FRATERAN CHATOLIC SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL

I attended school at FRATERAN CHATOLIC SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL Maumere. The school
was founded by the Congregation of the Brothers of the Sacred Heart on June 12, 2005 in
Maumere, with the motto "Smater Taking Care of the Engraved Achievement". The school is
located on number 1 Jalan Kimang Buleng, Sikka Regency, East Nusa Tenggara Province, this
school is known as SMATER.
The school is equipped with 22 classrooms with AC and CCTV facilities, Computer
Laboratory, Biology Laboratory, Chemistry Laboratory and Physics Laboratory, Hot Spot Area and
Sports field (Fulsal, Voley, Basket).
SMATER runs a Full Day School learning system which means teaching and learning
activities are run for 5 days, Monday-Friday, while Saturday is a holiday. Learning activities begin
at 6:45 a.m. until 3:30 p.m. Learning activities begin with a Morning Prayer together. There are
also additional provisions for learning hours for students who have good achievements, namely
until 5:30 p.m.
SMATER has many good achievements at the National and International level. Here are
some examples of achievements that have been achieved by SMATER:
 The German Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Ministry of Foreign Affairs) through the
Goethe Institute Jakarta chose Catholic High School Frateran Maumere as a future
partner school (PASCH).
 The determination of SMAK Frateran Maumere as a future partner school is carried
out through a survey in August 2018. The signing of the cooperation agreement was
conducted in December 2018 at the German Embassy.
 Before this, SMAK Frateran Maumere got the status as a national referral school.
This time as a future partner school from the German Ministry of Foreign Affairs
through the Goethe Institute Jakarta. SMAK the 29th partner school in Indonesia,
 Overseas Student Exchange in the YES and AFS Programs. This program has been
run for 6 years and has been attended by approximately 14 students from SMATER.
 Student to Japan Sakura Exchange in the Asia Kakehashi Project with Inter-Cultural
Development Program
 Become a National Adiwiyata School
 The Choir Group (Gita Smater Choir) who always won achievements for 5
consecutive years by obtaining Gold and Silver Medals in competitions in Bali and
Singapore.
 Teachers receive scholarships to study abroad such as Chicago (USA), South Caroline
(USA) and Germany.
 SMATER is famous for schools that are very disciplined and become the Most Favorite
Schools in my Regency. I am proud to be part of this school. If you want to visit Indonesia, don't
forget to visit my Senior High School School. Your visit is a matter of pride for me and my country.
Thank you for your attention.
 Hello ... how are you guys ??? I hope you are fine, you don't feel the time has passed so fast, we
have been in the country of Sakura for 6 months and now, it's time for us to separate and return to our
activities in our respective countries. For that, I want to share about what I got over the past 6 months in
Sakura Country and hope we will not forget each other.

In this life, everything that happens is certainly a lot that is not in accordance with our wishes or
expectations. At first I felt everything was going well and I began to learn to adapt to this new environment
together with House Familly 1. At first they received me very well, our family relationships went well, but
over time I felt that they were getting stay away from me, everything I do feels wrong in their eyes, I feel
sad about this situation and sometimes I start crying. But I realize that everything is part of the learning
process of how I must be able to adapt to all the new things here and also as part of my life experience.

I feel fortunate because I have many friends and teachers in a very supportive school. Even
though my Japanese language was very bad at first, they always gave me enthusiasm to continue learning
Japanese until now I feel able and confident to communicate using Japanese even though it's not so
perfect.

At first I had thought that I actually did not deserve to be here because of my lack of Japanese
language skills and not being good at reading Kenji compared to other friends, which in my opinion had
many advantages. But thanks to the prayers and support from the family, and all of my friends, my
confidence returned and I had a new spirit to stay alive and study harder until it was as it is today. I learned
that there is no need to be someone else if you want to look great, just be yourself and appear as you are,
because we can all be great as long as we have the spirit to fight for what we want.

After 3 months with House Family 1, I finally moved to a new place that is to Hause Family 2.
Here I felt that God gave me a tremendous blessing at the end of my life experience while in Japan.
Together with Haouse Familly 2, I have had so many opportunities to enjoy the beauty of Japan. I learned
many things from them including how Japanese culture is, although maybe it's only a small part but I really
enjoyed it. I really feel a part of their family.

That is my experience for 6 months in this Sakura Country, I hope this can give its own meaning
to you. Don't be sad if we can't do something because everything needs process and hard work. Keep the
spirit !!! We are all great because we have been able to pass these 6 months well. That is all and thank
you.