Nurturing a self regulated learner with the ability to collaborate in the community and practice empowerment as a citizen of the world sounds like a very challenging task for any educators, in any situation. Fortunately, (and for me personally) expectedly, the pandemic brings so many opportunities for our students to cultivate these competencies.

Contextualizing learning, personalizing the journey, discovering areas of interest - our students projects clearly show these experiences. Moments that will be a very solid foundation for their adaptability and agility in the future.

They do substantial research on important concepts, create meaningful (and challenging!) intervention that they choose to be responsible for.

Their works and their reflection upon it has truly reminded me about the wonder of human potential and the growth that they are going through in the adolescence stage.

I am sure you are celebrating their achievement with all of us at Cikal and I hope you will also join me in wishing them a continuously life changing moment of redefining success - beyond a mere individual or a school space.

Warmly,

Najelaa Shihab

From year to year, I’ve seen how students work on the Personal Project. I am so proud that they have been working hard, not only for the benefit of getting a good score but most importantly they have the spirit to share with the community. This year is particularly challenging for them, to carry out a project during a pandemic that without any doubt has changed how the world works.

Looking at the products they created, I am touched that they are still able to somehow relate their work with the community around them. They make connections, try to inspire and make a difference in their unique ways and capacity.

This is proof that Sekolah Cikal has built within each student the quality as a self-regulated learner by empowering his/her unique characters so that he/she cares and eagerly contributes to the community as a way to constructively build their learning and life achievements.

Thus, Personal Project Exhibition is a celebration of the students’ hard work and life achievements. Each of them has fulfilled their individual goal which ranges from promoting Indonesian culture, producing music, creating a book, website, video to having a campaign of social, mental, environmental or justice issues.

It’s time to enjoy and celebrate now. Congratulations to all of my Year 10 students. You’re awesome.

Warmly,

Fadlun Umar