08 05 2012

“KARTINI BLOEMEN PROJECT” FOR KARTINI DAY 2012 AT SIN WASSENAAR

Wassenaar Campus — SIN Wassenaar celebrated the Kartini Day as well as the National Education Day 2012 by convening a special programme namely “The Kartini Bloemen Project”, 27 April 2012. During the event the school organised several contests: tulip presentation, flower arranging, fried-rice cooking, and Indonesian traditional costumes parade. Teacher and students representatives from the German International School The Hague (Deutsche internationale Schule Den Haag) also participated in the activities. Mr. Moormann (Estata Makelaars) and Ms. Linda Dubbock (German School) were among the judges of the competitions.

This project has been the final stage of the previous programme, The Bhinneka Tunggal Ika Exhibition at SIN Wassenaar which had been organised to commemorate the Youth Pledge Day, 28 October 2011. On that day, the Indonesian chargé d’affairs and spouse, Mr. Umar Hadi and Ms. Nila Hadi, formally launched the project by planting the tulip bulbs of different colours symbolising SIN Wassenaar’s logo. Now it has grown up and charmly blossomed out, beautifying the school’s yard landscape.

Representing the Indonesian Embassy, Attaché of Education, Mr. Ramon Mohandas expressed his appreciation to SIN Wassenaar for organising the unique event. On her part, Ms. Arbayah Kumalawati, SIN Wassenaar’s director cum the inspirator of this project reiterated that this activity has been a contribution to promote Indonesian education, language and culture in The Netherlands and beyond.

At the end, the champions were announced, as the follows: