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STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT AWARD Program Starts, the Flag Raising becomes a Prize Giving Ceremony
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Abd. Hadi, principal of SMPN 4 Pinrang, awarding the prizes to the two ‘students of the week’.
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One day, at the end of flag raising ceremony, the principal of SMPN 4 Pinrang H. Abd. Hadi announced over the loudspeaker, “Students please stay for a while. Today you are going to see some of your friends get awards for their achivement last week.”
Straight after that Amran Muhiddin, a Science teacher announced, “The prize for the best individual work is for a monolog script called SEPATU AYAH (FATHER’S SHOES) by Mutmainnah, a student of grade IX-2. The prize for the best piece of group work goes for PLANT REPRODUCTION by Rambutan Group who will be represented by Herni.”
The flag raising ceremony on that day, Monday, November 23, 2009, marked the start of a new program of achievement awards for student creativity at SMPN 4 Pinrang. The principal explained that the program will be conducted on an ongoing basis.
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Students of SMPN 4 Pinrang are used to presenting their work publicly.
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After the announcement, the principal handed over the prizes to the students who were named as ‘Students of the Week’.
The purpose of this program is to motivate students to be more creative; to create a favorable, encouraging and productive learning environment and to encourage teachers to select students’ work which can be used as a learning resource for other students.
The Selection Team for the Award
Students who are given awards every Monday are selected on the basis of the best students’ work. The selection process is done by a team consisting of nine teachers from several subjects and supported by a decree from the principal.
Abd. Hadi has formed the team to select the winning students’ work. The team works based on pre-determined criteria. They gathered information from several sources including other teachers and parents.
The points on which a piece work are assessed include the originality of the work, its usefulness as a learning resource for other students, the originality of the findings from an experiment and the quality of team work, group presentations and group discussions.
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A piece of work by a student of SMPN 4 Pinrang, which won a prize
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