Category: The Crane

Items Message from the Board of Directors Bentos (lunches) Principal Message Dear HIS Community Thank you to everyone who came along to the Parent Information Evening. It was great to see you here and we look forward to working with you all this year to support the learning of your children. Kind regards Damian Rentoule (Principal) Message from the Board of Directors Greetings from the Board of Directors This is the first of what will be a regular inclusion here in the Crane—as the Director General of the Board of Directors, I plan to use this opportunity to give you an idea of what the Boards (Directors and Trustees) do in a general way, and what issues are currently being addressed, what lies ahead, and so forth. So, for this…

Items Parent Information Evening Bento Order Form Lost property PTA News Library Volunteers Principal's Message Dear HIS Families We are looking forward to seeing you all next week on Thursday at the Parent Information Evening. I also wanted to let you know of two important events for HIS this year that involve visiting teams. On November 7-9,  we have an accreditation visit which combines the Council of International Schools (CIS) and New England Association of Schools and Colleges (NEASC). Three people from these organizations will be visiting HIS. Accreditation is related to quality control for the whole school. International schools use external organizations such as these as international schools are not generally controlled by governmental educational authorities. These organizations are different from the International Baccalaureate (IB) which authorizes schools to deliver…

Items Annual Hiroshima International Peace Marathon Human Rights Poster PTA News Shoes at School 1. Principal's Message Dear HIS Community Welcome back to another year at HIS. It has been a great start as students meet their new teachers and many new classmates. It has been very hot, of course, so we have been encouraging our students to drink lots of water as it is easy to forget when you are excited at seeing your friends.  Please help us out by continuing this conversation at home. It would also help us out for all of our families to have consistent reading routines at home in English, Japanese as well as any other languages you are using at home. This is so important for language development over time and is one…

Items PTA News Principal's Message Dear HIS Community It is hard to believe that the 2017/2-18 school year has drawn to a close. Firstly, I would like to thank all of our departing faculty, Bryan Mejia (EC Teaching Assistant), Ritchelle Valdez (Grade 5 Teacher), Wayne Bartelink (Science Teacher), Jay Valdez (MYP Science Support and Volleyball Coaching Volunteer), Edward Hardisty (MYP/DP Science), Mary Ferris (KG/Gr1 Teacher),  Jessica Pechhold (DP TOK Teacher, DP Coordinator, Secondary Vice Principal) and Clare Barnfather (PYP teacher, PYP Coordinator, Primary Vice Principal) who have all supported your children's' learning. I would like to wish all the best to our families who are leaving us this year. We will miss you all. Now that we are into summer, I would like to remind you all of the importance of reading…

Items Incoming Teacher Introductions Grade 12 Graduation Sakura medal book trailer contest 2018 winners Withdrawal Form & Financial Regulations Form PYP Exhibition/Gr 5 Transition/Gr 5 Graduation Parent Satisfaction Survey Results Withdrawal Form & Financial Regulations Form PTA News 1. Principal's Message Dear HIS Community We are nearing the end of the school year and we have many events happening, so keep an eye on the Crane and the HIS Calander. Our next important event is the Grade 12 Graduation tomorrow and you can find details below. Congratulations to our Seniors who are just about to start a new adventure. The period of nominations for the four Guardian positions for the Board of Trustees has closed. We received two nominations for the four available places so I will confirm with the…

Items Congratulations to our Grade 12 Guardian Elections to the Board of Trustees PTA News Principal's Message Dear HIS Community This week, we call for nominations for our Guardian positions on the Board of Trustees (BOT). You can find an explanation in Japanese and English here. Four members are coming to the end of their 2-year terms and I would like to thank them for their generous service.  We are at the Sports Day at the moment and it is beautiful weather and everyone is having lots of fun. You will see some images in next week's Crane. I will send this and then get back to the action. Enjoy your weekend. Kind regards Damian Rentoule (Principal) Crane Video Guardian Elections to the Board of Trustees (Japanese below) Please find…

Items Diploma program Exams/Graduation Crane Club Video Secondary Exam Week Schedule Sports Day Next Friday PTA News 1. Principal's Message Dear HIS Community I hope you have enjoyed the week. We look forward to seeing as many of you as possible at the Arts Gala on Saturday and the Sports Day next week on Friday. It is a busy time of year. Kind regards Damian Rentoule (Principal) 2. Crane Video 3. Diploma Program (DP) Exams/Graduation The DP exams finished this week. They always run during May. All of the schools do the exams at the same time. We are all very proud of our Grade 12 students who have worked very hard, particularly over these past two years of the DP. Graduation will take place on Saturday 2 June at the Mitsui Garden Hotel.  The ceremony will…

Items Arts Gala/Spring Concert & Sports Day - No bento Grade 11 CAS Video PTA News Principal's Message (Japanese below) Dear HIS Community In today's message, which will be a bit longer than usual, I will announce the tuition decision made by the Board of Directors in April 2018. Before I make this announcement, I have a short explanation about finances at HIS and please make sure you have read the HIS Annual Report 20162017 from last year. This document is in English and Japanese. I will try to keep this as brief as possible. In order to understand HIS finances, we can look at a pattern of enrolments over the last four years. We have two types of fees at HIS, private and corporate. The important part of this structure is that…