Author: Damian Rentoule

Items Nominations for Guardian Position on Board of Trustees Textbook Orders - Secondary Principal's Message Dear HIS Community One of our learner profile attributes is 'thinker' and we constantly examine creative processes during our units of inquiry. During the summer, you may find some quiet moments and Adam Grant has some interesting ideas regarding original thinkers that I thought you may find interesting. Thank you all for a great year. We look forward to seeing you back at HIS in August. Kind regards Damian Rentoule (Principal) The Crane Nominations for Guardian Position on Board of Trustees We have three Guardian positions on the Board of Trustees and you are able to nominate yourself on this nomination form. The Board of Trustees provide a valuable contribution to our school community and we…

Items: Withdrawal Form Reminder; Peace Activity for High School students. Principal's Message Dear HIS Community Our Secondary students have been on camp this week. Here they are on top of Mt Sanbe. Most students travel back to Hiroshima tomorrow while twelve set off on a further adventure cycling through Shimane and back to HIS over a period of six days on the annual Peace Ride, which is one of the many activities being held at HIS across the whole school during Action Week, next week. Keep an eye out for some posts of the various activities. Some of the ideas coming from students when talking about possibilities for Action Week inspired me to start looking at our HIS grounds more closely. This is a great talk. Thank you, Pam Warhurst,…

Items: 2019/2020 Staffing Update; 2019/2020 CRANES Calendar; Tuition for 2019/2020; Secondary text lists; Read-A-Thon; Graduation dates; Coffee Afternoon with Grade 12; PTA News; CIS Parent Survey. Principal's Message Dear HIS Community Firstly, I would like to congratulate our Grade 12 students who have now finished their exams and will graduate tomorrow evening. I would like to wish our graduates the best of luck and would like to use a TED Talk today that explores an interesting perspective on this thing we call luck. After watching this TED Talk, I think it would be best to wish our graduates the best winds of luck. As our Secondary Camp and Peace Ride approaches, we have been looking at our risk assessment and have given some thought to our Learner Profile attribute, 'risk-taker'…

Items Grade 2/3 Food Drive Staffing Update; Grade 5 Graduation; Teacher Appreciation Day (Food/Drink Form); Unscheduled School Closures; Music for Peace Concert. Principal's Message Dear HIS Community We would like to congratulate our Grade 5 students who graduate today from our Primary Years Program into our Middle Years Program. We are very excited to see our new Secondary students transition into their new IB program. We also farewell our Grade 12 students who graduated last weekend although you will still see them around campus, on the Secondary Camp as well as on the Peace Ride before now and the end of the year. You have been great role models for everyone at HIS. (Thanks to Jackie for the photo which was posted on the HIS Facebook page. A great shot.)…

Items Graduation Dates (Reminder); Coffee afternoon with Gr12 (Reminder); Council of International Schools (CIS) Survey (Reminder); PTA News. Principal's Message Dear HIS Community Firstly, congratulations to our Gr12 students who have just finished their IB exams, the last step on their journey, before the next adventure begins. Well done, to a class of young adults who have worked so hard and supported each other so well. I hope you have all been enjoying the lovely weather. Our students have been out on some fun excursions this week with Gr2/3 at the Chugoku Electric Power Plant Research Institute, the Gr9 Mathematics class to Marina Hop to model the movements of the Ferris wheel and Gr9-12 Visual Arts students explored the City and Prefectural Museums. This has no relation to our field trips this…

Items Coffee Afternoon with Gr12 ISA Testing Results CIS Community Survey for Parents HIS Shoe Drive ISMA Mathematics Contest Results Arts Gala Information Principal's Message Dear HIS Community Our Grade 12 students have now finished the bulk of heir Diploma Program exams. It is a really important time for them in their journey and I would like to congratulate them on being such dedicated students, but also for being such wonderful people. They have been excellent role models for our younger students and are certainly ready to make a contribution to a more peaceful and sustainable world as they embark on the next step of their lives. Before they move off on their new adventures, they have been kind enough to agree to speak with us about their experience. They…

Items PTA News International Schools' Assessment (ISA) individual report explanation Principal's Message Dear HIS Community We have had a busy week at HIS with our IB examination period starting. Our Grade 12 students are sitting their final exams and I would like to thank all of our students for being so considerate when moving in the corridors during the examination periods, keeping the noise to a minimum. The final exam for our students is scheduled for Thursday 23 May. It is a very important, exciting and nerve-wracking time for our Grade 12 students and we wish them well. Also, next Saturday is our Arts Gala with the Spring Concert and Visual Arts exhibition at HIS so we are looking forward to seeing you there. For out TED Talk this week,…

Items Spring Arts Gala Graduation dates - Gr5 & Gr12 PTA News Principal's Message Dear HIS Community Congratulations to all of our Gr4/5 students and the team of teachers who worked with them for the great PYP Exhibition on Thursday evening. In the spirit of the PYP Exhibition, I thought that this TED Talk delivered by Greta Thunberg, student and environmental activist, would be a good one for this week as a strong role model for us all. Enjoy your Golden Week break. Stay safe and we look forward to seeing you all back after the break. Kind regards Damian Rentoule (Principal) Crane Video Spring Arts Gala Arts Gala: Spring Concert 2019, on Saturday, 18th May 1:30 p.m.at Hiroshima International School Spring Arts Gala 2019 newsletter info.docx Graduation Dates As we…

Items Sakura medal book trailer contest winners Principal's Report Good Morning Thank you very much for everyone involved in the organization of the very successful HIS Fun Day last weekend. It was a great day of fun activities and lots of delicious food and it all came together after much work for the school community which we all appreciate very much. Congratulations and thanks to the PTA for the organization of a wonderful day for us all. We have had a very enjoyable Sports Day at Coca-Cola Stadium today. Lots of sunshine and races so thanks to everyone involved. You will see some images on this week's Crane Video. Regarding this week's TED Talk, in the Diploma Program (DP), students take a course called Theory of Knowledge (TOK) and look…

Items Sports Day Update Article by Grade 5 students on gaming addiction Sports Day Update Action project by Grade 5 students Principal's Message Dear HIS Community I hope you have had an enjoyable week. Our visitors from the Netherlands returned home and they had great experiences during their time here in Japan. Thank you very much to our host families, once again. We hope to send our students over to the Netherlands in September this year. We are all ready for Fun Day tomorrow at school and we really appreciate all of the PTA members who have been working so hard to create this great event for our school community. See you there. I thought you may find these ideas interesting, especially as all of the IB programs have a strong…