Author Archives: Dennis Harter
Laptops at home – setting expectations and guidelines
As you know, ISB middle school students are assigned a laptop for school and home use starting in grade 6. This year, unlike our usual practice, even the grade 6 students have the laptops at home. We did this to … Continue reading
Middle School Remote Learning Plan for School Opening
by Dennis Harter, MS Principal dennish@isb.ac.th If your child will be starting the 2020-21 school year away from ISB, connecting online to the learning program, please inform the MS office – msoffice@isb.ac.th. Teachers need to know who is studying remotely … Continue reading
First Day of School for Middle School
By Dennis Harter, MS Principal dennish@isb.ac.th It’s finally here! The first day of school is upon us. Teachers, counselors, admin and staff are excited to be welcoming students back on campus again to start the 2020-21 school year. Middle School … Continue reading
Adjustment to MS School Uniform Policy
Middle School students must wear ISB school uniform to attend school. This year, due to safety requirements, we have adjusted our uniform guidelines to allow for less time spent in locker rooms before and after P.E. To start the 2020-21 … Continue reading
A Final Thank You
by Dennis Harter, MS Principal dennish@isb.ac.th We know that expressing gratitude is an important exercise both in the positive contributions it makes to the recipient AND the important boosts in mental health it offers the expressor of thanks. Gratitude is … Continue reading
Congratulations to our Grade 8s
by Dennis Harter, MS Principal dennish@isb.ac.th On Thursday, we celebrated the completion of middle school by our grade 8 students with our Moving On Ceremony. This year’s ceremony took place online, with a broadcast to our students and families. We … Continue reading
Fitting End of Year Assembly
Per tradition, we ended the 2019-20 school year with our End of Year Assembly. Of course, this year that assembly took place online over Zoom, rather than in the Chevron theater with our students and teachers in the audience. Given … Continue reading
Middle School Schedule for Final Week
by Dennis Harter dennish@isb.ac.th As you will have seen in the school-wide email sent from the Head of School’s Office, we will not be able to have students on campus for our final week of school. We had been hopeful … Continue reading
School Materials Collection and Return
Now that we know we aren’t able to have students back on campus, we need to use a system to return students’ personal belongings that are here at school and collect the school materials that students still have at home. … Continue reading
We all need a RECHARGE this Summer
by Dennis Harter dennish@isb.ac.th As we wind up the school year, students, parents, and teachers alike have worked hard, stared at a computer for way too long, and are exhausted. The strain of global news, the pandemic’s impact on travel … Continue reading