Little by little, I gradually become “me”.

” Every single human being is not born to this world as ” me ” from the beginning, yet each of us would probably gradually become ” me ” little by little. Each of us accepts ” me as I am ” and eventually will create more desirable “me as I am”. ”
The birth of a person is the beginning of a journey of searching for himself/herself.
Life can be joyful, but at times life can be painfully hard. Also, there might be times that we run into inevitable ordeals. Through these times, each of us ultimately create a new “me” by overcoming one thing after another while getting help from friends, teachers, siblings and/or family. There are times that we might get frustrated. Let’s accept it as a currently evolving form of “me as I am”. We could live with confidence if we simply acknowledge “me”.

 

Heritage Japanese Course Speech Contest

The annual Heritage Japanese Language Course speech contest, a traditional event which marks its 31st year this year was held on Saturday, February 24th.
Twenty-seven children that learn Japanese at the course made a presentation as a sum-up of a year of learning on themes such as “If I was a superhero”, “The old folktales afterwards”, “Proposal for Presidential visit to Japan”.
The large crowds who filled in the space praised the students’ efforts with words such as “What a wonderful creativity”, “Those are speeches worth listening to”.
Children who finished their speeches were all smiles and each of their faces expressed their complete satisfaction and sense of accomplishments.

The winner of the 31st Heritage Japanese Language Course speech contest
◆Gold award        Saito, Evelyn (Heritage 3)
◆Silver award      Nguyen, Atticus (Heritage 1)
◆Bronze award    Benjamin, Karina (Heritage 1)
◆Effort award      Takahashi, Hikari (Heritage２), Nakamura, Momoko (Heritage４)
◆Judges’ special award (award title： Future sophisticated lady award）
Savadove, Kou Miwa (Heritage２)

The recent bazaar is again a great success

 

The Japanese language school was wrapped up by a friendly atmosphere which was somewhat different from usual. As soon as the classes finished, many children and teachers could be seen walking to the bazaar. It was as if they had been impatiently waiting to go there. Thank you to everyone who was involved.
The bazaar raised $3897 this time.

Parents and Staff should always wear name tags

Name tag is a familiar tool that our school uses as an effort to protect our children. Please wear name tags all the time when you are at the school area.

Extensive reading Award. The new Yokosuna

Congratulations on achieving “Yokosuna” of reading!
The students who win the awards must now have accumulated hearts that are rich with courage, adventure, kindness, compassion and all other good things. My praise along with my admirations for your extensive reading efforts along with the words “Congratulations!”, “Good job!”.

Pre-school, Pre-K and Kindergarten
Pre-K１ Hinchey Kohki ③
Pre-K１ Segawa Emma①
Pre-K１ Adelman Emma ④
Pre-K１ Ato Haruki ①
Pre-K１ Barnhart Erin ③
Pre-K１ Viletti Julie ②
Pre-K１ Kusachi Yuiha ③
Pre-K１ Yoshikawa Tomoka ⑪
Pre-K２ Nishiyama Reika ①
Pre-K２ Aoki Rio ②
Pre-K２ Sako Shuji ④
Pre-K２ Pandaru Sophia ⑤
Pre-K２ Barnes Ayame ④
Pre-K２ Barnes Chiaki ④（Barnes Chiaki)
K１ Sewall Elly ⑤
Elementary School
Grade 1 Class 2 Dipasquale Hiroto ①
Grade 2 Class１ Segawa Annna ①
Grade 2 Class 1　 Kusachi Haruka ⑤
Grade 2 Class 2 Wada Yusei ①
Grade 4 Class 1 Takase Aya ①
Grade 4 Class 1 Eguchi Kai ①
Grade 4 Class 2 Akamatsu Yugen ①
Grade 4 Class 2 Kaneda Maya ①
Grade 5 Ohmoto Hinata ①

Middle School
Grade 3 Yagawara Ren ①

Herritage Japanese Language Course
2 Zebe Anna Eiko ①
2 Cappiello Misha Kai ③
2 Pfau Joseph Kentaro ⑤