Early Dismissal – Wednesday May 25, 2022
All ISB students will be dismissed at 1:10pm on Wednesday, May 25, 2022. On Early Dismissal Days, school buses will leave ISB at 1:20 p.m. Early Dismissal Days allow faculty members and administrators to collaborate and further their professional learning.
Welcome to Honey Tondre & Farah Thaxton
As we shared in last week’s eNews, Mr. Scott and Ms. Fleming will both be leaving ISB at the end of this school year. See last week’s announcement here:
https://inside.isb.ac.th/parentportal/2022/05/13/vice-principals-moving/
Joining the elementary school as our new vice principals are two new experienced school leaders, Ms. Honey Tondre and Ms. Farah Thaxton. We look forward to welcoming them both to campus in August and share these introductory highlights below.
HONEY TONDRE, Early Childhood Specialist and ES Vice Principal
- Currently (since 2016) Head of Early Years (ages 3-7) at The Sheikh Zayed Private Academy for Boys, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
- Educational Consultant and Academic Trainer for AIM Middle East located in Dubai, United Arab Emirates since 2018
- Head of Faculty / Special Education Coach of a KG School (Ages 3-6) at Abu Dhabi Education Council, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
- Early Years Teacher and PreK Program Coordinator at schools in the USA from 2005-2013
- Certificate in Early Education Leadership from Harvard Graduate School of Education; Masters Degree in Educational Administration from Texas A&M University; MA Science of Reading from University of Texas Austin.
- Joining the ISB community with her husband and their dog.
FARAH THAXTON, ES Vice Principal
- Currently (since 2010) Principal of schools in Washington state, including West Woodland Elementary School & Emerson Elementary School
- Seattle Public Schools Art Leadership Coach since 2013
- Administrator/Title I Coordinator, Southwest Leadership Academy Charter School, Victory Schools (2007- 2009)
- Curriculum & Instruction Specialist, Victory Schools EMO, Philadelphia School District (2006-2007)
- Principal Certification (Washington, Delaware, Pennsylvania)
- MA. Ed, Education Leadership-Principal Certification, University of Delaware, Newark DE
- Bachelor of Arts, Sociology/Elementary Education, Seattle Pacific University, Seattle WA
- Joining the ISB community with her daughter and their dog.
ES Parent Engage in Person – May 26 @ 745AM
Please join us for the end of the year Parent Engage session in the Chevron Theater on Thursday, May 26 @ 7:45AM. During this session we’ll gather your feedback about the successes and challenges that came with the 2021-22 school year as well as share a variety of resources you have access to during the summer. We’ll also share an overview of enhancements you can expect for 2022-23! Please take an ATK test and complete this form anytime after 4pm on Wednesday in order to access campus on Thursday morning.
Thank You from Kindergarten
The Kindergarten would like to thank you for your donations and support for their book sale. We collected 30,000 baht to support displaced Ukrainian students attending School within a School at the American International School of Budapest. Again, THANK YOU!!!!!
Leaving Panther Parents
We cordially invite you to join us on Thursday, May 26th for an interactive discussion about transitions and how to leave Thailand well. And how to arrive at your next destination well, whether it be a return home or another chapter in your international life and travels. It’s such a complicated time in your students’ (and probably your) lives, and we’ve got a few ideas to share. We will also make space for all of our parent participants to share their own experience and to help each other make the transition a healthy one for you and yours.
We hope that you can make it on the 26th at 1:30 in the Chevron Theater for about an hour of learning and sharing positive transition next steps in the lives for you and your children. Please rsvp, so that we can plan for the appropriate amount of parents attending. When we hear from you we’ll give you details on how to gain access to campus. Thanks again, and we look forward to seeing you on the 26th!
Weekly Message From Principal Allen
It’s been wonderful connecting with parents on campus at a few recent events including the ES Spring concert, the middle and high school musicals, sporting events, Grade 2 Bike Rodeo, and daily after school pick up!
It will be great to see many more of you on campus for Thursday’s ES Parent Engage in the Chevron Theater @ 7:45AM. During this session we’ll gather your feedback about the successes and challenges that came with the 2021-22 school year as well as share a variety of resources you have access to during the summer. We’ll also share an overview of enhancements you can expect for 2022-23! Please take an ATK test and complete this form anytime after 4pm on Wednesday in order to access campus on Thursday morning.
See you on Thursday!
Your partner in education,
Michael Allen, Ed.D.
michaela@isb.ac.th
Hub Library Year End Dates
- All books returned by May 30 for inventory. No student checkout
- Summer checkout resumes on June 8 (for returning students)
Virtual Learning for Students Impacted by COVID
Virtual Learning occurs when campus is open and a few students are not able to come to campus (ie: in transit from another country, in quarantine, close contacts). Virtual learning occurs for students in the form of asynchronous learning tasks and assignments. As teachers customize the learning tasks to meet the needs of the child, there could be a delay in sending the tasks to families; we thank you in advance for your patience. Balancing the needs of students both on and off campus has been one of our greatest challenges when we offer on campus and virtual learning.
In order to support students unable to be on campus, Alex Sawaetwong has been assigned to be our Virtual Learning teacher. Ms. Alex leads synchronous Zoom sessions for students on Mondays/Wednesdays/Fridays when they are at home for COVID related reasons. If you are in need of any type of Virtual Learning support, please contact Ms. Alex know: alexs@isb.ac.th
Note: Students who are symptomatic are expected to rest and focus on getting better; they are marked as “sick” in PowerSchool are not required to complete virtual learning tasks nor attend synchronous sessions until they are feeling better.
Virtual School and Virtual Learning Definitions
Virtual School is the model for learning when all students in a class are learning at home. Virtual School includes a daily schedule of synchronous sessions with homeroom and specialist teachers. Students who are not able to participate in virtual school Zoom sessions (ie. in transit or in another time zone) complete asynchronous learning tasks and assignments.
Virtual Learning occurs when campus is open and a few students are not able to come to campus (ie: in transit from another country, in quarantine, close contacts). Virtual learning occurs for students in the form of asynchronous learning tasks and assignments. Synchronous check-ins are provided periodically during the week by a Virtual Learning teacher.
Sunday & Wednesday ATK Testing
Students will be required to take ATK tests every Sunday and Wednesday between 4:00pm and 8:00pm – with results uploaded on the ATK Form within that same timeframe. The next ATK test is required on Sunday, May 22. If you need assistance with the ATK Form, please write to help@isb.ac.th
It is very important that all test results are entered into the ATK Form within the specified time in order to ensure campus access the following day. The ATK Form is linked to the ID cards and ISB turnstiles system.
Summer School at ISB…
In addition to our academic programs during summer school at ISB, we also have a variety of different “camps” available for students!
Our Summer School dates are Monday, June 20th to Tuesday, July 12th.
You can get more specific information about each camp, our regular summer school academic program, tuition fees, sign-up process, etc, HERE
ES Panther Explore
Most ES Explore classes have already hosted their 9th session.
Wednesday, May 25th is an early dismissal day. All ES Explore classes will run one hour earlier 1:25-2:25.
Please note that Tuesday (with exception of Chess), Thursday (with exception of Lego and Fun in the kitchen) and Friday (with exception of Zumba) ES Explore classes are complete.
Makeup class for Dodgeball (Monday) will take place on May 30th.
Makeup classes for Chess (Monday) will take place on May30th and June 6th.
Makeup classes for Chess (Tuesday) will take place on May 31 and June 7th.
Makeup classes for Lego (Thursday) will take place on My 26th.
Makeup classes for Zumba (Friday) will take place on May 27th.
Makeup classes for Fun in the kitchen (wednesday) will take place on June 8th..
Makeup classes for Fun in the kitchen (Thursday) will take place on May 26.
I am in the office daily from 2:00pm – 4:00pm if you have any questions or concerns.
Livnat Ziskinder
ES Cafeteria Menu
Please find the ES Cafeteria menu for next week linked here, and here is the menu for Allergen Free.
Panther Dance Performances – Tickets on Sale
See the promo videos for ES HERE and MS/HS HERE and then join the Panther Dancers for “The Reset” scheduled as follows:
ES Performances
3:00pm Friday, May 20th & 11:00am Saturday, May 21st
MS/HS Performances
6:30pm Friday, May 20th & 1:30pm Saturday, May 21st
Tickets are on sale priced at Adults Baht 200 and Students Baht 100.
Please note that access to campus is limited to ISB families and staff linked with a valid ISB ID, negative ATK test, & COVID disclosure statement.
Tickets will be available:
Tuesday 7.00 – 8.00am May 17th to Friday May 20th
In front of Chevron Theatre &
During MS/HS Lunch in the Cafeteria
1.30 – 2.45pm In front of Chevron Theatre
For further information please email pantherdance@isb.ac.th