SMA 5 Bandung
SMA Negeri 5 Bandung (also known as SMU 5 Bandung or SMA 5 Bandung) is a public high school located at Belitung street in Bandung, West Java, Indonesia. It shares the same building with SMA Negeri 3 Bandung, consequently giving the schools the nickname SMA Belitung Delapan after the street and recently being nicknamed as "Belitung Timur" because the school located on the East Wing of Belitung Delapan building, while SMA Negeri 3 Bandung as "Belitung Barat" for its location on the West Wing.
The school gains its credibility for its academic achievements, such as how most of its graduates enrolled in Indonesia's top universities, e.g. Institut Teknologi Bandung. The school also famous because of the huge amount of extracurricular activities in the school that endorse the student to have a better soft skill and the bazaar gaining a prestige as one of the biggest and one of the most famous bazaar in bandung. The school itself also regarded as one of the top high schools in Indonesia, especially in West Java.
SMA Negeri 5 Bandung was established in 1953, occupying a former Dutch colonial school building. The building, lying 8,220 square meters wide on a 14,240 square metres area, was designed by C.P. Wolff Schoemaker. The construction began in 1916. Initially three high schools shared the building, with the other two being SMA Negeri 2 and 3 Bandung. By 1966, SMA Negeri 2 started occupying a new building in Jalan Cihampelas. SMA Negeri 5 Bandung has been using the eastern part of the building ever since, with SMA Negeri 3 Bandung residing in the rest.
Accreditation
SMAN 5 Bandung has gained ISO 9001-2008 and has been accredited by accreditation team from SGS Jakarta started from 13 April 2009 until 15 April 2009. The school also trusted as one of the Sphere head for the development of School with International Standard in West Java. In the national level, SMAN 5 Bandung has gained A+ accreditation from Indonesian Ministry of Education
Extracurricular
SMA Negeri 5 has more than 40 extracurricular for their students. Each student must pick one extracurricular in minimum and three extracurricular in maximum, in addition to concentrate to their main curricular on school.
Notable People and Alumni
- Salman Aditya, Indonesian famous Indie Musician
- Abdullah Gymnastiar ( AA GYM), Indonesian famous Religious person)
- Ringgo Agus Rahman, Indonesian famous artist
- Aming, Indonesian famous artist
- Arman Maulana, Indonesian famous band vocalist
- Priya, Vocalist Kuburan Band
- Tria, Vocalist The Changcuters
- Sogi Indraduaja, Comedian