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Page 2,Head of School Corner

August, 31 2016

Inside this Issue:

Vol 21

Coming Up:Idhul Adha Celebration ( 8 September )

IB PYP, MYP Workshops (9-11 September )

Feel The Roar Kilvington, Melbourne ( 10-18 September )

Year 7 Jogja Camp ( 19 - 23 September )

Pages 3 - 6,GJS New Staff

Pages 7 - 9,Primary News

Pages 10 - 12,Secondary News

3 GJS Students Won Photo Competition in Higashikawa

Hokkaido Japan

Global Jaya School

Head of SchoolCornerDear GJS Families:

David J. Hornby

With sincere regards and best wishes,

Head of School

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We began the new academic school year on Monday 15th August. We believe the first few days on campus were smooth, informative and enjoyable for students, parents and staff.

This edition of our school newsletter, known as ‘Kontak’, features an introduction to the new teachers, University visitation schedule to GJS and details of an excursion and photo competition that took place on the North Island of Hokkaido, Japan.

Our Secondary Induction Programme (15th and 16th August) was successful in orienteering new students to their new surroundings, timetables and expectations set by teachers. In addition to this, new Primary students have been welcomed into their new classes and attended induction sessions to assist with their transition. We are optimistic that these induction programmes have been helpful for new students joining GJS. On behalf of the Leadership Team, we would like to thank and praise the Student Support Services Team and student buddies for all of their efforts.

On Friday 19th August, Global Jaya celebrated Indonesia’s Independence Day. The flag raising ceremony, ‘Upacara’ was performed to perfection by our students in the gymnasium and some of our talented teachers sang the National Anthem, Hymne Pahlawan, Indonesia Jaya and Hari Merdeka. In addition, our dedicated teachers in both Primary and Secondary conducted educational and fun traditional games during the day. Our enthusiasm and commitment to celebrating Indonesia’s Independence Day coincides with a section of our mission statement which encourages students to be “respectful, moral individuals who take pride in their national heritage".

There are a number of events coming up in September, for your information:

- Thursday 1st September: Year 12 Parent Meeting (MPR1 at 8.00am)

- Friday 2nd September: Year 11 Parent Meeting (MPR1 at 8.00am)

- Friday 2nd September: Primary Reading Parent Information Session (Primary MPR at 8.00am)

- Tuesday 6th September (Year 6 / 9 UNAS Meeting – MPH Level 2)

- Friday 9th to Sunday 11th September: IB Workshops and GJS teacher professional development (please note earlier departure for students on Thursday 8th September)

- Saturday 10th to Sunday 18th September: Feel the Roar Exchange Programme to

Melbourne, Australia (Kilvington Grammer School)

- Monday 19th September: Jaya Group Symposium (students/teachers half day)

- Monday 19th to Friday 23rd September: Year 7 Trip to Yogjakarta

- Saturday 24th September: PYP Workshop for Parents – 9.00 to 11.00am

One important reminder, please double check our calendar year – there are two updates in September; early dismissal for Year 3-12 students on Thursday 8th September (2.00pm) and a scheduled half day on Monday 19th September. Please refer to our calendar (2016-17) online: http://www.globaljaya.com/images/Files/gjscalendar2016-17.pdf

We wish you all the very best this academic year, if you have any questions or concerns, please do not hesitate to make an appointment with the appropriate Principal or Head of School.

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Hi everyone. My name is Bambang Eko Nugroho. You can call me Eko. I graduated from the Indonesia Institute of Technology in 1999 and majored in Industrial Engineering. Later I received my MBA degree from Hochschule Bremen - Germany. It has been always a passion of mine to teach ever since I had my opportunity in becoming a Professor's assistant when I did my Masters Degree. I have been teaching in Indonesia since 2003. I was the first former high school program principal at Sekolah HighScope Indonesia located in Jl. TB Simatupang. After I left HighScope, I became the training and education manager for a consulting firm dealing mostly with the Indonesian railway industry. Although it was a different industry, my main role was still in the field of human resource development, in this case the personnel of the Indonesian Railway company. Last year I had another chance in taking on the responsibility for the QA position as well as Economics teacher at Sekolah Insan Cendekia Madani, an Islamic boarding school in Serpong. Now, here I am, becoming a part of GJS, a school that has a solid and good reputation, teaching Economics and Business Management.

Pak Chris Economics and Business & Management teacher

Chris is a British national but was actually born in Honduras (but don't expect him to remember anything about it - he was two years old when he left). Chris has a BA in Classics (that's all about the Romans and the ancient Greeks) from Jesus College in Cambridge University (Jesus College has the best food of all the colleges in Cambridge - if you're visiting and you play your cards right I'll take you there). He also has an MA in Philosophy from Kings College, London University (the Philosophy of the Mind was his favourite section) and he qualified as a Chartered Accountant while working at Deloitte (that's where he started getting interested in Economics and Business). This is Chris's second teaching job outside the UK: he has just spent two years teaching in Mumbai (the traffic looks similar). Over the summer Chris sulked about Brexit but he's getting over it. For an extracurricular activity Chris is keen to set up a Fantasy Shares Club, where students can play games like Anti Monopoly or The Really Nasty Banking Game. In his spare time Chris likes to go dancing (he's tried ballroom, Latin American, lindy hop, rock'n'roll) and he's on the look-out for classes in Jakarta (as long as it doesn't take two hours to get there).

I achieved my Bachelor Degree from Universitas Negeri Yogyakarta (UNY) with a major in Language and Literature for Education. I started my teaching career ten years ago as a High School Bahasa Indonesia Teacher and Research Coordinator for two years. After this, for the next two years, I taught a self contained classroom for 2nd grade using the American Common Core Curriculum for Primary in Cirebon. Next, I taught Primary School Bahasa Indonesia in Jakarta for four years using the International Primary Curriculum (IPC), in which I designed the Bahasa Indonesia curriculum to meet the needs of the IPC program. I am trained to teach IB Language and Literature for the Diploma Program and have taught Indonesian A: Language and Literature during my last year teaching in Jakarta. I am blessed to be able to join GJS, who trusted me to be Service as Action Coordinator as well as a Bahasa Indonesia Teacher for MYP.

Ibu Ocha

GJS New Staff

Bahasa Indonesia Teacher

Pak Eko Economics and Business & Management teacher

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Reni has a huge interest in human psychological development. She received her Bachelor Degree in Psychology eight years ago and until now she still learns thoroughly both human development and learning specialist. She started her career as Kindergarten Teacher and was handling special learning cases, it turns to be a huge concern for her and she chose a path to be a counsellor for her career. Now, she joins the Learning Diversity Specialist for PYP and MYP and she hopes to give the best result for childrens best development and become a part of the GJS family for a long time.

Ibu Mira Asisstant Teacher

Mira or people usually call her Mia. She is Indonesian, she has studied English Education at Atma Jaya Catholic University in 2007 and she received a Master of Magister Management at Mercu Buana University. She has been teaching in primary class since 2011. Now, she joins the PYP as a asisstant teacher for year 2 at Global Jaya School. She hopes to be part of the GJS community for a long time.

Hello, my name is Christine Andrean. I went to Universitas Negeri Jakarta majoring in Guitar and graduated in 2016. I have worked as a musician, performer and private teacher in many fields since 2008. In 2016, I decided to try a new opportunity as a music teacher at Global Jaya School. I'm so happy to be a part of GJS Family.

A warm hello to everyone in the Global Jaya School community! I am originally from the U.S.A. where I obtained my degree in Community Relations and later my Elementary teaching certificate. My first teaching job was in South Korea 10 years ago and since then I’ve had the pleasure of taking on different roles in a variety of educational settings. These wonderful experiences include acting as the Admissions Director for an International School in West Africa, time as an English Teacher Trainer for Elementary Schools Malaysia and implementing an English program in local Beijing Primary Schools. Recently, my passion for education took me to London and the Institute of Education where I am currently completing my Master’s Degree. When my nose isn’t in a book, I enjoy traveling and baking sweet treats for family and friends.

Matthew is originally from Chicago, Illinois, USA and has been an educator in various capacities for 17 years, 12 years with Chicago Public Schools and the remaining years in Indonesia. He has obtained an undergraduate degree in Photography and a graduate master’s degree in Elementary Education. Matthew loves photography, playing soccer, cycling and being with his wife. Matthew is very excited to be a part of the Year 5 team at Global Jaya School and is looking forward to learning about what makes his students extraordinary.

Ibu Christine Music Teacher

Dara was born in Jakarta, September 07 1987. She graduated from University State of Jakarta in Education Department. She was work in Robotics Education Centre Kemang, Jaksel as teacher to teach children from 4 years old until 18 years old about the basic of robot mechanism using Lego Education. Now, she join in Kindergarten team at Global Jaya School. She hopes to be as part of Global Jaya Family for long time.

Pak Matthew Primar Teacher

Ibu Reni Learning Diversity Specialist

Ibu Megan Reception Teacher

Ibu Dara Asisstant Teacher Primary

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Josephine (Yoshie) Sutandhio has taught Science for the past 11 years in many international schools in Indonesia. Now, she is currently teaching MYP Sciences and DP Biology. She has a Bachelor's Degree in Science and Diploma of Teaching Certificate. She appreciates films, music and books and enjoys travelling a lot. Yoshie is very grateful that Global Jaya School has given her the opportunity to be part of the school where she can continue to dedicate herself to education.

Ibu Callie is from Canada, and has lived in Indonesia for eight years. She has a Bachelor of Arts in English Literature & Creative Writing, a Bachelor of Education in Secondary English, and will soon complete her Masters of Education. She has taught English for a number of years in Canada and Indonesia and served in school leadership (administration) for the past few years, in Jakarta. She is married to an Indonesia and has two sons. She loves travel, fitness, the arts, learning guiding young adults. Ibu Callie is excited to be joining Global Jaya’s Secondary team.

Ibu Redy Assistant Teacher of Primary

I am a Korean language teacher. I’m from South Korea. In 1998, I came to Indonesia.

In college I majored in Korean literature. I acquired the second level of certificate for Korean language.

I worked for 7 years at a Korean High School. I worked as a Lecturer at JIKS from 2005 to 2010, at BINUS Language course from 2011 to 2012.

Now, I am an Elementary and Secondary 7th 8th in grade charge of the Korean language courses.

I sincerely wish the students to become fluent in Korean.

There is a Korean common saying “Heaven helps those who help themselves.” Good results only come by working hard.

From the very long name above, please simply call me Joanne. I spent most of my life in Flores, East Nusa Tenggara, before I moved to Jogjakarta to study. I received my Bachelor in Psychology from Sanata Dharma University, majoring in Developmental Psychology. In 2010 I moved to Jakarta to continue my Master of Psychology in Unika Atmajaya University. I graduated in 2013 as an Educational Psychologist. For almost 3 years following my graduation, I worked in one of Kalbe Group's companies as Recruiter and Assessor. I love reading and listening to music, especially when it comes to non-fiction books and rock songs.

Hello, I used to be called Redy. I graduated from Sanata Dharma University with a degree in English education. I am highly motivated and social person. I also love interacting with children. This is my first year teaching at GJS and I am so excited. I really enjoy being a teacher in GJS, because we have a very solid team here. I look forward to many more years of teaching the brilliant students at GJS.

Ibu Kelly Kang Korean Teacher

My name is Ibu Marla, and I am from the United States of America. I have been teaching for 20 years, and education continues to be a passion for me. After teaching in the states, I taught in China for four years; two years in Qingdao, two in Shanghai.

Ibu Yoshie Science Teacher

Ibu Callie English Teacher

Ibu Joanne Counselor (Secondary)

Ibu Marla Primary Teacher

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My name is Nova Yosepha Simatupang. My last name indicates that I am originally from North Sumatera, Indonesia, which is famous for its lake, Lake Toba. I achieved my Bachelor Degree from Universitas Sumatera Utara, majoring in Chemistry. Over the last 12 years I have worked as a Maths and Science teacher across the levels in Primary up to Secondary where I experienced so many interesting values of being a teacher. This is the first year for me teaching in Global Jaya School after having gained so much valuable experience in Sekolah Lentera Indonesia for 7 years.

Thissa is originally from Jakarta. She studied in Yogyakarta her major was Psychology.

Thissa began teaching at Sekolah Kami, Bekasi.Now she joins global jaya school as assistant teacher in year 5.-She hopes to be part of the GJS community for a long time.

My name is Kurniawan Setiaji, but you can call me Aji. I am indonesian. I studied in one of the Muhammadiyah university in central java, it was Universitas Muhammadiyah Purworejo, majoring English education in 2004. I began teaching in 2008 at a national plus kindergarten school named Kinderfield in BSD city, Tangerang selatan. And now,i'm joining GJS and becoming one of the new family member. I'm so excited and i'm looking forward to having a great experience with GJS family.

Achmad Seftian is from Depok, West Java. He was graduated from State University of Jakarta in 2013, majoring History Education. A few months after the graduation, Achmad taught in remote area which located in East Nusa Tenggara for a year. In August 2016, he began to join the Primary Assistant Teacher at Global Jaya School. He hopes can give his contribution to Global Jaya.

Hi, my name Bagus Ariowi bowo, you can call me Bagus. I went to University of Indonesia, majoring in Library Science and graduated in 2012. I have worked as an information Specialist mostly Librarian and Document Controller at many levels (media, education sector and private sector). In 2012 I worked as Librarian in RCTI and moved to BCA as Document Controller, later on I got an opportunity to work overseas as Document Controller in Kuwait. I’d love to organize some information that’s why I chose Library Science as my degree. I’m very happy that I got the opportunity to join the GJS Family. Don’t forget to visit me in library!

Doug joins GJS from his last posting at the American School of El Salvador, where he was the 9th Grade Honors, 12th Grade AP, and Public Speaking teacher. Before that, he spent twenty years teaching in public schools in Indiana, USA. He earned his B.A. in English from the University of Notre Dame, and an M.A.T. from Washington University in Saint Louis. He was also the recipient of a Fulbright Teaching Exchange award from the U.S. Department of State, which took him to Riga, Latvia for a year of teaching. In his spare time, Doug likes to watch films and plays, read, play the piano, and learn about other cultures. Doug will be teaching English in the MYP and DP this year.

Ibu Thissa Assistant Teacher Primary

Ibu Nova Mathematic Teacher

Pak Achmad Primary Assistant Teacher

Pak Bagus Library Assistant

Pak Doug English Teacher

Pak Aji Primary Assistant Teacher

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Kindergarten Welcome to Kindergarten 2016-2017! Our students have been engaged in various activities during their first week. They have been exploring their classroom, the Shared Area and the playground. They also started to get to know each other. During the Independence Day celebration, students were involved enthusiastically with games prepared by the teachers. They made Indonesian flags, joined in an Olympic race in the playground, and hunted for flags. It was great fun!

We look forward to a great year ahead.

Reception B students came back and started the 2nd day with a discussion about Indonesia’s Independence Day. Students were enthusiastic when they got to color the flag of Indonesia while listening to various Indonesian patriotic songs in the background.

While in Reception A, students started to learn Math about numbers 1-10. They are using their thinking skill to show the number by using counters.

Primary NEWS

Reception

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Year 1 Independence Day Celebration

Global Jaya School 9

As we celebrated Indonesia's Independence Day on August 17th, all the students from Reception to Year 6 had a flag ceremony in the gymnasium in the morning. Afterwards, each year level had their own celebration by organizing some competitions or events. Year 2 had some games to play in groups such as transferring marbles from one spoon to another as fast as they could, putting a pen which was tied in the middle of a parachute into a bottle and dancing with a partner with a ball between their foreheads. Not to forget sharing the special meaning of August 17th’s annual celebration of Indonesia's Independence Day.

On Friday, 19th August, the year 3 students joined together to enjoy playing a variety of games from Indonesia and other countries. Everyone had a lot of fun and wore red and white clothes to celebrate Indonesia's Independence Day on the 17th of August. We learned about teamwork in some games and individual strategies in others. Some of the games we played were ultimate frisbee, marble and spoon, pass the sarong, "krupuk" eating and "bakiak".

Year 2

Year 3

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2nd International High School Students Photo Exchange Festival 2016, Higashikawa, Hokkaido

Japan By Ershad 11E

SECONDARY NEWS

This year is my second time participating at the 2nd high school international photography festival in Higashikawa, Japan and I would

like to share some of my experience. The town of Higashikawa was amazing like last year, where we saw endless views of rice paddies, visiting the highest mountain in Hokkaido and socialized with friendly locals. Participating in this festival also allowed us to experience Japanese cultures, where we stayed in a traditional hotel, sleeping on the floor and experiencing traditional Japanese bath.

Not only to compete in this prestigious festival, but we got a chance to socialize with students coming from 11 different countries, which are USA, Uzbekistan, Australia, Canada, China, Japan, Thailand, Vietnam, Taiwan, South Korea and Latvia. Although we only had one week to socialize with other participants, we had a good time with them and did lots of fun activities such as playing games inside the hotel, exploring a local summer festival and of course, competing together during the festival.

I think that the highlight of the trip is when team Indonesia or team Global Jaya (consisting of me, Risa, Wenwen and Pak Alan) won the “student’s and teacher’s choice award”, selected by the rest of the participants of the festival. Other than that, another highlight would be receiving many positive feedbacks from a judge when we presented our pictures in front of all participants and a Japanese judge.

Overall, my second trip to Higashikawa was a blast and it was an honor to receive two awards. I would like to encourage other students from year 9 to year 12 to try participating this unique photography festival, where it is rare to have the chance to visit such small yet beautiful town and also a rare chance to travel fully funded by the festival committee…. By the way, we got to know closely with the mayor of the town and we were given special citizenship of Higashikawa...what a treat.

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Global Jaya School 12

Day/Date Time Place EventMonday, Sept 5th 13.00 - 14.00 Board Room Study in Germany

Thursday, Sept 15th 13.00 - 14.00 MPH US Mini university fair with CIS :

Agness ScootBaldwin Wallacebard College at Simon’s RockCarroll CollegeClark UniversityColby CollegeColby - Sawyer CollegeEndicott CollegeFrankfurt School of Finance & ManagementFranklin University of SwitzerlandHofstra UniversityIllinois CollegeKnox CollegeLIM CollegeNova Southeastern UniversityProvidence CollegeSarah Lawrence CollegeSuffolk UniversitySyracuse universityTexas Christian UniversityThe Pennsylvania State UniversityThe University of TulsaTrinity UniversityUniversity of California, BerkeleyUniversity of California, Riverside

Monday, Sept 19th 9.30-10.15 Plaza B 4 US Universities:NYU + Brandeis + GeorgeWashington University + Michigan State

Thursday, Sept 22nd 12.30-13.00 MPR 1 Study in Netherlands ( NESO)13.00-14.00 MPR 1 3 Netherlands Universities:

Eramus Huis, Leiden, RooseveltFriday, Sept 23rd 12.30-13.30 MPR 1 4 Universities:

University of Vermont, OhioUniversity,University MiamiUniversity of Oregon

Monday, Sept 26th TBA Plaza A UK University Fair with British CouncilTuesday,Sept 27th 13.00-14.00 GYM North American University Fair:

Carrol UniveristyGeorgetown UniversityPortland State UniversitySan Franciso State UniversitySouth Dakota State UniversityUniversity of CaliforniaUniversity of Utah Asia CampusUtica CollegeWashington State UniversityWest Los Angeles CollegeWichita State UniversityLoyola Marymount UniversityFordhamUC Santa CruzLaverneCal PolyUniversity of British Columbiaetc

Wednesday, Sept 28th 13.00-15.00 Theater US Universities Workshop + fair with KIC Univ Assist

Friday, Sept 30th 12.30-13.30 Board Room Northeastern UniversityMOnday, Oct 10th 13.00-14.00 Plaza A Canadian Universites

University Visits & Info Sessions Schedule By Ibu Regina

These University Fairs and Info Session will be confirmed and published one week prior to the set date through NAVIANCE and ManageBac. Please contact Ibu Ingrid (ingrid@globaljaya.com) or Ibu Regina (regina@globaljaya.com) for further information.Thank you.

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