Panthers Prowl to France

By: Dr. Andrew Davies, Head of School

This is my last submission to Touchstone before my retirement from ISB. After three decades of writing articles, I am pretty sure I hold the records for both number of articles published and the word count!

I would like to take this opportunity to express, on behalf of my wife Gaby and I, our immense appreciation to the ISB community for the support, care, friendships, and amazing experiences over the last 30 years.

We are asked with some regularity why we have stayed at ISB for so long and the answer is a simple one - the people. We do not believe there is a better faculty anywhere in the world than ISB’s, our Classified Staff are magnificent and the best in the business, our parent community is incredibly supportive, understanding and generous, while our students are kind, wonderfully diverse, dedicated and passionate.

Yes, ISB has incredible facilities and resources, but I always say we could take the ISB community to a desolate warehouse and still we would be an excellent school because of the people.

We are also incredibly appreciative of Thailand and the Thai people and feel honored that we have been able to spend so much of our lives here in this beautiful country with a wonderfully welcoming host culture.

Our four children were fortunate enough to graduate from ISB, and like so many of our alumni, they love ISB and are deeply grateful to the school and the community for the education and experiences they had. In total, our family has had an incredible 110 years at the school.

We wish everyone “A bientot” as we head to our house in France. We will be frequent visitors to Thailand and hope to see many in the ISB community in the years ahead.

In closing, very few in life can say that they love the organization they work for, but we can. This had made all the difference.

All the best.

Andy