help.
Prevention:
- If children are unwell they should stay away from school until there has been no fever for 24 hours (without using a fever reducing medicine such as paracetamol/acetaminophen).
- Wash hands as soon as possible after sneezing or coughing and after contact with nose and throat discharges or articles soiled by these. Use soap and water or an alcohol based hand rub.
- Wipe down all frequently touched surfaces regularly with a cleaning cloth dampened with detergent, or a large alcohol wipe.
- Cover a cough or sneeze with a tissue or your arm, not with your hand. Drop used tissues immediately into a rubbish bin, then wash your hands.
- Flu vaccines reduce the risk of getting severe influenza. Influenza vaccination is required every year as the influenza virus is constantly changing and each year the influenza vaccines are altered to provide protection against the strains that are circulating. After vaccination you may still get influenza if the circulating strain was not covered in the vaccine.
- Annual influenza vaccination is recommended for anyone 6 months of age or older who wishes to reduce the likelihood of becoming ill with influenza.
ISB is committed to your child’s overall development, both educationally and health related. Should you have any questions or concerns, please contact your healthcare provider or the ISB Health Clinic (nurse@isb.ac.th).
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.