SMUK 1 Jakarta
SMAK 1 BPK PENABUR Jakarta is a private Christian high school in Jakarta, Indonesia. It is located in Tanjung Duren, a financial and residential district in West Jakarta.
SMAK 1 Is considered by the residents of Indonesia as a school of prestige, and is further backed by gaining the highest median points of the 2021 UTBK examination in the Jakarta administrative province.
SMAK 1 sends its students to local and international competitions, most notably the International Science Olympiads, and the National Science Olympiad.
SMAK 1 is one of 50 schools in Jakarta, Banten, Lampung and West Java managed by BPK PENABUR, a Christian-based organization.
History
Sekolah Menengah Atas Kristen 1 PENABUR - Jakarta was established on 1947 as a MULO in its old location at Pintu Air 11 Road. Its director was J. C. Boss, a mathematician. In the following year, the school was renamed as CVS, and its directorial position was taken over by Dr. Van Der Meer.Following the end of Dutch colonization in Indonesia in 1945, CVS was handed to THKTKH and renamed SMA Istimewa. Lessons were conducted in Mandarin Chinese and Indonesian.
On August 1, 1950, SMA Istimewa was taken over by BPK Jabar Foundation, and the school underwent major revamping. One of these changes was the adjustment of its name to SMAK 1 and the usage of Indonesian as the sole medium of instruction. The addition of the word "Kristen" was done to emphasize its Christian roots and values.
In 1956, the school was selected as a model school for the development of other schools in Jakarta. In the same year, it also set the record-high for Indonesian National Physics and Chemistry Examinations, an achievement held until today.
In March 1989, BPK Jabar KPS Jakarta changed its name to BPK PENABUR KPS Jakarta. In the same year SMAK 1 was moved to its current location of Tanjung Duren Raya Road. The school has a running track, canteen, sport fields, science laboratories, library, auditorium, language laboratory, music and dance rooms, drawing rooms, a greenhouse, a student counseling center, students' council room, large assembly hall, twenty eight classrooms, etc.
The current principal is Sylviana Chrisyan, S.E., M.M. which has held the position since the 2018–2019 academic year.
Academic system and curriculum
The school curriculum adheres to the standard Indonesian high school curriculum. The duration of study is three years. First year curriculum includes basic natural and social sciences subjects, Indonesian, English, tertiary foreign language electives, physical education and Christian theological studies. Students are streamlined in the second year of their study into one of two programs: natural science program or social science program. These specialized curricular exclude subjects tangential to the programs, allowing students to focus on their specializations. In the final year, students are presented with advanced versions of the subjects they learned in the first two years of their study.The school offers preparatory courses for several standardized tests, such as UN (standardized Indonesian national examination), and IELTS.
In addition to having the standard Indonesian curriculum syllabus, the school curriculum also incorporates advanced subjects. These include university level physics, chemistry, mathematics and biology.
Extracurricular activities include sports, martial arts, arts, robotics, video game programming, debate, and foreign languages. Students who are eager to learn more about science usually join the science clubs, where more advanced university-level courses are taught. Many students from these science clubs become International Science Olympiad medalists.