Graduation Day

Every year we celebrate graduation day for Kindergarten 2, 6, 9 and 12 Graders. For this year it was celebrated on June 8, 2016. It was held 3 times; first batch, 9 until 11 o’clock in the morning for the graduation of Kindergarten 2, second batch, 1 until 3 o’clock in the afternoon for the graduation of grade 6. Third batch, 5 until 7 in the evening for the graduation of grade 9 and 12.

One week after our exams, we students help the teachers making props for the decoration of the hall and some souvenirs for the upcoming graduation day in 1-week times.  Not everyone come to school and help the teachers with the decorations because they have their early vacation.

Before the actual day of graduation, I volunteer to be usherette from 8 in the morning that I should already be in school to prepare everything for the first batch until 8 in the evening.  Aside from being the usherette, we also help the teachers to stick the name of the parents’ graduate’s name. At the end of the graduation, we need to remove the name of the parents that stick on the back of the chair and stick the next graduates’ parents’ name.

During the actual day, we are all stay at the side of the sits in case they need help or something. Usherettes and we ushers mainly assist their sits, giving the booklet that contains the pictures of the graduates and also helping in collecting the candles of the graduates after they light it up.

To be one of the usherettes is a pleasure because it is a challenge for us to be confident and brave in asking the parents, their child’s name. It was a very tiring day and yet we enjoy serving the parents.

So far, we did a great job because we help each other and collaborate with one another. We could not do it without our teachers help who taught us how we should serve the parents and lead us how to be a good ushers and usherettes. In this activity, we are train to build our confidence and our skills to communicate with the elders in good manners. I believe, if we keep up the good work, we are ready to face the reality in the future. For now, we are train for the future so that we can become a good communicator, a risk taker and an open-minded person. 

Chinese New Year: Get Rich Booth

We all Chinese people celebrated Chinese New Year every year. In many countries, Chinese New Year is considered a major holiday for the Chinese and has had influence on the lunar New Year celebrations of its geographic neighbors. While us in Indonesia specifically in Jakarta we celebrated on February 5^th 2016 in Bina Tunas Bangsa School. We will never forget the tradition of a lion dance.

 

 

Three days before our Chinese New Year celebration in school, we prepare the game booth to be played on February 5^th 2016. We divided our tasks. Some were painting the Styrofoam, filling bottles with water and preparing the counter booth to claim their gifts. The purpose of this booth is for charity donations, the idea of raising funds.

Booth to claim the gifts

Making the Styrofoam card stand

Decorating the booth

 

We have 5 different games which are: dart, throwing cards, bowling, throwing balls to the basket and blow the bubble. For those who play will pay 5 thousand rupiah for each game. They were not only students who play but also teachers. They are donating to the charity by playing and paying for the games.

Dart

Bowling

 

Throwing cards

Throwing balls to the bucket

Blow the bubbles

So far, we earned 1.2 million rupiah in 2 and a half hour. We all enjoyed what we are playing as well as we the grade 11 students were happy serving them and it was a pleasure. The students and even the teachers are showing enthusiasms.

 

The main objectives that we would like to achieve are:

 (1)  To serve the students patiently, and manage to get a good impressions.

 (2)  To develop efficient work methods.          

 (3)  To help in putting efforts towards productivity improvement.

 (4)  To help in learning how to eliminate of the wasteful efforts and useless material handling.          

 (5)  Improving the interactions with customers (clear communication skills)

 

Learning outcomes: 

• Increased awareness of our own strengths and areas for growth 
• Undertaken new challenges 
• Planned and initiated activities 
• Worked collaboratively with others 
• Shown perseverance and commitment in the activities 
• Developed new skills

 

The activity was a successful because it went according to our plan. We never thought that the game booth will run so successfully. Aside from operating the game booth, the students from every class were involved in performing something that is related to Chinese New Year. Five from our class members performs a modern Chinese dance and I am one of them. It was a fun and memorable activity. Afterwards we celebrated our Chinese New Year by having a class party and along with some games. 

Performing a dance

 

Class party

 

This activity make me so exhausted yet it was very fun and interesting to do whereas this activity has taught me a lot of things such as interacting with student in the lower grade and serving them in order to make this activity a successful one. I hope that we can do this activity again in the future.

The second official publication of BTB School

Our school, Bina Tunas Bangsa, happened to make the second school year center folded news letter containing all the events that happened during our second term. Pictures are one of our best memories that can remind us of the past and cherish those moments. This year of 2016, I was chosen to be one of the student council in division of arts. I am in charge of any events especially in designing something. One of my friend and I are chosen to be the layout artist for the spotlight, school year news letter. We divided our tasks. I got to do the cover page and the back page. This task is being conducted by Mr. Edison. He is the one who is guiding us what to do.

On January 13^th 2015, I got an email from Mr. Edison on the things that I need to do. I got 8 days to finish the news letter because by Friday, our news letter should be submitted to the head. For any corrections I got 2 days to make it up. I made the correction in just 1 day however it took me 3 times in repeating for the same mistake I’ve made. It is a simple mistake yet it can affect everything.

The main objectives that we would like to achieve are:

(1)   To let the students get the opportunity to show the world their talents are

(2)   Appreciate the important role of teachers on the journey of their learning

(3)  To let the students experience what is it like to work with someone and be cooperative

 

Learning outcomes: 

• Increased your awareness of your own strengths and areas for growth 
• Undertaken new challenges 
• Planned and initiated activities 
• Worked collaboratively with others 
• Shown perseverance and commitment in your activities 
• Developed new skills

It’s a pleasure to help the schools with the news letter making. I got the offer for the second time. It is a great opportunity to take because I am being trained to work with people with the higher position. It was a challenged task to do because I am dealing with the time. I’ve got a very short time to get everything’s done. We cannot stop the time and it will keep on ticking. I cannot waste another minute. I was after with the time in order to meet up with all the things to be submitted on time. Until then I am able to make it all up. The news letter was due on time despite my busy schedule and numerous workloads from my classes.

The spotlight was a successful because it was accepted and the heads were satisfied with the real outcome. Gladly, the spotlight outcome satisfied everyone and most especially to the eyes of teachers and the head. It was published on February 4, 2016. It was worth giving after all those hectic days I have. It’s not just that, because at the end of the day I received a gift showing his gratitude and appreciation of my hardship. I am thankful that they appreciated my work; moreover, my friend and my work were being pinned in the notice board where everyone and even guests can easily notice it.

This task has taught me a lot of things. Since I’ve done it before I have nothing to worry and concern with the challenges I will face. The difficulty I might face won’t be as stressing as like the first one because I find it more interesting to learn new things and accept new challenges. I seemed to enjoy my work because I tried to learn to take all the things easy and not bring it to stress. By then, I can feel that I’m getting the meaning of working collaboratively, being open-minded and responsive.