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MS Schedule Next Week

We are back to a full week of school next week, however please note that Wednesdsay, March 15th is an Early Release Day, with students dismissed at 1:10 PM.

Schoolwide we will be having Spirit Week, with themed dress up days throughout the week, culminating in Spirit Night on Friday, March 17th.

We are also proud to be hosting the MS AMIS Honor Orchestra Festival on campus Thursday through Saturday. 

Here’s the schedule for the week:

• Monday, March 13 – Day 8
• Tuesday, March 14 – Day 1
• Wednesday, March 15 – Day 2, Early Release Day
• Thursday, March 16 – Day 3
• Friday, March 17, Day 4, Spirit Night

 

Parent Session on Teens and Social Media

Hello MS and HS Parents,

The middle school and high school counselors would like to invite you to a coffee/tea on Thursday, March 23 from 8:30-9:30am in the MPB where we will share very recent research findings and facilitate a conversation about the impact of social media on our kids. Please sign up HERE.

We feel this is an important conversation to have as we navigate the teenage years and the influence social media has had and continues to have in our students’ lives.

We’re looking forward to our time together and hope you are able to join us.

Warm regards,

The MS & HS Counselors,

Colleen Coady and Debbie Lucas
Shannon Leoni, Frank Sambula Jr. and Jackie Valenzuela 

Spirit Week @ ISB March 13-17

All MS students are invited to participate in the themed dress days of next week’s Spirit Week! Throughout the school students can dress according to theme (see below). As always, students are welcome to wear their school uniforms on any or all of the days.

Friday night, we will have Spirit Night on campus, so bring out the whole family!

 

Re-enrollment for 2023/24 is open and due by 7 April

Re-enrollment for the 2023/24 school year is now open and we kindly ask that every family indicates their intent by 7 April 2023.

You should have received an automated email that includes a personalized link to start the re-enrollment process. Our re-enrollment process incorporates an online payment option for the seat deposit and asks you to confirm enrollment by signing the 2023/24 Terms and Conditions contract through our ISB Admissions Portal.

Please note that families with graduating Seniors will not be sent a re-enrollment request and we request that all faculty with students complete this process as well.

There are three options to choose by 7 April:

• YES – selecting ‘yes’ means you will be re-enrolling your children for the 23/24 school year and you will be asked to sign the 2023/24 Enrollment Terms and Conditions contract and given the option to pay the seat deposit.
• NO – selecting ‘no’ means you will not be re-enrolling your children for the 23/24 school year and you will be asked to complete the withdrawal paperwork.
• UNDECIDED – If you anticipate remaining unsure past the deadline please select ‘undecided’ and request an extension.

In order to assist our families with planning, we have shared the Board of Trustees approved 2023/24 tuition fees and these can be found on our school website.

If you need additional information about the tuition fees or billing, please do not hesitate to contact our Invoice Office at invoice@isb.ac.th, or call the school at 02-963-5800 and contact Khun Sawitree, Invoice Assistant ext. 1121 or Khun Atchara, Invoice Officer ext. 1122.

If you have any other questions about our re-enrollment process or need an extension on re-enrollment please send a request to the Office of Admission at admissions@isb.ac.th

Thank you!

The Re-enrollment Team
Admissions, Finance, & IT 

 

MS Athletics News

NO PRACTICE: Thursday, March 30th

We will be hosting Season 3 IASAS Badminton and Golf on March 29-April 1. We would love our community to support our competing athletes so we are canceling all U11/12/14 school sports on this date. Please come out and cheer on our Panthers! 

 

ISB Summer School 2023 – have you signed up yet?

Raising Multilinguals “How?” A Follow-up Parent Workshop

How can parents nurture native language besides speaking it with their children and enrolling them in classes?

Find out by joining us on 28 March 2023, from 8:15-9:45 a.m., for the workshop Raising Multilinguals “How?” Unlocking the World Through Language-Rich Experiences.

In this workshop, a followup to Raising Multilinguals, we will explore how families can promote literacy (reading and writing) and rich conversation, in support of the family language plan.

Parents of students in PreK through Grade 12 are welcome! The workshop will be held in MPB 3. If you have any questions, please email: nativelanguage@isb.ac.th

  

Jazz Nite II – ‘Celebrating Improvisation’

Featuring the ISB HS Jazz Combo and the ES Panther Orff Ensemble

Tuesday, March 28, 2023

CCT – 6:30 pm

Directors: Mr. Tom Myers and Ms. Angela Wong

 

Selections include charts by Wayne Shorter, Lee Morgan, Horace Silver, and other Jazz greats!

In addition to the special performance by the ES Orff Ensemble, there will also be a vocal performance by Mia Friedman.

Please join us for a night of enjoyable music making through our instruments, voices, and hearts. 

Admission is free and all are welcome.

 

ISB Peace Day Assembly March 24, 2023 

Due to COVID restrictions still in place for our student assemblies last fall, ISB’s International Day of Peace event, originally scheduled for September 21st, 2022, was moved to March 24th, 2023. This new date, chosen to coincide with the UN’s International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, has allowed the Global Initiatives Network student organizers the opportunity to put together a program that addresses the 2022 Peace Day Challenge and that highlights the theme, Voices for Action Against Racism. Through the mediums of art, dance, drama, film, music, poetry and storytelling, this year’s PK-12 gathering will celebrate the power each of us has to End Racism. Build Peace.

Due to limited space in Rajendra Hall this event is not open to the public, however photos and a video of the assembly will be available to all ISB parents the following the event. Please spread the word that Friday, March 24th is a free dress day for all divisions with students, staff, and faculty encouraged to wear bright colors to celebrate our diversity as a learning community and our solidarity with others seeking peace around the world.  Please see comments  about and footage from past Peace Day assemblies at ISB below. Peace!

2019 ISB Peace Day Assembly Video

2019 ISB Peace day Assembly Photos

2021 ISB Virtual Peace Day Assembly

Comments about past ISB Peace Day events…

Congratulations on another fantastic Peace Day Assembly.  Thank you for all of your hard work – I can imagine it doesn’t seem very peaceful at times getting it all together, but it’s an important event for our school. Thanks! 

I know that you had a team behind you with the assembly today but I just wanted to say that it was a fantastic event, so well done to you both and all those involved. My own boys had such a cool time and it was great to watch a recording of it again tonight with them as a family.

Thanks again for a wonderful day. My class has been buzzing all day. We listened to music and did some lovely reflections on peace.  It is so amazing to have everyone together and the energy was awesome!  The MCs were the best ever. Can’t wait to plan our next activity together.

First of all, how magnificent this morning was, a really nice community feel about it. Well done!

I know I am missing a few people who played major parts in planning today’s assembly, but I needed to tell you that TODAY’S ASSEMBLY WAS INCREDIBLE!  Thank you for all the work you did to create a beautiful celebration of peace, diversity and love.  It was magical!

Overheard on the way back to class…“Can we have an assembly like that EVERY day?  I love it when there is a show!” Thanks for making the “show” SO AMAZING!  :) Our hands are clapping and our hearts are happy.

Thank You! Grand Slam! Nice job to you and everyone involved.  That was fantastic.

Another great school-wide event! I am including a link to the livestream that had 70 people viewing. A HUGE thanks to Mod, Pop and Well from the Student Management Group/HS Tech Council in setting this up and doing all camera work and directing.

 Thank you everyone for yet another beautiful assembly! This is one of my favorite days of the year, so much joy! Thank you again and again for making this day happen.

 Now that was beautiful. Well done team. I am pretty sure EVERYBODY felt the love today. Thank you  from the bottom of my heart.

 That was exceptional. Simply. Amazing.

 Thank you for all the hours it took to create an experience for our whole school to come together as one… Convincing our teachers to be active participants made a HUGE difference. Thank you, thank you, thank you. 

 Please share my thanks with all who helped embed (and thereby affirm) multiple languages in the Hands & Hearts assembly…the emcees, those who led the signing, those who prepped the #StopPoverty vid, and surely many others. It’s great to see our multilingual students “hearted” in all these ways!

 

ARTMARKS 

Culminating an extensive drawing and painting workshop, ES art students welcome you to their most recent exhibition, ARTMARKS. The works displayed celebrate the diversity and individual expression of our talented students. Their unique artworks demonstrate the numerous valuable connections they have made to both themselves and their world. Join us for the opening on Friday, March 17th at 2 pm in the Chevron Gallery. ARTMARKS will be displayed throughout various ES spaces including the library, ES office, and the ES walkways and gardens till the end of March.

 

ISB to Host AMIS Asian MS Honor Orchestra March 16-18, 2023

ISB will be hosting MS string musicians from all over Asia March 16-18, 2023 for the AMIS Asian MS Honor Orchestra. Please join us for the Gala Concert scheduled in the CC Theater at 6:00pm on Saturday, March 18th.