Reasons for Joy.

On the afternoon of the 13th May 2011, SMK Convent Sentul recieved a very happy pleasant surprise first via an official letter. We have been waiting for this letter since February . Finally SMK Convent Sentul has recieved the candidate to fill the post of the Penolong Kanan Ko Kurikulum which has been vacant since Pn Ong retired. Our new PK Koko is Datin Cheam Swee Har. Welcome to SMK Convent Sentul Datin Cheam! We are delighted with your appointment to our school.

Both Pn Rubiah and me are both greatly relieved at Datin Cheam's appointment. It has not been easy for Pn Rubiah and her team of capable and dedicated teachers - Bong, Raudah, Kamala, Ainil and the rest of the teachers to do the job and to bear the burden of the PK Koko especially during this period of 1M1S.

You all have helped me and Pn Rubiah tremendously but most of all I am happy and grateful because you all have not only just done your job but done it superbly with dedication these few months with a very positive and cheerful spirit! Tahniah and Terima Kasih!

Datin Cheam Swee Har is formerly of SMK Puteri Jaya. She has responded very quickly upon recieving the official letter. She phoned me immediately at about noon and then reported to SMK Convent Sentul at about 3 pm.

I am delighted to report she is an ex-student of Convent Sentul. In fact when I took her on a short school tour, it was a delightful merge of information between us both - a merge of information from the past and the present. I listened enthralled as she told me some lovely history about Convent Sentul and pointed out where some rooms had been changed. Did you know the Principal's room used to be where the Bilik Tetamu is now? The Principal used to monitor the classes and the canteen from the room's window. Isn't that interesting to know? I also got to know that 5 Anggerik was formerly called 5 Science 1 but it is still in the same exact class location.

Datin Cheam holds a M.E.D. in Education Psychology apart from her first degree in Geography and Political Science. I am very assured she is well qualified and will be a strong assest in SMK Convent Sentul to all of us.

A 2nd reason for joy. All new teachers under the program Guru Baharu were required to make a teaching aid (ABM - Alat Bantu Mengajar) to enrich their teaching. Last Friday, one of the new teachers excitedly showed me her teaching aids for Sejarah.

She had several kinds of spices - pepper, cinnamon etc as well several types of grains nicely packaged on a manila cardboard. When she first showed me the teaching aid, I could not understand how it could be used. Then she explained it was for these products that the spice trade routes of Johor were established since Johor was at the confluence of these trade routes. She also had oil in a container and a pretty traditional vase which denote a certain age in history.

What made me really happy was how her eyes sparkled brightly and she smiled happily as she described how the students were so excited yesterday when she brought the teaching aid to class and taught them using the aids . I really hope and pray that teachers young and old in Convent Sentul will continue to prepare teaching aids so that students can understand and enjoy their lessons.

There are many good and dedicated teachers here in SMK Convent Sentul.

I am blessed to be here as Principal. Happy Teachers' day to all the teachers here. We will do our real celebration after the exam finishes.