Amazing Showcase of ISB’s Visual Arts
This week ISB celebrated the opening of COLOR NOW – an exhibition of ISB student artwork from grades PK-12 at the prestigious Bangkok Arts and Cultural Center (BACC) located in downtown Bangkok. The exhibition of over 250 pieces of student work is displayed by color palette rather than theme or age and is meant to be viewed and enjoyed as a complete whole experience. The BACC has dedicated a prime viewing floor to our exhibit and it’s a must-see before it closes on May 13th.
Do your best to get to the BACC (free entry) this weekend or next, before the show is taken down! BACC is located across the street from MBK and Siam Discovery Center. It is easily accessible from the BTS Skytrain. You can walk out from the National Stadium BTS stop and literally walk into the building amidst ISB’s work.
Thank you to our amazing staff and in particular our Art teachers – Paul Dobrowski, Kylie Harter, Seth Madden, Trista Meisner, Jo Nichols, and Basil Tahan – who have spent the last year(!) preparing for this exhibit. It is a wonderful showcase of our students’ work and their passion for Visual Art. Don’t miss this amazing show!
Some exceptional artists have been on display there and it is a phenomenal opportunity for our students, and our school, to have work showcased on BACC walls. For more information about the BACC please visit their website: http://en.bacc.or.th/. For more information about the exhibition, please visit: www.isb.ac.th/colornow
Mulan is here!
“Let’s get down to business …. !”
Please join us for the MS Musical production of Disney’s MULAN showing on Monday through Thursday of next week in the CC Theater. Featuring a terrific cast of MS students and directed by our own MS teachers, it will be a favorite for the whole family. Tickets will still be on sale at lunchtime next week. The CC Theater has limited seating, so get your tickets soon!
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Join an ISB Perception Study Parent Focus Group
By: Shelley Bragg, Director of Marketing, Communications and Alumni
shelleyb@isb.ac.th
The IMPACT Marketing International Team will be here next week to complete the next stage of our ISB Perception Study. We will have a series of focus groups with parents, students and staff at ISB and in the Phrom Phong area.
We would value your involvement. Should you wish to be a part of a focus group, please register your interest here. We will follow up with more specifics on date and time to those interested.
Thank you for your consideration of this and your willingness to join these sessions.
Summer School 2018…
Click here to access all information about dates, programs, and fees, and to submit a registration form online.
Our Summer School Office is located through the door on the right side of the ISB Bookstore where Khun Fon will be there to greet and assist you Monday to Fridays, 7:00 – 11:00am. For any questions, please email sumdir@isb.ac.th
Best Regards,
Mr. Maurilio Baron-Toaldo
Summer School Director
Tee Shirt Selling for “Helping Paws”
The Junior Girl Scouts of ISB will be “Helping Paws” on Monday May 14th after school starting at 2:00pm in the High School Cafeteria by the Grind. We will be selling Helping Paws tee-shirts and collecting donations for this amazing cause. Please stop by and suppose the Junior Girl Scouts with their community service project by supporting all these animals in need!
Repeat Announcement: One Day
On May 30th , Grade 6 & Grade 7 ISB MS students will be engaged in the first annual ISB Innovation Day (called One Day). ONE DAY is a great opportunity for our MS students to identify a passion/idea to focus on for an entire school day.
Besides being aligned with our school’s definition of learning, many other reasons make this a great opportunity.
- It’s fun.
- It fosters creativity and innovation
- It gives kids a sense of ownership and voice.
- It fosters intrinsic motivation.
- It highlights talents and interests that don’t necessarily get revealed at school that often.
- It’s a great place to develop 21st century skills like collaboration, problem-solving, and project management.
For the next few weeks during advisory, students will identify topics of their choice and brainstorm ideas to develop a product or project to complete for ONE DAY. Some possible projects include:
- Make a Rube Goldberg machine.
- Write a song and perform it
- Write a piece of music and perform it
- Write and performing a one-person comedy act or play
- Write a short story and publish it
- Write a children’s story and publish it
- Create a podcast to tell a story for children
- Create a podcast or movie about a science topic or experiment you tested
- Create a podcast or movie on an important environmental issu
- Create a new app.
- Create a new board game
- Create a new video game
- Create a painting
- Create a sculpture
- Create a website to share or teach something educational
- Sew or knit a handicraft for charity
- Choreograph a new dance and perform it
- Create a how-to tutorial on how to bake or cook a recipe
- Build a model of the Eiffel Tower or other interesting landmark
- Research and presenting on a topic your are passionate about
The final projects will be captured digitally and exhibited on our ONE DAY Google Site. We will share more information once we have uploaded all of the student work.
Students will be working on their projects in various venues throughout the day on Wednesday, May 30, so we invite you to visit and see what our amazing students create on this day! The next day, Thursday, May 31 in the morning, students will exhibit and showcase their work. Please come by this day as well. Also, if you are interested in mentoring our students in any of the above project ideas, please contact me via email for more information.
Repeat Annoucement: Selling Band Instruments
Dear ISB Bands families,
Next year’s grade 6 band students will soon be hoping to purchase instruments for next year. Some will be looking for second-hand instruments to purchase.
If you have band instruments in good condition that you wish to sell (flute, oboe, bassoon, clarinet, alto/tenor/baritone saxophone, trumpet, French horn, trombone, euphonium/baritone, tuba and/or percussion kit), please contact <kentarou@isb.ac.th> and bring your instruments to the MS band rooms (#119 or 107, first floor in the Cultural Center) before Friday, May 11 for us to evaluate and give an estimated price. We will then send a list of available instruments to parents who are interested in purchasing second-hand instruments.
Please be advised that we are not able to guarantee that all instruments will be sold due to the condition or interested buyers.
If you have further questions, please feel free to write to <kentarou@isb.ac.th>.
Kentaro Udagawa and Brent Poling, MS Band
Repeat Annoucement: If You Know you are Leaving ISB
Families who are leaving ISB at the end of the school year are asked to inform the school as soon as possible using the official Notice of Withdrawal Form. This helps us prepare school records for your child and with planning for next year. Completed forms can be dropped off at the MS Office.