My School

             SMPK1

 SMPK1 is known as the best christian school in Bandung. It is located at Hos Thokroaminoto street, number 157, Bandung. This school is located in a perfect location. There are a lot of food sellers in front of the school. They sell various kinds of street foods such as cimol,cireng,batagor,etc. The foods are quite delicious. Although it is not healthy enough for us to eat, many students like it and often buy it. And about the price, it isn’t expensive enough.

Beside the school, there is a well-known cafe which is called “Dunkin Donut.” I’m sure that you know that place. It is quite famous too in Bandung. Other than that, SMPK1 is also located near a mall called Istana Plaza. So if you feel hungry or want to hanging out with your friend afterschool, you can choose a place where you want to hanging in either in Istana Plaza or Dunkin Donut. Also there is a big restaurant called Herb and Spice. You can eat there too. There is also a big shop that sells cake, bread, and some drinks too. It is called Prima Rasa. That shop is located near SMPK1 too.

Beside a perfect location, SMPK 1 has also many facilities. Even though it is not as complete as other school, the school can still make the students feel comfortable inside the building. About the size. The school is not big. It is not small too. So, kind of medium size. Like i said before, you don’t have to worry about the school’s size, or either its facilities. Why? Because even with a limited size and facilities, the school can still make its students feel comfortable.

Some of its facilities are computer lab, science lab,dance room, music room, basketball court(indoor), etc. For the science lab the school also provides all the equipments such as the bunsen burner,beaker, funnel,etc. The school consists of 3 different programmes. They are regular program, bilingual program, and DCP program. Regular program is kind of school’s basic program which is using total indonesian. Even though in that program the students are taught english language, most of the subjects are using indonesian. Usually, there are 4-5 classes which is filled with around 40 students for each class. Other than Bilingual Program, i can say that it uses half indonesian and half english. Half of the subjects are using Indonesian and half of them are using English. It has usually 3-4 classes with 30 students in each class. While, DCP program uses full English except for Bahasa Indonesia subject. It has only 1-2 class(es) with maximum 25 students. So, if we calculate the classes in every level, it can untill 10 classes.

In this school, the lesson started at half past 6 am. The student who is late will be given a punishment. There are 2 times of breaktime in this school. The first one is at 09.10am  and the second one is at 12.10 am. Mostly on breaktime, the students go outside from their classes and gather together to eat together. Some students go out from their classes to buy some food in the canteen. The food that is sold at the canteen is cheap. It is only around Rp10.000,00 for chicken and rice.

About the school’s rules, the school has a lot of strict rules. It is made to make its students obey. One of the rule is evey girl must tie their hair, their ears must be shown. The other rule is all of the students must bring their own id card to tap it first in the lobby or near the stairs before they go to their classes. The students who are not tap their id card will be considered as absent student. Other rule is there is no student allowed to bring aby electronic devices such as laptop or  mobile devices (mobile phones). All the rules that are made in this school make the students to become a dicipline person.

Not only good in knowledge, its students have good characters too. They are taught how to be a good person and also polite person. The teachers are experienced a lot and they can be a good model for all the students.

About its activities, the school carries out various activities such as PORAK ( sports match), PERAK, and also MAKSI (art performance). The school provides various activities club too such as modern dance, band, robotic,etc.