New Family Portal Sem 2

Dear new parents,

On behalf of the faculty, staff, and administration, congratulations on your child’s admission. We are thrilled your family is joining our vibrant school community.

We hope this page can help you feel informed and assured about the many important details before the start of school for your child. There may still be some steps remaining and we have outlined everything that you need to know and need to do to be ready before that first day.

You are always welcome to contact us at admissions@isb.ac.th at any time if you have any questions.

We look forward to seeing you soon.

With our best regards,

Rebecca, Rosalind, David, Natty, Sun, Tang, Bew.

Starting in Semester 2

Final steps and the first day of school

Final steps and the first day of school

We are looking forward to welcoming you to campus for the start of Semester 2 of 2023/24 school year. Semester 2 will begin on Monday, January 8th.

Prior to the first day of school, we will be hosting a Welcome Day and Orientation events to ensure a smooth transition on to campus. Please mark your calendars, details about both days can be found below.

To ensure the first week of school goes smoothly for your family, we strongly encourage you to complete the items on your child’s checklists prior to January 4. Students will not be allowed to start school without a completed checklist, including medical form and visa approval.

New Family Welcome Day

We warmly invite you to visit ISB any time on Friday January 5 from 9am - 11am or 12pm - 2pm for New Family Welcome events. This day has been designed especially for our new families and students with the following drop-in activities available:

Purchase School Uniforms
Pick-up School ID Cards (Students & Parents only)
Approve Visa and Medical Forms (if not complete)
Register for Bus Transportation
PowerSchool Account Support

Orientation Days

New MS and HS students and their parents are invited to campus between 7:00am - 7:30am to attend division specific orientation events prior to starting class that day. Division specific communications about Orientation Day may have been discussed during your intake meeting with your child's counselor. The ES will have an Orientation session later in the week. Please reference these individual links for each divisions Orientation schedule below:

ES Orientation Day - January 12th
MS Orientation Day - January 8th
HS Orientation Day - January 8th

If you are not available on these dates, please let us know immediately so that we can make arrangements for a late arrival to school.

We look forward to welcoming you to campus soon!

Before you begin at ISB

make sure you have completed these steps

make sure you have completed these steps

Pending Documents

Please always refer to your child's checklist in OpenApply to know what remains to be done. The checklist needs to be completed in order for your child to be able to start attending classes. Having as much done on the checklist before the Welcome Day as possible is highly recommended. If you are not sure about a checklist item or a required step, please get in touch with Admissions. Having an incomplete checklist may result in a delay of your child's start.

Medical Forms

Medical Forms must be submitted by August 1st to ensure your child can start school from the start of the school year. These forms require processing and approval from the school Health Center team. Without approved forms, students will not be able to access the campus and attend classes.

For families who prefer to complete the required medical checks after arrival in Bangkok, ISB has been offered a special medical check package from World Medical Hospital which is located very close to ISB.

Medical checks can also be easily booked and completed downtown. We recommend any of these hospitals:

- Bumrungrad International Hospital (who offer special rates to ISB families for the EKG and Audiometry)
- Samitivej Sukhumvit Hospital
- Bangkok Hospital

Visas

Submit copies of your family’s Thai visas or proof of your Thai nationality. All students must have a valid non-immigrant or educational visa stamped in their passports or have an e-visa certificate (non-immigrant visas only) in order to attend classes at ISB. Parents of students with an educational visa must have the dependent visa (O type visa) stamped in their passport.
We recommend that as soon as your child's visa is available, please upload it to OpenApply.

Local Contact Information

It is important to keep in mind that we will need local phone numbers for all parents and also at least one local emergency contact. This emergency contact can be a neighbor, colleague, secretary etc. and can be changed at any point. You can get a local phone number directly at the airport upon arrival or at any mall.
This information is important for us to have in the event of an emergency and without this, students cannot attend classes at ISB. We understand you may not know this information prior to your arrival and so this is usually one of the final submissions on the checklist.

Transcripts

Students who are transferring to high school (grades 9-12) must have their official transcript(s) from their previous high school(s) for ISB transfer credit, graduation requirements, and future university applications. It is the responsibility of the family for the transcripts to be provided to ISB.
There are three ways to submit the transcripts - electronically or by hand/post in a sealed envelope. See below for details.

By Email: The previous high school(s) can send the official transcript(s) by email to <transcripts@isb.ac.th> or <admissions@isb.ac.th>.

By Hand: The previous high school(s) can give you a copy to hand-deliver to ISB. The transcript(s) must be in a signed and sealed envelope. Please arrange to obtain the signed and sealed transcript(s) prior to your child’s last day of school and do not open it. The transcript(s) can only be accepted and used by ISB if received in a signed and sealed envelope.

By Post: The previous high school(s) can send the transcript(s) via post to the address below. The transcript(s) must be in a signed and sealed envelope. Please arrange to obtain the signed and sealed transcript(s) prior to your child’s last day of school and do not open it. The transcript(s) can only be accepted and used by ISB if received in a signed and sealed envelope.

Registrar, High School Counseling Office
INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL BANGKOK
39/7 Soi Nichada Thani, Samakee Road,
Amphur Pakkret, Nonthaburi 11120 Thailand

Transportation

Getting to and from school

Getting to and from school

There are many ways for students to arrive on campus. For those who live close to ISB, they can walk, ride a bike, or be driven to school in a family golf cart or car. Please note that helmets are required for all students, parents, and ISB employees who wish to ride their bicycles onto campus.

If you are using your family car to send your child to school, please obtain a car sticker by completing this application form. You will be contacted to pick up the sticker(s), once they are ready. Usually after 2-3 school days. Please feel free to check the progress of your vehicle sticker by contacting Khun Wan at <patcharc@isb.ac.th> or 02 9635 800 Ext. 7737.

For families living outside of Nichada Thani, ISB utilizes Montri Bus Company. Students are picked up from their residences each morning and are offered departure times from school in the afternoon which accommodate the majority of school-sponsored after-school activities and sports programs. To sign up for the bus, please visit OpenApply to complete the School Bus Registration Form.

Each bus has a Montri employee that acts as the bus monitor with all buses having communication systems that allow Montri personnel to keep in direct contact with the school.

Buses will leave ISB at the following times:

First buses
- 1:10pm for Pre-K1 & Pre-K2 students
- 2:40pm for Kindergarten to Grade 5 students
- 3:00pm for MS and HS students

Second buses
These buses leave after extra-curricular activities
- 4:00pm for ES students
- 4:10pm for MS and HS students

Third buses
- 5:10pm for MS & HS students only (Tuesday departure at 5:20pm, Friday departure at 4:50pm).

Please note that the second and third buses are not door-to-door services and that these times may change in the future.

You can contact Montri Transport for the nearest drop-off point to your home.
Montri Customer Service
Tel: +66(0) 2906 0160 /+66(0) 2919 9900 Ext. 301-304
Email: info@montri.co.th or cscenter@montri.co.th
Website: www.montri.co.th

Summer Learning Resources

For some practice and fun for the summer break

For some practice and fun for the summer break

Invoices

Click to read

Click to read

The Business Office will provide you with a PDF of the invoice and receipt of payment of the tuition fees. Should you require a hard-copy invoice, please write to our colleague, Ms. Atchara Ounsri and she will be able to assist you. Upon your arrival to campus, you can pick it up at the Business Office or if you share your summer mailing address, we’ll send it to you!
If you have any questions about payment procedures, please feel free to contact Ms. Ounsri or Admissions.

School Calendar & School Hours

This will help you plan your school year

This will help you plan your school year

School Calendar

Have a look at the School Year Calendar to see what will be going on throughout the year and to help plan your family’s holidays.

School Hours

Here are also the school day starting and ending times for each division.
School ends at 1:10 pm for all on early-dismissal days.

Elementary School

Supervision for ES students is provided from 7:00am. ES students are to arrive at or after this time.

– Pre-Kindergarten 1 & 2 – from 7:35am until 1:10pm
– Kindergarten – Grade 5 – from 7:35am until 2:25pm

Middle School

– from 7:40am until 2:45pm

High School

– from 7:50am until 2:50pm
– For IBDP students only - if your first class of the day is an HL class, it will start at 7:20am.

Uniforms, Supplies, ID Cards

Learn about our new uniform and what supplies to bring

Learn about our new uniform and what supplies to bring

Uniforms

We are excited to share that this year we are introducing a new student uniform. You can check out the new designs here. These will be available for purchase at the Book Store.
The uniform consists of a collared shirt and black or khaki shorts, each with the school emblem. Each school section has a different shirt color. White for Pre-K, red for ES, green for MS, and blue for HS.
Physical Education (PE) uniforms are unisex and consist of black shorts and a white or yellow sports shirt. ISB uniforms can be purchased on campus year-round at the Book Store from 7:30am-2pm.

ES students wear their PE uniforms all day on the days they have PE class, which is every other day. MS and HS students must change into their PE uniforms and back into their school uniform for their next class.

School Supplies

We advise you to wait before purchasing any items prior to your arrival but your MS or HS child is welcome to bring their own. Please note that:

For ES students, no school supplies are necessary as any items students would need are provided for them in their classrooms. Their teachers will inform you during the first week and throughout the year if any additional supplies are required. For the first week, we only require that students are in the correct uniform (Collared/PE), and bring a backpack, water bottle, and a hat. The ES office will share what uniform is required for your child’s first day.
Students in MS and HS are provided with a MacBook Air laptop for their school work during class and to take home for schoolwork. Students can use their own supplies or purchase anything required for class at the Book Store. We provide a recommended list of items or sell a supply pack to help with this. Please note that all HS students are required to have a graphing calculator (TI-84 Plus recommended) also available for purchase at the Book Store.

ID Cards

All students and parents are also issued an ID card. This will take place during the Welcome Day.

For ES students, this card is only for campus access and book borrowing.

For MS and HS students, their cards are also used for printing, buying food/drinks, and also work as their locker key.

The parent ID cards are for campus access and for purchasing food, drinks, supplies and can also be used to pay for student activities. Families have the option of charging money to the cards manually at the Book Store, our kiosks on campus, or via the Parent Portal (click here for the how-to guide).

If you would like an ID card for another member of your household, such as a helper, nanny, or driver, please contact K'Wan. These ID cards will be available for order shortly after the start of the school year.

Activities

Something for everyone!

Something for everyone!

With all the activities on offer at ISB, your child will be able to make the campus their second home. Whether it’s sports, arts, community service, we are certain your child will find passions to follow here.

During orientation, you can inquire about how to sign your child up for Season 3 activities and the ES Explore Program.

You can review the activities available at ISB by visiting the Student Life page and there’s even more on the ISB Athletics and Panther Activities pages. There is something for everyone, even the parents, who can join the Adult Education classes or help run/organize activities for children.

If you have any questions about activities, please contact the Panther Activities Office.

Connect with a current ISB family & Student Ambassadors

Meet your community

Meet your community

As a new family to our community, if you would like to get in touch with an ISB parent, or someone from your home country already in our community, please let us know and we will do our best to connect you during the summer.

We aim for all new students to have a positive start and so we select some of our returning students to help any newcomers adjust to ISB.

Elementary School
Your child will be assigned a classroom buddy on their first day of school.

Middle School & High School
Our Student Ambassadors will meet your child during orientation. They will be your child’s ‘go-to person’ at the start of the year and will help them get around the campus for the first few weeks, introduce them to new friends, and share their experiences.