Into the Woods!
Mike Simpson
Secondary School Principal
January 19, 2023
We are very much looking forward to next week’s student production of Into the Woods. The student performers and their dedicated faculty direction and support team have been working hard for weeks and it promises to be a lively and fun performance.
This week, it is Grade 7’s turn to travel to Chiang Mai on their Chinthe Expedition. To get a sense of what they will be doing, you can visit our ISY Facebook Page to see what the Grade 10, 11, and 12 students got up to.
FUNDRAISING GALA
The 5th Annual ISY Fundraising Gala is scheduled to take place on Saturday, March 30, 2024, at the PARKROYAL Hotel Yangon and will be in their Yadanar Ballroom starting from 6:00 pm. The theme will be The Garden of Hope. The Gala supports and links to ISY’s strategic theme of Sustainability. If you are interested in becoming a sponsor of the event, please see this linked sponsorship document with the sponsorship packages and form. Any questions regarding sponsorship should be directed towards our Advancement Associate, May Su Yadana Bo (mbo@isyedu.org) or +95 9 880 441 040, +95 9 964 210 248. You can also see further details about ticket purchases for the event on our ISY Gala webpage and Facebook Event page.
Secondary School Events
This week: January 21-26: Grade 7 Chinthe Expedition (Chiang Mai)
Friday: Quarter 2/Semester 1 Report Cards available on Powerschool
Friday & Saturday: Student Musical Production at ISY (6:30pm – 9:00pm)
Upcoming Events:
February 2-4: SEASAC Arts, Basketball, & Touch Rugby
February 11-16: Grade 8 & 9 Chinthe Expedition
February 17: Family Fun Fair
February 18-23: Grade 6 Chinthe Expedition
IB Diploma Reauthorisation Update
This week, two representatives of the International Baccalaureate (IB) virtually visited with faculty, parents, students, and members of the Board of Trustees as a part of the reauthorization of our IB Diploma Programme.
This visit covered all aspects of our IB Diploma Programme, with meetings focusing on the following categories: Purpose, Environment, Culture, and Learning. The purpose of the meetings was to confirm and expand upon an extensive self-study that we conducted on our IB Diploma Programme.
A school’s reauthorisation to provide the IB Diploma Programme depends upon the outcome of their self-study as confirmed by a visit every 5 years.
We expect to receive our IB reauthorisation report in a month and very much look forward to sharing the outcomes of that report with our community. The visitors identified many programme strengths in all four categories from our self-study and these were confirmed in meetings that were very positive and constructive.
Thank you to those parents and students who met with our IB visitors and participated in our self-study. We would also like to thank all of our community for supporting our IB Diploma Programme. The programme is an integral part of developing compassionate global citizens and lifelong learners who will be a force for positive change in the world.
To learn more about the IB Diploma at ISY, please visit our IB Diploma Programme page on our website.
Chinthe Expeditions Update
Grade 7:
Our Grade 7 students are the next to go on their Chinthe Expedition.
Grade 7 parents, final itinerary and travel information for the Grade 7 Chinthe Expedition can be found in last week’s Friday Notices email from ISY Communications. It was also emailed to you from the Secondary School Office on Thursday. Please review this information with your child. It includes the full travel and activities itinerary and important information about what to pack. Please remember to pack a warm jacket and pants as it gets cold at this time of year in Chiang Mai.
Grades 6, 8, and 9:
Today, we meet with our Grade 6, 8, and 9 students. We explained to them their activity itinerary and travel information. Our Secondary School Office will email this information to parents this Monday morning. Please review this information with your child. It will include the full travel and activities itinerary and important information about what to pack. Please remember to pack a warm jacket and pants as it gets cold at this time of year in Chiang Mai.
Please do not hesitate to contact me if you have any questions about your child’s Chinthe Expedition.
All of this year’s Chinthe Expeditions will be facilitated by the Traidhos Visiting Schools Program (VSP) in Chiang Mai. We partnered with VSP before the pandemic in providing Week Without Walls experiences for our students. We are very pleased to be working with them again.
VSP will work with ISY teachers to create, support, and supervise rich service, cultural, and adventure experiences for our students. Please click on the following links to get a sense of the fantastic location and facilities that we have access to in partnership with VSP:
Activities & Athletics
Here is a link to Mr. O’Sullivan’s Athletics and Activities Blog for up-to-date information regarding Activities and Athletics at ISY.
Swimming Trials
This is a notice for all swimmers that are not in the swim team but think they could be. There will be trials for the swim team on January 22 and 24. These trials will be held after school.
The criteria for making the swim team is:
Elementary school swimmers – must be able to swim one length of freestyle and one length or backstroke or breaststroke.
Middle and high school – must be able to swim and individual medley (25m butterfly / 25m backstroke/ 25m breaststroke stroke /25m freestyle)
Please contact Ms. Khine at hkhine@isyedu.org if you would like your child to trial.
The International School Yangon
20 Shwe Taungyar Street
Bahan Township
Yangon, Myanmar
+95 (0) 9 880 441 040