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F E A T U R E D S T O R Y
SALT SOLUTION

W I T H N O S A L T I N E S S W H I L E M A I N T A I N I N G T H E S A L I N E
S O L U T I O N ’ S E F F I C A C Y A S A S O R E T H R O A T R E L I E V E R

WE MAY BE YOUNG,

BUT WE ARE READY! Three of our students, Jason Aldrich, Charlene Elisabeth and
Jonathan Wijaya, joined the competition and were tutored by
Sebastianus Hardi S., S.Pd. To start the project, they had to
Celebrating the anniversary of East Java Province, East Java choose their research object first. As Petra Acitya is located
National Commission of Education (Komnasdik) held the in Sidoarjo, they tried to use Sidoarjo’s famous commodity,
Jatim Education Competition 2020. There were several which is salt, as their research object. Salt solution can be an
competitions for elementary, junior and senior high school alternative way to relieve sore throat symptoms. However,
students. Petra Acitya Christian Junior High School joined the not everyone likes the salty taste of the saline solution. That
scientific writing (Karya Tulis Ilmiah – KIR) competition. The fact inspired the team to conduct research, which aimed to
theme was Building A Strong Creative Reading and Writing make a salt solution with no saltiness while maintaining the
Ecosystem in School during the Covid-19 Pandemic. saline solution’s efficacy as a sore throat reliever.

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