It’s bigger and better than ever. ISB welcomes nine visiting schools from Singapore, Jakarta, Hanoi, Chiang Mai, and Bangkok for two days of fast-paced, intense basketball. Don’t miss the action Friday night and the championship games on Saturday. Check the schedule below to see when our ISB boys and girls teams are playing. Go Panthers!
ISB BASKETBALL INVITATIONAL SCHEDULE
Contact:
Derrick QUINET, Athletic Directorderrickq@isb.ac.th
Habitat for Humanity Club in high school is selling Holiday Cards that you can give to your friends and family. The cards represent a donation in the name of someone you would like to dedicate the card to. Your donation will help fund a Habitat Build in rural Thailand which will be attended by ISB students. Any donation will be a contribution to Habitat for Humanity Thailand. You can get the cards at the Booster Hut until December 3rd. Thank you for your generosity in helping us support our community! If you have any questions, please contact hsh4h@students.isb.ac.th.
We hope you will have a wonderful holiday!
Living in Bangkok we are in a tropical climate, with lots of sun. We all spend time in the sun no matter how hard we try and avoid it. At ISB, students play outside as well as having PE in the sun. With some students already starting swimming for PE we really need to think about limiting their exposure to harmful UV rays. This is a gentle reminder about the risks of sun exposure and how to prevent long term problems.
Excess sun exposure can cause immediate health concerns with sunburn and heat related illnesses as well as long term health issues such as skin cancer. According to the Skin Cancer Foundation people who have 5 or more episodes of sunburn as a child increase their lifetime risk of melanoma (a type of skin cancer) by 80%.
We all need some sun exposure for our bodies to manufacture Vitamin D for healthy bones and immune system. We get adequate Vitamin D from 15-20 minutes of sun exposure a day. The problem is that overall our children are exposed to more than that. We can also supplement our Vitamin D with oral supplements or Vitamin D fortified products.
How do we limit our children’s sun exposure?
(Both at school and at home/whilst on holidays)
Treatment of Sunburn:
ISB is committed to your child’s overall development, both educationally and health related. Should you have any questions or concerns, please contact your healthcare provider or the ISB Health Clinic (nurse@isb.ac.th).
The week of December 10th will be a musical one in the ES! Students in grades 2, 3 and 4 will be sharing their learning through song and dance in their music Celebrations of Learning on December 10th and 11th. On December 12th, join us for an evening of song, dance and poetic interpretation with our Panther Choir, Orff Ensemble and String Ensemble. All events take place in Chevron Theatre and are free of charge!
Angela WONG
angelaw@isb.ac.th
December 13th is the annual Artists Under the Stars from 6:00pm to 8:00pm! Get ready for a cozy evening of awesome performances and a holiday themed event!
Monday, Dec. 3rd, 6:30pm – CCT
Featuring the Wind Ensemble, Intermediate Band and Jazz Band with guest vocalist Todd Amatayakul. Selections to be played include several holiday favorites in addition to contemporary works for the wind band. Enjoy a fun evening of your favorite Carols and other seasonal music to get you in the Holiday Spirit! Free admission and all are invited!
Please join us at 6:30pm Monday, December 4 in the Chevron Theater for Songs of ISB: A night of music from around the world, featuring individual performances by the Middle School Choirs, High School Choirs, and Community Chorus, Choral Union.
Admission is free!
Anthony Giles
PK-12 Arts & Activities Director
anthonyg@isb.ac.th
By: ISB Admissions
admissions@isb.ac.th
Unfortunately, given the transient nature of our community, often we need to bid farewell to families at the end of Semester 1. For those of you who are not returning to ISB after Semester 1, we would like to please remind you to notify the appropriate divisional office/s as soon as possible and complete the withdrawal form to enable us to process school records that will be required by the new school.
Thank you for your attention to this important matter.
We will have a number of uniform samples on display next week for parents, students and teachers to give feedback on. They will be placed in front of the CAO office for the whole of next week, Monday 3 – 7 December.
The samples have been developed based on the feedback received from the community. There are a series of design and fabric options. Your input into the samples is extremely valuable in order to help us move to the next stage of development for the new ISB uniform. Thank you for taking the time to stop by and give us your feedback.
The PTA cordially invites everyone to our January Welcome Wai event
Please visit our next Welcome Back Coffee right after the Christmas break. It’s a great opportunity to meet the new families who arrived over the break and to say hello to old friends on the first day of school in 2019!
Date: Monday 7th January 2019
Time: 7.15- 9.00am
Location: – ISB, MPB 1
Jenna Deacon-Potter & Petra Meeuwesen-Booij
PTA Welcome Wai
Habitat for Humanity is a direct service club at ISB with more than 150 members. Our ISB members help build homes in rural Thailand about 2-3 times a year to contribute to our Thai community. On December 3rd from 10:25 am to 10:55 am, Mr. Timothy Loke will be coming to ISB on behalf of Habitat for Humanity Thailand to give a formal presentation regarding the funding of the organization. We would like to invite all ISB parents to join us in the MPB 1 on the day mentioned to participate in this unique opportunity.
Contact:
Kana TAKECHI
19218@students.isb.ac.th
Steel Panthers in Taipei – November 29-December 1
Please watch our three ISB teams’ progress at the TAS competition live at the streaming link below. Go Steel Panthers!!!
Starting Saturday December 15th, we will have one of the largest, “Winter Break Project” endeavors we’ve seen in some time. There are currently 24 separate projects set to begin on the 15th, all around the school.
We will see the 25m pool being completed, carpet replacements, white board wall painting, AC replacements, a green wall added on both sides of the zigzag, new lighting, door replacements, bird netting in the outdoor gyms, big toy flooring repair and much more.
The major impact to those staying during the break will be work on our athletics facilities. Specifically:
– Field A and the running track (closed all break)
– Most of the area around the Rajendra Gym, Auxi gyms and Breezeway (Closed most of the break)
– Hard top (Closed most of the break)
– Big toy (Closed most of the break)
We will be keeping the tennis courts, Field B, C, D and E open for use. That being said, some hallways and access routes may be blocked or restricted.
We apologize for any inconvenience caused. Should you have any questions, please feel free to contact me.
Contact:
The next “First Friday with Andy” will take place on Friday 7th December at 8:00am in the Orange Room (near the admissions office).
“First Friday with Andy” is an open forum for parents to meet informally with the Head of School and address any topics of interest or concern. No signing up is necessary; simply come and participate if you are free and interested.
Dr. Andrew Davies
Head of School
+66 81 8516277
The ISB Board of Trustees has approved the calendar for the 2019-2020 school year. The team took into account many needs and preferences. The main differences from this year are the later start time for the December holiday (creating better balance between first and second semesters) and the inclusion of a full week holiday in February.
Early Release days and Parent Teacher Conferences will be added and an updated calendar posted as soon as those are in place.
The team creating the drafts and sharing feedback included parents, students, teachers, and administrators. They worked hard to come up with a great year that supports learning. Many thanks to everyone who shared their time, ideas, and perspectives.
Don’t miss this! Starting Monday Dec. 10, the Booster Hut is discounting all tanks and polos along with cropped hoodies, swim shorts, and some of our bestselling T-shirts too. Also, come in and grab some regularly priced gifts as well such as our brand-new Grandma and Grandpa T-shirts. Hurry, because the sale sale ends Friday Dec. 14!
Dear All,
Come to this year’s Mid Year Graduation Ceremony!
Date: Thursday, December 13th
Time: 10.20 am to 11.30 am
Place: MPB 2 and 3
Join two graduating students, Shina Maekawa and Tristan Micheal Klob, and others, to wish them good luck for their future!
Enjoy refreshments and snacks while celebrating these students’ success and achievements!
Contact:
Vartika Bawa
vartika@visersolutions.com
Dear ISB Community,
We would like to wish you all a wonderful holiday. We know our diverse community are going to be enjoying a wide range of traditions and celebrations customary to this time of year and we hope they are joyous, whatever they may be.
We look forward to seeing you back at ISB very soon in 2019. For those that are leaving ISB and Bangkok, we wish you all the very best and hope you’ll visit us when you can! Remember, once a panther always a panther!
Happy Holidays!
Dr. Andrew Davies
Head of School
ISB is now enrolling children from 3 years old into the Early Childhood Program.
Research shows that children are more successful in school and beyond if they are provided with a strong foundation in the earliest years of their lives. For the past couple of years, ISB has been considering an expansion of the learning we offer to younger children so that we can provide them with the ISB standard of education at this fundamental time of their development. We are very excited to announce that from the 2019 – 2020 school year, we will now be taking this important step.
A decision was made at the November board meeting to offer admission to 3 year old children at ISB, beginning August 2019. We will be adding one section of students to our Pre-K/KG quad, and they’ll embark on the same journey of Reggio Emilia inspired discovery, creativity, collaboration and developmental learning that all our young panthers in the Early Childhood program enjoy. We will be renovating the playground and other supporting facilities to cater for this younger group of learners.
We believe that ISB can provide a strong foundation, which can lead to more success for learners throughout their school experience. Here are a few reasons why:
Given that we are only adding one additional section, only a small number of 3 year old students will be able to join in the first year. Should you be interested in enrolling your little one, please email admissions@isb.ac.th for more information and to apply.
Thank you to those that gave feedback on the uniform samples displayed last week on campus.
We received valuable feedback that will help us to create the next round of samples for review. We have compiled the data collected and some key trends that came through were as follows:
The first round of samples were created based on the answers given in the whole school survey sent early in the school year. Your feedback now given on these samples has helped us to refine our choices.
We understand that a change in uniform impacts our whole community and we will continue to ensure that we take into account all the thoughts and ideas of our parents, staff and students to ensure we reach an improved ISB school uniform.
We will have adjusted options for review in the coming months.
