Dear School Community

Bangkok has been mostly spared from the floods to date and the areas in and around Swiss School Bangkok have not been affected by the waters.

Although RIS has decided for themselves to remain closed during the entire upcoming week, Swiss School Bangkok plans to reopen as scheduled on Tuesday, 25.10.11.

Tomorrow, Monday, 24.10.11, the SMT and the Board meet at the school in order to prepare next week’s AGM. We will then analyze the situation again and take a final decision how to organize the upcoming week.

Please refer to the website and check your emails for updated information.

I wish you all a quiet Chulalongkorn weekend.

Kindest regards 

Michael Gwerder
Principal

Dear Parents and Students

Even though most areas in Bangkok are still spared by the waters, concerns that the flood will affect certain areas of the city are still published on a regular basis in the news.

Public schools are said to reopen on a later date.

At the moment, our school and the areas nearby have not been affected.

As of now, Swiss School Bangkok will reopen as scheduled on Tuesday, 25.10.11.

We will be monitoring the situation and update again on Sunday and Monday.

Please check your emails or refer to the website for updated information.

Kindest regards

Michael Gwerder
Principal

Dear Parents and Students

As you are aware, there are flood warnings for various areas of Bangkok for the days immediately to come (approx. 14.-18.10.11).

Even though the situation is said to be generally stable today and probably even tomorrow in the area where our school is located, for the following reasons, we decided, as a precaution, to close the school precautionary tomorrow, Friday, 14.10.11, for students and teaching-staff during the entire last day before the Chulalongkorn break:

-    media reports in The Nation and Bangkok Post on the current flooding situation and its effects on Bangkok and especially Minburi have been highly ambiguous in the past 48 hours

-    the weather forecast announces “during 13-14 (…) Oct, scattered thundershowers and isolated heavy rain (…)”: http://www.tmd.go.th/en/7-day_forecast.php

-    RIS does not hold classes tomorrow and has cancelled their parent-teacher meetings scheduled for tomorrow, which affects school services such as the clinic or the canteen that will be open only till noon

-    the transportation situation might deteriorate during the course of tomorrow, especially in the afternoon, due to the flooding situation as well as the approaching weekend and Chulalongkorn break
 
In order to use the upcoming class-free day in a school-related way, tomorrow’s classes will be delivered online via the learning material the students take home this afternoon. Additional information on how to use the service will be delivered in the course of this afternoon by our heads of department in a separate e-mail.
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Last, but not least, please regularly check your e-mails, the school website and the intranet for further updates about the situation during and immediately after the Chulalongkorn break.

We would like to thank you very much for your understanding and support of this exceptional precautionary measure and wish you a relaxing Chulalongkorn break - and hope that Bangkok keeps dry!

Kindest regards

Michael Gwerder

Principal

Dear Parents and Students

As you are aware, there are flood warnings for some areas of Bangkok.

According to the Minburi District Office, there has not been issued any immediate flood warning for the Minburi area yet.

Should the weather and flooding conditions change seriously, we will inform you about the steps to be undertaken by the school.

In case of a temporary school closure before or after the Chulalongkorn holidays, we are preparing to provide online teaching.

Bitte überprüfen Sie regelmässig Ihre E-Mails, die Schulwebseite und das Intranet für weitere Updates.
Please regularly check your emails, the school website and the intranet for further updates.

For general information and advice please check the following websites:

www.thaiflood.com
http://www.tmd.go.th/en/

http://www.bangkokpost.com/
http://www.nationmultimedia.com/

http://www.eda.admin.ch/bangkok
http://www.bangkok.diplo.de/Vertretung/bangkok/de/Startseite.html
http://www.bmeia.gv.at/botschaft/bangkok.html

Sincerely yours

Michael Gwerder
Principal