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Student Volunteers Needed!

On Saturday, December 12^th, from 10 A.M. until 4 P.M., Ma’arif Islamic Senior High School will be holding a music festival in the school hall. The special event will feature a variety of professional musicians and singers. TASK TIME DATE Make posters 1 P.M. to 4 P.M. December 5^th. Set up gym 11 A.M. to 4 P.M. December 11^th. Help performers 9 A.M. to 4 P.M. December 12^th. Welcome guests 10 A.M. to 2 P.M. December 12^th. Clean up gym 4 P.M. to 7 P.M. December 12^th

Interested students should speak with Ms. Rifa, the music teacher. Students who would like to help at the festival must have written permission from a parent or guardian.

What time will the festival begin?

• 10 A.M.

• 1 A.M.

• 1.P.M.

• 2 P.M.

• 9 A.M.

Ki Hadjar Dewantoro, original name Raden Mas (Lord) Suwardi Surjaningrat (born May 2, 1889, Yogyakarta, Javadied April 26, 1959, Yogyakarta), founder of the Taman Siswa school system, an influential and widespread network of schools that encouraged modernization but also promoted indigenous Indonesian culture.

Dewantoro was born into a noble family of Yogyakarta and attended a Dutch-sponsored medical school but failed to complete the course. Active in the nationalist cause, he belonged to a faction favouring direct action and the use of Western methods to destroy the power of the Dutch. He was also a member of the Bandung chapter of Sarekat Islām (“Islamic Association”) and a founder of the Socialist Indische Partij (“Indies Party”). An article he wrote during this period, “If I Were a Netherlander,” published in the Indische Partij‟s De Express, led to his exile to the Netherlands between 1913 and 1918.

In the Netherlands he became converted to the idea of using Indonesian cultural traditions to cope with the problems posed by Dutch colonial rule. He felt that education was the best means to strengthen Indonesians, and he was deeply influenced by the progressive theories of the Italian educational reformer Maria Montessori and by the Indian poet and philosopher Rabindranath Tagore.

The first Taman Siswa schools were established in Java in July 1922. Instruction, carried on informally, emphasized traditional skills and values of Javanese life, particularly music and dance. Western subjects were taught, too, in order to help students cope with the demands of modern life. Overcoming initial official hostility, the Taman Siswa schools had spread throughout the archipelago and were by the late 1930s subsidized by the Dutch colonial government. Based on traditional Javanese concepts, the Taman Siswa schools appealed primarily to those segments of Indonesian society termed abangan, in which the Islamic faith is less deeply entrenched. Dewantoro continued his leadership of Taman Siswa after the war and upon his death was acclaimed a national hero.

What is the main idea of paragraph 2?

• Dewantoro‟s background

• Dewantoro‟s royal family

• Dewantoro‟s birth

• Dewantoro‟s education

• Dewantoro‟s activities

Get ready for our team-building exercise!

On Thursday, December 13, 2019, the company will hold a whole-day team-building exercise at the Puncak Ayana Hotel in Trawas. The activities in the morning will be done in the following order: bounty-hunting, tug-of-war, boat-building, and team relay. After lunch, we will do puzzle-solving exercises in separate groupings.

We are doing these exercises to promote the following skills in the organization: creativity, innovation, flexibility, and teamwork. The full participation of everyone is encouraged.

Assembly will be at the school hall. We will have breakfast there at 6:30 a.m. and the bus will leave at exactly 8:00 a.m. Casual dress and sports get-ups are musts. We will have lunch and snacks at the beach resort.

What should participants bring?

• Snacks

• Informal Clothing

• Lunch

• Crossword Puzzle

• Boat

1. Dony : I think the island is so scary without any people there.

Marco : _____ I heard something frightening about the island.

Dony : My friends told me about it too.

• I think so too

• I doubt it

• I dont agree with you

• I disagree

• Me too

Jason : I’m interested in visiting Labuan Bajo. What do you think about it?

Karen : Labuan Bajo is one of the top destinations for travelling ____ you should go there

• in my opinion

• i dont think so

• i agree with you

• with all respect

• yes

1. Kitty : Reading is such a boring activity. I’d rather check my friends feeds on instagram

Nania : _____ spending hours checking somebody else’s life won’t take you anywhere

Kitty : hmm, I guess you’re right

• I really think the same way

• I completely disagree with you

• I couldnt agree with you more

• I will be very thankful

• I can go home by my self

Daniel : Its a little late, shall I drive you home?

Sandra : Thats very kind of you, but_____

Daniel : Alright then. I hope you arrive safely at home

• I will be very thankful

• I can go home by my self

• I’ll be glad to go with you

• I’ll accompany you home

• In my opinion

Diya : How long have you been in Surabaya?

Jany : _____

Diya : Oh, I see. That's long enough to know what its like there

• we have lived here since I am child

• My family and I were going to the cinema

• My family and I ahve been living here for 15 years

• We lived here for so long time until I forget when it is

• It has been built

on our way ______ the campsite, we saw beautiful scenery along the road

• on

• to

• for

• from

• in

On new year's eve, my friends and I went camping in a wood out of town. We ____ a group of ten

• are

• was

• were

• have been

• is