Model United Nations are academic and scholarly-based conferences that students partake in all over the world to dissect real-world problems and diplomatically solve them to promote peace. BINUS SCHOOL Simprug has consistently been involved in MUN and earlier this year, on October 14-15, we hosted our first-ever onsite Model United Nations Conference. We called it BUZZ MUN, after our mascot: the bee. Our theme was “Bridging the Humanitarian Gap”. We thought this was especially fitting after the unforgiving era of COVID-19 and all of the devastating impacts it reaped on our society. It worsened various existing inequalities and brought on new inequalities that the world desperately needs to solve. Opening speech delivered by the Secretary Generals. The event itself was a huge success. We invited students from selected schools to partake in the conference and bring together different perspectives to foster and empower our society to build and serve the nation. 8 different schools from all over Indonesia and over 60 students participated in the conference. Throughout the duration of the conference, delegates engaged with one another in debates and discussions and displayed their excellent critical thinking skills, and honed their abilities to collaborate, communicate, and present.  Specific topics from 3 wide-ranging councils were discussed. The United Nations Human Rights Council, World Health Organization, and International Court of Justice. The UNHRC Council explored the refugee crisis that has arisen from the devastating war in Ukraine while the WHO Council discussed the fast-approaching threat of Monkeypox and how countries should equip themselves to prevent another grisly global crisis. The ICJ Council broke down the issue of systematic racism by simulating the court case of Zimmerman and Martin. Each council fostered intellectual discussion and produced fruitful results. Live moment from the ICJ council; Prosecutor delivering her statements to the judging panel. Live moment from the WHO council; Delegates gearing up for their speeches. Through this event, BINUS SCHOOL Simprug once again reiterated the importance of making good on the promise put forth by the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals to leave no one behind. Through BUZZ Model United Nations, we were able to put an emphasis on how pinpointing the root causes of crises, building resilience, and preventing risks would help the world move from delivering aid to ending need. Awarding ceremony for the UNHRC council. Message from the Secretary-General: “All in all, this conference was a great learning experience and I truly hope that BUZZ MUN will eventually become a prestigious annual event hosted by our school that other schools from all over Indonesia look forward to participating in. I would like to express my sincerest gratitude to BINUS Simprug and its teachers for their support and for giving me the opportunity to pioneer such a renowned event like this. I would also like to give my thanks to my incredibly hard-working committee. Being BINUS SCHOOL Simprug’s first Secretary-General has been an honor.” Tanvi Sureka, Class of 2024 BUZZ MUN 2022: The Secretariat

The Culturific Club is a club that tries to preserve Indonesia's culture through dancing traditional Indonesian dances, such as Tari Jaipong, Tari Piring, and many more unique Indonesian traditional dances. This club has a variety of activities such as practicing how to perform traditional Indonesian dances, learning more about Indonesia's culture through these dances, as well as participating in important events and competitions.  Practices are scheduled every Monday from 14:15-15:30. Anyone can join, as long as they are dedicated and willing to help us preserve Indonesia's culture!  The maximum number of participants: 12 per grade (this club is only available for grades 8-10) Service as Action opportunities are available for grades 8-9 CAS opportunities are available for committee heads  Please contact the number below if you are interested! Contact info : 08192042007 (Ranin Ayu . R) IG: @culturific_club

Urban farming is no longer a new term in our ears. There are a lot of people who have been doing urban farming such as growing their own vegetables at home. Aside from improving  daily vegetable needs for the family, growing vegetables is also seen as a hobby, a self-healing activity, as well as an action for sustainability. There are a lot of methods to grow plants that can be done . This also applies to BINUS SCHOOL Simprug student, Claire Angela Santoso, who started to do urban farming around 2020. It started off from a project community development, a program provided by her school, when Claire chose urban farming to be developed and further explored to give impact to her community. After she decided to do urban farming as her focus, she started to do research, collected references, and made a visit to hydroponic stores around her neighborhood. Through the experience, she found that hydroponics not only can reduce the amount of water being used  but also saves time. In addition, it is very efficient if you don’t have much space to spare. However, Claire also realized that there are downsides through this method, price. Since then, Claire kept exploring her options to find a hydroponic system that is efficient, effective, and eco-friendly.