STA opens new High School location near Ekkamai BTS

STA opens new High School location near Ekkamai BTS A fantastic first day of the school year, with almost 800 students and over 100 teachers and Learning Support Assistants settling very quickly into our new High School.

What a fantastic first day of the school year, and first day of our new St Andrews International School Bangkok High School. It has been great to see how all the students and teachers have settled so quickly into the new school, and walking around this afternoon it was almost impossible to tell that it was all so new for everyone, and especially for all of our new students, Year 7, who are new to the High School, and over thirty new High School teachers and Learning Support Assistants. We welcome you to all to St Andrews’ High School.

What a fantastic first day of the school year, and first day of our new High School. It has been great to see how all the students and teachers have settled so quickly into the new school, and walking around this afternoon it was almost impossible to tell that it was all so new for everyone, and especially for all of our new students, Year 7, who are new to the High School, and over thirty new High School teachers and Learning Support Assistants. We welcome you to all to St Andrews’ High School.

It has been a very busy day, with students beginning the day by spending two hours with their Tutors, during which they received copies of their timetables and details of their logins and lockers, as well as discussing What makes a Great St Andrews Community.

Before break, we had our first High School Assembly of the new school year, gathering almost 800 students and over 100 teachers and Learning Support Assistants in the Atrium of the Red Building.

During the day, all of the students also took part in a “Treasure Hunt” around the new High School to make sure that they know where everything is. Now that they have all completed this, I can share this diagram, showing which subjects are on each floor.

As you can see, we have three further floors to develop for next year and, as soon  as we are settled in to our new High School we will start to plan how to make the school even better next year.

We ended the day with an evacuation walk-through, to ensure that all students and teachers are aware of these very important procedures. There will be a full fire drill in the near future.

Below are some highlights of this year’s High School Calendar, including the forthcoming Parents' Information Evenings and the dates of this term’s Grade Reports and Parent/Student/Teacher Meetings. In next week’s Newsletter I will include a full calendar for what is going to be an amazing first term at our new High School.

Roo Stenning
Head of High School

 

 

High School Calendar: Term 1
Tuesday 29th August	Year 7 Parents' Information Evening
Tuesday 5th September	Year 8 Parents' Information Evening
Thursday 7th September	Year 9 Parents' Information Evening
Tuesday 12th September	Years 10 and 11 Parents' Information Evening
Thursday 14th September	Years 12 and 13 Parents' Information Evening
Monday 25th September	INSET Day: School closed for students
Friday 13th October	Memorial Day for the Late King Rama IX
Friday 20th October	Year 11 and 13 Grade Reports published
Monday 23rd - Friday 27th October	Half-Term
Tuesday 31st October	Year 9 Options: Parents’ Information Evening
Thursday 2nd November	Year 13 Parent/Student/Teacher Meetings
Tuesday 7th November	Year 11 Parent/Student/Teacher Meetings
Friday 24th November	Year 7, 8 and 9 Grade Reports published
Tuesday 28th November	Year 7 Parent/Student/Teacher Meetings
Thursday 30th November	Year 8 Parent/Student/Teacher Meetings
Tuesday 5th December	Father’s Day: School Closed
Thursday 7th December	Year 9 Parent/Student/Teacher Meetings
Monday 11th December	Constitution Day: School Closed
Friday 15th December	End of Term 1