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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…

Dear HIS Community, It’s a short Crane today due to the reduced school week connected to Japanese national holidays. Please remember that After School Clubs and Activities begin this week! Please contact the HIS Office if you have any questions regarding extra bussing. This is a reminder that we need used tennis balls! If you are part of a local tennis club, or have a connection to one, you may know that they often they get rid of their old balls every three months or so. I would love to get as many tennis balls as possible for a project I am working on. Therefore, please let me know if you are able help me with this. Below, please find a picture of our Girls Volleyball Team in Fukuoka who…

It has been another great week at HIS! Both of our Secondary volleyball teams were immersed in final preparations for their first tournament of the year. We bid them farewell and good luck on Thursday after school. I encourage all Secondary students to participate in the Polo Shirt Design Contest as referenced below. This is our 60th Anniversary at HIS, and your contributions would be much appreciated. The deadline is this weekend! Having mentioned the weekend, please remember that this is a long one with Monday being a holiday. Please stay safe as it appears a strong typhoon is headed our way. And finally, if you are part of a local tennis club, or have a connection to one, you may know that they often get rid of their old…