BASIS International School Bangkok eNewsletter

Message from the Head of School

Dear Families!

ECAs commenced this week – and appeared to go well! The first week is invariably the most challenging – so well done to everybody involved!

I kindly ask that we consider that Student Hours take precedent over ECAs. Lovely that we have a variety of sporty things for children – but, maintenance of high academic standards is the priority in all BASIS schools!

Grade 6 and 7 parents – please be aware that you are invited to a coffee morning commencing at 0815 on Tuesday of next week - March 8^th! We arranged for a child psychologist to come and chat about adolescence and parenting young teens!

Please be aware that the most influential factor in children’s success is PARENTS! Please do check children’s CJs; underpin subtly that education and school are hugely important matters; try to read a bedtime book with younger children. You mummies and daddies are by far and away the greatest arbiters in children’s academic success!

One of our families – one of us… bravely deals with a babe who perpetually requires medical procedures to combat a serious medical condition. I am taken aback at the stoicism of our babe who makes no mention of the procedures they regularly endure. In consequence, I wanted to make you aware of the STEM CELLS MIRACLE RUN on 12/13^th March 2022 in Koh Chang – and our opportunity to make a contribution to the RAMATHIBODI FOUNDATION, that undertakes research into combatting Leukemia, Thalassemia, Aplastic Anemia and more amongst children… Donations may be made via the following – and are tax deductible:

BANGKOK BANK 0903500155

KASIKORN BANK 8792004483

SIAM COMMERCIAL BANK 0263052163

Regards,

Alan

2022-2023 Academic Calendar

Our 2022-2023 Academic Calendar has been realeased! Click the link below to download it.

2022_2023_BISB_Academic_Calendar.pdf

Re-Enrollment for the 2022-2023 Academic Year

It's time for enrollment for the 2022-2023 academic year! Re-enrollment forms can be found at this link, and are due back on Friday 25^th March 2022. Invoices will be sent home beginning on Friday, 1^st April and payment of the deposit is due by Friday, 29^th April. The deposit will be applied to the first semester's tuition fees.

If you pre-paid 2022-2023 tuition fees, you will NOT need to submit the form. Please be sure to submit your Re-Enrollment online, as we are unable to hold a space for your child without it, and we look forward to your return!

New Dismissal Time for Early Years ECAs

As we have started the first week of ECAs for our little ones, we realize that younger students take a longer time to travel from their activity to the pickup area. As a result, we are changing the pickup time for Early Years ECAs Only to 3:45 PM beginning next week. We hope this will help avoid a traffic backup as the older grades are dismissing. Thank you for your cooperation!

Coffee Morning for G6 and G7 Parents - Tuesday, March 8 at 8:15 AM

To RSVP for the Grade 6 & 7 coffee morning on Tuesday, March 8th, please reach out at our LINE Official @bisb by today, Friday March 4. Thank you!

"For the Love of Reading" Contest Results!

Our For the Love of Reading Contest came to a close on Monday. We are so proud to announce that our Tusker Reader's read over 96,000 minutes collectively in the month of February!

The top prize of a donut and pool party has been awarded to:

Grade 6 Iron, with 23,486 minutes!

Second place, awarded a visit to the BASIS treasure box, went to:

Grade 1 Calcium , with 15,026 minutes!

In this contest, we not only wanted to celebrate whole class achievement, but also recognize the efforts of individual students. Individual winners were divided into two categories; the top 3 readers in grades 1-3 and the top 3 readers in grades 4-7.

Prizes for our individual top 3 winners include:

First place - 500 THB voucher for BASIS merchandise of your choice

Second place - BASIS cap

Third place - BASIS water bottle

Our top three winners in grades 1-3:

Shogun - 1 Calcium - 2,114 minutes
Manghung - 3 Argon - 2,099 minutes
Tina - 2 Lithium - 1,992 minutes

Our top three winners in grades 4-7:

Praew- 7 Zinc - 4,898 minutes
Anan - 6 Iron - 3,631 minutes
Pan Pan - 6 Iron - 2,322 minutes

Congratulations to all of our winners! This is truly an amazing achievement.

Final Results:

Grade	Total Minutes
6 Iron	23,486
1 Calcium	15,026
5 Cobalt	10,945
1 Magnesium	8,438
2 Potassium	6,336
2 Lithium	6,262
7 Zinc	6,258
3 Argon	6,144
6 Nickel	4,656
3 Neon	4,628
4 Germanium	4,548

This Week's Student Spotlight

Congratulations to Guangjia 6Fe, who received 2nd Prize for the Woodwind Solo (U15) at the 4th Valaya Alongkorn Virtual International Music Competition 2021. This competition is presided over by Her Royal Highness Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn and Her Royal Highness Princess Sirivannavari Nariratana Rajakanya with the purpose to encourage development of skills in music for students in Thailand, to build the network of cooperation in music, and to provide a stage to showcase musicians. Check out the awesome performance below!