SMA Labschool Unsyiah

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 Darussalam, Aceh, Indonesia.

Background

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 the 5th 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

• 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 USD 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

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

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

Sports clubs

• Boys' basketball
• Girls' volleyball

Labschool Basketball team competing in ACC Turkey

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.

College acceptances

Class of 2011 acceptances

• Bandung Institute of Technology
• Bogor Agricultural Institute
• Gadjah Mada University
• Padjadjaran University
• President University
• Sekolah Tinggi Akuntansi Negara
• Telkom Institute of Management
• Universitas Indonesia
• Universitas Syiah Kuala
• University of North Sumatra

Class of 2010 acceptances

• Universitas Syiah Kuala
• Universitas Indonesia
• Andalas University
• Brawijaya University
• Gadjah Mada University
• Bogor Agricultural Institute
• Sunway University, Malaysia
• International Islamic University Malaysia
• Flinders University, South Australia
• Telkom Institute of Management

Donors

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

Graduation of the first alumni

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

• 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

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