School Closed for Songkran Break
ISB joins Thailand in celebrating the Thai New Year with the Songkran holiday. ISB will be closed April 10-14, with classes resuming on Monday, April 17th. We wish all families a restful break and hope that students will make the most of the quality time with family.
Students should not have home learning during this break, however, if students are behind on work and need to catch up, this break can be a good time to do so. Without new work coming in, students can spend a little time during the break ensuring they are caught up.
As always, the best thing students can be doing for themselves and their learning during the break is to READ, READ, READ. Parents can model this themselves and everyone in the family can put devices away and enjoy reading books.
Have a wonderful break and we will see you on April 17th!
MS Schedule after the break
We are all excited for the well-deserved, week-long break. ISB will be closed next week and classes will resume on Monday, April 17th. Please note that the Wednesday of that week is an early release day and students will be dismissed at 1:10 PM.
Here’s the schedule for the week of April 17-21:
- Monday, April 17 – Day 3
- Tuesday, April 18 – Day 4
- Wednesday, April 19 – Day 5, Early Release Day, dismissal at 1:10 PM
- Thursday, April 20 – Day 6
- Friday, April 21 – Day 7
HAPPY SONGKRAN!
Chewing gum not permitted in MS
The MS Student Handbook states that, “Gum chewing is not allowed.” Unfortunately, recently, we have had a surge in students chewing gum during the school day. This has led to gum finding its way onto shoe bottoms and on school furniture. Unfortunately, this has added to our cleaning team’s work, which we do not want. Scraping someone else’s gum off of tables, chairs, and bleachers in the gym is not pleasant work.
We are communicating reminders about these guidelines to students, but wanted to keep parents in the loop as well for consistency. Please help communicate to your children that gum is not allowed at school. Your help is appreciated.
MS Art Exhibition April 26th-May 26th Chevron Gallery
Join us for the opening at 1:00pm on Wednesday, April 26th, or stop by Chevron Gallery between April 26th through May 26th to see the diversity and individual expression of our talented MS students on display in this year’s MS Art Exhibition. – Trista Meisner
ISB Music Department presents: A Faculty Recital – 6:30 May 3rd
Join members of the ISB Music Department Faculty and Friends at 6:30pm in the CC Theater for an evening filled with music. Donations go to benefit the Immanuel Orchestra. Cake reception to follow. – MIao Rong Wang
“You’re a Good Man Charlie Brown” May 11-13 CCT
This May, the ISB Middle School Drama is excited to bring to life the world-famous characters of Charlie Brown, Snoopy, and the whole Peanuts gang! It’s time for the musical production “You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown”! Come join us as the characters step out of the comics and on to the stage. Each one has a moment or two to share with us, just like the panels of a comic strip. Sometimes silly, sometimes serious, sometimes crazy… it’s a world of misfits, but somehow they all learn what it really means to find happiness– by being together. Buy tickets starting May 25, Tuesday, before school or at lunch! Seating is limited, so buy in advance. “Don’t want to be late!” Students 100฿, Adults 200฿ Performances on Thursday May 11 (3:30pm afterschool), Friday May 12 (6:00pm evening), and Saturday (2:00pm matinee). – Danny Wall
Boy Scout Troop 701 Flower Sales
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.
MS Athletics Update
Season 4 Registration Update
At this time, registration is back open for all U11/12/14 sports but not for any Panther Sports or Activities. We will update you as soon as our Panther Sports and Activities registration is back open.
ISB Pathways Program and Careers Fair
Dear ISB Community,
We are two eleventh-grade students who are relaunching an event that ISB used to host pre-COVID, Pathways. Please read on for more information.
The ISB Pathways Program seeks to better connect our students with alumni and friends of ISB, who are making a difference through their work in the real world. Through Pathways, we will develop a bank of contact information for individuals with a variety of career experiences for our students to be able to reach out to, collaborate with, and learn from. ISB has offered successful career internship programs for years and career resources through our counseling department but Pathways provides a chance for us to expand our efforts and better utilize our extensive network of alumni, parents, and partner businesses to serve our students better.
ISB is hosting a Pathways Career Fair for high school students and we are asking current professionals or businesses in Thailand to host a table on June 7, 2023. It is a chance to promote your company and your programs and share your experiences and expertise with students currently navigating their choices of study and career.
Please register your interest in supporting this initiative HERE. Deadline: April 30, 2023
We would love your contribution!
Amandine Massard and Ayaka Bijl
Repeat Announcement: Midsemester Comments are in PowerSchool
REPEAT posting from last week:
Earlier this week, teacher feedback comments were posted on PowerSchool for each student from each of their teachers. This formative feedback provides students with areas of strength and areas to target improvement for the remainder of the semester.
For easier access to the comments, we have posted the comments into a single Comments PDF that parents and students can download. The document (like report cards) is password protected and the password is provided to you in PowerSchool. You do not have to click on each class to view the feedback.
This week students were provided time to read through their comments and reflect on areas to attend to during the second half of the term.
look for this set of links
Look for this link when you access PowerSchool – “Download Mid-Semester Comment Report For Semester 2”
Repeat Announcement: Summer School 2023 – Early Bird reduced tuition fees end on….
Dear Parents,
Please note that our Summer School Early Bird reduced tuition fees are available until 3:00pm on Friday, April 28th so register soon!
Summer School this year will be held from Monday, June 19th to Friday, July 7th. Click here to access all other information about dates, programs, and fees, and to submit a registration form online.
Our Summer School Office is located in the ISB Panther Den (Activities Office across from the ISB Bookstore). Khun Fon, our Summer School Office Secretary is there to greet and assist you 7:00am – 2:45pm Mondays to Fridays.
For any questions, please email sumdir@isb.ac.th
Best Regards,
Mr. Maurilio (Moe) Baron-Toaldo
ISB Summer School Director