GlobalConnect2021 is an ambitious and diverse week of community-focused engagements, drawing on the sharing of university experiences and the professional expertise of many of our community members. I wish to thank those who worked so diligently behind the scenes, making the event flow smoothly and those in the spotlight serving as presenters, panellists or discussion moderators. Through a web portal, zoom conferencing, and Instagram Live, we sought to provide live, interactive engagement opportunities for students, parents, and alumni alike. The GLOBALCONNECT21 site and the @gjs_society and @pta_globaljaya Instagram accounts provided a window into the event. Our collaborative planning for GLOBALCONNECT22 will begin in the new year; please stay tuned for details on when, what, and how, and contact details if you wish to participate in next year's event.

GJS Alumni Wall is a commemorative and celebratory project designed to immortalize our past graduates uniquely for GJS as a school and that tied into our GlobalConnect21 event and our 25th Anniversary celebration efforts. As an extension of this alumni wall effort, we have made class photos available to the members of each graduating class, allowing printing and framing their class photos. Our new Alumni wall is on display in the foyer of the GJS Theatre building. Please see the carousel below to take a walk down memory lane with our past graduates...if you or your past graduates would like to get their class photo, please access our Alumni class photo collection here

Vaccination Clinics:

• On Friday, December 17, 2021, from 8:00 am to 10:30 am, Global Jaya School, in partnership with Puskesmas Parigi, will host a vaccination clinic to deliver DT/TD/MR boosters. Students in Years 1, 2 and 5 who are not yet fully vaccinated for DT/TD/MR are encouraged to participate. Please see our Managebac communications for full details.

• On Saturday, January 22, 2022, from 8:00 am to 12:00 noon, Global Jaya School, in partnership with RSPI - Bintaro Jaya, will host the first of two COVID19 vaccination clinics for GJS students inclusive of all those aged 6 years old through to 18 years old who are currently unvaccinated. This will be followed by the second clinic on Saturday, February 19, 2022, from 8:00 am to 12:00 noon for the 2nd dose. Please see our Managebac communications for full details.

• The choice to have children vaccinated remains at the discretion of the parents and has not been made a condition of continued on-campus attendance. That stated, there is a strong push from the local and national authorities, which is also supported by GJS as a school, to encourage all eligible community members to get fully vaccinated as soon as possible. The vaccination that will be provided by the health authorities during our vaccination clinic is Sinovac.

Updates:

While there has been ongoing shifting of position by the education authorities regarding the pending break and the start of lessons in the new semester, please know that GJS continues its extending of operation during Blended Learning with:

• classrooms limited to 50% classroom capacity (max class size of 5 in Early Years, max class size of 18 for all other Year levels)

• Primary School and Secondary School will operate on full academic days as of January 24th

• On-campus students attending live lessons for all their classes

• After School Activity offerings will be held both online and face to face during Term 3

Odd and Even Week Rotations:

Odd and Even weeks of on-campus attendance will continue after our Semester Break and the subsequent Circuit Breaker period of Synchronous Home Learning, as was updated in our December 7 Update message to community members.

During the weeks of January 10 - 14 and January 17 -21, all classes for Kindy through Year 12 will be delivered in the Synchronous Home Learning (SHL) format, i.e NO ON-CAMPUS ATTENDANCE during these two weeks for any students regardless of their odd / even on-campus participation. This will afford us certainly that when we resume Blended Learning on campus that all community members, those who may have travelled either inside or outside of Indonesia, have completed quarantine if required, secured negative covid test results and are clear and safe to return to campus starting the week of January 24th.

Please see the updated table below, which clarifies the start of our Semester 2 schedule and our odd and even rotations through to the end of January.