Creative and Collaborative Learners
Principals’ Message
As we approach the end of another wonderful year of learning in the elementary school, we want to take the opportunity to thank you, families, for all of your support. We greatly appreciate your partnership. We wish you a wonderful break, full of family time, lots of friends, time outdoors, good books, and lots of laughter. If you are leaving ISB and off to new adventures, we want to thank you for being a part of our ISB family and wish you the very best as you transition to your next “home.” Please stay in touch!
This will be our last Elementary eNews of the school year. See you in August!
-Kelly Armitage, Sarah Fleming, and Keith Collins
Tuesday June 11th 11:30 am Student Dismissal
All students will be dismissed at 11:30 am on Tuesday, June 11.
Student Class Placement and Grades 2-5 “Meet Your Teacher”
Class Placement for the 2019-2020 school year will be sent via e-news and posted in grade level quads at 2pm on Friday, Aug. 9th. Students may visit their new classrooms and homeroom teacher for “meet the teacher” from 2:00-3:00 on the 9th. This time will be a chance to say a quick hello and find the location of your child’s homeroom classroom (not specialists). The purpose of this time is to see a face and a place to start school, not to conference with the teacher nor to receive information. You will receive information about the school year later in the week and at our Elementary Open House on Aug 29. Also, please realize that teachers continue to work on setting up the classrooms throughout this afternoon and we’ve encouraged them to end promptly at 3:00pm.
Please note: All PreK, KG and Grade 1 students will be meeting teachers during pre-scheduled appointments Tuesday-Friday, August 13-16
Important Dates for the new School Year:
| Tues. Aug. 13 | School Opens (School Year 2019-20) for Grades 2-12 |
| Wed. Aug. 14 | Grade 1 First Day of School |
| Thurs. Aug 15 | PK2 (4 year olds) & KG First Day of School |
| Thurs. Aug 15 | ES New Parent Orientation 7:45 am (TBD) |
| Mon. & Tue. Aug 20-21 | PK1 (3 year olds) ‘Partnerships in Learning’ Days for – scheduled through the ES office |
| Wed. Aug. 21 | PK1 (3 year olds) First Day of School |
Summer HUB Hours
HUB summer hours are from 7:00-3:00 Monday-Friday. Join the summer reading fun at our website:http://library.isb.ac.th/hub
Introducing the new ES Learning HUB website
Log on to find: book recommendations, websites we love, database passwords, summer reading, events and more!
Summer School at ISB – Starts Monday, June 17th
Session 1 of Summer School 2019 will begin on Monday, June 17th. Registration is going very well – there are still some spaces available for session 1 ES classes in Grades 2 – 5, but second session has waiting lists for all ES classes.
If you are only around for the first couple weeks of our summer break, reminder, we do have some special enrichment camps available:
ES/MS Environmental Science Camp (June 17 – 21)
Waitlist – ES/MS Innovator’s Workshop (June 17 – 28)
ES/MS Panther Musical Theater Camp (June 17 – 21)
Waitlist – ES /MS Robotics
You can go to the ISB website, or click here, to access all information about summer school dates, programs, and fees, or visit Khun Fon in our Summer School Office (located through door on the right side of the ISB Bookstore).
For any questions, please email sumdir@isb.ac.th
ES / MS Baseball/Softball Summer Camps
The days of summer are upon us. Sign your son or daughter up for our all-new, Panthers Softball and Baseball Camps, rolling out after school closes and again just before we reopen in August. See the flyer and link below for more details and signups!
Panthers Baseball / Softball Summer Camps
Expanded after-school Native Language classes
We’re excited to announce that starting in the 2019-2020 school year, we will be expanding our After School Native Language classes at ISB. Beginning in September, we will be offering two sessions each week for each language in which there is adequate demand. This will allow your children to have twice as much instruction time for the same cost. Instruction will be provided by passionate, dedicated teachers who will carry ISB’s Vision, Mission, Learning Attributes, and Values into each class.
“The Native Language Academy” will run after-school allowing for flexibility in class sizes, intentional groupings across age and language needs, and schedule setting. The native languages that are currently offered within the school day will remain unchanged, with classes every second day in Elementary School (Thai) and Middle School and High School (French, Japanese, Korean, Mandarin, Spanish and Thai). After-school classes are not a replacement for Native Language classes offered in school.
Most After School classes will be offered twice a week for an hour each session. The languages on offer:
- Danish
- Dutch
- French
- German
- Hebrew
- Italian
- Japanese
- Korean
- Mandarin
- Spanish
For Pre-Kindergarten (PK2), Thai and Mandarin will be on offer once a week.
A native/near native language is generally described as a language that is used on a daily basis with at least one parent. This is fundamental to ensure that the language can be supported outside of the classroom. We believe that native language learning happens best when students experience a strong home-school partnership.
The schedule of classes will be shared at the start of next school year, as registrations are received and confirmed. To inquire about native language support for your children, in any of the languages above or a language not listed, please email: nativelanguage@isb.ac.th
GYMNASTICS REGISTRATION FOR SEMESTER 1 2019-2000 OPENING
The ISB Panther Gymnastics is now accepting registrations for all ES boys and girls in Pre-K 2 through Grade 6 for semester 1 2019-2020, stating next August 19th. Any ISB ES student interested in learning gymnastics skills for fitness, recreational or competition reasons are welcome to join. 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 sport and activities. Consult our new website here and particularly the new Frequently Ask Questions section as well as the schedule per age and level and the fees. To register please follow the link here. First come, first serve.
Yanick Michaud-Marcotte
ISB Panther Gymnastics Coordinator
www.facebook.com/isbpanthergymnastics
(Repeat) ES Report Cards
ES Report Cards will be available online via PowerSchool on Tuesday June 11th after 12pm. Normal usernames and passwords are required. For technical support please email help@isb.ac.th.
(Repeat) Summer Learning Parent Engage
A big thank you to all of the parents who came out to our Summer Learning Parent Engage. A number of teachers were able to join us to share ideas and tools to support learning in a fun and meaningful way over the upcoming vacation. We wish you a fun and rich vacation!
Here is a link to the slides that were presented.
Here is a link to the hand-out that was shared.
(Repeat) Is Your Child Interested in Attending a Summer Camp?
As part of our ISB Summer School Program, we have a number of different camps available to students. Back again this year are our popular Panther Musical Theater and Robotics camps. New camp offerings this year are our:
- ES/MS Environmental Science Camp – 4 overnights at our EWC – 1 or 2 week options
- ES/MS Innovator’s Workshop – 1 or 2 week options
You can get more specific information about each camp, our regular summer school academic program, tuition fees, sign-up process, etc, HERE
(Repeat) 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 ES Office.
(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
June 2019
| June 11 | Report Card Goes Online |
| 9:00 am ES Final Assembly (for students only) | |
| Last Day of School | |
| 11:30 am Student Dismissal | |
| June 17 | Summer School Begins |
| Aug. 13 | First Day of School for grades 2-12 |
| Aug. 14 | Grade 1 First Day of School |
| Aug. 15 | PK2 and KG First Day of School |
| ES New Parent Orientation 7:45 am (TBD) | |
| Aug. 21 | Full class of PK1 First Day of School |