摘要:AbstractThere is a need to enhance school culture and its surrounding area to support of teaching and learning. Therefore, this research was conducted to identify how high schools in Malang City, Indonesia create their neighbourhood to maintain the process of learning. Qualitative approach was implemented during research circles. Moreover, multisite data collection was research conduction. Research was conducted in five high schools in Malang City, East Java, Indonesia; they are SMAN 1, SMAN 3, SMAN 4, SMA Shalahuddin dan SMA Muhammadiyah 1 Malang. The process to shape religious culture through two main strategies namely: (a) instructive sequential strategy and (b) constructive sequential strategy. The first strategy (i.e. instructive sequential strategy) is the efforts to put the structural instructions aspect into practice. Meanwhile, the second strategy (i.e. constructive sequential strategy) is the efforts to build the schools’ religious culture.