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Adjustment to the “Days”

Looking ahead in the calendar, please note that April 6th will now be a virtual school day. For middle and high school students, this means that to continue our sequence of days:

• April 6 – Day 6
• April 7 – Day 7
• April 8 – Day 8
• April 9 – Day 1
• April 10 – Day 2

We will communicate this to students as well. We have updated our online Google Calendar to reflect these changes, but of course this means that the printed calendar will no longer be accurate as of April 6th. 

Mid-term reporting and student reflection

With virtual school having started in early March and now running for the foreseeable future, we have developed a different method for students to reflect with their teacher on their learning progress so far. In the week of April 6 to 10, students will go through a reflection process in each of their classes. Teachers will work with students on their reflections helping them identify what has been going well, where further attention might be needed, and/or setting goals for the remainder of the term. Students will then lead a conference at home with their parents, sharing how their learning has been going. To support this, assessments and assignments will be graded and up to date on PowerSchool for parents to view going into the Spring break. Teachers and counselors will continue to contact parents directly in any instances of concern regarding a student’s learning progress or engagement. As always, if you have any specific concerns or questions, we ask you to contact the teacher directly.

More information next week on the process that we will use with students.

Capturing these unique times 

Around the world we are seeing unique times and we are all doing our best to adapt to the new situation. We would like to celebrate some of the unique work environments or fun home situations that MS students and families have created in this time of virtual school and home stay.

Please send any photos (mail to: dennish@isb.ac.th) that you would be happy for us to share on our middle school instagram page. In order to share a photo, we need parent permission, so please send photos from parent email accounts – which would indicate you are giving permission for us to use the photo.

We’d love to see our students at work, at play, with pets, or creatively passing the time with family.

ALEX SYPSOMOS IN CONCERT 

a HS Arts Council/Panther Roars Production

Live on Youtube at https://youtu.be/fwwy4r-RTtg

6:00pm Friday, March 27

Alex Sypsomos, who goes by the stage name Syps, is a soul/pop singer, songwriter and producer who creates without being constrained by genre boundaries. Born in Florida to an English mother and Greek father, yet having grown up in Bangkok, Alex sees himself as a musical bridge between the East and the West. A graduate of ISB and Berklee College of Music in Boston, Alex has written and produced for singers in Thailand, China, Korea and Myanmar accumulating over 40 million streams for his collaborations over the past two years. By working with others, Alex has been able to find his own unique sound and fine tune his personal writing and production style.

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Panther Activities

Dear Panther Activities Students and Parents,

We miss your kids and hope that they are healthy and staying active and engaged during ISB’s campus closure in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Once open again, it is our hope that make-up lessons and classes will be offered alongside regular sessions until the end of the school year. In the meantime, some teachers, following the ISB Digital Learning Safeguarding Guidelines may be offering virtual sessions starting next week, for those who are interested. While this is not the same as being together, it is our hope that the opportunity to continue learning for your child, and the connection with coaches and other kids, albeit online, would be of value.

Many of you have inquired about activity refunds which we are examining on a pro-rata basis for classes we are not able to make-up. We will be in touch the week of April 20-26 with details once more is known about the length of the school closure. 

Regards,

Anthony Giles and Lucas Rivera

Panther Roar! 

Please help us get some Panther Roar positivity out into the community!

Click HERE and respond to the question, “What did you do today that made you happy?”  

Repeat Announcement: Update on ISB Summer School 2020

MS Arts and Crafts (1 week) June 15 – 19 for students entering Grade 6 – 9 in August.

MS Badminton and Table Tennis (1 week) June 15 – 19 for students entering Grade 6 – 9 in August.

MS Instrumental Music Summer Camp – (1 week) June 15 – 19 for students entering Grade 7 – 9 in August.

MS Math Enrichment – Fun with Math! (1 week) June 15 – 19 for students entering Grade 6 – 9 in August.

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