Chateau School had an enriching cultural journey to South America, where diplomats enjoyed discovering the beauty of wild habitats and the rainforest, and the importance of saving the environment; they concluded by focusing on South American cuisine. Chateau School also welcomed new ambassadors from all over the world, including the United States, Scotland, France, Switzerland, [...]
Earlier this year the Indian Embassy in Tokyo played host to the inaugural Tokyo Inter School Geo-Challenge. This involved five teams going head-to-head over nine challenging rounds of geographically themed questions. The event was created in order to give middle school students of geography an opportunity to demonstrate their knowledge and understanding in a friendly [...]
ASIJ’s Early Learning Center (ELC) primary educational philosophy uses the fundamentals of the Reggio Emilia approach to preschool learning. ASIJ focuses on developing the principles of respect, responsibility, and community in all students through an educational environment that stresses exploration, discovery, and enrichment based on the interests of children. The ASIJ ELC program teaches young learners [...]
Excitement was in the air at Katoh Elementary in the final week leading up to Open House. Students were busy practising activities to show their parents what they learned in school this year. Their hard work paid off as another successful Open House took place over a weekend during February, with lower Grades 1–4 performing [...]
The A-JIS community takes pride in its ability to work with students who have differing learning needs. In order to enhance the existing learning support program, A-JIS now employs a qualified speech and language pathologist (SLP), Vanessa Leaver, who works with a variety of students who have difficulty communicating. Ms. Leaver holds both private and group [...]
One of Rustic Pathways’ most popular programs, “Come With Nothing, Go Home Rich,” is an advanced service program that takes students to three remote villages in rural Thailand. Students are encouraged to leave all unnecessary items at home and are allowed just one carry-on bag with essential items and five things they feel might be [...]
The month of March at Treehouse Montessori was truly a busy one for the entire school. The beginning of the month was the annual sports event — Family Fun Day — where the parents participated in fun races and dances, with the highlight being the ribbon gymnastic performance. This event was followed by preparation for the [...]
Haruka Masuda of Makuhari International School was last month crowned the winner of The Japan Times Spelling Bee, after correctly spelling the word “ignominious,” which landed her a spot in the annual National Spelling Bee in Washington. Masuda, 12, outlasted 35 contestants aged 9–14 years old from international and Japanese schools across the country to [...]
New International School (NewIS) of Japan’s annual musical on March 7 was a true celebration of music and drama, with all live music and a cast of more than 80 students in Roald Dahl’s version of Goldilocks and the Three Bears. The school rented Theatre Green, a beautiful theatre near NewIS, for the production. The [...]
March signals the end of the academic school year at Aichi International School (AIS), however, things did not slow down last month. At the end of February AIS had its annual Speech Contest. Students from the Orca Class (age 5–6 years) right through to those in Grade 6 gave speeches on a wide variety of [...]
