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Term 1 2026 Newsletter ISMILE Menteng

Greetings from the Coordinator | Teachers’ Training Program | First Week of School | Parents Orientation Day | Clifton Strength | Independence Day Celebration

Welcome to the Term 4 2025 - 2026 edition of our Menteng newsletter! We have lots of exciting updates and stories to share this month.​

Dear ISMILE Menteng Parents

A very warm welcome to all our families—both those who are new to ISMILE and those who have been with us for some time. Thank you for choosing to partner with ISMILE for Academic Year 2026–2027, and for your continued trust in our school and teachers.

As our first term comes to a close, it has been heartwarming to see how much our young learners have grown. We remember the tears during those first few weeks, and it has been wonderful to watch them gradually settle, gain confidence, and build trusting relationships with their teachers and friends.

We are also excited that through Storypark, we can give you a daily glimpse into your child’s learning—sharing their activities, discoveries, and little achievements. We encourage you to take time to read these daily highlights and celebrate every small and big progress with us. Each moment, whether it is trying something new, making a friend, becoming more independent, or overcoming a challenge, contributes to your child’s learning milestones.

This term has also brought many opportunities for children to learn and grow together through Friday Chapel, our Independence Day celebration, and our upcoming field trip. These shared experiences help children develop cooperation, communication, confidence, empathy, and a sense of belonging while learning to be part of a community.

We truly value the partnership between home and school. We hope our collaboration will continue to grow stronger in the weeks ahead as, together, we nurture children who are confident, compassionate, independent, curious, resilient, and joyful learners.

Thank you for being an important part of the ISMILE family. We look forward to celebrating many more milestones and memories with you! With warmest regards,

Miss Jackie Gutierrez
Center Coordinator ISMILE Menteng

Nafas To Install Clean Air Zones in 7 iSmile Pre-School Campuses in Indonesia

As pollution in Jakarta and many other Indonesian cities continues to get worse, Nafas has been appointed as the air quality partner for iSmile Family of Schools in Indonesia and is tasked with bringing healthy air quality to 7 campuses in Permata Hijau, Menteng, Kelapa Gading, Pantai Indah Kapuk, P. Antasari (for Alam Atelier & BazGym) and Bandung. As part of the partnership, Nafas will be providing healthy air quality management, analytics & reporting as well as leading educational programs for parents across iSmile, iShine, Alam Atelier and BazGym  to continue to raise awareness about air pollution and public health.

Over 800 students attend iSmile Family of Schools, one of the top pre-schools in Jakarta, Bandung and Bali. The dedication of iSmile administration to providing the optimal learning environment for its students extends to ensuring that healthy indoor air quality levels are always maintained. 

For their schools that already have a Clean Air Zone, Nafas successfully reduced indoor air pollution by over 80% in classrooms at the Kelapa Gading campus in April 2024.  Unhealthy indoor air quality in schools provides a sub-optimal learning environment for children and long term exposure to PM2.5 reduces concentration, focus and can impair cognitive development. Nafas even published an article about this – The Smog Effect: How Air Quality Could Be Affecting Test Scores.

Clean Air Zones by Nafas are a subscription based B2B service which provides companies with air quality diagnostics, healthy air management, data analytics and real-time reporting of indoor pollution levels. The end to end service is the first of its kind in Indonesia, and already serves over 100 clients in offices, schools, small businesses and residential locations.

Interested to learn more about turning your business into a Clean Air Zone – click here. 

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