SMA Labschool Unsyiah

SMA Labschool Unsyiah
SMA Labschool Unsyiah
Address
	Kuta Inong Balee 2 Rd, Darussalam; Banda Aceh, Aceh; Indonesia
Coordinates	5°34′29″N 95°21′56″E / 5.57462°N 95.365684°E
Information
School type	Private
Motto	Acehnese: Cét langét; ("Dream dreams")
Status	RSBI (Rintisan Sekolah Bertaraf Internasional)
Headmaster	Dr. Usman Kasim, MEd
Grades	10–12
Number of students	± 300
Average class size	25
Website	www.labschoolunsyiah.sch.id

Sekolah Laboratorium Unsyiah, also known as SMA Labschool Unsyiah is a community-based school that is a part of the Universitas Syiah Kuala complex in Banda Aceh, Aceh, Indonesia.

Background[edit]

After the devastating 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami hit Banda Aceh in 2004, USINDO (The United States-Indonesia Society) built the school for children who were victims of the disaster.^[1]

SMA Labschool was inaugurated on 27 July 2007 by the rector of Universitas Syiah Kuala, Head of BRR Aceh-Nias, and common-head of United States-Indonesia Society (USINDO) Edward Masters and Arifin Siregar. The school was designed by an architect from Syiah Kuala University. On 5 June 2005, Pemerintah Provinsi Aceh through Dinas Pendidikan issued operational approval of SMA Laboratorium Universitas Syiah Kuala.

In October 2010, three years after its opening ceremony, SMA Labschool Unsyiah was appointed to be one of Rintisan Sekolah Bertaraf Internasional.

Facilities[edit]

Laboratories for Physics, Chemistry and Biology,
Computer Lab with 24 Linux computers and one server to perform e-learning with Moodle,
Library. On 28 January 2010, United States Ambassador for Indonesia, Cameron R. Hume visited SMA Labschool to donate US$100,000 to further develop the library.^[2]
Arts Lab equipped with musical instruments, including a drum kit, an electronic keyboard, electric guitars, and a bass guitar. Such instruments are rare and almost cannot be found in public schools in Aceh.
An internet wi-fi zone which can be accessed by students from 8 am to 4 pm daily.

Learning-teaching system[edit]

Labschool Unsyiah implements a learning and teaching system that is slightly different from other high schools in Aceh. One of them is the 'moving class' system. Students transfer to another class each time their class is finished. This creates different surroundings everyday and prevents students from becoming bored with a static atmosphere in school.

SMA Lab School Unsyiah implements 2006 competency-based curriculum (KBK).

School hours[edit]

Classes are conducted from Monday to Friday 7.45 AM to 4 pm. On Saturday, students attend extracurricular activities.

Sports clubs[edit]

Boys' basketball
Girls' volleyball

Labschool basketball team was formed in 2008, led by Agung Dwi Satriawan. The highest achievement of the first team was to be the 4th in an inter-high basketball competition hosted by SMAN 7 Banda Aceh in 2009. Labschool lost when competing the title of 3rd winner to SMAN 1 Banda Aceh, after winning over MAN Model Banda Aceh, 20–0. The next team was led by Faizin Risa.

Donors[edit]

The following are individual and private/non-private/NGOs/non-NGOs organisations which helped the establishment and operation of SMA Labschool Unsyiah.^[3]

NGO/non-NGO organisations

Newmont Mining Corporation
AIG Disaster Relief Fund
AmCham Indonesia
American Standard Companies, Indonesia
BI Perbankan Peduli Indonesia
Boeing Company melalui United Way International
Caterpillar Inc. Foundation
PT Trakindo
Coca-Cola – US Asean Business Council Disaster Relief and Renewal Fund
Credit Renaissance Partners
Do Something^[4]
Bank Danamon Peduli Aceh
ExxonMobil Foundation
Freeman Foundation via Sampoerna Foundation
PT Freeport Indonesia
General Electric Indonesia
Greenville and Seely Place Elementary School, Scarsdale, New York
IBM Indonesia and Cisco Indonesia
Jakarta International School, Jakarta
PT Mitra Timur Lestari
Rolls-Royce
Rotary Club Indonesia and Rotarians from South Africa
Schlumberger UKC

Private donors[edit]

Mark Dion
David and Helen Kenney
AR Ramly dan keluarga
Ruth and Julian Schroeder
Chapman Taylor
The Taylor family
Carr W Dornsife
Philip and Bess Sullivan
Gerald and Louise Winfield

Footnotes[edit]

^ "USINDO to Build Model Laboratory School in Tsunami-Ravaged Aceh, Indonesia -- re> WASHINGTON, Oct. 30 /PRNewswire/ --". Archived from the original on 4 March 2016.
^ "Embassy of the United States Jakarta, Indonesia - Press Releases". Archived from the original on 15 October 2011.
^ http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/usindo-honors-new-ambassador-and-aceh-school-donors-70711417.html ^{[dead link]}
^ "Update on Do Something's Kids Tsunami Relief Fund Projects | Do Something". www.dosomething.org. Archived from the original on 2 July 2010.

[1] "USINDO to Build Model Laboratory School in Tsunami-Ravaged Aceh, Indonesia -- re> WASHINGTON, Oct. 30 /PRNewswire/ --". Archived from the original on 4 March 2016.

[2] "Embassy of the United States Jakarta, Indonesia - Press Releases". Archived from the original on 15 October 2011.

[3] ttp://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/usindo-honors-new-ambassador-and-aceh-school-donors-70711417.html ^{[dead link]}

[4] "Update on Do Something's Kids Tsunami Relief Fund Projects | Do Something". www.dosomething.org. Archived from the original on 2 July 2010.

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