CBM 85th Anniversary & Homecoming 

6th July 2019

Video of Homecoming at CBM 8am-12noon

Video of CBM 85th Anniversary & Homecoming 6th July 2019

CBM 85th Anniversary & Homecoming 

6th July 2019

Statement

SMK CONVENT BUKIT MERTAJAM  

formely known as STE. MARGUERITE’S SCHOOL  (established 1 March 1934)

85TH ANNIVERSARY AND HOMECOMING

6 July 2019 (Saturday)

SMK Convent Bukit Mertajam, fondly remembered as Ste. Marguerite’s School, celebrated its 85th Anniversary with Homecoming activities at the school from 8:00am to noon, culminating with a reunion dinner and dance at The Light Hotel Seberang Jaya.

Ably led by the President of the Convent Bukit Mertajam Alumni, Mdm Ewe Lay Khim, the anniversary saw months of preparations coordinating the nuns (Sisters of Infant Jesus), principals of the primary and secondary schools, former teachers and past students to grace the occasion.

Distinguished founder President Puan Sri Datuk Zainab binti Abdul Kader and past presidents of the Alumni were saluted for making the Alumni and its activities a cherished tradition since its inception in 2007.

HOMECOMING

The whole-hearted support of Alumni life members and the school community made up of students, teachers and support staff of the secondary school led by the principal Mdm Goi Goit Sim, saw a hive of activities in the morning at the Homecoming carnival attended by over 300 past and present students.

Alumnae enjoyed the morning reminiscing, literally walking down memory lane and revisiting their former stomping grounds in the school. The carnival re-enacted the school atmosphere of the past with food and beverage booths, traditional games, folk dances and even a vintage classroom complete with a real blackboard, the original Convent school navy blue pleated pinafore and other nostalgic memorabilia.

The Homecoming was privileged to be privy to the Board of Governors’ video of the meaningful restoration of the school to its former glory of the school infrastructure and landscape under the amazing tutelage of the Chair of the Board of Governors, Ms. Catherine Tan Wei Ming.

DINNER AND DANCE

The celebrations continued at the dinner and dance where the former students gathered and enjoyed the evening catching up with childhood friends many of whom they had not met since they left school.

The guests were entertained to songs and dances performances, and joined in as they danced and ‘berjoget’ the night away.

The reunion dinner highlighted the previously little known early history of the school and the accolades of its past students, noting their pride in distinguished founder member Datuk Mohaiyani Shamsudin the present Chairman of Mayank.

Guests exclaimed in amazement as a miniature replica of the school 3-D cake was brought in.

The Alumni also records its appreciation of the support of its corporate sponsors Wah Chan, Zeon Properties, Dr. Mecherl Herbs Therapy & Complementary Medicine, Living Well, Two Seven Coffee, Sunquick and Keluarga.

SIMPLE IN VIRTUE, STEADFAST IN DUTY

True to the spirit of the school motto Simple in Virtue, Steadfast in Duty, the current batch of students assisted by school teachers headed by school counsellor Mdm Sivakamasundari Arumugam under the administration of the school principal Mdm Goi Goit Sim are to be lauded for their enthusiastic hard work and support of the school especially at this 85th Anniversary and Homecoming celebrations.

The Alumni is happy to note the unwavering support of its over 240 life members, especially those who came back from as far as Singapore, China, Australia and the United Kingdom to celebrate this milestone event and looks forward to many more successful turnouts of its members to cherish and enjoy the “Convent Spirit” at future events.

CBM 85th Anniversary & Homecoming 

6th July 2019

Chinese press coverage 

Guang Ming

China Press Online 

http://penang.chinapress.com.my/20190710/%e5%a4%a7%e5%b1%b1%e8%84%9a%e4%bf%ae%e9%81%93%e9%99%a2%e5%a5%b3%e5%ad%90%e4%b8%ad%e5%ad%a6-%e5%9b%9e%e6%a0%a1%e6%97%a5-%e9%80%be300%e6%a0%a1%e5%8f%8b%e6%8e%a2%e6%af%8d%e6%a0%a1/


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Learn about our activities.

Extract of Secretary Reports

FREE Alumni T-shirt for attending CBM 85th Anniversary & Homecoming, Saturday 6th July 2019.

1. Register for both morning Homecoming event and 'Back to School' themed dinner by 31 May 2019 to receive a FREE CBM Alumni T-shirt (T&C's apply).

Change into your free Alumni T-shirt after you collect it at the morning Homecoming event.

2. CBM 85th Anniversary & Homecoming - Payment Details

(a) Morning Event (closing date May 31st 2019) - Registration is required but we do not charge anything for it. The school has kindly allowed us to use its grounds, so please contribute a small donation. Please indicate clearly when you make payment.

(b) Dinner and Dance ( while tickets last) - RM120 Life Members, RM150 Non-Members.

Alumni Life Membership - RM100 (one time fee only for lifetime membership)

Secure your table by making payment to Persatuan Alumni Sekolah Convent Bukit Mertajam, Maybank Account No. 557308000138.

Please send list of names for registration and payment advice to us at WhatsApp 012-4803330 or alumnicbm@gmail.com

Alumni Reunion Weekend Gopeng 2.0

Thank you to all the 45 ladies who attended the Alumni Reunion Weekend "Gopeng 2.0" Sep 22-23, 2018. Here are the 28 collectively called "Class of 1977" but actually 26 are from Class of 1977, one from Class of 1975 and of course Sister Clara.We all had so much fun! Maximum fun! It was AWESOME !

These are the 17 ladies from the Class of 1972. A bunch of energetic ladies whose youthful exuberance belies their age! Thank you for your support our CBM big sisters!

CBM Reunion Dinner & Dance 

1st October 2016

The Star press coverage

JUST as the second course of the dinner arrived, it became evident that it was no ordinary alumni reunion dinner.

Dance instructors Peter Ang and Emmeline Yong went on stage and all the Convent Bukit Mertajam old girls were asked to step forward to learn the cha-cha as soon as the sweet corn crab meat soup was served.

After a three-minute lesson, Finzi Contini’s 1985 chart-topper ‘I Wanna Dance’ (do you like cha-cha-cha) boomed out of the speakers and the soup went cold on every table as the old girls swayed their hips on every available open floor space in the E&O Hotel grand ballroom.

The evening went on with dance competition interspersed throughout the eight-course dinner, and the old girls whooped and sang along to numerous yesteryear hits.

To make it even more memorable, the organising committee from Convent Bukit Mertajam Alumni set the dress code as cultural attire from around the world, and the 300-odd old ‘convent girls’, their spouses and children did not disappoint.

They dressed up as Egyptian queens, cowgirls, geisha girls, Arab sheikhs, Korean princesses, Dutch milkmaids and myriad more, and before dinner, everyone decorated their tables after the countries they were named after.

Alumni president Sharon Ewe Lay Khim left her pals swirling in nostalgia as she presented a collage of old school photos.

But nothing took them down memory lane better than the appearance of their old teacher Charlotte Szto, 90, who had taught in the school from 1965 to 1976.

“We gather every two years and try to create something unique each time. The theme this year was ‘East Meets West’ and we tried to bring an international ambience into our reunion since our old schoolmates are spread out worldwide,” said Ewe.

https://www.thestar.com.my/metro/community/2016/10/25/its-yesterday-once-more-convent-bm-old-girls-chachacha-the-night-away-in-grand-fashion/

The countdown has begun! We'll be going around the world soon! The CBM Alumni Reunion Dinner and Dance 2016 is on 1st October at E&O Hotel, Penang. The theme is East Meets West. 

East Meets West is about celebrating diversity and drawing inspiration from cultures around the world. Play dress up in the traditional costume or a modern take on the national dress of any country in the world. There are no hard and fast rules, as long as your outfit has a recognisable international flavour, you're good to go. Don't miss it for the world!

Tip: Think iconic characters or items of clothing or accessories or even colours of the flag.

Stay tuned for updates and ideas.

 

 

6th Reunion Gathering... Hawaiian Theme Nite

The alumni reunion gathering was held successfully on 12th May 2012, in Ixora Hotel, Prai.

An astonishing number of 130 of people joined us that night, who are mostly the ex students of CBM, some are ex-teachers, ex-staff, and family members/invited guests of them (friends), as well as invited guests, namely the Sisters from Convent Board of Governors, and Madam Pakiam from the Sinar Ceria Home.

Celebrating our octogenarian alumni.

Choir - Sing along... to these songs (FuniciliFunicula and A Happy Wanderer)
Everyone sang along... and the choir was conducted by none other than our dearly Mrs.Szeto (ex teacher of CBM)

Hawaiian Best Theme Dress... Queen of Hawaiian Nite....
Won by contestant number 2 :D

We also have a Game
and not forgetting the Hawaiian Dance Competition, and it's won by the batch 1977.

Back to School Reunion Gathering

For 2010 Reunion gathering, we went back to school.

The reunion lunch was held in the "New Hall" of SMK Convent Bukit Mertajam

- A whiteboard somewhere in d school compound. The lyrics of the classic Edelweiss song:

Reminds us of the time when we had bunch of classics songs and other multi-lingual cheerings during gatherings/events :-P

The recent reunion's backdrop, and I really love it:

Yap... back in the "new" hall.

It Looks smaller right?.... now that we have grown up? Hehe

Games... and ice-breaking

Group foto, those who stayed back until the end of the event:

This was 1st time alumni organised event in the school... and we hope to have another 'back to school- homecoming' event in school.

Convent Bukit Mertajam Food and Family Carnival 2009

CBM Food and Family Carnival 2009

Date and Venue:  4th October 2009 @ BM Country Club

The CBM Food and Family Carnival 2009 was alumni's biggest event thus far. The alumni (committee and some volunteering members), together with Penang State Library (co-organizer) and some parents from the SMK Convent Bukit Mertajam PIBG made this event a success.

CBM Alumni chairman Datin Seri Zainab Abd Kader was the program chairman who oversaw both working committees and co-organizers from the CBM alumni, CBM’s PIBG and the Penang State Library. 

The objectives of this event: 

• The CBM Food and Family Carnival 2009 was a part of our initiatives to sustain a mini scholarship program for Convent BM school students, as well as the alumni fund
  
• This carnival aimed to earn publicity for the alumni in order to gather and reunite more former students and staff
  
• Membership drive for the Persatuan Alumni Convent Bukit Mertajam 

The theme was Developing Children’s Minds Towards A More Knowledgeable And Intellectual Society; aimed at raising literacy awareness and collecting funds for children’s education (mini scholarship program and bursaries) 

Emphasizing the importance of developing children’s educational needs, as well as to create awareness of the services and facilities offered by the state public library 

We were also helped by some local celebrities, namely Ning Baizura, Tony Eusoff, Zizan Nin, Fauziah Nawi and Farah Alya As’ari who lent their star power for this event. They participated in jumble sale (Ning Baizura’s wardrobe collection), auction, story-telling sessions, traditional games and theatre workshops. 

The celebrities, they were so sporting and friendly. They were invited by our alumni president and came voluntarily with no fees. Ning Baizura sang 4 songs by random requests, haha one of it "Madu dan Racun", and one classic mandarin song, which was sung so beautifully.

There are many people to thank and credit. They all work very hard, expecting nothing in return. Some forked out quite a sum of RMs, some came to help day and night, some became saviours on the day of event, etc... just to make sure this event run smoothly, all in the name of charity. That's the spirit :-) In return, we gained: experience, new friendships, understanding, team spirit....etc

We managed to collect roughly around RM 50,000 from this event and the money goes to alumni fund. With the help of this new fund, we are now able to sustain the mini scholarship program for at least another 3 years.

It was a successful event, in which we did not only gain financially but also in term of relationships, understanding and experiences. Everyone involved worked very hard to ensure the event run smoothly especially with the participation from the crowd which was amazing. 

With continuous supports and involvement from the alumni members, we hope events and activities like this will be sustained in the long run.

Alumni CBM Reunion Lunch 2008

Date and Venue:

16th August 2008 @ Evergreen Laurel Hotel, Penang

This is the alumni's second reunion gathering. Unlike the previous year, we had lunch gathering instead of dinner.

Those who came range from these batches (year they graduate from secondary school):

1962, 1965,1969, 1971, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1978, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1996, 1999, 2001 and 2002

There were a lot of interesting games and again, everyone was full of life. From the feedback, reunion gathering is seen to be one of the events that is most looked out for by the alumni members.

And, of course, Lots of photo sessions  :-)

Convent Bukit Mertajam Alumni Dinner 2007

This was the first activity organized by Persatuan Alumni Convent Bukit Mertajam. The event was timely as it was held 1 week after the alumni has been officially registered, offering the former students and former teachers of Convent Bukit Mertajam the chance to learn more about the Alumni body.  There are several activities being held besides opening the floor for line dancing. The crowd was energetic and the strength and spirit of sisterhood among former CBM students was remarkable. Following the event, we have managed to gather some members registered as alumni.

Date: 30th June 2007, Saturday

Venue: Pearl View Hotel