SMKBUD4

SMKBUD (4) or Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan Bandar Utama Damansara 4 is the fourth government school in the Bandar Utama area, Petaling Jaya, Selangor, Malaysia, the others being in the adjacent townships of Mutiara Damansara, Bandar Utama and Taman Tun. The school is located in front of the 1 Utama shopping mall and is adjacent to the BU3 and BU4 region. In 2008, the school consist approximately 1,200 students with 60 teachers. The school is notable in its achievements in academics as well as sports. SMK Bandar Utama Damansara 4 shares it's compound with a primary school, Sekolah Rendah Kebangsaan Bandar Utama Damansara 4 (SRK BUD4) and both schools are separated by a field which is shared by both schools.

History

Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan Bandar Utama Damansara (4) Petaling Jaya opened on 1 December 2001. The school started it's education process on 7 January 2002 which is the opening date for schools around the nation. The school started with Form 1 students and "Remove" students who had poor academic results during their UPSR exams. On 4 January 2002, the school had it's first orientation day. The school started with only 132 students, 13 teachers and a principle. The first principle was Puan Liu Ling Ling.

On October 2006, Puan Liu Ling Ling retired and the school hosted a farewell party for the principle in the Eastin Hotel.The year 2006 was also the schools first batch of students who took the Sijil Pelajaran Malaysia (SPM) exam which was held on November.

In the year 2007, the school introduced a new principle, Puan Hasni Binti Hassan. However Puan Hasni resigned at the year end of 2007 and has been recruited into another school in the Bandar Utama region.

In the year 2008, SMK Bandar Utama Damansara (4) had grown into a successfully grown into fully functioning and well developed school. Students from around the Damansara region is now enrolled in this school and has approximately 1,200 students together with 60 teachers. The school has also been granted with a new principle, Puan Hajah Zabedah binti Haji Abbas.

ociety

tudents

The students were filtered through classes, the top students are filtered to the top classes, the least academically-wise ones are filtered to the bottom classes. Some classes, presumably First Classes, are without Muslim students, to make class shiftings during Islamic Studies/Chinese Language/Moral Studies easier without students walking all over the school to their classes. At the beginning of every year, every class will select a class monitor and a sub-class monitor. These students will help in keeping order in the class and do additional tasks given by the teachers.

Every year, some students, mostly Form 2 students, will be selected/applied to certain jobs, School Prefects, School Librarian, Information and Communications (ICT) Prefect, Editorial Board and Quarter Master. When chosen for a specific job, the student will become a probation member and will be trained and tested to qualify for the job. Once qualified, the student will be promoted and will start doing their job and be given tasks at certain periods.

Teachers and Faculty

The School Office have a fleet of accomplished individuals, which are the Headmistress, and a staff of Ex-officio member, which are Assistant Headmistress, Head of Student Affairs, and Head of Co-Curriculum Department. Also in the office are clerks handling all the paperwork and calls and data-recording for the school. The Teaching Faculty have a batch of over 60 teachers, which included the Head of Discipline and other subjectory heads.

Co-Curricular Activities

Students are required to select and join 3 different types of co-curricular activities (Clubs, Sports/Games, Uniformed Society) which will be held every week starting from the beginning months of the year and will end before the end term which is around August.

Clubs

→ Malay Language and Culture Club → Computer Club → English Club → Photography Club → Mathematics/Mathematics Olympiad Club → Choir Club → Islam Club → Chinese Club → Drama Club → Japanese Club → Career Club → Arts Club → Loyalty Club → Crime Defenders Club → Environmental Club → SLAD Club → PROSTAR Club → Model United Nations Club (M.U.N)

Sports/Games

→ Cheerleading → Fencing → Badminton → Swimming → Golf → Tennis → Hockey → Chess → Soccer → Basketball → Netball → Volleyball → Ping Pong → Sepak Takraw(A traditional Malay Sport) → Softball

Uniformed Society

→ Scouts → Red Crescent Society → KRS → Cadet Firefighter → Cadet Police → Pandu Puteri (Girl Guides) → Taekwando → Karate → Shinobi → Wushudao

Achievements

The school has many achievements in multiple categories every year. The compiled list of achievements is located in the school website, [http://www.smkbud4.edu.my/pencapaianKoko.htm SMKBUD4 Achievements]

chool Events

The school hosts events every year, these events are Sports Day, Chinese New Year Celebration, Science and Mathematics Week, Language Week, Malaysia's Independence Day, Celebration Day of Fasting (Hari Raya), Triathlon, School Carnival and Talent Day.

Facilities

The school consists of 6 main blocks and other facilities as follows :
* 2 Blocks strictly for classrooms.
* 1 Block for the staff room, general office and administrative office, conference room, storage, a school library and computer laboratories.
* 1 Block for mini stage/resting area, Islam Teachings classrooms, Music room, and other minors.
* 1 Block strictly for all 3 categories of living skills classroom/laboratory.
* 1 Block for 3 standard science laboratories, Physics, Chemistry and Biology laboratories and mathematics and language classrooms.

* A canteen (A large hall for students and a separated closed dining area for teachers)
* A Muslim Prayer Room
* Car Parks strictly for teachers, and a free parking area for bicycles or motorcycles.
* An outdoor field located between the school and another primary school, a basketball court and 3 free use courts.

ubjects

Subjects are split into 2 categories, Lower Secondary (Form 1, Form 2, Form 3) and Upper Secondary (Form 4, Form 5)

Lower Secondary

Students of lower secondary are required to take these subjects.

*Malay
*English
*Mandarin - Compulsory for students who took Chinese in their primary school years.
*Islam - Compulsory for all Islam students.
*Moral - Compulsory for every student except Islam students.
*History
*Mathematics
*Geography
*Living Skills - KMT, ERT or Perdagangan.
*Arts
*PJK or PE (Physical Education)
*Civics
*Computer Education - Only for Form 1 students.

Upper Secondary

During Form 4, students are required to select different streams which contains different packages of subjects, only the Science Stream requires students to get distinction for Science, English and Maths, and any other 2 subjects and at least credit for Malay from the Penilaian Menengah Rendah (PMR) exam. Moreover, students may take additional subjects for their Sijil Pelajaran Malaysia (SPM) exams, but requires external tutoring.

Compulsory Subjects

These subjects are compulsory to every student regardless of any stream they join.
*Malay
*English
*Mandarin - Students have a choice to either take this subject or not.
*Modern Mathematics
*Islam - Compulsory for all Islam students.
*Moral - Compulsory for every student except Islam students.
*Civics
*PJK or PE (Physical Education)

cience stream

*Additional Mathematics
*Physics
*Chemistry
*Biology

ub-Arts stream

*Additional Mathematics
*Principle of Accountancy
*Economics

Arts Stream

*Principle of Accountancy
*Economics
*Arts

External links

SMK Bandar Utama Damansara 4 - http://www.smkbud4.edu.my/index1.htm