ES Report Cards Posted to PowerSchool
Semester 1 report cards are now available via PowerSchool. We formally report on student learning twice each year (December and June). Please look over the report with your child, discussing strengths, areas for growth and goals. For technical support please email help@isb.ac.th.
End of Semester Report Cards are an essential part of our updated Communicating Student Learning beliefs found in our ES Parent/Student Handbook (page 61):
At ISB we believe that Communicating Student Learning empowers each student to understand, reflect on, and take ownership of their learning process as well as fosters the partnership between parents, students and teachers.
We define Communicating Student Learning as:
- Visibly documented evidence of learning growth over time for each child – knowledge, skills, attitudes and understandings.
- Guided by clearly communicated goals, expectations, feedback and reflection.
- Communicates student achievement in relation to grade level expectations at a given time.
- Transparency of ISB program and learning outcomes for stakeholders.
Happy Holidays From All of Us at ISB!
From all of the staff in the Elementary School, we wish students and families a very safe and happy holiday. We look forward to seeing you all back at school on Monday, January 10, 2022 (A Day).
Annual Elementary Festival of Lights Concert
On December 7th, our three ES music ensembles (Panther String Ensemble, Panther Orff Ensemble and Panther Choir) gathered on Zoom with their families to celebrate through song a number of holidays celebrated by members of our ISB community, all of which feature light in their celebrations. These young musicians, who have been restricted to virtual rehearsals for the entire semester, demonstrated great adaptability and commitment in their performances, and would love for the rest of the ISB community to enjoy their performances by clicking HERE
New Family Parent Engage – Jan 13 @ 745am
Parents of new Elementary School students joining us for the second semester are invited to attend the New ES Parent Engage on Thursday, January 13 via Zoom. This is an opportunity for new families to connect and learn more about ISB.
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/4732749923
Weekly Message from Dr. Michael Allen
We ended the first semester on a literal high note as each grade level gathered in the Chevron Theater for the annual ES Festival of Lights Assemblies! Typically we’d all gather together as an ES community, however given our desire to limit grade level cohorts from mixing, we hosted SEVEN separate assemblies…all extraordinary celebrations to wrap up the semester. Enjoy the pre-recorded performances by clicking HERE. Please invite your child to tell you all about it…the images below will help them remember different aspects!
On behalf of all of us in the elementary school, we thank you for your ongoing support and partnership and wish you a safe and joyful December break!
Your partner in education,
Michael Allen, Ed.D.
michaela@isb.ac.th
ES HUB Holiday Check out Book
The ES Hub is open for holiday book requests! Please use the QR code below to access the website!
Looking to Purchase Robotics sets for Holiday Gifts?
Students have been busy doing lots of coding and robotics in ES. If you are looking to purchase any of these sets for your child to use at home, here are some recommendations of the sets we use in ES. We use them for robotics design challenges in many subjects and grades.
Lego Wedo/Lego Essentials: These are great introductions to the world of robotics and coding. LEGO Education has recently discontinued the Wedo 2.0 Sets and introduced the LEGO Essentials this year. Although the Wedo sets are still fun, the newer LEGO Essentials would be a better long term investment. Great from KG-Gr3!
Dash and Dot Robotics: The Dash robot is fantastic and offers a number of accessories you can add which I highly recommend (Gripper and Ball Launcher). They offer free apps (Blockly) and still fun for students all the way up to Gr4/5.
LEGO Spike Prime: These recently released sets are great for students who have done a bit of coding before and geared more towards upper ES (and MS students).
You can buy them on Lazada and various educational distributors here in Thailand. Please note, these are sold independently by 3rd party vendors and ISB does not profit in any way through these sales.
Check and Update Your Details in Powerschool Parent Portal
any people move houses over the summer, details change (phone numbers etc). We are in the process of updating phone numbers, addresses and emergency contacts. Please take the time to login to Powerschool Parent Portal and check the details that ISB has on record. Please update if necessary. It is really important this information is accurate, as we use this in emergency situations.
Instructions
Step 1. Login to Powerschool
- If you are new, you should have received an email with your login details, if not please contact help@isb.ac.th
- If you have forgotten your password please contact cholthis@isb.ac.th
Step 2. At the bottom of the left hand menu click “Contact Update”. This information will then take a day or two to update (we manually check for accuracy).
If you have any questions or queries, contact cholthis@isb.ac.th
Leaving ISB?
Parents of students who are not returning to ISB in January need to notify the ES Office, Khun Kunlawan (kunlawan@isb.ac.th) as soon as possible to enable us to process school records for their next school. Thank you for your attention to this important matter.
January 9th ATK Testing
The next ATK must be administered on Sunday, January 9 between 4:00pm and 8:00pm – with results uploaded on the ATK Form within that same timeframe. If you need assistance with the ATK Form, please write to help@isb.ac.th
ES New Parent Orientation Recording
Thank you to our new families who were able to join us for the ES Semester II New Parent Orientation on December 16. If you are new to ISB and were unable to join the session with the ES principals and counselors, please find the session recording here.
NOTES & BOLTS: News about The Arts at ISB
While a number of arts events were postponed or canceled this season, many were still on in some form or another. Please see the list of links below. Enjoy!
Happy Holidays & Happy New Year!!!
MS Exhibition “Together We Bloom” – December Exhibition Photos
ES/MS/HS Strings Bash – December Video Concert
ES Exhibition “Can’t You Sea @ ISB” – December 6-16 Video Exhibition
ES Festival of Lights Concert – December 7th Video Concert Video Concert
MS/HS Choir Concert – December 8th Video Concert
HS Jazz Nite I – December 10th Video Concert
HS Wind Ensemble “Lights & Fire” Concert – December 15th Video Concert
MS Holiday Band Concert – December 16th
- Concert Band Tribal Drums, We Wish You A Merry Christmas
- Symphonic Band Danger Zone, Happy Together, Never Gonna Give You Up, Moscow, 1941
Artists Under The Stars – 6:00 pm December 16th Live Stream
Panther Purrfect Episode 5.0!!!
Featuring:
News from the Panther Den, Celebrity Spotlight with Ike Nwankwo & a special Cubs Corner
New Sessions to Start January 24th
Look for more details about how to register the week of January 10th.