High School Upcoming events (Please click):
Parent-teacher conferences (and students too)
Justin Alexander
justina@isb.ac.th
Dear Parents
A reminder that the HS Parent-teacher conferences take place on Friday in the Rajendra Gym and that you and your HS children are invited to join us in 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 to consider the areas for growth for the individual child. We look forward to seeing you on Friday.
Regards
Justin Alexander
High School Principal
Spirited Week
Justin Alexander
justina@isb.ac.th
Dear Parents
We all enjoyed a wonderful Spirit week which culminated today with our Black and Gold day and Spirit night. There was great joy and spirit this week as students and teachers joined together for the dress up theme days and participated in fashion shows, staff versus student-faculty matches, bobbed for apples and generally had a great time together. By the time this email reaches your inbox, the games and matches of our volleyball and football teams will have started, but you can still come past school to watch them play and enjoy the festivities at school.
Regards
Justin Alexander
High School Principal
October 4 Attributes and College Day. A new day for our High School Students
Andy Vaughan
andyv@isb.ac.th
This coming Thursday the High School will be launching a different day for all of our High School students. Our Grade 9 and 10 students will have a Wellness and Attributes Day where student have choice throughout the day engaging in activities that promote our new attributes.
Our Grade 11 and 12 students will have a day focussed around College Preparedness with other sessions to help them in the IB diploma and school life.
Our High School faculty have been working hard to create some incredibly meaningful and fun sessions for each of our students. Students will be receiving their final schedules for the day early next week and we hope this is a great new addition in their school year.
To see the descriptions of the sessions on offer please see at the links below:
Attributes Day for 9/10: https://drive.google.com/open?id=1ibK7me_hgnRvQuEbYv-00mA4GXSdL-2uaHpH0ZKbCqM
College Day for 11/12: https://drive.google.com/open?id=1XATCj6FVGapG1lEC0Tdq2K8fcRTouhKoXPDg85DUt2Y
Overall Grade-to-date
Susan Canobie
susanca@isb.ac.th
Teachers will update PowerSchool on Friday September 28 with a Grade-to-date and HAL Grade for all students. This Grade-to-date is on the 7-1 scale and is based on the ‘body of evidence’ of student work completed so far, with teachers using the Grade Descriptors and their professional judgement. For your reference, the Grade Descriptors can be found inside the back cover of the Student Daily Planner. Please note that this is the first assessment of the academic year, and is a ‘snapshot’ of achievement and may be based solely on 1 or 2 assessments. The next grade update will occur on November 2.
Please also note that grades for Mr. Melhorn & Ms. Sliman will be updated next week.
College Counselors News
Stephan Golas
stephang@isb.ac.th
Please note that college counselors will be available during the morning of Parent-Teacher Conferences. Starting at 11:30am, they will be working with any high school parents who wish to join them and admissions directors from Brown University and the University of Pennsylvania for the admissions case studies program that has been previous advertised.
School Counselors News
Kevin Callahan
kevinc@isb.ac.th
Dear ISB High School Parents,
Have you spoken with 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. It’s about a lot more than grades! We’ll see you next Friday the 5th. Please note that one of our counselors,
Mr. Davy, will be away that day at a conference. The other counselors (Ms. Valenzuela and Mr. Callahan are available on that day or you can arrange a meeting with Mr. Davy through our secretary (Kuhn Mai):
Email: yaowarap@isb.ac.th Phone: 02 963 5887
On another important note, Freedom from Chemical Dependency will be on campus from October 9-11, meeting with our high school students. FCD is the leading international provider of school-based substance abuse prevention programs. FCD works worldwide to provide students and the adults who care for them with the knowledge, understanding and skills they need to make intelligent and healthy choices about alcohol, tobacco and other drug use.
You are cordially invited to attend a meeting with FCD on Thursday, October 11 from 8:30-9:30am in MPB1. The FCD specialist will answer your questions, either general ones about drug and alcohol trends in the U.S. and international schools around the world, or about their impressions of the challenges that our own students face in terms of the personal choices they face here in Nichada and in greater Bangkok. Please come and participate!
Spirit Night – ISB Volleyball & Football Invitational Tournaments
Derrick Quinet
derrick@isb.ac.th
Spirit Night is back! Don’t miss all the action, food, fun and festivities this Friday at ISB, as our community celebrates season one in style!
ISB Invitational Volleyball Tournament Schedule
ISB Invitational Football Tournament Schedule
Our Panthers welcome schools from all across Asia and Thailand for our annual Invitational Volleyball & Football Tournaments. Check the schedules below for times and games.
The Booster Club will be pumping out Panther Pride all weekend, selling spirit gear, and making kids smile. Get your face painted, fill up on delicious treats, and catch onto the ISB vibe with your whole family, this Friday and Saturday. Don’t miss it!
GO PANTHERS!!
Ban Rom Sai Orphanage Club
Becky Hansberry
beckyh@isb.ac.th
Sportswear and Soccer shoes Donations Needed!
Do you have any old sportswear and/or soccer shoes for children, that are not being used anymore? Would you like to donate them to support children with HIV?
Students supporting Ban Rom Sai Orphanage will be setting up a donation box in the ES and MS office to collect donations from October 1st to 5th. Here are the items that we would like for you to donate.
- Sportswear (shirts and shorts) for children aged 6~9
- Soccer shoes for children aged 6~9
The donation will go to children born with HIV in an orphanage called Ban Rom Sai. These children struggle to go out into the society where the prejudice and discrimination against those with HIV are still prevalent. However, sports is one way that they have been able to interact with people outside of their orphanage and show that they are no different than others, through playing games with other schools.
Right now, they are running out of sportswear and sports shoes. Unfortunately, they cannot afford these as they have to purchase the expensive anti-viral medicines for every child to take every day in order to suppress the onset of AIDS.
We would appreciate it if you could support these children at Ban Rom Sai orphanage by donating your child’s old sportswear and/or soccer shoes.
(children playing soccer at Ban Rom Sai orphanage)
Thank you!
Ban Rom Sai Orphanage Club 14823@students.isb.ac.th
Junior Special Olympics
Becky Hanaberry
beckyh@isb.ac.th
Junior Special Olympics on November 3rd from 8:30 to 1:000. This is an event in which ISB students are a “buddy” to a local child with disabilities and we spend the morning playing fun games and doing arts and crafts. All high school students are encouraged to sign up. Return this form to the
HS Office along with 200 baht for the T-shirt before October 10th.
If you have any questions, please feel free to contact Maia Shain (16361@students.isb.ac.th) or Ms. Hansberry.
Intercultural Day is coming!
Becky Hanaberry
beckyh@isb.ac.th
Students are encouraged to represent a culture either as a club, a group of friends, or individually for our Intercultural Assembly on November 13th and our Second Annual Intercultural Lunch Fest on November 16th. 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, 13th November (performances only!)
Link to lunchtime sign up, 16th November (fundraising activities)
Everybody deserves a great love story.
Becky Hanaberry
beckyh@isb.ac.th
Join ISB’s high school Gender-Sexuality Alliance in our showing of Greg Berlanti’s acclaimed film Love, Simon on Wednesday, October 3rd 2018 from 5:00 pm – 7:00 pm in the MPB1. Food, drinks, and beanbags will be provided, and don’t forget to bring along your friends! *please note that this viewing of a PG-13 film is for high school students ONLY. We apologize for any inconveniences.”
Bangkok International Choir Festival (BICF)
Anthony Giles
anthonyg@isb.ac.th
Bangkok International Choir Festival (BICF) will be held Friday and Saturday, October 5 and 6 and will feature nearly 400 singers from ISB’s HS, MS, and ES choirs along with multiple other visiting choirs from as far away as Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Please join us for the gala concert on Saturday, October 6 at 2:00pm in the Chevron Theatre. Admission is free.
High School Principal’s Forum – Call For Questions
Pascale Kervyn & Ginny Condra
hsppforum@isb.ac.th.
The first HS Principal Forum will on Wednesday, November 7 at 9:30 am. This meeting, hosted by Justin Alexander and the HS Admin team, is an opportunity to discuss high school specific questions, comments, suggestions or concerns.
High school parents play a role in this process by submitting written comments, questions and concerns to the HS team in advance. These submissions are reviewed and summarized by a committee of high school parents who sit on the Principal’s Forum committee. A report of the information is then forwarded to the HS Admin team to prepare responses to be presented at the open meeting on November 7th. Please note that all submissions will be considered anonymous when brought forward to the parent committee compiling the report for the HS Admin Team.
Please submit items directly to the dedicated HS Principal Forum email – hsppforum@isb.ac.th. Submissions are due by Friday, October 12th. Parents may also submit questions via their PTA country representative which will be forwarded to the committee.
BOARD OF TRUSTEES’ VACANT POSITION
Jack Kraprayoon
Chair, Board of Trustees
The ISB Board of Trustees wishes to announce one vacant position which was formerly occupied by Catherine Miller. We invite applications from members of the ISA community to be considered for this position. The successful candidate will serve until the next AGM. If you are interested, please complete the attached Board of Trustees Candidate CV and send it to the Committee on Trustees (for the attention of Henrietta Bullinger) via Joy Davy at joyd@isb,ac.th . The deadline for the submission of CVs is 12:00 noon, Friday October 5, 2018. Informal interviews will be held on Monday, October 8, 2018.
Don’t miss visiting photographer Tim Calver
Anthony Giles
anthonyg@isb.ac.th
Don’t miss visiting photographer Tim Calver this Friday morning from 7:30-8:30 and again from 10:30-11:30 in the MS/HS Photography Room at ISB!!! Students and Parents alike are invited to meet Tim and hear his story as he shares his experiences and interests in underwater photography, marine biology, conservation and movie making for the History Channel, National Geographic, US Coast Guard, Pirates of the Carribean and many other organizations!!! Questions? Contact Basil Tahan at basilt@isb.ac.th
White Elephant Annual Halloween Sale
Mary Kocis
mfkocis@gmail.com
The White Elephant Shop Annual Halloween Sale will be held on Thursday, Oct 4 during Parent Teacher Conferences. The will be located near the ISB bookstore from 7:30am-2pm. All proceeds go to charity. There will be loads of costumes and fun accessories, so stock up! Halloween is just around the corner!
Feel free to contact me if you need more information.
Thank you!
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.