Dear Parents,
I hope that you are enjoying the last few days of your winter break with your children before school starts again on Monday January 11th. Although it is not the ‘normal’ start of school that we had hoped for, it is nonetheless the start of the second semester for our students and teachers.
Parents and students received lengthy emails from me on Wednesday this week which contained quite a lot of information about virtual school and what students can expect next week. Please be sure that your children have read those messages and are ready to join their first lesson at 9am on Monday. Our faculty are well prepared and organised for virtual school since the start of the year and are ready for classes on Monday morning.
For students:
- Attendance will be taken for each lesson and students will need to follow instructions from their teachers as usual.
- Will receive an email from their Day 1 teachers on Sunday night/Monday morning with instructions for Monday’s classes.
- Will receive an email from Day 2 teachers on Monday afternoon with instructions for Tuesday’s classes.
For Parents:
If any of our ISB families have left the country over the Winter break, can you please inform your child’s counselor and myself as soon as possible.
You can see all the details about virtual school in our HS Community Virtual School Handbook and visit our website at https://www.isb.ac.th/learning-isb/isb-virtual-school/ for more resources and information about Virtual school.
At this stage, any field trips, school tournaments, etc that are scheduled during the month of January will be postponed. Once school formally resumes next week we will give further information about other upcoming field trips and school events as necessary. We have already received a few questions about mock and IB exams for Seniors and semester exams for students in Grade 9-11. At this time, we plan on continuing with the timing and format of these exams, but of course, as circumstances change in the coming weeks/months we will adapt and adjust as necessary.
Upcoming events Postponed/Cancelled
Habitat for Humanity, Jan 16, 17- Postponed.
Junior Varsity – Season Two Invitational, Jan 15, 16- Cancelled.
Harrow Soccer Tournament, Jan 15, 16 – Cancelled.
We are hopeful that we will be back in school for face to face instructions on February 1st. In the meantime stay safe, stay well and we look forward to seeing everyone on campus soon.
Regards
Justin Alexander
HS Principal