Students Received NOW!Jakarta School Competition Awards

In March this year, NOW! Jakarta hosted an Art, Photography and Essay writing competition in which 11 international schools around Jakarta participated.

They were Gandhi Memorial Intercontinental School, ACG School Jakarta, Singapore Intercultural School Bona Vista Jakarta, Jakarta Intercultural School, Beacon Academy Jakarta, Jakarta Montessori School, Ichthus School Jakarta, Global Jaya School, British School Jakarta, NIS International School Jakarta and Sekolah Pelita Harapan.

More then 500 beautiful and creative works were submitted by students from three age groups, 5 - 9; 10 - 12 and 13 - 16, with themes including "nature", "holiday", "the world we live in", "technology" and "harmony". A selection of judges, which included photographers, artists and writers, assessed their work, and the results were announced just before the end of the academic year. 

On 13 September, an awards ceremony was held at Oakwood Premier Cozmo Jakarta to honour the winners. 

Parents, school administrators, teachers and students gathered for an afternoon of celebration as the winners were announced and feted on stage. They each received a certificate of achievement and received prizes ranging from complimentary stays at premier hotels, F & B vouchers, and trips to the zoo.

NOW! Jakarta's founder, Alistair Speirs and Director of PT. Phoenix Communications, Barbara Janthy Nihardjo congratulated the students and handed them their prizes. Heather Powell of British Women's Association (BWA), Ian McKie, General Manager of Oakwood Premier Cozmo Jakarta, Sudigdo, NOW! Jakarta Art Director and Ranjit Jose, NOW! Jakarta Managing Editor who also helped judge the competition, handed prizes to the winners along with Rima of Taman Safari Indonesia.

Three tickets to Kuala Lumpur from Garuda Indonesia were handed out to three students with the highest points from each category as the Grand Prize of the event. Here are the complete NJSC winners: 

GRADE A (5-8 YEARS OLD)

GRADE B (9-12 YEARS OLD)

GRADE C (13-16 YEARS OLD)

GRADE A (5-8 YEARS OLD)

GRADE B (9-12 YEARS OLD)

GRADE C (13-16 YEARS OLD)

GRADE A (5-8 YEARS OLD)

GRADE B (9-12 YEARS OLD)

GRADE C (13-16 YEARS OLD)

At the end of the session, Maria Ann Sumual from Yayasan Biji Sesawi, a non profit organisation that works on empowering communities (women’s and children), spoke during the event about the organisation's work with schools in Papua. She encouraged participation in the organisation's programme to help deliver much needed school materials to students in need. 

Special thanks to the sponsors of this event through their generous support— Garuda Indonesia, Oakwood Premier Cozmo, Tauzia Hotels, Taman Safari Indonesia and Starbucks Indonesia.