UNSYIAH LAB SCHOOL,

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• UNSYIAH LAB SCHOOL,
• The
• USINDO Aceh School Project,
• HAS OPENED!

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The flag was raised for the first time when
classes started July 16, 2007.
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Greeting the principal and teachers is a regular
Monday morning ritual.
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The school is USINDOs response to helping
rebuild education in Aceh following the tsunami
of December 26, 2004.
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The need was great. The Sampoerna Foundation was
already tackling temporary solutions.
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Syiah Kuala University had a vision for a model
school to promote educational innovation and
hands-on learning.
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USINDO, UNSYIAH and the Sampoerna Foundation
signed a MOU for the Lab School in August 2005.
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The university supplied the land and the
community helped clear it in November 2005.
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UNSYIAH named a design team. Pak Mufti, the
architect, is a member of the Syiah
Kuala University faculty.
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Ground was broken March 23, 2006.
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USINDO Board of Trustees Co-chairs Edward
Masters and Emil Salim lay the cornerstone.
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Construction was completed in May, 2007. The
Administration building.
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Interior courtyard. The computer classroom is the
second story directly ahead, science labs at the
far left.
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Library directly ahead, science labs to the
right, classrooms to the left.
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Furniture was also delivered in May.
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New teachers gather for training and planning
before school opens.
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Teachers and construction supervisors visit the
school for the first time.
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The English teacher gives extra review to the
teachers.
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More training
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Over 600 applicants wanted to be in the first
class of 100 10th graders.
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By 2010, the school will have 300 students in
grades 10-12.
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Two-thirds of the class comes from the immediate
neighborhood.
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A beginning English class in a large airy,
flexible classroom
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Getting measured for uniforms during the first
week of school.
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Students and teachers talk together to foster
creative thinking and hands on learning.
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Physical education is popular with both boys and
girls.
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Ibu Syarifah, the principal, checks the
library which will be shared with two
schools across the street.
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The University Rector, Darni M. Daud, and the
American Consul, Sean Stein, visit a chemistry
class.
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Classrooms with large windows and lots of space
so desks can be moved are an innovation for
Indonesian schools.
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Girls pray at the school on Fridays, the boys go
to the mosque nearby.
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Students move from classroom to classroom,
another innovation for Acehnese schools.
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IBM provided computers and training for teachers
before the students began having computer classes
as well.
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The school is run by a Yayasan (Foundation)
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US Ambassador Cameron Hume arrives for the formal
opening, July 27,2007.
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Co-chair of the USINDO Board of Trustees Arifin
Serigar welcomed the guests.
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Ambassador Cameron Hume Was the key-note speaker
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These students learned their dance forthe
inauguration in six days and broughtthe house
down.
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Looking down at the guests after the inauguration
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Vice President Yusuf Kalla And Rector Darni M.
Daud Visited the Lab School on July 28, 2007
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Students working in the computer research room in
the library last month.and the school
continues to progress.
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300,000 from school children in the
United States and Jakarta, many individual
donors and these corporate donors made the Lab
School possible.