Post 9: A visit to Charis International School

Calvary Crown from the outside

Wassup guys this is Russell reporting in. This post is about my visit to Charis International High School or some of you guys call it Calvary Crown. During my visit I only got the chance to reach up to level  7. The upper floors are still under renovation . We were shown around by the headmistress, Miss Chin. (who was my father's headmistress when he was in High School). What a coincidence!

Where shall we go?

Level 1

The kitchen looks squeaky clean!

This is the ground floor. It holds the cafeteria after the entrance. At the moment it is only open to the students. It will be open to the public soon. Morning tea and lunch are served daily to students. It serves both Asian and Western cuisine. The layout is simple and comfortable. Unlike other schools, students here don't need to bring cash to school. ( They have already paid for the meals in their school fees so they aren't really free).

Cafeteria. It looks very nice.

Level 2

This is where the auditorium is located. It can be used to have talks, concerts, lectures and plays. I am not sure whether it is open to the public .we shall find out soon. It can sit up to 400 people when completed.

Auditorium. It is still under renovation though

Level 3

The Gym. See the access machine? Looks like LRT access machines right?

The gym lies in this very level. It is impressively big and features a lot of fitness machines It is used to keep the students healthy. It will also be open to the public when it is in full swing. Of course, the public needs to have get memberships in order to use the gym. They will give you a special access card to pass a machine very like the LRT access machines. (as shown in the pic)

Level 4 and 6

Form 1 Students. They just finished UPSR.

The secondary and primary classes are on these two levels respectively.As this is a new school, there are not a lot of students here yet.  I met my friend and ex-schoolmate Nicholas Lee here. The classes are smaller than any school you have ever seen. I cannot imagine any class smaller than that! I had the opportunity to see the students learning. The teacher has a big TV for teaching purposes and everyone has an ipad. The teacher-student ratio is very high. In some classes, they only have 2 students to 1 teacher so it really feels like home tuition. A lot of the teachers are not from Tawau. They are from overseas so you can expect good quality of teaching.

TV for teaching

Students have their own lockers, how nice!

Lab

Level 5

The Staff Room

Here I find the staff , teachers and the principal's offices. Nothing else to say...

Level 7
Here lies the boarding rooms for students. There is no boarder yet since it is not ready. We got the chance to go inside and looked at the rooms. First of all, I have to say that they are fantastic. Period. Every student has his/her climb-up bed and a table below for studying. There is also a warden to supervise the students. According to Mrs Chin, the floor can accommodate up to 30 plus students.

The bed with desk looks good, doesn't it?

7th floor

We only got the chance to visit these areas. If you are interested to know more about the school. Click here to go to their website. That is it for now. Do like, comment and share. I will see you fellas next time. It has been a very long and tiring write up. Hope you enjoy it.

~Russell