SCHOOL PROJECTS

 

HEALTHY SCHOOL ENVIRONMENT PROJECT BACKGROUNDS

Geographically, SMPN 224 Jakarta is located in the most western part of the city of Jakarta, around the border of Tangerang Regency, Banten Province. It is relatively a small school occupying 1955 meter square piece of land with around 430 students who are divided into 12 classes. The students are mainly between 12 – 15 years of age or in year 7 to 9. Compared to many other junior high schools in Jakarta, this is considered a small school both in the size of the land and building and also in the number of students registered.

I started my assignment as the principal of this school early September 2016. Up to know, there are two things that concern me the most; the awareness of cleanliness and the environment as well as the synergism of the man power.

When I came, I had the impression that the school was not well-maintained; the shabby paint color with some patches here and there, stacks of books and used test booklets, piles of unused instruments and equipment, and etc. The school was a one floor building with only six classrooms, and six other rooms used for teacher’s room, staff’s room, principal’s room, a tiny library, student center, and a laboratory which also serves as multi-function room. The students studied in two shifts; six classrooms studied in the morning, and another batch of students started in the afternoon.

In the year 2017 the city government of Jakarta decided to renovate the school building, turning it down and rebuilt a new one with more classrooms and more facilities. In the meantime, we temporarily use another school building for the teaching learning process. We have been studying in an elementary school located about 3 kilometers from our own school building since March 2017. We share the building with host school and use the building in the afternoon, from 12.30 to 17.30 P.M. We are expecting to go back our new school building by the end of March.

The new school building is a four-storey building which is in the final stage of completion at the moment and will be ready to use soon. It looks much better than the old one, very beautiful with the modern design. I am really hoping that when we get back there, everybody in the school will do their best to maintain the present condition of the school.

My second focus of development is improving the synergy of teachers and staffs so that we can ensure the harmony in our workplace. So far, teachers and staff have often come to me to complain about their colleagues or other school-related matters. I myself have also seen and heard some personnel complain about others’ work performance while the complainer him (her) self can actually do something about it because he/ she is part of the team. I feel that is vital for me to take measures to handle this challenge.

These are two main reasons I have decided to choose Healthy School Environment for CESL Project.

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