Author Archives: Dennis Harter

Capturing these unusual times

We are still putting together our Middle School Yearbook and we need photos from home capturing life during these unusual times. Please send photos of home learning spaces and middle school life at home to dennish@isb.ac.th so that we can … Continue reading

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If you are leaving ISB

Families who are leaving ISB at the end of the school year are asked to inform the school as soon as possible using the forms located in the ISB Parent Portal.  This helps us prepare school records for your child … Continue reading

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Appreciation for Parent Feedback

by Dennis Harter, MS Principal dennish@isb.ac.th Last week, parents completed our second parent survey regarding Virtual School. Parent’s feedback helps us identify what is going well and what ways we can continue to improve what we are doing. Thank you … Continue reading

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Student-Led Conferences coming up

by Dennis Harter, MS Principal dennish@isb.ac.th Last week we shared information about the prep work students are doing ahead of Student-led Conferences. Below is a repeat of this announcement, adjusted for timing. This week, in each course, teachers spent time … Continue reading

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Online access to Library eBooks

Running out of things to read? In these times of social distancing and campus closure, our ISB library continues to encourage reading through eBooks and the use of the SORA app (by the company Overdrive). The app allows “checking out” … Continue reading

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Parent Survey on MS Virtual School

In the past 2 weeks, we have made significant changes to the middle school virtual school program. We shifted to a “live” school schedule, using Zoom to connect students and teachers. We adjusted our schedule to keep rotations consistent with … Continue reading

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MS Student-Led Conferences

by Dennis Harter, MS Principal dennish@isb.ac.th Next week, in each course, teachers will be spend some time working with students through a process that guides students to reflect on their learning to date. Students will consider how online learning has … Continue reading

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Help us capture these unique times

Around the world we are seeing unique times and we are all doing our best to adapt to the new situation. We would like to celebrate some of the unique work environments or fun home situations that MS students and … Continue reading

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Adjustment to the “Days”

Looking ahead in the calendar, please note that April 6th will now be a virtual school day. For middle and high school students, this means that to continue our sequence of days: April 6 – Day 6 April 7 – … Continue reading

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Mid-term reporting and student reflection

With virtual school having started in early March and now running for the foreseeable future, we have developed a different method for students to reflect with their teacher on their learning progress so far. In the week of April 6 … Continue reading

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