Preschool and Kindergarten

Marea Rudolph

Preschool Class Teacher

Marea is a newly qualified Early Childhood Teacher who graduated in 2009 from the University of Waikato in New Zealand. Prior to coming to Semarang Marea held the position of head teacher of the preschool class for a privately owned early childhood centre in New Zealand. In addition to this qualification Marea has a Bachelor of Social Sciences’ majoring in psychology of which she obtained in 2004 from the same University.   Marea has travelled to Semarang with her family including her husband Jason, her seven year old son Iraia and her one year old daughter Lucy. Marea is also expecting her third child who will be a Semarang Christmas baby due to arrive in December.   Marea is passionate about early childhood education and believes that these years are the most important years of any child’s life and the learning moments the child experiences at this stage really do pave a path for their future learning and development. For her the true rewards of this profession are watching the excitement a child experiences when they achieve a milestone or learn something new. She is fortunate to have witnessed this first-hand with the raising of her own children. Marea is a great believer in building responsive and reciprocal relationships with the child, and their families as this paves a strong foundation for an encouraging learning environment where a child feels secure, supported and respected. Marea has an ‘open-door’ policy and is looking forward to working with you and your children in the new school year.

Sri Utami

Preschool Class Teacher

Utami is Semarang International School’s local toddlers’ teacher. Prior to working here she use to be the class teacher of special needs children at Sekolah Luar Biasa for over 5 years. Since then Utami has worked at Semarang International School in the Early Years, Toddler class and as our art specialist teacher.

Sri Suharni

Librarian

Sri is Semarang International School’s Librarian. Sri’s special subject is religion. When she finished college she was sent to South Sumatera (Tanjung Balai Karimun) to teach at local high school for 3 years where she was asked to teach several subjects such as Bahasa Indonesia, English, Singing Class and Agama Katolik. After those three years Sri returned to her hometown and worked at local high school (both private and public school).   Now Sri lives in Ungaran and has been teaching here at Semarang International School for over 20 years. She has taught across the different year levels and this year she is our specialist librarian.

Alicia Zhao

Principal & Kindergarten Class Teacher

Alicia Zhao has just come to Semarang International School as the new Teaching Principal and Kalimantan class teacher. She is very excited to work in a new environment and learn about the culture, language and traditions of Indonesia as well as the school.   Alicia attended Western Michigan University where she graduated in 2005 with a degree in Early Childhood Education, Elementary Education, Science and Math as well as Integrated Creative Arts for the Classroom. Alicia just finished a five-year position at Shanghai United International School in Shanghai, China. She entered the school as an English teacher for the local stream and joined the international stream when it expanded in her second year. Alicia had experience teaching grades one through four as well as being the Curriculum Coordinator for over two years.   Alicia has extensive experience in the International Primary Curriculum and is looking forward to learning more about the Cambridge International Programme. With a hands-on approach to learning at the core of Semarang International School’s program and at the core of Alicia’s personal teaching beliefs, it looks to be an exciting year!

Pisca Nilamsari

Kindergarten Class Teacher

Pisca is our local teacher in the Kindergarten Class. She has lived in Semarang where she graduated from Diponegoro University majoring in American Studies as well as from Dian Nuswantoro University majoring in Information Systems. She has been working at Semarang International School for 9 years and has taught across all levels. Pisca mentions that she enjoys working at Semarang International School, as it is a unique community that is open, friendly and supportive. In her spare time she enjoys reading, watching movies and cooking.

Our Preschool and Kindergarten programs cater for children from 3 to 5 years of age. Our curriculums are carefully planned to meet the needs of these children.

Semarang International School places great value on the importance of the early years of education. The most important learning years of a child’s life are between birth and five years. During this time children are constantly learning and it is vital to provide an environment that stimulates their physical, social, intellectual, emotional development as well as their creativity and imagination.

An important aim is to establish an environment where children develop a positive self-image and attitude towards school and a sense of responsibility for self and others through cooperation with teachers and classmates. Carefully structured play is an invaluable way to stimulate all areas of development for young children. Play, together with ongoing instruction, is used as a vehicle for learning in our Early Years programs. Children are provided with a wide variety of stimulating activities to develop early concepts and skills of literacy, numeracy, music and movement, science, art and craft and technology.