ES e-News for March 13, 2020

Parent Feedback on Virtual School
Thank you for your support and understanding as we continue to adjust and improve the virtual school experience for your children. We are seeking feedback from students, teachers, and parents to help us improve this experience. Students in HS, MS and Grades 4 and 5 are completing surveys, as well as teachers.  We would also like to hear from parents.  

We ask that you please take a few moments to complete this survey by 12:00 noon on Sunday so that we can continue to adjust for the coming week. 

If you have more than one child at ISB, please complete a form for each child. This will help us match the feedback to the division or age group as students do engage differently. 

Seesaw Support
Our primary tool to engage with students and families during our closure is Seesaw.  Seesaw is supporting schools all around the world that are closed, and they are being very responsive, making adjustments based on feedback.  Some parents have asked some questions about how to use Seesaw. While teachers are troubleshooting these on an individual basis, here is a link to the Seesaw Help Center.  

Two important questions have come up multiple times:

First, please note that unlike other Specialists (Art, Music, PE), World Languages have their own classes in Seesaw.  Students will need to logout of their homeroom class, and into their World Language class in order to be able to see activities and post work.  

The second is how students complete activities.  It is important to ensure your child is logged into the class app, and not the family app.  See below:

ES Community Virtual School Handbook
For your reference (Posted Last Week)  Linked here

(Repeat) ISB Summer School 2020 – Registration Now Open!
Our ISB Summer School Office is now open and accepting registrations for Summer School 2020! You can go to the ISB website to access all information about dates, programs, and fees, and to submit a registration form online. For ES students, we have 3 new Special Enrichment Camps available this year in addition to camps from other years!

ES Art Camp (1 week) June 15 – 19 for students entering Grade 3 – 6 in August.

ES Reading/Writing/Performance Workshop: Fairy Tales, Folktales and Legends (1 week) June 15 – 19 or June 22 – 26 for students entering Grade 3 – 5 in August.

ISB Panther Swim Camp; Experience the “Panther Way” (1 week) June 15 – 19 for students entering Grade 2 – 12 in August.

Our Summer School Office is located next to the Admissions Office inside the Central Admin Building where Khun Fon, our Summer School Office Secretary will be there to greet and assist you Monday to Fridays, 7:00am – 2:45pm.

For any questions, please email sumdir@isb.ac.th

Best Regards,
Mr. Maurilio Baron-Toaldo
Summer School Director

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.
naiyanar@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
March  2020