ES e-News for December 14, 2018

Happy Holidays from all of us at ISB!

From all the staff in the Elementary School, we wish students and families a very safe and happy holiday. We look forward to seeing you all back at school on Monday, January 7, 2019 (A Day).

To those of you who are leaving ISB and Thailand, we wish you every success with your move and transition.

ES New Parent Orientation
Parents of Elementary School students, who are new this semester, are invited to attend the New Parent Orientation on Thursday, Jan. 10, 2019 at 7:45 am in the ES MPR (the big room behind the Elementary School office).  See you there!

ES ‘Out of Uniform’ Day—January 10 and 11, 2019
These two days are ‘Out of uniform’ days in the Elementary School.  On PE days, students need to wear their PE uniforms. On their non PE day, students may choose to not wear their ISB uniform.

Appropriate dress guidelines for our ‘Out of Uniform’ days are:

• Pants/slacks/shorts—good condition
• Shirts/blouses—sleeves & midriff required, appropriate logos only
• Skirts/dresses/jumpers—sleeves required, modest length
• Shoes—sneakers, street shoes or leather sandals with back strap
• Hats must be worn all the time when playing outside during recess or during PE classes

ES Explore (ES After School Activities)
Second Semester’s ES Explore Program (After School Activity program) will begin on Monday, February  11th.

ES Explore Booklet will be available online on January 11th.

Registration will be open online on Friday ,January 25th (at 3 pm) until Wednesday, January 30th.  

Regards,
Livnat Ziskinder
ES Explore Coordinator
esactivities@isb.ac.th

Safeguarding and Consent Parent Workshop
Parents expect their children’s school to give them the academic skills to succeed in university and life, but what about the skills to manage the social demands that they face in feeling good about themselves and making smart decisions about friends and relationships?  ISB strives to impart the additional skills our students need to survive “life beyond ISB” from PreK to Grade 12 – setting boundaries and fully understanding consent. We feel that learning these skills is every bit as important to a healthy, fulfilling future.  So how do we promote learning about safety, consent and boundaries at ISB? Come find out! We’ll have two sessions (same content, repeated) on Wednesday, January 23rd, in the MPB 1, 8:00-9:00 AM or 6:00-7:00 PM.

ISBNWC/NaNoWriMo
Parent and Student Information Meeting Jan 9th 2:30-3:15 ESMPR.

(Repeat) Learning HUB News
Returning Books and Holiday Books Lists
Please help your child(ren) look through their bedrooms and bookshelves to find books that belong to ISB. Children regularly borrow books from the Learning HUB, classroom libraries and the Bookroom.  All these books have ISB stickers and/or Barcodes on the back covers. Let’s clean up for the holiday!

Holiday Book Lists: Be sure to visit our HUB blog for recommended reading lists by grade level.

The ES HUB Team Wants you to READ Over the Winter Holiday!
Taking time to read with and to your child grade PK-5, will help them with learning and provide important family bonding time.  
Why not stop by, visit and read in the HUB over the holidays!  

Opening times:
December 17- December 21
January 2 to January 4
7:00-11:00 and 12:00pm-3:00pm

Due Dates:
Materials (Books) checked out over the break are due on the 7th of January

(Repeat) GYMNASTICS REGISTRATION FOR SEMESTER 2, 2018-2019 OPENING    
The ISB Panther Gymnastics is accepting registrations for all ES boys and girls for semester 2 2018-2019. Any ISB ES student interested in learning gymnastics skills for fitness, recreational or competition reasons are welcome to join, starting January 7th, 2019.  We strive to accommodate each individual goal with their practice. Gymnastics provide a great foundation for all sports, develop strength, flexibility, agility and coordination. It is a year round sport at ISB and offer a great combination with other sports and activities.

Examples of classes still available:
Pre-K & K all level:         Saturday 11h15 to 12h15
K to Grade 2 beginner: Monday & Wednesday 14h35-15h35
K to Grade 2 all level: Friday 14h35-16h35
Grade 3 and up all level: Tuesday & Thursday 16h40-18h40 and Wednesday
                                                  15h40-17h40
K to Grade 6 all level: Saturday 09h00 to 11h00

Please consult the schedule per age and level and the fees here. As of December 11th, you can register by following the link HERE

If you any questions about the programme, you can email to isbgym@gmail.com

Yanick Michaud-Marcotte
ISB Panther Gymnastics Coordinator
www.facebook.com/isbpanthergymnastics

(Repeat) PTA – Welcome Back Coffee
The PTA cordially invites everyone to our January Welcome Wai event

Please visit our next Welcome Back Coffee right after the break. It’s a great opportunity to meet the new families who arrived over the break and to say hello to old friend on the first day of school in 2019!

Date Monday 7th January 2019
Time 7.15- 9.00
Location – ISB, MPB 1

for further information – Petra Meeuwesen (welcomewai@isb.ac.th)

(Repeat) After School Supervision
Any elementary school student on campus outside of regular school hours, who is not participating in a school sponsored event, must be actively supervised by an adult in charge, appointed by the family. This includes being in the elementary Learning Hub (library).

eNews 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.
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.

Your announcement will be submitted to the appropriate Principal and/or to our Director of Marketing and Communications 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.

Calendar of Events
January 2019