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Muharram Fest

Friday August 5th 2022

Muharram is the opening month of the Hijri calendar system. Rasulullah Muhammad SAW called the month of Muharram Syahrullah (the month of Allah). Therefore, the month of Muharram has its own virtues. Before the arrival of the Syiar of Islam delivered by the Prophet Muhammad SAW, this month was called Shafar Al Awwal.
Muharram event in Al Azhar 55 Islamic Primary School Yogyakarta was held on Wednesday, 19 August 2020 themed New Normal, New Hijriyah, New Spirit for Indonesia. To enliven this glorious month, we organized several Islamic competitions such as drawing, Islamic song singing , Islamic poster drawing, and Adzan.
As it is now still pandemic, the competitions were organized online via zoom meeting. Although online, students were very enthusiastic in participating in the competitions.
They ran smoothly, judged by extraordinary judges, as well as the homeroom teachers who actively provided students with information of technical instructions for each competition in which they would participate.
The drawing competition was themed Islamic New Year. Participants drew pictures related to the Islamic new year in which they needed incorporate Islamic values. Meanwhile, the singing competition participants sang the song that had been selected by the committee. The competition was aimed at getting students know Islamic poetry which was full of Islamic values. The next competition, i.e. poster drawing, was to cultivate students’ creativity. Last but not least, the adzan competition was held live where the judges scored every participant’s performance on the spot.
This year’s Muharram event was different. Even though online, alhamdulillah it did not diminish everyone’s enthusiasm in welcoming the Hijriyah New Year.

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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.

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