Dear HIS Families
I hope you all have a great long weekend. Thank you to all of the PTA members who came in this week to organise the storage spaces. It was a big job and the area is looking great thanks to your hard work.
As an IB school, the Learner Profile guides our thinking when developing students’ experiences. The Learner Profile is a list of ten attributes that we foster and develop in all of the IB programs; attributes that represent the lifelong learner that will thrive in the 21st Century. Over the next few issues of The Crane, I would like to explore a few of these attributes. You can find the descriptions here: ■IB learner profile／IBの学習者像 My first questions to you as parents would be, which attributes would be most important to your family? What reasons would you give? Is there one that you would do without for your child? Make sure that you read the descriptions, as the labels can be misleading. We’ll continue the conversation next week.
I hope you all enjoy the video.
Regards
Damian Rentoule, Principal
Potential HIS Boarding/Homestay Questions
HIS is currently looking at a potential boarding/homestay option for next year for Grades 9-12 and we would like to ask two brief questions to help us in the planning process. Currently, we are considering two potential options:
1. A family-style supervised boarding house. Boarding fees (Approximately ¥1,400,000) would be paid to HIS.
2. A homestay option where a student would resides with a HIS family. Homestay fees (Approximately ¥800,000) would be paid to the family to cover expenses.
We would like to consider both full-boarding (full semesters) and weekly-boarding (weekdays only) options. The fees above are an initial estimate only. We are just exploring this idea at the moment. Thank you for helping us with these two brief questions.
HIS Facebook
Just a reminder that HIS has a Facebook page that we update regularly with images of life at school. If you happen to have an image that you would like shared please forward it to me at drentoule@hiroshima-is.ac.jp and I will be happy to post.
Korean-Japan Friendship Sports Day
I visited the Hiroshima Korean Association recently and they have kindly extended an invitation to their sports day. It will be held at the Naka-ku Sport Centre on Saturday, October 29. The Event starts at 10:30am and is a fun day for children and adults alike. Please find a flyer linked here <Mindan>.
News from the PTA (16 September 2016) (日本語は以下にあります)Japanese Lunch Box (Obento) Tasting Session (Wednesday 21 September)
Thank you to those parents who sent in the Lunch Taster Box form. The menu for that day is rice with teriyaki chicken, BBQ style beef cutlet and Light Wheat Flour Ball with egg in Japanese sauce.
Please note that the PTA cannot assume responsibility for children with food allergies. Parents are asked to exercise caution.
Election of additional PTA member for the Board of Trustees.
According to the HIS Act of Endowment, a minimum of six (6) and a maximum of seven (7) persons from among the guardians of the children in HIS should serve on the HIS Board of Trustees.
Mr. Guy Hird, who has been serving as the BOT secretary, is seeking a new term following the end of his term in June this year. The PTA will vote on whether to approve his continuation or not during the next PTA meeting on Wednesday 28 September.
Halloween Parade and Costume Contest
This year, HIS students are invited to join the Halloween Parade and Costume Contest in Hondori on Saturday October 29. Both primary and secondary students can participate but must buy tickets in advance (price includes candy). Information on ticket prices will be given in the form which will be sent home with students next week.
The meeting place is Alice Garden (behind Parco). Meeting times are as follows:
16:30 for students who will participate in the costume contest
18:30 for students who will participate in the parade
PTA Committee members will accompany the students during the Parade, but children under G6 must be accompanied by a parent or guardian. The parent/guardian must also pay Y500.
To register, please fill in the form which will be sent home with students next week and return to the HIS Office, with exact money, by Friday September 30th. If you have any questions, please send an email to pta@hiroshima-is.ac.jp.
The PTA is also planning a Secondary Dance on the same evening at the Peace Cafe. More information will be sent closer to the date.
Next PTA Meeting
The next PTA Meeting will be held on Wednesday September 28 from 9:45 to 11:00 at the Peace Café (https://www.facebook.com/pages/Peace-Cafe/969881243105444).
Agenda of the Meeting:
Election for the Board of Trustees
Report of Obento Tasting Session
Preparations for Halloween
Bonfire Night
Any other business
PTAからのお知らせ （９月１６日）
デリバリー弁当
お弁当デリバリーに申し込んでいただいたかた、ありがとうございます。９月２１日（水）の１３時からお弁当が配布されます。
アレルギーの心配な生徒（特に小さい学年）自分がアレルギーがあるかどうか不明な生徒は申し込み不可です。ご了承ください。
Board of Trustees (評議員)の投票
HISの寄附行為に従って、在学者の保護者のうちから互選により選任する者6名以上、7名以内が必要です。
そこで、BOTの秘書をしていたGuy Hirdさんの任期が６月に終わりました。Hirdさんは引き続き、希望をされています。次の９月２８日のPTAミーティングで彼の任期延長を賛成するかしないかについて投票をします。
ハロウィンパレードとコスチュームコンテスト
今年は、本通り振興会主催のイベントに参加します。 本通り、金座街をトリックオアトリートをしながらパレードします。パレードの前にコスチュームコンテストも行われます。小学生から大人まで参加できますが、チケットが必要です。チケットのお値段など詳しい情報は申込書を見てください（来週生徒にお渡しします）。
集合の場所はパルコの後ろにあるアリスガーデン。コスチュームコンテストに参加したい方は１６：３０にコスチューム着用でアリスガーデンで集合してください。パレードだけ参加したい方は１８：３０までにアリスガーデンで集合してください（パレードは１８：５５時から始まります）。
PTAの役員もパレードに参加しますが、G6以下のお子様が参加される場合は、必ず保護者同伴でお願い致します。同伴が難しい場合は、同伴してくださる方をお願いして下さい。同伴の方も参加費￥500が必要です。
申し込みは生徒のホルダーに後日申し込み用紙を入れます。申込書と代金を一緒に９月３０日（金）までにHISOfficeに提出してください。 ご不明な点はお気軽にメールでお問い合わせください：pta@hiroshima-is.ac.jp.
セカンダリーダンスパーティーもありますが詳しくは後日案内をします。
次回のPTAミーティング（９月２８日、水曜日）
次のPTAミーティングは９月２８日（水）に９：４５から１１：００まで上八丁堀のピースカフェで行います。
主な議題：
BOT承認
デリバリー弁当の試食報告
ハロウィン
ボンファイア
その他
宜しくお願いします。