No School for Students on Monday October 24
Monday October 24 is a student holiday and is a Professional Learning Day for teachers. There is no school for students. Classes will resume on Tuesday October 25. It will be an ‘A’ Day.
Early Dismissal – Wednesday October 26, 2022
All ISB students will be dismissed at 1:10pm on Wednesday, October 26, 2022. On Early Release Days, school buses will leave ISB at 1:25 pm. Early Release Days allow faculty members and administrators to collaborate and further their professional development.
Parent Workshops with Michael Thompson
ISB, in partnership with the PTA, is delighted to welcome Dr. Michael Thompson to ISB and offer parent workshop sessions on Monday, October 24 and Tuesday, October 25, 2022.
Dr. Michael G. Thompson, author of Raising Cain: Protecting the Emotional Lives of Boys, is a consultant, a New York Times best-selling author and psychologist specializing in children and families. He is the supervising psychologist for the Belmont Hill School and has worked in more than seven hundred schools across the United States, as well as in international schools in Central America, Europe, Africa and Asia.
The summaries of the sessions being offered are below. Please register for the workshops you are planning to attend here. You may contact K. Didi supasrin@isb.ac.th in the Learning Design Center (LDC) with any questions you may have.
ES Parent Engage – November 3
This interactive session is a chance for parents to share and learn about parenting strategies to help manage and find balance with media and technology use at home. This session will be facilitated by our ES Counselors and Innovation Learning Coach.
It is helpful for our planning to have a sense of numbers. All parents, PK-5 are welcome! Please sign up here!
Weekly Message from Principal Allen
Prior to the October break and into this week, the ES Principals including Honey Tondre, Farah Thaxton and me, have been visiting all the ES learning communities in action. We appreciate the opportunity to see the students’ engaged in learning, and how all of the ES teachers and instructional assistants are supporting the learning process. Our commitment to provide individuals and teams with feedback comes from our shared belief that all educators are committed to growth, and that feedback promotes a positive and reflective school culture. We had the opportunity to visit every classroom as well as provide feedback and a reflective question through the lens of the ISB Definition of Learning.
As you reflect on the parent teacher conferences you attended on October 6 and 7 where you discussed your child’s growth, development, successes and goals, I invite you think of your child’s skills through the ISB Definition of Learning.
As learners, we develop and show our understanding when we:
- Apply our learning to new situations
- Inquire to extend our learning
- Create solutions
- Communicate our learning effectively to others
- Make connections across our learning
- Reflect critically on our learning
Your partner in education,
Michael Allen
michaela@isb.ac.th
ES Intercultural Week 2022: “Hand in Hand”
Calling all parents of ALL CULTURES!
Intercultural Day is an elementary school event that celebrates the diversity and richness of our cultures. The event will be on the week of November 7-11 … and the planning begins now. For more information please click here.
Parents are needed to volunteer to set up classrooms and organize age-appropriate activities highlighting their culture in line with the theme of the year. Each room will be visited by students of the same grade level. The PTA coordinators are very happy to help you with ideas and putting your plan together. Generally, each room organizes a combination of fun activities with songs, dance, games, food, and stories that will delight your eager audience! We are excited to work together to make this a fun, enriching and successful event for the school community.
Here is the link to sign up Volunteer Signup
Email us at pta-es@isb.ac.th to secure your space or if you have any questions at all.
ES Cafeteria Menu
Please find the ES Cafeteria menu for next week linked here, and here is the menu for Allergen Free.
Music for Meals
Music4Opportunity & Share The Meal invites your child to Music for Meals evening next Tuesday, October 25, 5:00 pm – 7:00 pm at the Amphitheater (near the Grind). The first people to arrive get FREE PIZZA!! Join us for an evening full of games, food stalls, live performances, and a special guest speaker.
This event is a collaboration between ShareTheMeal & Music for Opportunity clubs. Share the Meal’s primary goal is to help those affected by global crises from our international community to create a nurturing support system. The Share the Meal app allows us to donate food to any part of the world facing famine, where The United Nations World Food Programme will deliver. As a community at ISB, we will be running many fun campaigns and events to work toward this goal. Come join us, and let’s be the generation to reach zero hunger! Music 4 Opportunity is a club that focuses on teaching English through song at temple schools in Thailand.
ES Girl Powered Robotics Extravaganza at ISB
Calling all grade 2-5 girls to join ISB’s first ever ES Girl Powered Robotics Extravaganza hosted by the new MS/HS Girl Powered Robotics Team from 9am-12pm Saturday 19th November in the ES Cafeteria. No prior robotics or programming experience is needed to participate, just a keen interest in how to make things, and a curiosity about how things work. Note that all participants must be accompanied by a mom (or dad, if mom is not available) and that the cost is 500THB. During the event, teams of girls will work together on four STEAM challenges including boats, bots, balls and bridges with a chance to showcase their collaborative work at the end of the morning. Space is limited so sign up HERE.
Who: Grade 2-5 Girls
What: ES Girl Powered Robotics Extravaganza
When: Saturday 19th November 9am to 12pm
Where: ES Cafeteria
Cost: 500 thb
Questions? Contact Sarah Steward, Mark Marshall or Libby Pool at sarahst@isb.ac.th, markm@isb.ac.th or libbyp@isb.ac.th respectively.
REGISTRATION FOR SEASON 2 CLOSES OCTOBER 26 at 3:00pm
This is just a reminder that registration for Season 2 after school programs closes at 3:00pm on Wednesday, October 26th. See details about who to contact with questions and how to sign up through CCA HERE.
CARDBORDIA EXHIBITION
Elementary artists present a ridiculously cool collection of construction projects. Join us in front of the Chevron Theater Gallery at 2pm Thursday, October 27th for the opening ceremony.
Arts & Activities @ ISB
OCTOBER
17-22 Dana Lawton Dances Residency – (various times) CC Theater and Dance Studios
21 MS/HS/IB Dance Showcase, “Fall & Recover” – (3:30pm) CC Theater (tickets @ lunch)
22 The Farallonites – (7pm) 4th Floor Studio BACC (tickets online)
22 Invention Center Saturday – (9am-12pm) ISB Invention Center
27 ES Art Exhibition “Cardboardia” Opening – (2pm) Chevron Theater Gallery
27 HS Drama, “Museum” – (6:30pm) CC Theater (tickets @ lunch)
28 HS Drama, “Museum” – (3:30pm) CC Theater (tickets @ lunch)
29 Invention Center Saturday – (9am-12pm) ISB Invention Center
29 Psychic Fever at En Nichi Japanese Community Event (12-3pm) Outdoor Stage
29 Trio Senza Fretta with Mia-Rong Wang – (6pm) Chaengwattana Community Church
Panther Run #3- raising money for iCare
On the 22nd of October, we are hosting a third Panther Run! It is open to anyone, so come run to show your panther pride. The entry fee is 100 baht, and all the proceeds go to iCare. Arrive at 7:00 am sharp on Field A if you are keen to run. The race starts at 7:30 am. See you then!
iCare has sent out some photos of the floods in Ubon added below. Tens of thousands of people have yet to receive any aid, with aid distribution being ineffective in reaching the people on the ground. With the water level in Ayuthaya, Angthong, and Singburi being from 1.5 to 2.5 meters above normal, more than 140,000 people currently are homeless or living on the second floor of their houses. Food, drinking water, and household supplies are in short supply. iCare aims to provide food for the next month, in addition to helping in the recovery efforts, after the water has receded. This includes replacing school supplies for children who lost everything in the floods, including shoes, backpacks, and stationery supplies.
Every little bit of help!
