Author: Damian Rentoule

Items: 2020/2021 tuition; June on-campus classes; Jump Rope Challenge. Principal's Message Dear HIS Community On Monday evening this week, the HIS Board of Directors and the HIS Board of Trustees met to discuss the budget for 2020/2021 and decided on a 0% tuition increase. Although an increase in tuition is required to cover projected operating expenses for 2020/2021, the Board of Directors and Board of Trustees feel that in the current uncertain economic environment that the COVID situation has created, a delay on a tuition increase is appropriate. HIS reserves are healthy enough to support a short-term deficit. It is important to remember, however, that there will need to be a tuition increase in our near future to achieve long-term financial sustainability. It is an exciting time at HIS as…

Items: Student messages to teachers; Sayonara to the Annex and the Foundation Stone Project; Diploma Program Exams; Li's Service Project; Jump Rope Challenge; Library Access. Principal's Message [caption id="attachment_4225" align="alignnone" width="300"] One of our HIS flowers - do you know where it can be found?[/caption] Dear HIS Community I hope you all enjoyed Golden Week, staying pretty close to home this year, I imagine. Our distance learning has resumed smoothly as we head into this last part of the year. Early next week, we will assess the public health situation and make a decision regarding the last four weeks of school. I will send a message out to families regarding this on Wednesday, next week. Thank you for your patience and all the work you are doing at home to…

Items Teacher introduction; Rainbow window project; Ideas for maintaining balance on Golden Week. Principal's Message Dear HIS Community Due to continued uncertainty related to the Coronavirus situation, HIS will continue distance learning after Golden Week through to Friday 22 May. We will monitor the situation and make a decision regarding the last four weeks of school closer to this date. We would like to thank you all for your support and congratulate you all on supporting your children's learning so well in what is a very new situation for us all. We would also like to continue to gather feedback from students and parents so here is a short survey for you on your experience so far. Thank you. In this image, you can see the flowers on the wisteria…

Items: Teacher Introductions; Mask Donations; College Information; Congratulations to Miina; Graduation Update. Principal's Message Dear HIS Community I hope you have had a successful week of distance learning. We had our Primary and Secondary Team meetings via Zoom today and all the teachers are reflecting on their experiences and making adjustments. We have appreciated the feedback from families that we have been receiving as we move forward. With the State of Emergency being declared across Japan, we will keep looking at the situation and at the end of next week provide an update on the distance learning timeline for HIS. Please take care and stay safe. This is a great TED Talk about curiosity and may provide some ideas of some off-track inquiries in the home. I really liked the…

Items Guidelines for re-opening HIS for regular classes on Monday 6 April; Needing a Health Observation Form to get on the HIS bus; Spring Concert; Peace Ride; Introducing 2 of our new teachers for 2020/2021. Principal's Message Dear HIS Community As we finish our 19th day of distance learning, I would like to thank you all for the great work supporting your children at home. As you know, like all schools across Hiroshima Prefecture, we are planning to resume regular classes next week. HIS will start regular classes on Monday 6th April. We are really looking forward to seeing all of our students once again after the distance learning period which has been, including our Spring Break, 5-weeks. We are excited, but of course, we are also anxious regarding the…

Principal's Message Dear HIS Community As we have just completed our 14th day of distance learning I would like to thank our HIS community for your continued support. We are continuing with the distance learning model next week in order to align our start with the public and private schools in Hiroshima Prefecture. We are maintaining close contact with the Prefecture and also with the Japan Council of International Schools (JCIS) to inform decisions. Below you will find a list of guidelines for our return to regular schooling and I would like to express my gratitude to both Hiroshima Prefecture and JCIS for sharing their ideas which have helped us to form these guidelines in preparation for our return to regular school. Guidelines for Reopening HIS Please do not come…

Principal's Message Dear HIS Community I hope you have had a good week with your children at home. We miss you all, although we have enjoyed seeing many of you via Zoom. It has been great having our Grade 12 class at school this week. They have been very careful with their handwashing etc and social distancing, so I would like to thank the Gr12 class for being great role models. Our current plan is to bring Grade 11 back next week (23rd-27th March) and aim for a full school start on Monday 30th March. Thank You, Parents: Thank you again for all the support during this second week of distance learning. I had to check the calendar. It has only been 9 school days so far but strangely feels…

Items Interviews with HIS students airing on TV - Thursday Evening. Photography Exhibition Message DP Visual Arts Exhibition (Next week Wed-Fri) Principal's Message Dear HIS Community This may not be so surprising, but we had a quiet week at school. Thank you for all the support over the week as we experimented with distance learning and we are looking forward to seeing everyone back on the 16th. As we head into the spring break, I thought that this TED Talk may provide a great idea for a project. If anyone has a go, please let me know. It would be a wonderful project to follow in the Crane. Kind regards Damian Crane Video The Crane Club on TV NHK in New York notified us that they are going to broadcast…