SIN WASSENAAR RECEIVES PARTNER SCHOOLS’ DELEGATION

Wassenaar Campus — The whole school community of SIN Wassenaar gladly received the coming of our partner schools delegation, Wednesday, 12 October 2011.  28 students, 2 teachers and 3 directors of our 3 partner schools from Indonesia: SMAN 1 Bekasi, SMAN 1 Tarakan, SMAN 1 Pinrang, paid a meaningful and friendly visit at our campus.

After series of welcoming remarks, the programme of the day was followed with a studium generale by Mr. Jaap ter Marsch, a Dutch-Indonesian, born in Jakarta (then Batavia), with the topic on the agony of children caused by war, which was based on his own traumatic experience under the Japanese camp in Tjideng, an area which is not far from today’s Monas square.

Afterwards, SIN Wassenaar students presented and shared on The Hague International Model of United Nations (THIMUN), and iconic programme our students annually take part. In turns, our guest students shared and presented the management of Students Organisation (OSIS) and extracurricular activities at their schools. This was followed with lunch, dance and music performances from all sides. A sharing forum was also conducted between the management teams and teachers.

In late afternoon, SIN Wassenaar cultual delegation prepared the gamelan dan dance performance to honour the invitation from the Probus Club, Voorschoten. This club belonged to retired Dutch professionals and business people, many of whom held very important positions at multinationals and some had relations with Indonesia, whether through profession and other factors.

It was planned that the delegation would visit as well the International School of The Hague, and the Candea College in Duiven, near Amsterdam.