School Information

School Name: UPI Piloting Laboratory Junior High School
Location: Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia
Address: Jalan Senjayaguru (di dalam Kampus UPI Bandung) No.229, Isola, Kec. Sukasari, Kota Bandung, Jawa Barat 40154

Vision
UPI’s Pilot Lab Junior High School strives to be a leader in student achievement, character, and environmentalism.

Mission
UPI’s Pilot Lab Junior High School prides itself as an education institute focused on instilling more than just education in its students. Equipped with the latest in education resources (due to it being connected with the Education faculty of UPI as well as a center for global learning), UPI Pilot SMP aims to enrich students with religion, culture, independence, and identity for an increasingly internationalized world. Teachers, staff, and equipment blend to create an environment that emphasizes the educational and extracurricular goals of each individual students, as well as a plethora of uniquely trained faculty to help support and guide students to be positive, competitive, and successful.

History
UPI Pilot Laboratory Junior High is but one of many education research projects made in Universitas Pendidikan Universitas to be on the front line of Indonesian education. Started as the second Lab school in 1964, and immediately was regarded as PPSP (Pioneer School of Development Project). 39 years latter, UPI Lab SMP was inaugurated by the Minister of National Education of the Republic of Indonesia on October 20, 2003 to coincide with the anniversary of the Indonesian University of Education . UPI Lab Junior High stands proud as an important part of UPI’s further research into the field of education.

Academic Support System
UPI Labschool Junior High has 26 teachers along with multiple staff to support students with whatever academic or extracurricular issues they have. Due to that, this school provides students with many programs outside of classes. These include: religious studies, Scouts (akin to boy/girl scouts), and sports programs. Altogether, this gives children a chance to learn morals and values that align with Indonesian society, giving them an edge in cultural and ethnic understanding.

For facilities, this school has two floors of classrooms dedicated to 7th and 8th graders. It has a library, and an extensive computer room. Most importantly, there is a dedicated counseling room with an on call school counselor.

Teaching System

Students have a long day starting from 6:55 until 14:50 that is full of classes. Courses range from mathematics, Bahasa Indonesian, English, to even Japanese. Students are separated into different classes per grade, with these classes being based on individual achievement levels. In the 7th grade, this was classes A-F. By the performance of each class, classes are split into different amounts of time to give each student the ample support they need. Periods are generally 35 minutes long, but many classes take two periods which ends up being a continuous 70 minutes. There is no passing period, so the actual instructional time is variable. Classes are Monday to Friday, but Monday has a flag ceremony and Friday has the afternoon Scouts program.