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MS Olympics – A Fun Day for All

by Dennis Harter, MS Principal
dennish@isb.ac.th

Today the Middle School faculty along with some parent volunteers hosted this year’s MS Olympics. Normally, this event takes place in December, however, our COVID regulations in first semester made it hard to plan for the event. Our MS PE team, worked incredibly hard to ensure that our MS students would not miss out on an Olympics this year. We are incredibly appreciative of the collective efforts of everyone involved to put on this full day event. We are sorry that we couldn’t have parents attend this year given the capacity requirements (and 400+ students participating), but we are optimistic that parents will be able to come for next year’s Olympics in December!

With one week remaining, we are so happy that we were able to provide this fun day for our students. Here are just a few photos from the great day.

 

MS Schedule for final week

We have reached the final week of the 2021-22 school year. Students, teachers, and families have done an amazing job adapting to ever-changing circumstances and a busy final few months as we fit a lot of student experiences into a short amount of time.

The schedule next week will include special schedules on Thursday and Friday, with a special highlight of the Grade 8 Moving On Ceremony on Thursday. Special schedules will be shared with students in the Good Morning Middle School email bulletins.

A summary of the final week:

• Monday, June 13th – Day 8
• Tuesday, June 14th – Day 1
• Wednesday, June 15th – Day 2
• Thursday, June 16th – Special schedule
  • Grade 6/7 – Activity morning & abbreviated Day 3 schedule after lunch
  • Grade 8 – Moving On Ceremony & grade level activities after lunch
• Friday, June 17th – Last Day of School Special Schedule with 11:30 dismissal
  • Whole School Assembly
  • Abbreviated Day 4 schedule to visit last classes
  • Final Advisory before 11:30 dismissal

 

MS New Timetable for 2022-23 

Looking ahead to the 2022-23 school year, Middle School will be adjusting the times of our timetable to align with some changes that are being made to the High School schedule. Because we have teachers and students who overlap between classes in both school divisions, our timetables have to align in some ways, while avoiding lunch time overlap.

Starting in August, use the timetable shared below. Highlights of note include:

• Middle School will start at 7:40 AM and end at 2:45 PM
• We still have an 8-day rotation, with class periods rotating through each time slot
• Advisory will take place after lunch (not the start of the day)
• Lunch will start at 10:30 AM – 15 minutes earlier than this year

We will share more information about this at the start of the year, but wanted to provide this update for families returning to ISB.

 

PANTHER SUMMER CAMPS REGISTRATION OPEN THROUGH MONDAY 

Panther Activities & Sports Camps are back starting June 20th with programs in Animation, Basketball, Gymnastics, Music, Soccer, Tennis and Volleyball. To register, follow the “how to” video linked HERE, or simply log into PowerSchool and click on the CCA button located at the bottom of the left hand menu. Hurry, as registration closes at 3:00 noon on Monday, June 13th!

 

YOUNG ANIMATORS WORKSHOP AT ISB 

The New Zealand Chamber of Commerce presents…

YOUNG ANIMATORS WORKSHOP AT ISB 

Led and facilitated by Nikora Ngaropo, incoming ISB MS and HS students will be introduced to the basic principles of 2D hand-drawn animation and 3D stop motion techniques cultivating skills which can transfer across virtual and real world scenarios. Using lego props, wire armatures, green screens, cameras, tablet technology, apps and lighting equipment students will be challenged to create their own narratives working in teams.

Interested in one of the twenty spots available? 

Sign up through the Panther Activities 

& Sports Camps Registration.     

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“We’re proud of our excellent track record of engaging youth through 

a combination of traditional techniques and digital technology”.

 

 

 

ISB PANTHER DANCE 2022 & BEYOND

We are so proud of our dancers 

and the fantastic job they did this year! 

For those who missed the show a couple of weeks ago, 

please check out the video at: 

Panther Dance Performances 2022

Join us next year for a new exciting dance season. Interested? Please contact Ms. Yoona at pantherdance@isb.ac.th

As announced at the dance performances in May, longtime Panther Dance instructor, Yoona Crals, has been appointed as Panther Dance Coordinator for 2022-23. A special thanks goes out to our departing Coordinators, Helen Weir (17 years) and Rachel Nahmias (7 years) for their time, care and dedication to the students and families who have been a part of the Panther Dance program over the past couple of decades. Please stop by the Panther Den next week to sign their memory books, or just to say thanks! 

 

ISB STUDENT CLOCK PROJECT @ THE PANTHER DEN 

Come by the Panther Den next week to check out the Student Clock Project created by ISB parent and artist, Corbet Wong, and featuring ISB students, Emina Udagawa, Perth Phisuthikol, Kaila Miller, Pedro Rodrigues, Samantha Johnson and Max Chung, as well as background footage of 

ISB students engaged in after school activities.  

 

Summer School – haven’t signed up yet – registration is still open 

Dear Parents,

If you are planning on enrolling your child in a summer school class and haven’t done so already, please note that registration is still open. We did cancel a number of classes earlier this week due to low enrollment. But registration for the classes that are running is still open!

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 

Any questions, please email them to sumdir@isb.ac.th

 

Summer School Information for Parents of Registered Students