On saturday 17th, 7 second-year students and 2 first-year students from the commerce cource participated in the 5th Saturday Education. This time, they walked up the old walking course of Mt.ishizuchi. They enjoyed the beauty of nature, feeling the mystery in the mountains. At Gokurakuji temple, they learned about “the attraction of mountains”, “how to spend time in nature” and “the history of the Ooboki district.” They had a wonderful time feeling the autumn coming.
We invited Mr. Sasaki, from Saijo City Hall's Tourism Promotion Division, Industry and Economy Department, and Ms. Nguyen, a CIR, to give a lecture on "Multicultural Community Development in Saijo City," to 1st grade students They learned about the current status of international exchange in Saijo City, found some issues to be improved, and thought about their research themes. It was a valuable opportunity for the students to learn about what is going on in Saijo City.
On August 27 (Sat.) and 28 (Sun.), a two-day science camp was held, in cooperation with Kyoto University, Kochi University, and Saijo City. On the first day, students were separated into two groups and did the field work after a lecture. A team collected information of the region and geography by using GPS. B team collected organisms. On the second day, A team made a map based on the information collected the day before, and B team made the biological specimen in the morning. In the afternoon, students invited people from the community and presented them the results of the two days. It was a very valuable opportunity to understand the region, while contacting with university researchers.
On Monday, 12th, we held open classes on Improving ICT Utilization in Class. Two teachers conducted lessons using ICT in English and Japanese classes. In each class, every student used their own laptop, and enjoyed the class with a positive attitude.
Students from our photography club took a lot of photos and 18 photos are posted here. We are sorry that we couldn’t post all of them, but there were a lot of great scenes.
Sports day this year impressed us with the hard work of each group. As Sports Day approached, students prepared for it with ingenuity in a limited time. From early in the morning until the end of the day, Saijo High School students showed the dedication.
We’ve made good memories of our high school days. For the mosaic art, students put small pieces together, cooperating with each other. In the cheering contests, they learned the importance to be united as a group. In various races, they ran through with all their might; some teachers wore costumes, which you can’t normally see.
On August 23rd, students from the school council participated in the “ HR with a Mayor” event at Saijo City Hall. We could learn deeply about the good points of Saijo City, which we can’t usually realize, the vision of the mayor for the future, and how to proceed proposing requests to the school . The mayor answered kindly and sincerely, and they had a meaningful time.
Five third-grade students of the Science and Mathematics course participated in the Math Festa held at Otemae High School in Osaka Prefecture. They worked hard on mathematics studies in Multi Science last year. The theme of their presentation was “Intergenerational Fiber Simulation of Population Ratio by Blood Type ~ Which blood type are your descendants going to have? ~”