ISTEAM Expo and Career Day 2024

Tuesday December 31st 2024

ISTEAM Expo and Career Day 2024: Crafting Tomorrow’s Sustainable Skylines

Al Azhar 55 Primary School Yogyakarta was again proud to present the ISTEAM Expo and Career Day 2024, an inspiring event that blends creativity, innovation, and real-world learning. With the theme “Crafting Tomorrow’s Sustainable Skylines,” this event highlighted the power of education in shaping a brighter and greener future.

The theme represents more than just buildings and structures—it symbolizes how today’s students can help build a sustainable world by embracing environmental responsibility, creative thinking, and future-ready skills. Through engaging activities and exhibitions, students explored how they can make a positive impact on the planet and their communities.

That was not all. As part of Career Day, students also had the unique opportunity to meet with professionals from various fields. These expert guests shared their experiences, inspired these young minds, and opened up new horizons by introducing exciting career paths such as: Engineer, Model, Veterinarian, Chef, Professional Football Athlete, Ustadz/Ustadzah, Professional Dancer, Scientist (Nutritionist), Digital Graphic Designer, Musician, Agroindustry Expert, Fashion Designer, Interior Designer, Artist, and Voice Over.

This direct interaction helped students gain valuable insights into different careers, connect their interests with real-world opportunities, and understand the diverse ways they can contribute to a sustainable future.

At the ISTEAM Expo and Career Day 2024, students were not just learners—they are future leaders, creators, and change-makers. Together, we are building a generation ready to design a world that thrives in harmony with the environment.

(by Mr Hudan)

Testimony

Prof. Dra. Hj. Suwarsih Madya, M.A., Ph.D.

Amidst the globalized situation which poses challenges of which one is a possible threat to identity, yet provides ample opportunities to excel for those who possess the prerequisites, we need to equip our children as the continuing generation with necessary competencies—affective, cognitive, psychomotor and interactive. In other words, we need to help them grow and develop into total persons and this can be achieved through the whole-child development approach which ensures the development of all potentials. In addition to this is the need for developing some competence which enables the children to communicate globally. All of this will ensure that the children will develop their citizenships both at the national and global levels. How can this ideal development be realized?

If you want to find out about how efforts are made to develop children’s whole potentials, you can come to SD Islam Al Azhar 55 Yogyakarta. Here you can see how the four-year old school has grown fast due to the stakeholders’ trust to send their children to study here. With only 54 children in the first year, this school now has 185 students. These students are educated to respect and preserve the social-cultural environment by learning the local language (Javanese, including the script) and arts (dance). Simultaneously, they certainly learn the national language (Bahasa Indonesia) and national content, which is unquestionable since it is compulsory, and English, which has now become a global lingua franca; thus, a prerequisite for successful global communication. More importantly, children in this school also learn to practise their religion consistently. So, in this school children’s identity is rooted in the local culture, with nationalism and global awareness being inherently developed together with reliogiosity.

Does the whole-child development approach at SD Islam Al Azhar still give room for children to excel? In my belief, when all their potentials are developed, children will have a greater chance to excel and I can see the truth in my belief in this primary school. In the last two years, the students have made great achievements in various competitions held at the local and national levels–gold medals in English, math and science competitions (national), silver and bronze medals in IT competitions (national), silver and bronze medals at colouring and swimming competitions (local) to mention some.

In conclusion, SD Islam Al Azhar has given evidence of the right efforts of true education to develop both intelligence and character.

Prof. DR. Budi S. Daryono, M.Agr. Sc.

Testimoni Sebagai Orang tua menyekolahkan anak Di Al-Azhar 55

Sudah menjadi kewajiban bagi orang tua untuk memberikan pendidikan yang terbaik bagi putra putrinya. Tantangan untuk mendidik anak di Era Global dan Digital pun semakin besar, kita tidak bisa lagi membendung segala perubahan yang begitu cepat terjadi, dan harus mempersiapkan anak-anak supaya bisa survive dan sholeh/sholehah tentunya. Saat ini dunia bagaikan kampung, dimana tidak ada batas-batas untuk melakukan transaksi kehidupan, untuk itu anak harus bisa berkomunikasi dengan bahasa universal sebagai modal utama. Disamping itu, pendidikah Ahlak dan Aqidah harus diberikan secara dini sebagai dasar anak dalam menghadapi gejolak gelombang kehidupan. Atas pertimbangan tersebutlah, kami selaku orang tua memilih untuk menyekolahkan putra kami tercinta Hikari di Sekolah Islam, yang menggunakan dua bahasa pengantar, yaitu Al-Azhar 55.

Prof. DR. Budi S.Daryono, M.Agr. Sc.