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MS Principal’s Forum – Tuesday, Nov. 6

by Dennis Harter
dennish@isb.ac.th

Once each semester, MS administration host our Principal’s Forum to address concerns and/or questions from our parents. The questions are submitted to a reprensentative parent group who then pass along the questions to our Admin team.

We will host the semester 1 Principal’s Forum on Tuesday, November 6th at 9:00 AM in MPB 3.

Thank you to parents who submitted questions as well as the PTA coordinators and team who discussed and shared them with us.

 

Kindness shines this week in the Middle School 

This week, throughout the middle school, we engaged in Kindness Week. Kicked off with an assembly on Monday, MS students shared the community and personal benefits of being kind. 

The theme of the week was #JustSayHi and we saw the power of simple greetings to lift mood, improve health, and foster community. Throughout the week, students and teachers greeted each other more often and more personally and the smiles were noticeable. 

On Tuesday, students each received the name of another student in the grade and they were given a task as “Secret Change Agents” to secretly deliver a nice note, provide a surprise treat on days in the rest of the week. Today, the students shared who they were to their secret recipients in a fun culminating “Reveal party.”

It was wonderful to see the kindness catch on and spread throughout the students and teachers. Students were really into the secret deliveries of kindness and we’ve had a wonderful spirit throughout the week, that we are confident will continue to represent us for the remainder of the year. 

“I see friends shaking hands, saying ‘how do you do?'” 

 

 

Moustaches for Men’s Health Awareness in November

 by Dennis Harter
MS Principal

If you find yourself on campus this month, you may notice an unusual trend of moustache growing amongst some of the male teachers of ISB. That’s because it’s “MO-vember” – a global movement to promote awareness around men’s health issues through the noticeable and conversation-starting growing of moustaches.

Unfortunately, data and experience shows that men rarely talk about or seek information or support for physical or mental health issues. Our goal in growing the moustaches is to bring shed light on this and model that talking about our health is both smart and better for our well-being.

Consider this worrisome fact:

70% of men say their friends can rely on them for support, but only 48% say that they rely on their friends. In other words: we’re here for our friends, but worried about asking for help for ourselves. Reaching out is crucial.

You are certainly invited to join us by growing a moustache yourself. Be assured, that mine will look as bad as anyone’s!

Even if you don’t “grow the mo’,” we hope that you will support encouraging the positives of open communication – let’s get rid of the stigma associated with men talking about mental or physical health issues. We can model for our young people what care and community and healthy conversation could look like. 

And whatever your involvement, be on the look out for some impressive moustaches! They’ll be hard to miss!

 

Season 2 Tryouts for MS students

U13 Soccer (Grade 6-7) 

Practices times: Monday & Wednesday 2:40-3:40, Thursday 3:40-5:00

Tryouts on Wednesday 7, Thursday 8 November and Monday 12 November

B teams will practice on Tuesday 2:35-3:40  and Friday 2:35-4:25

 

U15 Soccer (Grade 8-9) 

Practices times: Monday  3:40-5:00 Wednesday & Thursday 2:40-3:40

Tryouts on Wednesday 7, Thursday 8 November and Monday 12 November

 

U13 (Grade 6-7) & U15 (Grade 8-9)  Badminton

Practice times: Monday, Wednesday & Thursday 2:40-3:40

Tryouts U13 Badminton on Wednesday 7, Thursday 8 November

Tryouts U15 Badminton on Monday 12 and Wednesday 14 November

 

 

PLEASE DONATE: Plastic Waste Items 

Shortly, our Grade 6 Art students will be working with recyclable plastics to create sculptures. Over the next 2-3 weeks we would appreciate any donations of your empty plastic containers, bottles and packaging. In fact anything made from plastic that you think might be of interest to us. Please drop off your washed items to the MS/HS Art Quad recycling receptacle, which will be in place as of next week.

 
“Nutcracker” Dance-Theater Production on Wed Nov 7 

The ISB Dance Department presents the annual Fall showcase, “Nutcracker” as an arts collaboration! This holiday-inspired fairytale celebrates childhood imagination and the gift-giving spirit. The ISB ‘reboot’ of this classic tale sets the holiday party in the 1980s with a fantasy candy land, K-pop Bubble Gum Kids, the Sugar Plum (skating) gang, and a Muay Thai battle before the Snowflakes fall. You don’t want to miss it!  2 Performances on Wednesday, November 7 in CCT @ 3:30 & 6:30 with Guest Artist work from Patrice LeRoy, and ISB’s Jazz Band joining the HS/MS Dancers. Entrance fee is a SUGGESTED DONATION to the Pakkret Women’s Shelter.

 

HS FALL MUSICAL – ‘ANYTHING GOES!’ 

Set in the 1930s, Anything Goes takes place aboard the passenger ship the SS American, following the fortunes of Billy Crocker – a stock broker who has stowed away to be with his love – the debutante Hope Harcourt. The only problem is – she’s engaged to the wealthy Lord Evelyn Oakleigh! Fast-paced, fun, and filled with upbeat dance numbers and memorable songs – Anything Goes is a fantastic show for all the family! *Note: contains mild adult humour. (Reno and Hope will be played by Imogen Alexander and Leah Scranton on Thursday 22nd and the Saturday matinee, and by Jacelia Breedlove and Jenni Lochridge on Friday 23rd and the Saturday 5:30 performance.) Tickets are available online NOW at: https://www.ticketmelon.com/isb/anythinggoes2018  Cash sales are available between 10am-12:00pm in the cafeteria pit from Monday 5th November.

SHOW DATES

Thursday 22nd November – 3:30pm

Friday 23rd November – 3:30pm

Saturday 24th November – 1:00pm

Saturday 24th November – 5:30pm

 

Repeat Annoucement: BBSA – Baseball and softball registration will close at 4:00pm on Friday, November 2nd 

Bangkok Baseball Softball Association (BBSA) has organized baseball/softball play for the past 58 years in Bangkok. There are leagues for boys and girls ages 4 yrs – 18 yrs.  Please note registration is open from now until November 2nd.  Current fees per player are THB 3,600.  Registration fees will increase to THB 4,100 on November 3rd (if there is space in our program) so be sure to register before that date.

You can make your payment at the Community Activity Office (CAO) or pay by Thai bank wire transfer.  Cash, credit cards and Thai baht checks are accepted for payment at the CAO office.  The CAO Office is open Monday – Friday, 7:00AM to 11:00AM and 12:00PM to 3:00PM.
 
Player assessment will be held on Sunday November 4th at the ISB fields.  All players are strongly encouraged to attend their assessment sessions to allow the coaches to create fair and balanced teams.   See the attached assessment schedule. 

Opening Day for baseball/softball is on Saturday, Nov 17th.  All games are played on Friday evenings and Saturdays at ISB.  Games will continue every weekend until the league championships the weekend of February 22nd/23rd.  There will be no games during the winter break at ISB but we will continue play on Saturday, January 5th 2019.  The game schedule will be published approximately one week before the season begins.
 
Practices will begin the week of Nov 5th.   All teams will practice once per week during the season as a weekly practice is important to skills development and to learn the fundamentals of teamwork, etc.  We have arranged a downtown Bangkok location for an optional Sunday practice at NIST.  Parents will have to pay THB 1,000 for the season for this practice because NIST charges for field usage. 

On the registration form you will also have an opportunity to volunteer to be a coach, assistant coach or team parent.  Please consider helpng out with your child’s team in some way.  The kids really love having their parents helping out with their team and you will have a great time.  No previous baseball experience is necessary.
 
BBSA has purchased a limited number of fielding gloves for players who need them.  These will be sold on our assessment day.
 
Please go to www.isb.ac.th/community-baseball for more information and the registration link.  Please visit our Facebook page at facebook.com/groups/217724271623929/.  If you have any questions, please contact Phil Walther at info@bangkokbaseball.org 

Please click here for BBSA Assessment schedule for 2018-19 season

 

Repeat Announcement: Organize your friends and purchase tickets now for our ISB PTA Black & Gold Ball. 

Please join us and allow us to entertain you for the evening, while benefiting 2 wonderful causes. The dinner, the music, the prizes and the company… all will make for an excellent event that you do not want to miss! Don’t miss it!