Stephan Golas
stephang@isb.ac.th
For All HS Families: If you are thinking or are curious about Australia as a destination for university, we invite you to attend a short information session next Tuesday, January 22nd, starting at Lunch (10:55am). Ms. Tamra Keating, Director of Marketing and Advancement at the International House of the University of Melbourne, will be visiting Bangkok on University business and reached out to us earlier this week to see if she could provide any service to the ISB Community. We accepted Ms. Keating’s gracious offer to do a short presentation on higher education in Australia for our families. Following that, she will do a brief information session on the University of Melbourne, widely viewed as one of the most esteemed research universities in the world. If you want to learn more about higher education in Australia and/or the University of Melbourne, please join us in the MPB2 on Tuesday!
For G10 Students: ISB will offer Grade 10 students, free of charge, the opportunity to take the PSAT 10 on April 23rd, 2019. The PSAT is an excellent practice tool for students preparing to take the SAT in Grade 11. Although the PSAT is excellent practice in preparation for the SAT, ISB understands not all students need the SAT for college entrance. Therefore, the PSAT 10 will be optional (OPT IN) for Grade 10 students. The OPT IN form was given to Grade 10 students on January 10th. This form will be due on February 1st, 2019. February 1st is a FIRM deadline because ISB needs to order the correct number of tests. The form should be turned in to the College Counseling Office. Forms are also available in the College Counseling Office should you need another one. ISB suggests students take the SAT for the first time no earlier than December of G11. For more information about the PSAT and SAT, go to the College Board website at https://www.collegeboard.org/