Seesaw
WOW! Look at all the activity on Seesaw in the Elementary School in just one week! Thank you for your support and engagement in your child’s Virtual School learning. We deeply appreciate your partnership, and we miss seeing you!
A tip during this time of homestay: We hope this weekend you are taking time to virtually connect with loved ones. Whether we are extroverts or introverts, we are social beings, and staying connected to family and friends across the globe has positive effects on our wellbeing.
Updated Security Feature in Zoom
In addition to some of the features that are currently in place to keep video conferencing calls in Zoom private and safe, starting Monday we will be protecting calls by requiring a password in order to join the call. This will be the same password for all Zoom calls in the Elementary School, and students and parents will be notified of the password by our homeroom teachers.
Parent Survey
Thank you for your feedback on our parent survey 2 weeks ago, it helped us make changes as we move forward. Please continue to give us feedback here.
Yearbook Photos
As usual, our yearbook will be full of a variety of photos including students involved in many different learning activities. Some of these will be students participating in Virtual School at home. If you would rather not have your child’s photo be included with pictures in Virtual School at home, please send an email to Khun Ann at naiyanar@isb.ac.th
Panther Activities
Dear Panther Activities Parents,
Once again, we miss your kids and hope that they are healthy and staying active and engaged during ISB’s campus closure, now through April 30, in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. 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 should school open again in May. As mentioned earlier, details about how this will be done safely and practically will be communicated the week of April 20-26. Until that time, we ask for your patience.
Although some private music lessons are being offered virtually in lieu of live sessions, videos offering activities in other areas like tennis, gymnastics, or dance are optional, and free, and intended merely to keep students engaged with their areas of interest. 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, albeit online, would be of value.
Stay healthy and safe! Should you have any questions or concerns please feel free to contact either of us.
Regards,
Anthony Giles and Lucas Rivera
anthonyg@isb.ac.th 082-700-8903
lucasr@isb.ac.th 062-658-0761
(Repeat) ES Virtual School Guide
We hope your family is doing well and that Virtual School is becoming more comfortable as routines are setting in. We have made some improvements to ES Virtual School based on parent, student, and teacher feedback. Linked here is yesterday’s eNews for your reference.
Below is an image to help families support their children with Virtual School. We hope that as you monitor your child’s online learning, you get a sense of their levels of engagement and wellbeing. If you have any questions or concerns, please reach out to your child’s homeroom teacher or counselor.
Additionally, here is another good resource for families from Common Sense Media
(Repeat) Update on ISB Summer School 2020
Understandably, there are many uncertainties ahead due to the COVID-19 coronavirus incidents around the world. We are presently planning as regular for our ISB Summer School 2020 which will run from Monday, june 15th to Friday, July 10th. You can go to the ISB website to access all information about dates, programs, and fees, and to submit a registration form online.
We encourage people to plan ahead and register. Please note that with the uncertainties around the world right now with the COVID-19 coronavirus, there will be no cancellation fees applied for people who register and then cancel by May 15th. This date will be reviewed as we get closer to it. Our EarlyBird prices for tuition are still available until Friday, April 24th.
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.
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.