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On Thursday, November 21, we climbed Mt.Kannomine. We rode bicycles and walked from HiGA to the summit of Mt Kannomine. For some of the students, it was their first time to climb Mt Kannomine. From the top, we had a great view of Osakigamijima, where we have studied for six years, and the HiGA school building.   

On November 15th, G12 students experienced camp within PHE class. We formed groups of 4 to 5 people and had the experience of setting up tents and making carton dogs, which are hot dogs in milk cartons, bamboo skewers and milk carton plates, etc. We were able to learn about physical health education from different perspectives through various activities in the camp experience, which we cannot do in our regular class.  

On Tuesday, December 19th, we held the 2nd term closing ceremony. During the closing ceremony, Principal Fukushima reflected on the second semester and gave advice to the students, who are busy with their daily activities, on how to deal with “capacity overload(the state in which a load exceeds one’s capacity)” encouraging them to “Make an effort to gradually increase your capacity and control it well so that it does not become overcapacity.” He also concluded the second semester by telling them to say to their parents, “Thank you” from the bottom of their heart for their daily support, and to come back to school on the day they return to …

As part of the Kakehashi Project (U.S.A.), an international exchange program promoted by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan, students from Hayfield Secondary School in the U.S.A., which our students visited in February this year, came to our school and enjoyed the one-day exchange program with our students in each grade. In the Japanese class for G10 (the 1st year high school) students, they chose their favorite words and made original uchiwa (Japanese fans) using calligraphy brushes. In the lunch break time, Hayfield students introduced their school in Japanese to G11 (the 2nd year high school) students, and the students of both schools danced together.  In addition, they had …

On Thursday, August 31, we held the 2023 Fall Entrance  Ceremony and the 2nd term opening ceremony. At the fall entrance ceremony, we welcomed three new students from overseas. We look forward to working with them to develop more diverse learning environment in the future. During the opening ceremony, our principal encouraged our students by quoting words from novelist Yasushi Inoue “Those who work hard talk about hope, and those who slack off complain”.