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Message from the Principal

Dear Parents,

We are nearing the end of Semester one and are looking forward to the return of the Festive season’s concerts and celebrations in the coming weeks.

Our MS/HS Bands kick the festive season off with their concert on Tuesday, November 29th at 6.30 pm in the Chevron closely followed by our Jazz Night on Thursday, December 1st at 6.30 pm in the CCT. This is a different date than published in the printed calendar so please take note of the new date. The ISB Health Fair takes place on Wednesday 30th November 8-12 noon followed by an evening HS Parent meeting about Drug education at ISB (register HERE to attend that workshop).

All the best to our athletes who are playing at tonight’s Spirit Night tournament. You can see the full schedule later on in this newsletter.

Have a great weekend
Regards
Justin Alexander

Important Links

Have a question and don’t know who to ask? – click on HS QUESTION LINK

Click on HS Parent Meetings to see the full list of parent meetings for this year.

ISB Panther page for Varsity and Junior Varsity game schedules etc

DELVE Handbook link – for information about DELVE

Advanced Placement (AP) Information Meeting

Justyna McMillan
justynam@isb.ac.th

We are pleased to invite parents to our Advanced Placement (AP) Information Meeting, which will take place on Thursday 1st of December, at 10AM in MPB1.

This will be a focused session where we will share information about the Advanced Placement courses at ISB and how AP courses can be combined with other ISB courses as part of a student’s academic program. We will also share with you some insights into how AP courses are viewed by US college admissions as part of a student transcript, as well as how they might benefit students applying for higher education in other countries.

Please register for the meeting using THIS LINK. The registration link also includes a space for you to enter a question you would like to have answered during the meeting. We can use these questions to help guide our discussions.

Hope to see you next week!

ps. This meeting was originally scheduled for November 24th due to a clash with American Thanksgiving

DELVE – Visas, Information, Medication

Peter Assimakopoulos
petera@isb.ac.th

Visas

We are three weeks away from DELVE and would like to remind families about securing visas for their children. For all trips outside of Thailand, families are responsible for checking visa requirements, obtaining the proper visas for entry for their child’s DELVE, and obtaining reentry visas for Thailand.

Updated Itinerary and Further Communication

Teacher sponsors will send out updated itineraries and information for your child’s DELVE. You may have already received this information from them. Don’t hesitate to get in touch with the teacher sponsors with questions specific to your child’s DELVE.

Medication

Students cannot self-administer medication while on trips. Chaperones will need to carry medication for all students and will organise times to give them their medication while on the trip.

Freedom From Chemical Dependency (FCD)
Jackie Valenzuela
jackiev@isb.ac.th

Freedom From Chemical Dependency (FCD) will be on campus meeting with our high school students next week. They work with schools around the world to:

Encourage and support the non-use of alcohol and other illegal or illicit drugs during the growing years.
Empower young people to make healthy, responsible choices regarding alcohol and other drug use
Teach students and adults how to recognize the early warning signs of substance abuse and to intervene appropriately
Educate students, parents, teachers, and administrators on the physiological and psychological effects of alcohol and other drugs
Promote awareness of drug addiction, including alcoholism, as a progressive, chronic, and often fatal disease
Provide educational communities with the guidance and training necessary to implement comprehensive, effective approaches to substance abuse prevention.

To that end, on Wednesday evening, November 30, you are invited to attend a parent session with the FCD specialist at 6:30pm in the Chevron theater. Please sign up HERE.

These programs present a perfect opportunity for discussing alcohol and other drug-related issues with your children. Parental involvement is crucial to our efforts to reduce the risks teenagers face. We want our students to hear from both school and home that we are concerned about alcohol, nicotine, and other drug use by adolescents, and that we are committed to keeping our children safe. We hope you can make it next week.

Best regards,
The High School Administration and Counselors

News from University Counselors

Debbie McDowell
debbiem@isb.ac.th

Grade 12

Seniors are plowing through their work leading up to submitting their applications. Please continue to encourage them to meet with their counselor for essay and application review and to set appointments well before the deadlines to submit their applications with their counselor.

All applications with a deadline before 1 February should be submitted before the winter break. University counselors will not be available over the break as they will be focusing on spending time with friends and family while rejuvenating for the second semester.

Senior Seminar #6 will be on Monday, 28 November. This is the last seminar for the semester. Seniors should meet with their university counselor to finalize all their application plans for this semester.

The next big deadline looming is the 30 November, University of California deadline! Students should have already reviewed their four Personal Inquiry Questions and application with their university counselor before submitting this week. Students should not wait until the deadline to apply! The UC website has repeatedly crashed the last few years the day before the deadline. To be safe seniors were instructed to submit applications by today, Friday, 25 November.

Also, all UCAS applications must be submitted to the university counselor by 1 December!

Grade 11

Junior Seminar assignments were due last week and this week. Students should have submitted their Personal Mission Statement last week and the Priorities and Preferences assignment was due on 24 November. Your 11th grader should have interviewed you for the Priorities and Preferences assignment. If you are a grade 11 parent, please ask your child about these!

The next Junior Seminar will be on 9 December.

SAT on Saturday, 5 December

The final paper and pencil version of the SAT will be administered at ISB on Saturday, 5 December. Students must have already registered for that test to be able to take it. Check-in will begin at 7:30 AM outside the MPB and the test is scheduled to start at 8:00AM. All students must bring the following items with them to be admitted to campus and the test rooms: School ID, National ID (passport or Thai national ID card), printed admissions ticket. Students are allowed to have a clear water bottle with them during testing but no food can be consumed in the testing room. Students may only bring pencils, erasures and acceptable calculators into the test room. If you have any questions about the SAT, please reach out to Ms Shrestha in the HS Counseling Office.

SAT Update

Beginning in March, the SAT will go digital. All tests will be taken on the student’s own laptop in the testing room at ISB. Registration is now open for test dates during semester two. Students can register here. Please remind your child to follow the instructions found on the ISB University Counseling website to be able to sign up for the test at ISB.

Digital SAT Test Dates and Registration Deadlines

Test Dates	Registration Deadlines
March 11, 2023	February 24, 2023
May 6, 2023	April 21, 2023
June 3, 2023	May 19, 2023

To find out more about the digital tests: Webinar for Students and Their Parents

Students and their parents/guardians may watch this webinar (passcode: &DWat$XjM0) and learn all the updates about the digital SAT. You can also hear what other students had to say about their digital SAT experience.

Upcoming University Visits @ ISB

Thursday, 1 December: Bard College (USA), 3:00-3:30 @ HS Conference Room

There are many virtual and off campus university events taking place which our students are invited to attend. Check the Virtual and Off Campus University Events spreadsheet frequently to know what’s available. Please note that pre-registration is needed for some events.

Please check the ISB University/College Counseling website for loads of information. You will find university research tools, transition resources for students and parents, recordings and slide shows from Parent Coffees and family presentations, virtual and off campus university visits, information about testing and how to sign up for the SAT at ISB, a list of summer programs about which the counselors have been informed, and the ISB School Profile.

Kindly,
Debbie

News from HS Library

Christopher Bell
christob@isb.ac.th

Please click News from HS Library

MS and HS Band Concert

Anthony Giles
anthonyg@isb.ac.th

Take Me Home:

A Country Roads Holiday Band Concert

6:30 PM November 29, 2022

Chevron Theater

Free Admission

Jazz Nite I – Feeling Good!

Anthony Giles
anthonyg@isb.ac.th

The first concert by our high school jazz musicians will be on Thursday, Dec 1st at 6:30 pm in the CC Theater. The ISB Jazz Combo will be performing the music of Cannonball Adderley, Carlos Jobim, Count Basie, and other jazz legends. A highlight for the concert will be our guest vocalist, and former ISB alum, Jace Packayapan singing songs by Van Morrison and Leslie Bricusse. Join us for an evening of wonderful jazz music, featuring the very spontaneous creation of melodies through improvisation, and arrangements in jazz style. The concert is free admission and all are invited!

STRINGS BASH

Anthony Giles
anthonyg@isb.ac.th

2 December, 2022 6:30PM Chevron Theater

The 2022 ISB Strings Bash showcases student musicians from all three divisions, including the ES Panther Strings Ensemble, MS Beginning Orchestra, MS Concert Orchestra, and HS String Orchestra. This year’s bash is the perfect way to celebrate the season with a program that includes holiday favorites from around the globe and an Irish fiddle circle that’s not to be missed!

COMMUNITY CHOIR CONCERT

Anthony Giles
anthonyg@isb.ac.th

6:30pm Chevron Theater December 6th, 2022

Come join Middle School, High School and the Adult Community Choir on December 8th for a lively and spirited performance of choir songs from all over the world! We will be celebrating live music, a semester of singing without masks and being together during this holiday season! 6:30 pm in the Chevron Theater. Tickets are free. Questions can be emailed to lindsayf@isb.ac.th.

Poster made by: Katja Nugroho, Grade 11.

Artists Under The Stars

Anthony Giles
anthonyg@isb.ac.th

performance sign-ups

Boy Scout Troop 701 Flower Sales

Anthony Giles
anthonyg@isb.ac.th

Boy Scouts Troop 701 is offering pre-orders for flower bouquets and single roses for your upcoming musical performance events. Flower sales are one of our major fundraising events that support scouting activities and service projects. The bouquets and single roses can be picked up at the front gate near Chevron Theatre half an hour before the performance begins.

Please click here for the Google order form

Invention Center After School & Saturday Programs

Anthony Giles
anthonyg@isb.ac.th

Come to the Invention Center on Saturday, November 26th from 9 to 11:00 am and learn to make a mechanical hand extender. This is a free project available to any students, parents, or staff. We will have room for the first 10 participants that sign up. Contact Travis Dynes at travisd@isb.ac.th to sign up.

A reminder that the Invention Center is open to students, parents, and staff every day after school until 6pm and on Saturdays from 8am-2pm (elementary students need to have a parent present for supervision).

Visiting Artist, Aura Cherrybag, 21 November – 7 December

Anthony Giles
anthonyg@isb.ac.th

We are thrilled that Aura Cherrybag will be working with ES, MS, and HS students for the next few weeks. She will be sharing her experiences as a mixed media illustrator and leading students through ways of working with paper and collage. Her recent book, Good Days, documents her experiences in northern Thailand during COVID. Aura’s keen observations about her daily life will inform the work she does with students.

Meet the Artist and Contribute a Color!

You are invited to meet Aura Cherrybag, paint a textured color or two, and see her in action as she creates a collage for ISB. Aura will have original artworks and her recent book, Good Days, for sale as well.

ขอเชิญชวนมาพบปะศิลปิน คุณออร่า เชอรี่แบค และร่วมระบายสีลวดลายต่างๆ พร้อมรับชมเธอสร้างสรรค์ผลงานปะติดให้กับISB! นอกจากนี้ยังมีหนังสือสะสมผลงานชุดล่าสุด ‘Good Days’ มาจำหน่ายด้วยนะคะ

Monday

28 November

10:00-12:00

MS Art Room 113

Tuesday

29 November

2:45 – 3:30

ES Art Room 119

Wednesday

30 November

10:00-12:00

MS Art Room 113