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Welcome from James Steward, Principal Dear HIS Community, Happy New Year! Welcome back to HIS! It will be a short CRANE this week, as we have just returned to school! I hope that the entire HIS community enjoyed a prosperous holiday break. We have experienced a successful return to school with plenty on the horizon as we move toward Semester 2. Thank you to Mr. Washington for organizing and leading an excellent Secondary Assembly on Thursday. The students were wonderful and the event was full of fun spirit! On Monday, Mr. Bartelink and HIS will be hosting the Athletic Directors from the Japanese network of international schools. Let’s offer our guests a warm HIS welcome. On Tuesday, we will be hosting MC Perry High School for a basketball game against…

Welcome from James Steward  Dear HIS Community, Peter Pan flew through Hiroshima International School on Saturday afternoon and into the early evening as Festive Eve took hold! A packed house was captivated by this exceptional musical. Our students were wonderful on all fronts. The acting and singing was superb. The music and dancing were fantastic. Sets and props were extremely creative. Costumes were beautiful. The entire directing team did a fabulous job! For all of this, we must offer special thanks to the Sonoda family for organizing filming; Nami Ohata for overseeing costume design and creation; Eriko Hird for her continued Parent Wolfpack leadership; and Takako Sensei for her unrelenting commitment to HIS and our students. There are so many others to thank, but not enough space here to do…

Welcome from James Steward Dear HIS Community, A cold spell has gripped Hiroshima and HIS! Today, I saw Mr. Verma shopping for items that would keep his family warm! Soon we will be skiing in the mountains. The cold weather reminds us of the final preparations taking place for Festive Eve on December 10. There is only one more week until the big show! The Let’s Bake team worked with G3-4 this week and made 150 apple crumble muffins. These were consumed with immense speed on Friday during break time. In fact, so quickly that there were none left by the time I got to the muffin booth! Please see below a video created by Naoko Kurata about the event. https://youtu.be/iGUqXGVtkSw And, here is the recipe! Apple Crumble Recipe Thank…

Welcome from James Steward  Dear HIS Community, Another excellent week has been completed at HIS. The HIS Parent Wolfpack has decorated the Genkan and various areas of the school with a very festive and wintery look. It looks fantastic! Thank you for your incredible support of HIS! Festive Eve is on everyone’s mind. Our Peter Pan production must be making others GREEN with envy! Students are putting their final touches on the performance as the big date approaches. We also thank the Sonoda family, in advance, for agreeing to support the videoing of Peter Pan. More Peter Pan updates can be found below. It was great to enjoy and ‘Indian’ lunch this week with our Grade 12 class. They were the winners of our Halloween Carnival Skit Contest! Their prize…

Welcome from James Steward Dear HIS Community, Another excellent week has been completed at HIS. Our Grade 5 campers have returned, and the accompanying teachers (Ms Jessy, Mr B, and Yumi sensei) appear to have survived, although I hear that at least one of them fell into the water during the golfing activity! We were also treated to a Festive Eve sneak preview at the Hilton Hotel on Friday night, as our Peter Pan Team did an extraordinary job performing some of the highlight numbers of the coming show on December 10. Congratulations to everyone involved in this superb performance. As well, thank you to the Hilton Hotel for hosting us. We had many HIS families attending the event, and the food and camaraderie afterwards was excellent. Thank you also…

Welcome from James Steward Dear HIS Community, Is there ever a calm week at HIS? I have learned quickly that the answer is ‘no’! Of course, this is a good thing, as we keep things moving at a high pace all the time. There were no carnivals or bonfires this week, but there is plenty more to come. The Parent Wolfpack (PTA) continues to work diligently on new initiatives. Some of our Peter Pan Team have been invited to the new Hilton Hotel downtown to perform on the evening of November 18. This will be a great practice run for some of our musical numbers. Good luck to this Team in representing HIS. Festive Eve is coming soon! The days and nights are slowly becoming cooler, but the sun is…

Welcome from James Steward Dear HIS Community, Last week it was the Halloween Carnival. This week it was Bonfire Night. While the preparation had been taking place for some time, the HIS Kitchen became a-buzz the entire week, as the HIS Parent Wolfpack cooked up a storm that included a menu of ‘Fish Cakes, Chili, Candy Apples, and Apple Crumble’ only to be topped off later in the evening with a good old ‘Marshmallow Roast’. Mr. Barker and his wife, Yumiko, dedicated themselves to ensuring that the evening would be an amazing success; they did not disappoint! Energized by a hungry audience and robust Parent Wolfpack, spirits were high in anticipation. When the big event finally arrived, students and parents began to gather in the playground just before 18:00. As…

Welcome from James Steward Dear HIS Community, It has been an extremely busy week at HIS as the HIS Parent Wolfpack (We are the Wolves!) had been planning day and night for our Halloween Carnival! All of this intense planning came to an amazing fruition on Friday. We started the proceedings off with a superb student led Costume Parade. The costumes were outstanding. The student MCs were tremendous. And finally, the Secondary class skits were amazing and incredibly funny. I was supremely impressed, and the entire audience was too! Students were offered treat bags when the assembly was complete. Then, it was onto the events of the evening planned by the ‘Wolfpack’. The evening events began with a series of games in the gym, such as mummy wrapping, pumpkin bowling,…

Welcome from James Steward Dear HIS Community, It is October Break! Congratulations to all of our students, families and teachers for working so hard to this point in the school year. Thank you to our HIS Wolfpack (Our PTA’s new name!) for holding an excellent General Meeting on Thursday. If you were not aware, all HIS Teams use the name ‘Wolves’ as their symbol or mascot. The PTA is also adopting this name (Wolfpack) for the year as inspiration and in the name of teamwork! It is no small feat to lead such a project. Eriko Hird and her Team are doing a superb job. As well, it was nice to see such a great turnout for the meeting. There are plenty of excellent plans in process on multiple fronts.…

Weekly Welcome from Mr Steward It has been another enjoyable week at HIS! Our After School Clubs and Activities have started with great enthusiasm! A great number of students are enjoying these offerings. Thank you to Ryoko sensei for overseeing these for our students. Thank you also to the Let’s Bake Team. This week banana muffins were on the menu and they turned out to be delicious. Congratulations Grade 5 for revealing your talents in the kitchen! The PTA Choir began this week with beautiful sounds emanating through the school! Thank you very much to Kaoru Ueno for delivering hundreds of tennis balls to HIS this week. She is Shiori’s mother in Grade 2! This week we are including reports from Student CRANE Reporters! Alina, Sean, Hinano and Mei have…