I think HighScope is different because we are taught more than just lessons from textbooks. In HighScope we learn Core Values and Habits of Empowerment to help us have a positive attitude in our daily lives. HighScope also teaches us Learner Outcomes as skills which will help us now, as students, and also in the future.

I think HighScope teaches us the process of learning and collaborating more than other schools. A good grade is usually the goal in other schools, but in HighScope the process of completing a task is the most important thing. For our Community Work Experience, we helped out at a local kindergarten in Bandung. We refurbished the school building so it would be a more pleasant and exciting environment for both teachers and students.

HighScope is better because it’s fun. We made crayons, a pouch for pencils, and stickers in class. I also have so many friends. I have many friends who are my age and older. I love this one activity called “Funny Food”. I drew a food item and drew a face on top of the food. I made a marshmallow face, a cupcake, a cake, and a cookie. Some of them had bows on them.

HighScope has Plan-Do-Review. We usually make certain projects, and I can make anything I want. Last week, I was in a group project making a whiteboard eraser using magnets. We put one magnet on the back of the eraser and another one right on the edge of the whiteboard, so they stick together. Now I’m going to make a model of an aquarium with goldfish, seaweed, and corals.

In a multi-age classroom, we can interact with students of different ages and make friends. Even when we move to a higher grade, we will still be friends with them even though we’re in different classes. At HighScope, we have a method for Social Problem Solving that is taught very early on. First, we need to ask the other person what they don’t like about the situation, then teachers help us find a solution that we both agree on. This way, the students learn to get along well.

HighScope is different because we have a multi-age classroom system. So students from two different grades study together in one classroom. In a multi-age classroom, I can make more friends, I can meet new people, and I can help my juniors whenever they need a hand.