Author Archives: Dennis Harter
Home School Partnership – Student Safety
At ISB, we value our role as partners in the community. As such, we try to reach out to families when we feel there are risky behaviors taking place either by, or to, our student community. It has come to … Continue reading
Reminder – Monday, May 4th Holiday
This Monday, students do NOT have Virtual School in recognition of the scheduled Thai holiday, Coronation Day. School resumes on Tuesday, May 5th with a Day 1.
Collection of Materials
In the coming month, we will be communicating ways in which school materials can be returned to ISB and items that are in lockers can be distributed back to families. We will also be handing out Yearbooks near the end … Continue reading
Student-Led Conferences
We hope by now you have engaged with your middle school children in their “Student-Led Conference.” Students and parents who have shared positive feedback on the process along with a few suggestions for improving, which we appreciate. Most importantly, many … Continue reading
MS Faculty Read-Aloud
by Dennis Harter, MS Principal dennish@isb.ac.th Connected to the launch of the Panther Pounce Reading Challenge (see other announcement in this eNews), the Middle School teachers have joined me in a read-aloud of the popular book about a middle school … Continue reading
Aligning Online Behaviors with ISB Values
Virtual School has put us all in a new situation for learning and we have been really happy with attendance and students’ engagement overall. Of course, we also understand that adolescents can test boundaries and be tempted by all the … Continue reading
50 Years of Earth Days – Awareness and Action
This past week, on April 22nd, throughout the world people recognized the 50th year of Earth Day. At ISB, we hope to spread environmental awareness and action by providing students and families with resources with which to learn more, contribute … Continue reading
Panthers Pounce: The Great ISB Reading Challenge
Let’s “pounce” into our ISB community reading program. Panthers Pounce is an ISB School-wide May reading challenge where everyone – students, staff, and families – can join the fun! You participate by logging your time and reading any book. Your … Continue reading
Student Led Conferences this weekend
by Dennis Harter, MS Principal dennish@isb.ac.th Middle school students have used some class time recently to reflect on their learning up to this point in the year. In particular, this semester has presented new challenges with Virtual School and this … Continue reading
Encouraging Physical Activity with a little Fun
We all know the importance of staying active in this time of home stays and self isolation. Students and teachers alike need to get up and get moving. Our PE department has ensured that students are active and moving a … Continue reading