SIDH news

Wassenaar — Nadia D. Zafira was elected as the new chairperson of SIDH’s Students Association (OSIS) for 2015/2016 through a heated contest, Friday, 11 September 2015. She replaced Fariz M. Hanif as the new head of the OSIS; while Verel P. Kadarusman was elected as the second-person-in-command. The speedy and smooth transition was expected as the new school year had started.

This new leadership moved quickly, by electing the new committee members. Approved by the Principal, Mr. Budi Wahyu Rianto, they held the first coordination meeting and, according to the plans of action, the Red Cross/Crescent and Youth Red Cross activity for students was organised one week after the election. Moreover, it was this new leadership brass that planned the solemn observance of the International Day of Peace in our campus, 21 September 2015.

We put a high expectation on this new OSIS leadership and committee members…and in a quick sequence so far they have showed us they have the capacity and capability to maintain the trust.

Wassenaar — The Indonesian School of The Hague (SIDH) celebrated the 70th anniversary of Indonesia’s independence on Monday, 24 August 2015. It was led by our Principal, Mr. Budi Wahyu Rianto. Members of our Colour Guard who had taken part during the Flag Ceremony at our Ambassadorial Residence one week earlier became the ceremony officers of that day.

Although we do regularly observe the Flag Ceremony every Monday morning; however, this commemorating ceremony was apparently exceptional as during which Mr. Rianto addressed the audience and participants with motivational speech composed by our Minister of Education and Culture, Dr. Anies Baswedan.

This event can be viewed in YouTube through this link.

Wassenaar, 15 September 2015 — To diversify the extracurricular activities at SIDH, our Principal, Mr. Budi Wahyu Rianto opted to provide tennis training programme for our students. The programme is also to respond to the pro-bono offer made by Mr. Dick Zwaan, a Dutchman who was born in the former Dutch East Indies (nowadays Indonesia).

The programme was officially launched by Mr. Rianto on Tuesday, 15 September 2015 and Mr. Zwaan becomes the trainer. The kids took part in this first day of training frolicsomely and enthusiastically.

The programme also can be viewed in YouTube (for better result please turn your quality setting to HD).

Wassenaar — We celebrated our 50th anniversary in the vicinity of our campus on Saturday, 18 April 2015. This event was covered by the Belindomag (in Dutch). And this link leads to the photo gallery.

Wassenaar, 5 September 2015 — This year’s Indonesian Festival 2015 was a very special  for Sekolah Indonesia Den Haag (SIDH) as we celebrated our 50th anniversary. In accordance with this Golden Jubilee SIDH was granted to set up a separate stall. Compared to other stalls it was quite large because it was only second to the size of of the main stage located on the other side of the building.

Our stall was sectioned into three parts: one for Bahasa Indonesia Course and Distance Learning Programme – Primary School, one for robotics and drones, and one for alumni. In between there were also commercial corners showcasing students portfolios, food products and library items.

For the outdoor cultural programme SIDH fielded the angklung ensemble, a band performance and two dances; while for indoor performance SIDH displayed gamelan music in which our Principal, Mr. Budi Wahyu Rianto played the kendang.

SIDH’s participation  in the Indonesian Festival 2015 reflects our full commitment to involve in the promotion of Indonesian culture in The Netherlands and Europe.

Additional: Link of our angklung ensemble performance uploaded to Youtube (with the courtesy of Mr. Febrianto)

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