State Elementary School Menteng 01

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SDN Menteng 01
Location
Menteng, Jakarta, Indonesia
Coordinates 6°11′55″S 106°49′44″E / 6.198694°S 106.828984°E / -6.198694; 106.828984
Information
Type Public
Religious affiliation Secular
Established 1934
Principal
Vice Principal
Deputy Headmaster		 Kuswadijanto
Akmad Solichin
Hardi Priyono
Enrollment 478

State Elementary School Menteng 01 (Indonesian: Sekolah Dasar Negeri (SDN) Menteng 01), also known as SDN Besuki or the Besuki school, is an Indonesian public school in Menteng, Jakarta.

[edit] History

The school was founded in 1934 as Carpentier Alting Stichting Nassau School (CAS)[1] by the Dutch colonial administration and was reserved for the children of the Dutch and Indonesian nobility. The Indonesian government took over administration of the school in 1962, and it was then run by the Raden Saleh Foundation.

Among its students have been children of Bambang Trihatmodjo, the son of former president Soeharto, as well as the grandchildren of former vice presidents Hamzah Haz and Try Sutrisno. U.S. President Barack Obama spent his fourth year of schooling there.[2]

Obama's announcement of his candidacy for United States president in January, 2007 drew world-wide media attention to the school, with many media outlets sending reporters to the school, including The Chicago Tribune[3][4], MSNBC[5], and the BBC.[6]

[edit] References

  1. ^ "Profil". SDN Menteng 01. http://www.sdnmenteng01.com/?page_id=2. Retrieved 2009-06-07. 
  2. ^ Prodita Sabarini. 2007, January 31. "Impish Obama couldn't sit still, says school pal." The Jakarta Post
  3. ^ "The not-so-simple story of Barack Obama's youth - Go Playing, The White House, Thomas Jefferson - chicagotribune.com". chicagotribune.com. http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/politics/chi-070325obama-youth-story,0,5069625.story. Retrieved 2009-06-07. 
  4. ^ "Obama madrassa myth debunked - Religious Education, Barack Obama, The White House". chicagotribune.com. http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/politics/chi-070325obama-islam-story-archive,0,3358809.story. Retrieved 2009-12-06. 
  5. ^ 4:29 p.m. ET (2007-01-25). "Obama debunks claim about Islamic school". MSNBC. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/16813267. Retrieved 2009-06-07. 
  6. ^ Jakarta classmates recall 'Barry' Obama BBC

[edit] External links

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