Keep Up the Good Work!
At long last December is upon us. We all feel a bit anxious as we mark off the last few remaining days of the calendar and think back on all we have achieved this year. I hope that everyone can think back to how they felt at the beginning of the school year. It’s important to maintain our best efforts at all times, even now that we have nearly completed two whole semesters.
New York Weekly Newspaper Grand Prize Winning story – Kotoba no Izumi
Please join us in congratulating two of our students whose stories have been chosen from sixteen finalists as prize winners by the Weekly New York Newspaper. Sumire Usami won for her story, “Natsu ni Kikoku Shimashita” (I Went Home this Summer), and Lucie Kalabis won Second Prize for hers, titled “Kotoba no Izumi” (Spring of Language). The winners will be formally announced in the New Year’s edition of the newspaper!
Notices
◆Announcing our Yokozuna Great Readers!
I’m sure that the current winners’ hearts are filled with tales of bravery, adventure, and even kindness. We offer them a hearty “Congratulations!” and “Good work!” along with this award!
◆Keisho 2 Kumi
② Soi Ohtani
◆幼稚部Kindergarten
Upper Class ④ Hikaru Noguchi
Upper Class ② Julia Usami
◆Elementary School
4th Grade ① Hinata Ohmoto
◆Middle School
3rd Year ① Yuto Mitsui
◆From the Album Committee
１. Photoshop Workshop!
This workshop is open to all, so please join us on Saturday, December 10th in Kindergarten Classroom 26!
２. Yearbooks On Sale!
Our school yearbooks are on sale until the end of December, so please place your orders online as soon as possible! Details are in a message sent out to the Fubokai, so please check your email.
※Please send questions or comments to: zzzryokozzz@gmail.com
◆ Overseas Education Foundation
●2017 Guidebook for Returnees
Comprehensive guide covering entrance to all schools in Japan accepting returnees, from elementary to college level – 87 school districts, 1,202 schools in all. Reference copies based on the most current information are available in the office.
●Distance Learning
The foundation is also offering distance learning courses. There are approximately 3,000 elementary and middle school students living overseas enrolled in these self-study courses. For details please access the website below, or contact the Distance Learning Team in the office at:
E-mail: kyoiku@joes.or.jp
TEL： +81-3-4330-1345
FAX： +81-3-4330-1355
http://www.joes.or.jp/tsushin/
◆ Library
Self-service loans started last month. Books can be checked out from 9:30~11:40.
During the winter break (12/10~12/17) up to 10 books can be checked out per person. Please be sure to return your books!
New Books
Subaru of America, Inc. has very kindly donated 26 volumes of its extremely popular Survival Series. They will be available for check out starting December 3rd.
Request for Donations
As we continue to move to a digital format, we are asking for donations to purchase computers and other devices. Your continued generosity will also enable us to purchase manga as well as books for our non-children collections.
◆ Website Registration
Starting 3rd semester, the Smile Newsletter will be moving online! Please register on our website, as it will only be viewable to registered members.