Anti-Cyberbullying Wallpaper Design Competition!

“Cyberbullying isn’t cool, but a new ipod is! Help fight cyberbullying at ISB and win a new iPod shuffle!”

THE COMPETITION
Design a Wallpaper (desktop image) for the MS Computer Lab computers using whatever software you prefer (MS Paint, MS Word, InDesign, PowerPoint, PhotoShop etc.). You can use images from online, however the bulk of the design should be your own work. Any images must not infringe copyright, you can tag “creative commons” when you do your online image search. The theme of your design should be centered around ISB being against cyberbullying.

PRIZE
One winner will receive a 1GB Apple iPod shuffle 3G (3rd Generation)
Additional selected entries will be used as the desktop wallpaper in the MS Labs for a couple of weeks.


RULES

1. Competition ends Monday, October 6th

2. Your Wallpaper must be 1280x1024 pixels in JPG format. Need help, then you can see Khun Eed or Khun Apple in the MS Computer Labs.

3. All entries should be dropped in the StuShare>MS>CyberSafety Wallpaper folder, no later than the evening of Monday, October 6th. This will give the judges time to compile all entries and award the winners during the next day’s Synergy.

4. Save your design as your student number eg.2054333.jpg You can enter as many times as you like, if you submit a second entry ad and an ‘a’ on the end eg. 2054333a.jpg. Subsequent entries should have b, c, d etc.

5. Criteria used to judge the work includes artistic design, visual effect and clear message. The winner will be judged by individual faculty members - their decision is final.

6. Any questions should be directed to Mr Bates in person or e-mail (cybersafety@isb.ac.th).

8. The winner will be announced during Synergy on Tuesday, October 6th.

Good luck, I look forward to seeing the designs.

Chad Bates

Transfer from Word Document to Notebook Software - Anurag & Vignesh

Whenever you work on Microsoft Word do you feel like putting cool looking stars, smiley faces, and flowers? I will tell you how you can do that! You have to open a Notebook File on a computer/laptop. After that you go to the magical marker and click it. Afterwards, you just scribble around and then when you are finished scribbling. You just take the black pointer and you select the part where you scribbled. Then you right click or press “CTRL+C”. That will allow you to copy and then you open a Microsoft Word document. You press “CTRL+V” to paste or right click and “Paste”. It will show you the same thing as what you did in Notebook File.

Let’s put the transfer aside for a while. If you didn’t know you know you can actually put a background like “Snowflakes, Sunrays, and Rainy days”. Instead of just putting normal colors you put backgrounds, which is awesome because you can put it on an occasion. So make your essays and/or Narratives more attractive by putting slimy Magic Maker and achieve an A+.

Popcorn by Margaret and Shawnie

A lot of people enjoy eating popcorn because it is yummy and people like the crunchy sound of it. I’ll tell you the history of the popcorn.

Popcorn (also known as popping corn) is a type of corn which explodes from the kernel (baked corn) and puffs up when heated. Special varieties are grown to give improved popping yield. Some wild types will pop, but the cultivated strain is Zea mays averta, which is a special kind of flint corn. The process of making popcorn was first discovered by the Native Americans thousands of years ago who believed that the popping noise was that of an angry god who escaped the kernel. Popcorn was very popular during the 1890s but at the World War 1, they started to eat nuts instead of corn but during the World War 2, the Americans ate three times more popcorn than before because of the sugar that was going overseas.

The popcorn pops because the outer part of the kernel is both moisturized and strong. The popcorn pops as the oil and the water are heated past the boiling point, they turn the moisture in the kernel into a superheated pressurized steam, contained within the moisture-proof hull. Under these conditions, the starch inside the kernel gelatinizes, softening and becoming pliable. The pressure continues to increase until the breaking point of the hull is reached. The pressure is about 180 degrees Celsius. The hull ruptures rapidly, causing a sudden drop in pressure inside the kernel and a corresponding rapid expansion of the steam, which expands the starch and proteins of the endosperm into airy foam. As the foam rapidly cools, the starch and protein polymers set into the familiar crispy puff.

Every Wednesday and Friday the school will be selling popcorn. We interviewed Ms. Virginia and Ms. Noriko on why they’re selling popcorn. This is what they said:

‘Why are you selling popcorn?’

Ms. Virginia and Ms. Noriko, “Well, we are selling popcorn because we want to raise money for the PTA (Parent Teacher Association).

Information and pictures from: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Popcorn

Meg Cabot Visits Bangkok! By Grace

Get this- Meg Cabot is visiting Bangkok soon!

That’s right; the author of the bestseller Princess Diaries series and several other popular teen romances (like Guy Next Door and All-American Girl) is visiting us here in Thailand. I can’t wait; she’s one of my favourite authors!

On the 8^th of October, she’ll be at the B2S bookstore in Central World shopping mall, from 1500 (3.00 pm) to 1700 (5.00 pm); and on the 10^th of October, she’ll be signing books at Kinokuniya bookstore in Siam Paragon, from 1630 (4.30 pm) to 1800 (6.00 pm). For enquiries on these visits, email sw@deliveringasia.com.

More information about Meg Cabot, her achievements, and her Asia tour can be found at http://www.prlog.org/10109581-bestselling-author-meg-cabot-to-tour-asia-october-2008-hong-kong-singapore-bangkok.html and her website, http://www.megcabot.com/tourinformation.php.

The image (Princess Diaries: Take Two jacket cover) was taken from http://www.macmillan.com.hk/pma/english/02a.jpg.

The 2nd Quarter by Matt & Robbie

The first quarter is coming to an end which means the 2^nd quarter is coming up with new electives for everybody. Some people may be disappointed to have a class end or some people will be happy to leave their current classes. We asked some of our classmates on whether they want the quarter to end or not.

Tim said, “I don't want the quarter to end because I have good classes like life in the middle and drama.”

“No, I don’t want the quarter to end because I like my electives”, said Ethan.

Pranav said, “I want the quarter to end because I want to experience new classes.”

Afek stated, “I don't want the 2^nd quarter to come because I have life in the middle and woodworking and those classes are enjoyable.”

Win said, “I don’t care if the quarter ends or not.”

Sasha said, “I want this quarter to end only because I don’t like photography class.”

We want to stay in life in the middle because it’s a fun class and not the hardest class out there. If you don’t want the quarter to end just look at it this way, the 2^nd quarter starting means it’s one step closer to winter break.

Chiang Mai- Sara

Every year, there are overnight trips for every grade level. Each of them go to different places. Sixth grade is going to Kanchanaburi, seventh is going to Korat and eight grade is going to Chiang Mai! People who are in ninth grade now and that have been here since sixth grade have said that Chiang- Mai was the best trip they had ever had. There are many fun activities to do there. Some of them are rock climbing, white water rafting, and kayaking. The Eight grade is going to have a chance to get to choose the activities they want to do this week. The reason that they are picking so early is because it takes a lot of preparation and time to arrange it all. The students are going to get to Chiang Mai by train and in total of the four nights of the trip they spend half on the train, one in Prem Tinsulanonda International School and then another night in another place. We get three trains, and there will be about 40 students per section of the train. You can choose who you would like to be near in the train. It’s going to be an awesome trip because you will basically have 4 days off from school away from the city and you get to spend time with your friends and even get a chance to make new ones. The plus’ and minus’ of the trip are that there are that on Monday we will still have school and leave straight after, and then when we get back Friday morning, we get no school for the rest of the day while the rest of the Middle Schoolers will be getting back from their trips early afternoon. One thing that everyone should be aware of is that there are bugs, so you may want to bring a lot of bug repellent. All I know is that everyone is extremely excited for this trip and that it will be a blast!

ISB SPIRIT NIGHT BY TIM

LAST WEEK WAS SPIRIT NIGHT. AND AS WE ALL KNOW, IT’S A CHANCE TO GET TOGETHER AND HAVE FUN WITH FRIENDS OR YOU COULD COME TO CHEER FOR YOU PANTHERS. ONE OF THE REASONS MOST PEOPLE GO IS FOR THE FOOD, THE DRINKS, AND THE CANDY! THE BOYS AND GIRLS WERE BOTH AMAZING, MAKING IT INTO THE FINALS. UNFORTUNATELY FOR ALL PANTHER FANS, THEY WERE VERSING THE BEST, THE BADDEST, THE UNDEFEATED THAI TEAM. BOTH TEAMS GOT CRUSHED AND WERE BEAT OUT TWO GAMES TO NOTHING. MOST OF THE FANS WERE DISSAPOINTED BUT STILL THEY HAD TO BE PRETTY PUMPED TO SEE THEM MAKE IT INTO THE FINALS. I TALKED TO SOME OF THE PEOPLE WHO WERE WATCHING THE GAME AND HERE’S WHAT THEY SAID.

ETHAN SAID, “ISB WAS AWESOME, MY SISTER WAS ON THE TEAM AND ACED SO MANY PEOPLE.”

ROBBIE STATED, “MY BROTHER WAS THE LIBRERO, HE’S THE GUY THAT HAS TO DIVE FOR THE BALL. IN MY OWN WORDS I HAVE TO SAY HE WAS A BEST!”

MATT SAID, “I COULDN’T TAKE MY EYES AWAY FOR A SECOND”

NOLAN SAID, “ISB! ISB! ISB!”

AS YOU CAN SEE, MANY PEOPLE LOVED SPIRIT NIGHT BY THE WAY THERE’S A SPIRIT NIGHT THIS FRIDAY FROM FOUR THIRTY TO SEVEN THIRTY FOR THE ISB SOCCER TEAM. SO GRAB A POM POM AND START CHEERING.

Chewing Gum! By Grace

A lot of middle school students like chewing gum. In fact, you may like chewing it yourself (even though it is banned during school hours). Here is a bit about the history of chewing gum that maybe you didn’t know before, as well as some ISB MS students’ opinions to ‘chew’ on!
Researchers discovered that Mayans who lived in Central America chewed chicle, a natural gum that comes from the latex of the Sapodilla tree and later went on to become one of the main ingredients in chewing gum.

Thomas Adams, a New York inventor, has to be credited for the first creation of the official chewing gum. He was hired by a Mexican General in 1869 to invent a new kind of rubber using chicle. Admittedly, he failed at creating a new kind of rubber, but what he did do was produce the first modern chewing gum ever. He named it Adams New York No. 1 (kind of like Chanel No. 5, isn’t it?).

Now, there’re more than a thousand types of gum manufactured and sold in the U.S., and they come in all kinds of crazy shapes and flavors. What do the middle school students here in ISB feel about this ‘phenomena’, then? Let’s check it out.

“It’s good stuff, it makes me happy,” 6th grader Margaret said, joking that it ‘made her feel like a gangster’. 7th grader Shawnie said that some flavors, like lemon, are so nice that it makes her want to swallow the gum. Khun E said that gum’s good to chew when you’re in an airplane and the pressure’s just getting to your head (I so agree! Ever been on a super-long flight and your head’s just killing you- then you remember chewing gum?). 6th grader Raimy said, “I like chewing gum because it comes in many flavors. I would just say it’s awesome!” Oda, who’s also in 6th grade, agreed about the ‘awesome’ bit. “It’s good and fresh!” she said.

I myself like chewing gum- especially Wrigley’s spearmint flavor. The flavor always feels so fresh and it’s as good as any other candy you pop into your mouth. It’s also very convenient to just pop a few sticks of gum in your bag to pull out and chew occasionally.
What do you feel about chewing gum?

The history of chewing gum was taken from http://www.nacgm.org/consumer/storyof.html, while the image was taken from http://www.buzzle.com/img/articleImages/121225-5med.jpg.