Songkran blues

Some days it is hard to keep smiling, I am talking about the most awaited celebration of Sonkran at CIS. It was a day many Kids (and adults) looked forwards to, finally after two years we would be able to have a day full of Songkran activities and water fun. We are truly sorry Kids and all the people that worked so hard organizing for this day. Let’s hope that next year we have more luck.

CIS Open House happened . . .

The PTA made a recording of the speeches about the IB program by: Dr. Razik, Dr. Russel, Mr. Goetschmann and Dr. Leung – IBDP.  Those who are interested to get a copy (VCD) please place your order with Kuhn Cin at the front desk or sent us an Email (cispta555@gmail.com).

”PTA Meet and Greet” about “Positive Parenting”

There was a ”PTA Meet and Greet” about “Positive Parenting” for the EYP, thank you Miss Suzie Shih for the time and effort you put had in this. The PTA recorded the whole session and made a VCD for Parents who missed the event, if you like to get a copy and the documentation please leave your name with Kuhn Cin at the front desk or sent us an Email (cispta555@gmail.com).

Learning Multiple Languages in Our Global Village

On April 3rd, 2009, Dr. Li-Rong Lilly Cheng gave a seminar on the Importance of being multilingual / multicultural in the 21st century.  She talked about the communicative and cultural competence. 
The seminar was attended by many parents and teachers from CIS and other schools. Dr. Li-Rong Lilly Cheng has been an informative resource person and we want to express our gratitude to her.

Soccer

Can U Kick it, and sure they can, we see our little Guy’s have a lot of fun with Mr. Darren. Last week at ISB they played for one hour and the Player who performed the best was awarded a trophy, which will be passed on to the next valuable Player in the coming game..

Car parking:

Dear Friends, We would like to ask you to help the School and the environment by turning of your car engines whilst parking at the School premises.

Billing

Confusion about invoices where addressed at latest Parent Coffee meeting, The healthy dialog we have with the School administrators presents opportunity to get the minor problems discussed and solved before they become major issues.

Appeal . . .

We are looking for a new PTA Corner editor, Khun Varadome the Father of Ploy did a great job in coordinating our monthly newsletter. He however has loads of work now. We wish to express our gratitude to him and we hope that he will still pop by from time to time as we will always appreciate an input from Khun Varadome.

One more thing

When I came to Thailand 15 years ago I noticed that the beauty of this Country got buried many times under litter and all kinds of trash. Although sometimes I hear people complain about, and witness some halfhearted efforts of our Government to do something about it, I notice that it is only getting worse. How about a small project with our Kids to make the place cleaner, starting at School and where we live?

Theo Beckers