Nord Anglia Education
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St Andrews Bangkok
21 August, 2017

STA opens new High School location near Ekkamai BTS

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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.

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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.

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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