SCHOOL HISTORY

SMA N Bali Mandara is an international school established on 8 April 2011 in accordance with the Decree of the Governor of Bali: Bali No. 680/03-A/HK/2011. It is a residential school based on the mutual partnership between the Government of Bali Province and Putera Sampoerna Foundation. The Bali Provincial Government is mandated to prepare the school's physical needs such as land, buildings and facilities. The Sampoerna Foundation agreed to provide operational costs such as the salaries of teachers and staff, meals, drinks, books, laboratory equipment, student uniform clothes, the cost of academic and non-academic activities.

SCHOOL PROFILE

SMA N BALI MANDARA provides full assistance and international education that guarantees the highest quality of education for Balinese youth who have excelled academically, and non-academically, but for whom access to education is denied due to extreme poverty. It provides a differentiated program to develop intellectual depth and higher level thinking as well as nurturing productive creativity and also prepares students for leadership responsibility and service to country and society. Admission is awarded on merit and financial need.  

1. Vision:

To become the premier school in Bali in providing access to education for students living in poverty who have demonstrated academic success and so create future leaders for Bali.

2. Mission:

To educate future leaders and provide strong moral values, excellent life skills, and an understanding of global issues and environmental

3. Motto:

Green, Clean, Sharing, Caring, Healthy

4. Values:

Respect, Courage, Empathy, Collegiality, Patriotism, Excellence, Accountability, Innovative

5. Admission:

Admission of new students involves a three step process: 1) Written Application, 2) Boot Camp including English language test, math test, Interview, and focus group discussions,

3) Home Visit to confirm economic circumstances and to ensure parental support.

SCHOOL PROGRAMS

The academic programs in Sampoerna Academy Bali offer both international curriculum of Cambridge IGCSE and A/AS Level and national curriculum of Indonesia (KTSP). The learning process is designed to facilitate the students to achieve success, grow in self-confidence and gain positive self-esteem. It is conducted fully in English, especially for the core subjects for the international certificates without disregarding the national and local contents.  

The holistic education programs are provided by Sampoerna Academy Bali to enable the students in developing any potentials, interests, talents and personal growth. The programs are Learning to Live (L2L), entrepreneurship and leadership programs. L2L program focuses on improving students’ life skills as well as advancing their talents in non-academic areas.  It is divided into four programs; personal well being, art and creativity, community services and global citizenship. 

                                                   SCHOOL FACILITIES                                                     

The facilities in Sampoerna Academy Bali are designed to fulfill the school needs in all areas including academic and non academic areas as well as the boarding life. Up to the present time, the school has been equipped with 3 classrooms, a library, chemistry/biology lab, physics lab, office and dormitories for 75 students. Besides building, the  school also is still striving to fulfil the students’ necessities like books, other learning resources, sports equipments and other things that can enhance their learning improvements.