This document provides information about the boarding community at Prem school. It introduces the boarding team which includes the director of boarding, heads of boys and girls boarding, learning mentors, nurses and other support staff. It describes the academic support available to boarding students including evening study sessions and tutoring. It also outlines support provided to parents of boarding students such as communication with the director of boarding and participation in parent events. Finally, it mentions the exploria program requirements for boarding students.

1. Welcome to the Prem boarding
community – at home

2. and away……..

3. Our Boarding Team

4. Boarding Executive
• Linda Buck
Director of Boarding / School Counselor
• Stephanie Watson
• Deputy Director / Head of Girls Boarding
• David Buck
• Head of Boys Boarding / Director of Cricket
• Devikara Devakula (Prim)
• Learning Mentor Student Support
• Kailash Mani
• Boarding House Parent / Teacher

5. Secretary to Director of Boarding
• Miss Juthamard Wongrujipairoj (K. Lin)
• Secretary to the Director of Boarding
• Corresponds with the Parents, Guardians, and Boarding
Staff
• Thai translations.
• Pocket money, contingency accounts, bank accounts
and ATM cards.
• Travel bookings/arrangements.

6. Boarding Nurse
• Miss Arunothai Teeyawaroonkron (N. Aon)
• A residential nurse lives in the boarding community
• If a student is absent from school through sickness they will remain in
their room and the Nurse will monitor.
• Hospitalisation of a student – the Nurse will sleep over at the hospital.
• Nurse holds a clinic in boarding every evening.
• If Nurse is off duty, then a fully qualified nurse is available on campus 24/7
to attend to any medical matters students may encounter at any time.

7. Teachers/Boarding Parents
• Kailash Mani
• Academic English Program
• Sonam Yeshey
• Dzongkha Teacher
• Jun Zhang
• Intensive English Program

8. Boarding Learning Mentors
• Student Support
• Devikara Devakula (Prim)
• Elizabeth Harrington
• Fanqi Zeng (Qi)

9. Boarding Learning Mentors
• Student Support
• Quinn Hughes
• Greg Wilson – Junior School
• Intergration Coordinator
• Igor Van Bever

10. Boarding Learning Mentors
• PE Support
• Paul Wragg
• Music Support – Junior School
• Jessica Wragg
• Art Support - Junior / Senior
• Jurme Choden

11. Academic Support for Boarding
Students
• Academic Support
• Boarding students at Prem have great opportunities to
further their education out of the classroom with:
• Supervised study sessions in the evenings and on weekends
• Time spent with the learning mentors in the boarding
clusters
• Access to academic staff after school hours when requested
• Tutors are also available after school for boarding students.

12. PREP ROSTER FOR ACADEMIC STAFF
SEMESTER 1 (17/8-
17/1)
MON TUE WED THU LOCATION
juniors 16.30-17.30h boarding staff boarding staff boarding staff boarding staff library 1st floor
G6-7 18.30-20.00h TAMMY CHRYSTAL H/ LYNNE M JAMES PINKARD SUSAN M room 13
G8 18.30-20.30h PANWARA CATHERINE P PATRICK MCCALLUM KATHRYN O room 12
G9 18.30-20.30h ELKE V SONAM SUKANYA PETER PLAMPING room 11
G10 18.30-20.30h LYNNE MORRIN HELENE TOUZE SARAH PORTER ROBERT SERVICE room 39
G11 18.30-20.30h ALUN C GAETAN BOINET LUKE MACANN STEPHEN S room 38
G12 18.30-20.30h LINDA KAY MADELINE & GITA KAI JOE W library 2nd floor
SEMESTER 2
(18/1- 17/6)
MON TUE WED THUR LOCATION
juniors 16.30-17.30h boarding staff boarding staff boarding staff boarding staff library 1st floor
G6-7 18.30-20.00h YUWADEE M KIRSTY JEREMY G GILL T room 13
G8 18.30-20.30h ANITA MCCALLUM WANNAPA ELISABETH W LAURA W room 12
G9 18.30-20.30h MALA DORSET ULRIKE JONES SAOWALAK CASEY G room 11
G10 18.30-20.30h BORYS M MELVIN JONES DUANG WEN LI room 39
G11 18.30-20.30h JULIE BOURGET STEPHEN MCILROY DONAL O KULLAKANYA D room 38
G12 18.30-20.30h MIKE MATTHEWS MADELINE & GITA MARTIN N ALI DANGERFIELD library 2nd floor

13. Support for the Parents of Boarding Students
• Regular Contact with DOB
• The Director of Boarding is available in term time, and is contactable during the school breaks.
• PSC
• Prem school has an active Parent School Community organisation (PSC) and all parents are invited
to participate in the activities of the association when their travels allow them to be available. PSC
meetings are streamed so that boarding parents can view the meeting live.
• Parent Teacher Conference
• The school holds parent-teacher conferences several times each year. The dates are shown in the
School Calendar. Parents are always welcome to attend, although if they are unavailable a boarding
member of staff will represent any parents who cannot be there. Staff will then pass on any
relevant comments made during the conference to parents.
• Grade Level Leader
• In the senior school there are three Grade Level Leaders. One for Grade 6 - 8, one for G9-10 and
one for Grade 11-12. These Grade Level Leaders are the link between the teachers and the
boarding staff for information on the academic progress of boarding students.

14. BOARDING STUDENTS EXPLORIA
• All boarding students from G3 – G10
undertake four Exploria sessions a week.
• Exploria sessions are available Saturday
mornings
• G11 students need to complete one Exploria
• a week
• For G12 students Exploria is optional

15. The Learner is at the center of
everything