Eager to bring back the glory of his alma mater, 134 of the two old boys --
SK St Mark, age (M)
Batworth on the Penang mainland has joined forces to help achieve this goal.
Steven Robert, 72, and Muthukumara Subramaniam, 49, have been on the school board since last year to provide practiceon assistance.
With the former parents of the school
Kumar Kaneson, chairman of the faculty association, and volunteers Prabakaran Krishnan and Muniswaran Rajoo, want to bring significant changes to the school.
Under the auspices of Pastor Song Hao Ping of batworth at St. Mark's Church, the team has great plans to provide schools with much-needed facelift. Prabakaran (left)
Point to a newly built apartment building within walking distance of the school.
Steven said the school has a special place in his heart, especially since his late father, Robert David, served as principal for 19 years from 1959 to 1978.
"I am active in hockey, football and track and field.
In addition to helping operate the movie projector, I also joined the team of the 1st batworth Boys Brigade and the school drama, "he said.
Board project manager Muthukumara said returning to school after completing primary school 37 years ago gave him a nostalgic feeling.
"When I first came into contact with the idea of helping to rebuild the school, I was a little tearful.
Students who walk past posters with Rukunegara and SK St Mark school motto (M)
Batworth at Jalan St Mark—
"This is where I met many people who had a significant impact early in my life," he said . ".
Prabakaran, director of operations and social media at the board, said the upgrade would take place in three phases.
He said that the first phase, which has recently begun, will see a full re-painting and re-wiring effort to rebuild toilets, school entrances and guard rooms;
Among other things, repair the roof near the science lab, replace the ceiling and retire from the teacher's room.
"The cost of the first phase is about RM300, 000.
In addition, we will use the RM300 000 grant provided by the federal government last year for church schools and the RM45 000 funding provided by the state government to repair toilets, he said in an interview with Jalan St Mark's School recently.
The old wooden block removed after termite infection at St. Mark primary school ButterworthHe said that the second phase will involve the renovation of the current canteen, the wooden block of the library, Su Lao and the conference room into two persons
Floor building.
"Once completed, we will have at least 10 rooms in the office of the new building, the teacher's room, the science lab, the conference room, the library, the consulting room and SURAO.
"In the second stage, the estimated cost is 1 horse.
New furniture and air conditioning will also be included.
Air conditioning in some rooms.
"We want to seek funding from both the federal and state governments and from old boys and healthy people
"The desire for this project," he said . ".
He said there are currently 15 classrooms in the school, six blocks and a partially open hall.
Dilapidated roofs like this classroom block will also be restored.
He noted that the third phase would include the transformation of a part of the parking lot into a sepak takraw and a five-person court with proper awning from the entrance of all blocks.
Mr. Song said he hoped more parents would be willing to send their children to school as infrastructure was upgraded.
"Two towering apartment buildings have recently been completed near the school, and several have appeared nearby.
Therefore, we expect the population in this area to be very dense in the near future . "
He pointed out that the school with 188 students has become the champion of the state --level inter-
Primary school hockey game, 2017.
Pastor song spoke well.
Wish can be in 016-
5372007 or Prabakaran (016-4540096)
Or check the school Facebook page, SK St Mark Butterworth.