As Convent Pulau Tikus prepares to close its gates in March, teachers and students reflect on its glorious past.
Set to close its doors at the end of this current academic year, the school continues to wave its school banner high, with its last 40 students and 11 teachers still stationed there.
Back then: An undated photo from the school gallery showing the CPT secondary and primary faculty. IJS sisters led the school as headmistresses until 1968. The school’s parent-teacher association was established in 1973 and strong fundraising efforts subsequently began for a school building fund. As with all mission schools in the country, the presence of the original founders steadily declined over the decades, particularly after all schools were brought under the national education umbrella in the 1970s.
“CPT is right in the heart of Kampong Serani. By virtue of its location, many Eurasian girls ended up going there. “Some people joked that it was because I came!” she laughed good-naturedly, when met in the principal’s room, located on the first door to the left when entering the school office.“Even if we have to close, we must end in glory!
“The first year we participated in the Penang Green School Awards was 2017 and we only achieved a Silver placing, which wasn’t too bad for just a few months’ work. Winning endeavour: Green projects are part and parcel of education at CPT. Law with students Nurul Shifa Assofea Zamri, Sharifah Rabiatala Adawiyah Syed Mohamed, Nurfarah, Nur Athirah Mohd Zamri and Nur Sabrina Rahmat.
While CPT students have all become very competent gardeners and well-equipped in matters of recycling, the green school experience has also borne other positive fruits. “To succeed, we must do everything together and get our hands dirty together. From there, we built our relationships,” Law said.The school’s green efforts have also yielded green of another kind – abundant cash prizes.Every year, we have lesser and lesser students and this year, we are down to 40 – all in their Form Five year.Asked what these funds were used for, Khaw happily replied that all students in CPT ate for free in school until recently.
Taking its initiatives to the global stage, CPT obtained an internationally-recognised Green Flag Award from the Foundation for Environmental Education in 2021 – the second school in the state to have received such a recognition.
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