Here's some quick photos from the donation handover and walkabout at St Joe this morning ... This is just to satisfy the impatient who are asking for the blog to be updated 30 seconds after the event. LOL
Anyway I'll be posting more stuff later today or tomorrow ...
We donated student desks and chairs,and teacher tables for 3 classrooms, plus a projector. The picture above shows the projector being handed over, in the presence of eight representatives from the Class of 1976. We also had a reporter from the Borneo Post in attendance.
Principal Mr Thomas Lau then brought us to each of the classes with new furniture and we spoke to the teacher and students.
We shook the hands of each and every student ...
Here we are in another classroom with the Prinicipal and one of the teachers, Ms Sandy Wong.
Of course, we had to test out the desks and chairs for ourselves ....
A shot outside the classes ...
And a final shot with the Old Boys Block in the background ..
Here's a BEFORE and AFTER look at one of the classrooms ...
This was a small but meaningful project. In a way, this is a project reflecting our three HOPEs. We hope our contribution of desks, chairs, tables and projector will make a small but positive difference to the learning environment of St Joe. We hope that other former students will also band together to make similar (hopefully BIGGER) contributions to their alma mater. Finally we hope that the government may also take note and lend us further support in this effort to boost the quality of education for Sarawak.
Item in Borneo Post (16 Sep 2010)
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HEY - THAT WAS FAST ...
ReplyDeleteNice. kudos to you guys. well done
ReplyDeleteMore photos, more photos ... hehehe
ReplyDeleteanon 3.05pm, had to be fast like yourself who was so fast to comment.
ReplyDeleteyes yes, WJ, indeed 76ers are an impatient lot.
How come the office looks nice but the class rooms are run down!?
ReplyDeleteI think the students themselves also need to be responsible to take care of the furniture. New furniture will not last long if they do not value it and take care of it.
ReplyDeleteWell done boys. I hope this will not be the last donation to St Joe project this class carries out.
ReplyDeleteTabek to the Class of 1976.
ReplyDeleteWell done, boys. BTW, what happen to the old desks - recycled or scrapped heap?
ReplyDeleteI am very proud of everyone involved. Keep it up and do not let the "chain" broke. Who knows, eventually the whole school will have new desks and tables.
how many studying at st. joe now?
ReplyDeleteand so few students per class - as in pix 2, only 13 students ...
There's an article in Borneo Post today, page D1. Check it out.
ReplyDeleteso what about the staff room? next project Bob?
ReplyDeleteBorneo Post ada article today!!!!
ReplyDeleteGood writeup in BP. Well done boys!
ReplyDeleteToday 3 classes, tomorrow 30 classes ? Go for it Josephians.
ReplyDeleteWhy no report in Chinese newspaper?
ReplyDeletewhat did you guys say to the Form Five boys??? Lessons in life and love??? LOL
ReplyDeleteI like the Before and After comparison.
ReplyDeleteGood job. Proud to be from Class of '76
ReplyDeleteA tribute to SJS Kuching and the La Salle brothers.
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The windows of the classrooms could do with some replacements and maintenance too. Hope some other classes will continue the project.
ReplyDeleteSt Joe has about 33 classes in all. Coincidentally it has been about 33 years since our Form 5 days. How interesting.
ReplyDeleteIf each cohort of past Form Fivers donated to upgrade one classroom, the job would already be done. Of course, if one cohort gave enough to do up 3 classrooms (as the boys of 1976 did), we would only need ten cohorts to step up for the job to be done.
Wah, your maths still so good, Website Jaga. Mr Clarence had not wasted his effort.
ReplyDeleteHey Anon 2:38AM, he certainly did. On a good day i can even work out the gradient of some curves. Ha ha!
ReplyDeleteI am sure the Jaga can work out more than just gradient of curves.
ReplyDeleteHey Class Prefectr, where are you? Please book those who turned up for the handover inapporpriately attired. Among them GL (no tie), JN (not wearing white shirt), EC, (not wearing white and no tie), NL (not wearing whi andte and long sleeve shirt and no tie) and SKH (short sleeve and no tie).
ReplyDeleteHahaha. Ya loh, when I got there and saw the guys all dressed up, I felt quite embarrassed. Didn't know it was going to be so formal. :-(
ReplyDeleteAda makan kuih during handover kah?
ReplyDeleteWhat's the next project Bob?
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