Independence Day, 19 August 2019

Merdeka!

We have met again with the high-spirited month of August and once again, we will celebrate our annual event of Independence Day Celebration. This year, the celebration will be held on August 19 with various activities that will trigger the spirit of nationalism of all students and teachers.

Independence Day Celebration will begin with Upacara 17 Agustus and it will be participated by all divisions starting from the Preschool to Secondary. Moreover, Secondary students will have the honour of becoming the flag ceremony officers and the flag ceremony choir. Furthermore, after the ceremony, the students will engage in various games and competitions related to the Independence Day theme.

This year celebration, we will focus on showing students’ talents and skills on Bahasa Indonesia where they can participate in exciting competitions such as Lomba Cipta dan Baca Puisi, Cipta Cerpen, and Lomba Pidato. Aside from the competition, we will also have the traditional 17-an games that will surely live up the atmosphere and challenge their teamwork.

Community Involvement Program

Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) stated that:

خَيْرُ الناسِ أَنْفَعُهُمْ لِلناسِ

"The best man is the most beneficial to humans"
(HR. Ahmad, ath-Thabrani, ad-Daruqutni)
This hadith  is hasan according to al-Albani in Shahihul Jami 'no: 3289

This year, Community Involvement Program is run starting Grade 7 up to Grade 12 to maximize the benefit for the students. This program aims to develop students’ awareness and responsibility in embracing and giving back to the community including those who are less privileged.

Community Involvement is held in  August 2019 until March 2020.

1. August, 7th 2019 (start the introduction and planning)
2. August, 7th 2019 – March, 2nd 2020 (period of community involvement)
3. April 2020 (report submission)

The target of the Community Involvement should  be prioritized for the community near the school or near the student’s house and must be social and disadvantageous community.  In this program, parents are responsible for finding communities, signing acknowledgement form and providing facilities, such as transportation. Along with this newsletter, we are sending you the Community Involvement Manual.

Fun Orientation Day, 15-17 July 2019

Welcome to MHIS! School is an exciting time filled with learning and fun. The new students Fun Orientation Day (FOD) program is here to help you adjust to MHIS life. The mission of the FOD  is to help you, students, to make an easy transition from primary to secondary stage. These orientation sessions will be the first big step for students from being in the secondary level.

On the first day, students had been given the opportunity to meet new friends and the outlook of the secondary classroom. After that, the Fun Orientation Day was opened by Ms Dea at the big field. Then, students did Halal Bihalal with all the members of MHIS.

After halal bihalal session, students went to the fourth floor and did the ice breaking part by playing, skipping boom. The demo of excul came afterwards while the Master of Ceremony, Ms. Ira, led the event well.

 

After the excul demo, students did a school tour. They met many people inside the building of mutiara harapan. Moreover,  Students also had team building led by the student union of Mutiara Harapan. The students seemed to enjoy the first day of fun orientation day.

 

Day 2 students had lined up with so many activities. BTQ placement test and also Cambridge School introduction were some of the activities.  The introduction of Cambridge included Mapping of cambridge curriculum and the benefit of taking cambridge exam. Besides that, the principal presented the students handbook which talks about: proper uniform, late policy, permission and leave, praying jamaah, school calendar, lists of subjects, optional subjects, SEP, and extracurricular.

After that Mr. Firman demonstrated a Science for fun activity. Gasoline explosion, paper vs chopstick, The strongest foundation, magic number, and dynamic fluids are the lists of Science demonstration. It was interesting for students because they didn’t only watch the demo but also they experienced doing it. After the Science demo, students returned to their respective homeroom classes.

 

On the last day of FOD, students from Grade 7 and 10 met their schoolmates from Grade 8, 9, 11 and 12.  They visited other classes and introduced themselves. After that Zidan and Kalisya introduced all the members of MHSU. They acted as the president and Vice President of Students Union of Mutiara Harapan.

After the Fun Orientation day was done, we would like to say good luck for the 2019/2020 academic year. May all the academic and non academic success will be achieved by all the  students.

Halal Bihalal, 15 July 2019

Welcome Back in New Academic Year!

تَقَبَّلَ اللَّهُ مِنَّا وَمِنْكُمْ

May the grace of Allah light up your heart and bless all of you. On July 15th 2019, Mutiara Harapan Islamic School  held a “halal bihalal” event to celebrate the Eid Fitri. This event was attended by all principals, staff, teachers, and students from playgroup until secondary level on the first day-off to school.

Halal bi halal activities are the school's opening activities. Greetings from teachers, staff and students  who are enthusiastic in welcoming the 2019/2020 academic year. Thus, we all gathered at the big field and shook hands with each other.

Our school director gave greetings to us. He said “best wishes for 2019/2020 Academic Year, may Allah SWT ease and bless our endeavour. Let us sacrifice our today so that so that our children can have a better tomorrow”.

 

New Parents Meeting, 12-13 July 2019

On July, 12th - 13th we had run a parents meeting for the Grade 7 and 10 parents. The meeting was held for one and a half day. We believe that, to start a good communication and collaboration between the school  and parents, we should sit together to inform, explain and clarify  the school program and rules.

We had a discussion on the school programs for 3 years, the academic information, extracurricular, SEP and other co-curricular program as well as the parents handbook. I would like to thank all of the parents who had made their time in attending the meeting.

Report from 7A, Your New Homeroom Teacher!

Salman Al Farisy class officially welcomes parents and students to our lovely classroom, 7A. Students have spent a great moment in Primary and now they are in Secondary. There will be more challenges for the upcoming projects and assignments but don’t worry, we will get through this together.

There are programs that benefit students for becoming a good secondary student role model. This month, several 7A students have joined basketball, paskibra, and choir. We wished them good luck, because the basketball team will face a competition for MHx 3.0 in September, whilst the paskibra and choir will perform for the independence day celebration. For a special news,the  paskibra has been training with one of the experienced PPI (Purna Paskibraka Indonesia) member Tangsel chapter.

Independence day, Islamic fair, and Qurbani slaughtering are the  nearest events in August.

Let’s do it together since Mr. Zen can’t do it alone without your help. Let’s gather together,

be independent students, and good role model for Mutiara Harapan Islamic School because ..

“Excellence is not a singular act, but a habit.” 

Best wishes for 2019/2020 Academic year, may Allah SWT ease and bless our endeavour. 

Tips Jitu Manajemen Kelas for Newbie!

Jika kamu bingung bagaimana mengatur kelas kamu setiap awal tahun, kamu tidak sendirian. Banyak sekali kawan kawan guru di daerah Tangerang Selatan mengeluh tentang hal tersebut. Berikut ini, beberapa tips yang bisa kamu gunakan untuk me-manage kelasmu agar tetap baik.

     

Gunakan hand signals

 Hand signal ini bisa digunakan untuk hampir semua grade level. Akan tetapi display yang digunakan bisa bervariasi tergantung kreatifitas dari tenaga pendidik. Bagaimana cara mengaplikasikannya? Cetaklah dengan ukuran yang cukup besar dan temple dimana setiap siswa dapat melihatnya setiap waktu. Kalau saya, saya tempelkan di dinding kelas bagian kanan papan tulis seperti gambar diatas. Latihlah setiap hari. 3 hari pertama ketika masa orientasi kelas akan sangat bermanfaat bagi guru untuk memperkenalkan rutinitas ini. Kunci yang lain adalah konsistenlah dalam mempraktikkan hal ini agar siswa terbiasa. Ingat, Bisa karena biasa ya!

Perlihatkan Kalender kelasmu

Saya menampilkan tanggal-tanggal penting mengenai kegiatan di dalam kelas ataupun sekolah. Hal ini penting agar murid mulai terbiasa dengan hal-hal yang teratur. Ketika murid ingin mengetahui kapan suatu tugas akan dikumpulkan, kapan tanggal penting untuk pertemuan orang tua- guru- dan murid (PTC), kapan ujian tengah semester akan dilakukan, semua berkaitan dengan tanggal! Jangan biarkan murid kita terbiasa dengan sesuatu yang tidak teratur. Dalam setahun hal ini bisa jadi bencana untuk kamu sebagai guru kelas.

Highlight kolom Nama setiap Siswa mengumpulkan tugasnya.

Kalian pasti bingung setiap ingin mengoreksi tugas murid, ada kolom nama siswa yang lupa untuk diisi. Apalagi sangking banyaknya tugas murid yang harus diperiksa, kalian harus membawa tugas siswa kerumah untuk pengecekan. Hal ini bisa membingungkan anda pada saat penginputan nilai. Yang saya lakukan adalah saya menempelkan gambar ini di kotak pengembalian tugas siswa (kotak pengembalian tugas siswa-dibahas point selanjutnya). Jadi kalian tidak akan menemukan masalah tugas tanpa nama lagi, deh!

Kotak Pembagian dan Penyerahan tugas

Kotak pembagian dan penyerahan tugas bisa menjadi hal yang kacau jika tidak dibiasakan untuk teratur. Rutinitas satu ini harus dibiasakan sejak hari pertama sekolah. Sediakan sebuah kotak untuk pendistribusian tugas dan sebuah kotak untuk pengembalian tugas ketika murid sudah selesai mengerjakan tugasnya. Dengan 2 buah kotak ini, murid akan terbiasa mandiri dan tugas guru menjadi lebih ringkas, kan?

Aturan ke Toilet

Banyak dari guru kehilangan murid nya di tengah tengah jam pelajaran karena muridnya pergi ke toilet. Sehingga dirasa sangat perlu untuk menciptakan sebuah aturan yang mengatur hal tersebut. Dalam kelas saya, murid harus mengambil sebuah kartu yang mengizinkan mereka pergi ke toilet. Kartu tersebut saya ganti menjadi sebuah botol hand sanitizer. Sehingga selain anak-anak bersih ketika selesai keluar toilet, rutinitas seperti ini bisa menjadi teratur.

Kalo menurut kalian hal-hal apalagi yang bisa kita lakukan agar kelas kita tetap teratur? Comment dan share di kolom bawah ini ya.