Healthy School Culture Management Strategy at SMA Negeri 2 Mataram, Indonesia

Abstract

This research aims to explain what a healthy school culture means and to identify the management strategies implemented by SMA Negeri 2 Mataram to maintain a healthy school culture. The researchers conducted in-depth interviews, made observations, and reviewed documentation for this qualitative case study. The research results show that the healthy school culture at SMA Negeri 2 Mataram is a good habit carried out by the school community in creating and maintaining a clean and healthy school environment; this is realized by the existence of a school management strategy for implementing a healthy school culture, namely: 1) forming a healthy school competition team, which plans, implements, and evaluates; 2) collaborating with related parties; 3) involving all school members. In implementing this healthy school culture, the school encountered several challenges: different student characters, students who come and go each year, and leadership/school principals changes. The impact of implementing this healthy school culture is that the school is always kept clean, the school community has a high awareness of themselves and the environment, the school community always reminds each other to maintain cleanliness and health, and the school community is involved in school cleanliness activities.