33 Soi Wachirathamsatit 18,

Sukhumvit 101/1

Bangna

Bangkok

Glory In ternat ional School

Phone: 02-7479179-80, 02-7479754

Fax: 02-7478488

E-mail: info@glory.ac.th

Education Quotation of the Month

A teacher effects eternity; he can never tell

where his influence stops.

-- Henry Adams

GIS firmly believes that the way to make

happy and well adjusted students is to give

them a broad variety of experiences. To this

end we‟ve always been proud to provide mu-

sic education, and we‟re similarly proud to

announce that we are going to offer violin

classes once more.

Every Tuesday a professional music

teacher will come in to class to instruct the

children. There will be no cost to participate

in the class, however parents who wish their

children to participate must provide them with

a violin.

If you have any questions about this excit-

ing program, please contact the office.

For the past term we‟ve been thrilled to have

our students go to Piyarom Sports Club to swim

on Friday afternoons. And while the students

will continue to go to Piyarom those afternoons,

the program they will be attending is changing

for this term.

Friday afternoons interested Primary students

will be able to attend badminton lessons taught

by the coaching staff of Piyarom, free of charge.

As with the violin classes the only cost to par-

ents is the cost of equipment; each child who is

going to participate must bring their own racquet

to the class.

As with everything if you have any questions

about the program please contact the office.

New Programs Offered

Every month since the beginning of term 2 we‟ve tried to instill a separate virtue in the

children, with the goal of over the course of a year making them in to morally healthier and

better adjusted people. As we‟ve had honesty, love and obedience, the month of May will

be our month of kindness.

Over the course of the month we will have activities, discussions and presentations

about the benefits of kindness. We‟re hoping that you will similarly hold your own discus-

sions—in your homes—to help drive the point home. With all of us working together we

can ensure that our children are moral, virtuous and true.

Month of Kindness

Once again we find ourselves in an exciting new month, and the timer is ticking away

towards the end of the year. These upcoming two months are critical times in the year,

when the teachers need to make sure that the students remember everything they will have

to know in the next grade. That is why, as always, it is crucial to have parental support and

participation.

Even something as simple as asking a child what he or she learned that day can help

remind them of the lessons that they might otherwise forget; asking them to say even one

or two things that went on in class can be an invaluable tool in them recalling it later for a

test. Teachers do their best to make sure the students have acquired the skills, but parents

can really help us drive it home.

Together we can make sure that all of our young charges know everything they need to

in order to have a successful year now, and in their next grade.

Matthew Parker.

Letter from the Editor

www.glory.ac.th

Photo Day!

Every school year creates

timeless memories of your chil-

dren. They grow so much over

the year that it can be amazing

to see. And every year GIS is

happy to offer the opportunity

to capture these memories

through picture day.

School pictures will be taken

on MAY 17th. If you wish to

have pictures taken and or-

dered, we will have information

in the office to help you. This

will be done by the same com-

pany that did last year‟s won-

derful photos, and we look for-

ward to seeing what they can do

this year!

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Once again we‟re happy to

announce several new students

have joined us this month, to be

a part of GIS.

In Nursery 1 we‟re thrilled to

be joined by Caitlyn and Justin.

In Nursery 2 we‟re overjoyed to

have Pamela and NiNi in the

class now, and Kindergarten 2

welcomes Sonny.

We‟re happy to have all of

the new students in our halls

and in our shared home. Please

make sure that they are wel-

come!

Coming to GIS from Eastern Tennessee,

where he studied at Tennessee Technical Uni-

versity, Douglas brings a wonderful energy

and buoyant spirit to the school. He is the

newest teacher in the Kindergarten program,

where all of the students are just falling in

love with him.

He has been in Thailand for five years,

with his wife and two daughters Pamela (4,

and a new student in Nursery 2) and Pera (3

months old). And while he has chosen to

make Thailand his home and GIS his passion,

that doesn‟t mean the lover of history and

smooth jazz doesn't miss some things about

America. When asked, he said he misses

American pizza and the soft drink Mountain

Dew more than any other cuisine.

New Students and Teacher

My daughter Neen is studying in P1. She has been studying at GIS for

almost a year and a half. In the beginning she could not communicate at all in Chi-

nese or English, she just knew a couple of phrases that she had been taught at

home. But after only a few months, I found that she was communicating more and

more in those two languages. One thing that showed me she was learning and reas-

sured me was when she mentioned the rule from school that anyone who speaks

Thai—outside of Thai class—had to stand in the red square. It also reassured me

that she thought to ask whether or not they could sit in the square! This showed me

that she was not just learning but thinking in English, and helped to illustrate the

sense of humor from the school.

She, and GIS, have both shown me the great potential for learning lan-

guages, without fear or anxiety, that children have. Right now she can listen,

speak, read, and also write English with her own thoughts and her own imagination.

She loves to sing both English and Chinese songs—and dance to them—at school

and at home. She is always happy to go to school, and always has fun when she is

there. One time we were on the BTS during rush hour, and the trains was very

crowded. Neen said to the crowds (in Thai) “Quickly! Quickly, I want to go to school now!” I had to explain to her they could-

n‟t make the train go any faster. She is always so happy to go to school, even eager to go back at the end of a holiday.

I would like to say “Thanks a million” to the Principals Mr. and Mrs. Chu, to Dr. Sunthorn and Khun Orasa, Mrs. Rose

(the P1 Home Room Teacher). I‟d also like to say thank you so much to all the teachers, administrators and staff at GIS who

give so much time and effort for the kids. I do appreciate it very much and hope that you all will be encouraged with the pro-

gress of all of your students.

Thank you so much,

Supee Loaniyomthai

Neen‟s Mother

This is just a reminder that there will be two holidays during the month of May on which school will be closed. May 5 is

Coronation Day, and May 28 is Visakha Bucha Day. The school will not be open either days, so students should stay at home.

We hope you all have good holidays!

May Holidays

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Water Festival 1

New Students 2

New Teacher 2

Parent’s Corner 2

May Holidays 2

New Programs 3

Month of Kindness 3

Photo Day 3

Letter from the Editor 3

Contents

30/04/2010

Volume 2

Issue 7

One of a student‟s fa-

vorite activities during the

school year comes in the

month of April. The sun

has grown hot in the sky

once more, and the year

seems like it has dragged

on forever with no relief.

And then finally it is time

for Songkran, and the break

that it brings. And the day

before the break students at

GIS look forward to being able to splash their friends and teachers to

celebrate the Thai New Year.

Unfortunately this year we were not able to celebrate Songkran

the day before the break. This was due to a combination of re-testing

for those students who needed it and unease about the protests in the

city. We promised that it would be held early in the third term to

make up for it.

WATER FESTIVAL

On Friday, April 23rd we lived up to that promise and gave the

students a water day. At 2 PM the students were dismissed early

from classes so they could change into better clothing and get their

water guns. From 2 until 3 PM, watery pandemonium reigned over

GIS.

From the smiles on the faces all around the courtyard, it seems

like everyone had a good time. Freddy got people with an old pop-

corn bucket filled with water, while Kin had a water gun longer than

his arm! Even the teachers got in on the act, with Teacher Nick be-

ing brutal with a bucket, and Teacher Matthew hosing students down

with the hose.

It may have been delayed, but absence made the heart grow

fonder and it seems that everyone had a wonderful time at the de-

layed water festival.

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