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The drive by car to reach SMPN 2 Kradenan from the capital of Grobogan district, Purwodadi takes about an hour. Visiting the school, we were accompanied by Head of the Education Office of Grobogan District Sugiyanto, SH, MM and the Head of the Religious Affairs Office, Drs H. Taslim, M.Pd. Both of them have given great support to the DBE3 program. A number of photographs of activities in the school visited can be seen on this page.

1. The Head of the Education Office, Bpk. Sugiyanto (left), who accompanied us during our visit to the school, is having a conversation with principal of SMPN 2 Kradenan Bpk. Agus Suprapto, S.Pd, MM.

2. With encouragement from Bpk. Suprapto, there have been big improvements in the classroom environment. Lessons are now more interesting with more varied learning activities. In each classroom there are displays of students’ work. Each student has a portfolio to store their work and record their progress. The portfolios are stored in pink plastic folders.

3. MTsN Jeketro, located in west Grobogan, has also enthusiastically implemented DBE3 programs. This includes using cooperative learning.

4. The staff of MTsN Jeketro with DBE3 Program Director, Stuart Weston and the Head of the Religious Affairs Office, Drs. H. Taslim, M.Pd.

SMPN 2 Musuk is located on a mountain in a remote area in Boyolali. Despite this, lessons are interesting and varied. As a result, the student drop out rate has decreased greatly since DBE3 has been assisting the school. Here are a number pictures of activities seen at SMPN 2 Musuk during out visit.

1. Dra. Sri Supanti Nurhayati, M.Pd, the principal of SMPN 2 Musuk, is a Mathematics teacher. She teaches every week and is very enthusiastic in leading the teachers in her school. In this photo she is helping students of a class being taught by one of her teachers with their tasks.

2. The students are very enthusiastic in this science class. They are using litmus paper to test whether foods contain acid or alkaline.

3. Grade 8 students showing their group’s work about floods, which they done in a Bahasa Indonesia lesson. The work will be displayed for a time and then stored in a filing cabinet, which has been provided in every classroom.

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Edition 05/February 2010