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by Joanna Yap, [email protected]. Posted on June 15, 2014, Sunday

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$ #o%e#y &a'ebo and br"d&e "n the m"dd#e o( a &arden o)ers a com(ortab#e rest"n&

p#ace (or students and %"s"tors to the schoo#. *hese are +ust a (e o( the schoo#s

many aard-"nn"n& #andscap"n& (eatures.

F necess"ty "s the mother o( "n%ent"on, then S/ St ernard Sad"r has certa"n#y h"t

on an "n&en"ous and enterpr"s"n& so#ut"on on ho to enr"ch the schoo#"n&

eper"ences o( "ts students as e## as "mpart cr"t"ca# #"%"n& s"##s to them.

*h"s sma## rura# pr"mary schoo# o( about 10 students has set "ts s"&hts set on

be"n& the 3rst resort-sty#e schoo# "n the country.
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*uced amon& the p"cturesue mounta"ns and %a##eys o( Padaan, about 0m

(rom the c"ty o( /uch"n&, St ernard "s +ust a stones thro (rom some o( the

areas most popu#ar tour"st attract"ons and dest"nat"ons.

6ne o( the most e##-non "s the $nnah 7a"s hotspr"n&s, #"tera##y +ust a 10-

m"nute dr"%e don the road (rom here the schoo# "s s"tuated.

6n-&o"n& e)orts by #oca# &o%ernment a&enc"es and #oca# bod"es to promote

Padaan as a tour"sm dest"nat"on ha%e encoura&ed the &roth o( the #oca#

homestay "ndustry as e## as created &reater pub#"c "nterest "n the areas natura#

beauty as e## as many cu#tura# attract"ons.

So hat as the mot"%at"on (or S/ St ernard to embar on "ts +ourney o(

trans(ormat"on to become a resort-sty#e schoo#8

$mon& the many #andscape (eatures "n the schoo# h"ch "ncorporate #oca# cu#ture

and "n9uences "s th"s bar" &a&a : a bamboo hut norma##y bu"#t at h"## pad" (arms

(or she#ter or o%ern"&ht stays dur"n& (arm"n& season.

Uni6ue conce(t

;*here are many schoo#s that ha%e adopted concepts such as schoo#-"th"n-a-par and so on, so e thou&ht hy not try to mae our schoo# d")erent,< sa"d

S"mbas =a"r, 54 years, the schoo#s Parent-*eacher $ssoc"at"on >P? ass"stant

cha"rman and a#so a teacher and sen"or ass"stant (or student a)a"rs at St

ernard.

;A"th so many p#aces o( "nterest nearby, e (e#t e had the stren&ths to mae a

resort-sty#e schoo#. Bot on#y ou#d "t he#p our students but "t ou#d a#so

trans(orm our board"n& schoo# and mae "t stand out,< he ep#a"ned.

$ common prob#em "n rura# schoo#s concerns student enro##ment and attendance.

Cue to #o popu#at"on dens"ty and #ac o( access to roads and other

"n(rastructure, hoste#s are %ery o(ten a necess"ty to ensure students are ab#e to


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cons"stent#y attend c#asses and ha%e access to teachers and educat"ona#

resources.

6ne o( the reasons beh"nd sett"n& up a resort-sty#e schoo# as that by pro%"d"n&

an attract"%e and sa(e en%"ronment, students ou#d (ee# mot"%ated to stay "n

schoo# and parents ou#d (ee# com(ortab#e send"n& the"r ch"#dren aay (romhome to study.

ndeed, th"s approach appears to ha%e ach"e%ed "ts &oa#.

;*he en%"ronment and (ac"#"t"es here are better than hat our students ha%e at

home. *hey (ee# happy to be here and the parents (ee# happy to send the"r

ch"#dren to schoo#,< S"mbas noted.

Present#y, the schoo# on#y o)ers board"n& (or pr"mary schoo# students but has

subm"tted an app#"cat"on to open a hoste# (or about 20 pre-schoo# pup"#s.

S"mbas added that the schoo# had to ensure at #east D0 per cent attendance o(

students enro##ed to eep pre-schoo# c#asses open "n accordance "th !ducat"on

="n"stry reu"rements

*he schoo# hopes "ts app#"cat"on "## be appro%ed soon to reso#%e the prob#em o(

9uctuat"n& attendance and ensure the schoo# can cont"nue to o)er pre-schoo#

c#asses.

6#d b"cyc#es ha%e been repurposed "nto an art scu#pture to symbo#"se un"ty. *h"s

p"ece as the "dea o( Pau#us and adds character to the schoo#s &arden.

Gar)en surroun)ings

Ereat"n& the amb"ance o( a resort as no easy underta"n& (or a sma## rura#

board"n& schoo# #"e St ernard, reca##ed Pau#us Jerome, the co-ord"nator (or the

schoo#s beaut"3cat"on pro&ramme and a#so a pre-schoo# teacher at the schoo#.


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6ne o( the 3rst th"n&s they (ocused on as #andscap"n&.

;n"t"a##y, peop#e d"dnt understand our rat"ona#e and uest"oned hy e anted

to do "t. Bo, peop#e dont uest"on anymore but actua##y come (orard to he#p

because they can see the bene3ts (or themse#%es,< the 52-year-o#d sa"d.

S"nce the beaut"3cat"on pro&ramme started three years a&o, the schoo# has been

&radua##y trans(ormed "nto a tranu"# &reen space p#anted "th shady trees and

other nat"%e spec"es and "ncorporat"n& #oca# cu#ture and "n9uences.

*h"s a#so "nc#udes 3sh ponds, art scu#ptures, a &a'ebo, a man-made ater(a##

(eature and e%en a sma## museum hosted "n a type o( trad"t"ona# de##"n& ca##ed

pan&&au asar.

*he schoo# has been croned champ"on to years "n a ro "n the ="ss"on Schoo#

cate&ory "n the Padaan =un"c"pa# Eounc"#s >=PP annua# #andscape pro+ect

s"nce "t 3rst too part three years a&o >the 3rst year, "t p#aced th"rd.

n #ast years compet"t"on, the schoo# as aarded the Jurys Spec"a# $ard (or

mana&"n& to p#ace "n the top three (or three consecut"%e years.

Bur $3(ah $#"ah $bdu##ah ta"n& a moment to re(resh herse#( "n the c#ear-ater

r"%er. She teaches pre-schoo# at St ernard and "s a#so ass"stant student

adm"n"strator >pembantu pen&urusan mur"d.

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Cur"n& an "nter%"e #ast Cecember, headmaster !dard Peter a+at sa"d these

ach"e%ements ere poss"b#e because o( the co-operat"on beteen the schoo# and

parents to not on#y beaut"(y the schoo# and "mpro%e "ts secur"ty but a#so create a

com(ortab#e en%"ronment (or the students.

*he schoo#s beaut"3cat"on e)orts ha%e a#so been &reat#y boosted "th he#p andsupport (rom =PP and %o#unteers (rom %ar"ous non-pro3t &roups and corporate

ent"t"es.

=ore than 1,000 p#ants ere donated by the =PP to be p#anted "n and around the

schoo# compound. $ nearby #uury eco-resort a#so supp#"ed spec"mens o( nat"%e

p#ants as e## as &enerous#y etended the pro(ess"ona# ser%"ces o( the"r

hort"cu#tura#"st to he#p the schoo# des"&n and p#an the"r #andscap"n&.

*he c#ear-ater r"%er and sha##o roc poo#s

6nce a ee, parents, teachers and %"##a&ers come to&ether "n a or party to

carry out &enera# #andscap"n& dut"es and ensure that the schoo# compound

rema"ns c#ean and ept.

=any o( the cheer(u# and co#our(u# mura#s h"ch decorate the a##s o( %ar"ous

bu"#d"n&s ere pa"nted by %o#unteers and %"s"tors.

*he communa# sp"r"t o( &oton&-royon& at St ernards a#so etends e## beyond+ust the #andscap"n&.


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S"nce $pr"# th"s year, St ernard started an a(ter-schoo# pro&ramme hereby

parents and %o#unteers ou#d come by (or one and a ha#( hours e%ery e%en"n&

(rom =onday to *hursday a(ter d"nner to he#p students "th the"r homeor.

*here are act"%"t"es such as s"n&"n& and p#ay"n& &ames to add %ar"ety to hoste#

#"(e and encoura&e the students to "nteract "th and (ee# com(ortab#e aroundd")erent peop#e.

*here are a#so church orers com"n& "n to he#p conduct re#"&"ous c#asses, and

%o#unteers to tutor students on bas"c s"##s #"e read"n& and r"t"n&.

So (ar, the response had been u"te encoura&"n& and the pup"#s seemed to en+oy

"t, Pau#us noted.

;t has made a pos"t"%e d")erence,< S"mbas concurred.

*he schoo#s spac"ous d"n"n& ha## "s a recent add"t"on to the resort-sty#e schoo#.

Recent a))itions

n recent years, the schoo# has a#so mana&ed to up&rade e"st"n& (ac"#"t"es as e##

as bu"#d a number o( ne bu"#d"n&s : thans to o%er ha#( a m"##"on r"n&&"t "n&o%ernment &rants and (und"n&.

*he ne bu"#d"n&s "nc#ude hoste#s, teachers uarters, to"#ets, a sc"ence #ab, a

sports eu"pment store and a car shed.

Ahere%er poss"b#e, #oca# "n9uences are "ncorporated "nto the bu"#d"n&s such as a

sma##, bamboo ba#cony : a common (eature "n many o( the #oca# %"##a&e homes :

"n the &"r#s hoste# here the occupants can re#a and en+oy the scenery "th

the"r (r"ends a(ter schoo#.


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;Ae "nc#uded th"s (eature because "ts someth"n& rem"n"scent o( home and can

he#p them to (ee# more com(ortab#e h"#e they are aay (rom the"r (am"#"es,

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