Welcome to Sekolah Mutiara Harapan’s website!
50 years ago, preparing for a job after university was a fairly predictable experience. High schools provided the students with the hard skills that would transfer to the jobs they desired to have after their 4 years of university.
Today, however, is a different narrative. Some jobs that will be available at the time the students enter the job market, might not even exist when the students apply to university. The information one needs to be familiar with for particular lines of work, which previously was memorized or was stored away in hard to obtain manuals, can now be extracted from Google within seconds.
We here at Sekolah Mutiara Harapan prepare our students to be self-directed and self-regulated, establishing principles of growth mindset and agency so that our students will be able to enter the future job market independent, innovative, and resilient.
It is our mission for our students to internalize essential life skills which will help them navigate the uncertainty of these times and to adapt to ever changing contexts within their physical, mental, and social environments.
We also expect our students to foster empathy, practice proactive engagement, and demonstrate principled decision making in all their endeavors so as to contribute to and positively impact the local community as well as to act responsibly as global citizens.
Feel free to explore our website and contact us if you have any questions. We will be more than happy to connect and assist.
Sincerely,
Jared Lee Skeens
How Will You Forge Your Future?
Welcome to Sekolah Mutiara Harapan – A community of internationally minded, lifelong learners, located in the safe, comfortable environment of the APRIL townsite 1 complex, in Pangkalan Kerinci, Riau, Indonesia.
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About Us
Get to Know Us
Sekolah Mutiara Harapan was established and managed by the Riau Andalan Pulp and Paper company (APRIL Group) to cater the academic needs of their employees families during their employment in the company.
Sekolah Mutiara Harapan commits its resources, talents and abilities in building a school community that fosters and promotes self-expression, decisiveness, discipline, teamwork and excellence through the best practices of the International Baccalaureate and the Indonesian national programs.
Sekolah Mutiara Harapan is a private, non-profit, Kindergarten through grade 9 coeducational school providing a high quality education leading to Indonesian and international qualifications for the local and expatriate communities. The main languages of instruction are English and Bahasa Indonesian.
Sekolah Mutiara Harapan is committed to educating all students to their full potential. They are encouraged to develop a joy of learning, independent thinking and freedom of expression while maintaining a sense of responsibility to others through respect and cooperation. Our greater purpose is to equip our students to lead constructive and fulfilling lives, to appreciate and respect a diverse range of cultures and to have a sense of service and responsibility towards the world community.
History
In 1993, construction of Riau Andalan Pulp and Paper was started. Expatriates from Canada, Finland, India, Philippines, South Africa and Sweden were hired to put up the mill hand in hand with their Indonesian counterparts. Ms. Rashanta Devanesan was asked to start a school for expatriate children while Sekolah Global Andalan was set up for the Indonesian employees’ children.
The expatriate school began as an informal home schooling group with Ruha Devanesan, Arjun Devanesan, Kyle Brewis and Jessica Brewis. Many other pupils joined soon after. By 1996, there were 75 students and it was then decided to formalize the school which then became Global Andalan International School.
In 2003, Sekolah Mutiara Harapan (SMH), a semi-international school, opened its doors for Indonesian students upon over-whelming request from parents.
Aiming to provide higher quality of education, GAIS and SMH were merged by administration of both schools in 2006. Sekolah Mutiara Harapan as the name of the school was carried over. Empowered by this commitment, the school embarked its application to the International Baccalaureate Organization (IBO) to offer the Primary Years Programme (PYP) for Kindergarten and Elementary levels.
With the concerted efforts of administration, teachers, staff, parents and students, SMH became the 3rd IB World School in Sumatera in December 2009, and the only IB school in Riau Province, fully authorized to offer the PYP.
The Junior High School section was established in 2008, followed by the Senior High School 5 years later. In 2013 both sections were accredited as Cambridge International School, offering Cambridge Secondary 1, Secondary 2 (IGCSE) and Advanced (A) Level.
In accordance with the regulation of Indonesian Ministry of Education, Sekolah Mutiara Harapan status was changed to Satuan Pendidikan Kerjasama (SPK)/ Affiliated School in 2014.
Curriculum
Kindergarten and Primary: JKG – Grade 6
International Baccalaureate-Primary Years Programme (IB-PYP)
The PYP classes integrate the standards of primary education in Indonesia with that of the International Baccalaureate Organization.
Junior High School: Grade 7 – Grade 9
Cambridge Lower Secondary Checkpoints and IGCSE
Junior High School students use the Cambridge curriculum for international subjects as well as 3 required national subjects, all of which are incorporated into the curriculum structure to ensure success for admission to any institution of higher education in Indonesia or abroad.
Senior High School: Grade 10 – Grade 12
Cambridge IGCSE and AS/A Level
Senior High School students may take 5 IGCSE or 3 A Level exams to apply for overseas universities. They may also use their national report card and take the UTBK to apply to Indonesian universities.
Accreditation
Sekolah Mutiara Harapan is authorized by:
Learning Philosophy
• Cater to different learning styles
• Use the world as a classroom
• Build good values and behavior
• Building positive teacher-to-student relationships
• Building positive teacher-to-student relationships
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APRIL School Awarding Ceremony was organized by Sekolah Mutiara Harapan
Expatriate students from Sekolah Mutiara Harapan demonstrate their cultural and Indonesian language skills at the Riau regional library
Sekolah Mutiara Harapan (SMH) is hosting the Student Exchange Program with its official partner school, Raffles Institution (RI) from Singapore on 18 – 22 September 2023 in Pangkalan Kerinci, Pelalawan, Riau.
Three students of Mutiara Harapan School attended Summer School LBW in University of Pennsylvania, US Complex, Pangkalan Kerinci, managed to gain valuable experience for three weeks in the United States.
Frederick Nathanael Ginting, a grade 12 student won a gold medal at the International Junior Mathematics Olympiad (IJMO) in Singapore.
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