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Sending our Christmas gifts to the children in Tohoku

Christmas gifts for students and staff at Nakahama ES & Yamashita ES

JP & the Cezar's Kitchen crew have volunteered their time and skill to prepare Christmas cake for all the students & staff at both Nakahama/Sakamoto Elementary School & Yamashita Elementary School. The Saint Maur Relief Fund will cover the cost of the ingredients, and will also purchase a large candy cane for each child. We'd like to wrap the cake & candy cane boxes in colourful Christmas wrapping paper, and we're asking students to decorate square paper measuring 25cm x 25cm with joyous cheer! Students/HR teachers can give cards/decorative paper to Mr Morice.

Books & Christmas Cake sent to Tohoku schools

Thank you to everybody who donated books. We've just sent off 2 boxes of new/nearly new books to Yamashita Elementary School's library... just in time for Christmas. From our fund an extra 250,000 yen library donation was also added.

And for some extra joyous cheer, JP & the Cezar Kitchen crew have volunteered their time & skills in preparing Christmas cake for all the students & staff at both Nakahama/Sakamoto ES & Yamashita ES. Our fund will cover the cost of the ingredients, boxing & delivery, and there’s also a large candy cane for each student.

Latest News

• 9 kotatsus for families in need will be sent to Nakahama  before Christmas (9 x 8000 yen)
• Books donated were sorted and will be forwarded to both schools Monday after the HS SC brings in additional new books Monday
• 250,000 yen has been allocated for Yamashita ES's library
• We are looking into forwarding a candy cane for each student and perhaps a class Christmas cake per class (or bag of cookies per class)
• December 11th is a Sunday, so we'll wear our Pray for JP t-shirts Friday, Dec 9

Latest News

Thank you to all those who joined us on Wednesday, November 9^th for our presentations on recent Tohoku trips.

After our experiences with Peace Boat, it was decided that we would donate a further 1,000,000 Yen from our fund to assist them with their relief work in Ishinomaki City over the winter. A Peace Boat representative joined us for the second time at our Xmas Bazaar, and will again visit our school Friday, November 18^th.

The committee decided to assist Nakahama & Yamashita Elementary Schools in replenishing the international section of their libraries. We also thought you might like to donate a book about your country. Ideally, the books should target elementary students whose first language is Japanese. The books might be about food, sports from around the world, dance, geography, history, or even atlases. You can drop off a book in the collection boxes by the Front Office, near the Faculty Room or in the Montessori Building.

Finally, December 11^th marks the 9^th month since the magnitude 9 quake hit Japan. We would love to see as many members of the Saint Maur Community as possible in their Pray for Japan t-shirts during the school day.

Teachers Visit Yamamoto

A group of 7 teachers from Saint Maur have just returned from the tsunami hit region. We visited the town of Yamamoto, just south of Sendai and home to Nakahama Elementary School. We worked out of the Yamamoto Volunteer Centre, mainly assisting the remaining strawberry farmers. Some 90% of the strawberry farms in the area have as yet been unable to rebuild.

We visited Nakahama ES and Yamashita ES and presented students and staff with gifts courtesy of our Tohoku Fund. On the final day we were lucky enough to take part in Yamashita ES’s International Day. It was a truly magical experience, with all members looking forward to another trip north in the near future.

Both schools are short on library resources, so this looks like becoming part of our fund’s focus.

Miyagi trip presentation Wednesday 8th Nov

Some of our teachers will be giving a presentation and sharing their experiences of recent trips to Miyagi-ken. The presentation is open to parents, students and teachers. It will be at 12.50 in Mr. Morice's class.

Peaceboat In Ishinomaki

In May the Saint Maur Earthquake & Tsunami Relief Fund made a 100,000 yen donation to Peaceboat Japan (see earlier post). Over the mid-semester holiday one of our teachers had the chance to join a Peaceboat team and see first-hand the fantastic work that they are doing in Ishinomaki. Follow the link to find out more.
Peaceboat Ishinomaki Presentation
    

Message from Nicky Farmer of The International School, Uganda

I am glad you received the donation from our school in Uganda.We began the fundraiser in June to not only raise money for the people of Japan but as an awareness program to the school and its community.

Students aged 5-12years old held a swim-a-thon whereby getting sponsors for the amount of laps they swam in class. With the incentive of 'every little helps' and the support and enthusiasm of our Japanese families, the students raised just under $3,000.

Saint Maur teachers visit Miyagi-ken

A number of our teachers had the opportunity to visit the Tohoku region over the mid-semester break. As well as taking part in volunteer activities, they were able to visit two schools in the region and now have a clearer idea of how money from the Saint Maur Relief Fund could be used. More details and photos to follow.

Donation from the International School of Uganda

Thank you to everyone at the International School of Uganda for the very generous donation of 220,227 yen. We look forward to hearing about how the school raised so much money.

7 months on

Kotatsu Donation Program - Message from IACJapan

The IACJapan group is happy to announce that through the support of St. Mary's alumni George Tsai (Class of 1973) and James Reed (class of 1969) and with proceeds from the IACJapan Natsumatsuri held at Nishimachi in June, we will be donating another 350 kotatsu to Tagajoshi, Ofunato and Kesennuma. We are hoping that people will join in helping keep the elderly warm in Tohoku this winter as most of them are accustomed to using kotatsu to keep warm. We still need thousands more and would like to ask everyone to visit the donation link below to see how you can help one of these families.

http://alum.smis.ac.jp/Giving/GiftOfWarmth.aspx

Kotatsu Donation Program

卒業生たちの支援により、IACJapanグループは東北援助計画「暖かいプレゼントを贈ろう」を始めました。これは東北各地域に建てられた仮設住宅へコタツを送ろうという計画です。この寄付計画は、セント・メリーズの卒業生であるジョージ･サイさん（73年卒業）がセント・メリーズ同窓会を通じて200万円の寄付をされたことにより始まり、250個のコタツセットの購入に充てられました。9月には、購入資金の500個分をジョージ・サイさんから、100個分をジム･リードさん（69年卒業）からご支援いただき、合計600個のコタツセットを購入し、今後、秋深まる東北に送る予定です。

詳しくは下記ウェブサイトをご覧ください。

Click here for information in English

7 months on

October 11th will mark 7 months since the giant earthquake and tsunami that devastated the Tohoku area. On this day Saint Maur students are encouraged to wear their PRAY FOR JAPAN t-shirts to show support for the people who are still homeless and for the children who have lost brothers, sisters, mums & dads.

Jasmine Richards Song for Japan

Singer Jasmine Richards has written a song for Japan and some of our students appear in the video. You can listen to the song and see the video here
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I8PkO9QmMoo

Still Praying for Japan

Beijing International School raises money for our fund

Well done and thank you to students and staff at BISS for raising money for our fund through their auction.

The Montessori “Walk of Coins” Fundraising Efforts

The Montessori children’s fundraising event called the “Walk of Coins”, was a staggering success with the amount of ¥51,560 collected by the children. The Walk of Coins is a charity walk thus the children needed sponsors to help them earn the distance for walking. They asked parents and supporters to sponsor them by bringing in as many ¥10 and ¥100 coins as possible to fill up the map of Japan which was made on the floor.  Some children brought in money from their allowance and/or earned the money at home by doing specific chores and/or doing various acts of kindness. 

The ¥100 coins outlined and filled in the areas which were affected by the earthquake and tsunami. The remaining areas of Japan were outlined and filled in with ¥10 coins.  It was both an exciting visual and hands–on learning experience, which also lends itself to a Montessori math activity by counting ten ¥10 coins in exchange for one ¥100 coin, and ten ¥100 coins in exchange for one ¥1000 note.  The focus for this project was in two parts—collecting and walking. Apart from helping the people of Tohoku, another incentive was to collect enough money to walk to a local park and play there for a certain amount of time, which depended on how much we raised. We hope you would agree the children’s efforts with this fun project have allowed them a much deserved playtime!

HOT OFF THE PRESS! The Montessori T-shirts arrived on Thursday, June 2! One of our all-time favorite songs in our Montessori classrooms is “The Alphabet Song”. As fun way of capturing the children’s joy for singing it each day, a T-shirt was designed with the pictures of each letter and below it the children wrote their name according to the beginning sound in their name.  It’s a catchy song and the t-shirt itself is bound to be a winner, too!   

Both fundraising events together brought the grand total to: ¥70,230!!!!

Peace Boat rep. visits Saint Maur

On Monday Meme Madoka Watanable visited the school to talk to staff, parents and students about Peaceboat's activities in Tohoku, and to accept a cheque for Y100,000. She said that the organisation desperately needs more adult volunteers, so if anyone is available and willing to help over the summer you can contact Meme at relief@peaceboat.gr.jp



T-shirt Day Monday 6th June

Don't forget to wear your "PRAY FOR JAPAN" T-shirt next Monday!

Peace Boat rep. visiting Saint Maur next Monday

A member of Peace Boat, a Japanese NGO that is assisting with the relief effort in Tohoku, will be joining us on Monday. Any students/staff/parents interested in hearing a short presentation by Meme Watanabe is welcome to join us in 4M from 12.50pm. Meme will give a short talk and then be open for questions. We'll also be handing over our second donation of 100,000 yen to Peace Boat.

Grade 7 boys buy toys for children in Miyagi

5 boys from 7O (Sung Jae, Sotaro, Oscar, Shashwat, and Avkash) went to Motomachi on Sunday, April 24th to collect money for the Saint Maur Earthquake and Tsunami Relief Fund as part of their service learning project for English. They collected a total of 38, 063 yen and donated all the coins (14,063yen) to the St. Maur yenny drop. 

 

In addition, Avkash and his friends organised the purchase of some toys which were sent to the Shichigahama Kosodate Shien Center (Children's Support Center) in Miyagi. Avkash's Mom reports that she received a call from the Center this week saying that the toys had arrived and they were extremely happy to have something for the toddlers to use. Well done lads!

 

What else has been happening around Saint Maur?

• The Robotics Club raised 4,000 yen the weekend of May 14th during their Robo Sumo Friendly Event
• The year 11 coffee sherpas under the mountaineering guidance of Mr. G brought hot coffees to the summit of the Bluff each Friday, culminating in a total of 41,800 yen
• At last the 226 PRAY FOR JAPAN t-shirts designed by our own Alisa and Hannah arrived for distribution Monday, May 30^th. We’re hoping to see the Saint Maur community proudly displaying our t-shirts on Monday, June 6^th
• Year 7 students Mizuki, Young Bin, and Kirara decided to donate easy English picture books to Nakahama Elementary School as part of their English service learning project. They asked all their classmates to donate these English picture books, and our fund ensured the delivery of the package
• We are hopeful a representative from Peace Boat will visit the school on Monday, June 6^th to receive a second donation of 100,000 yen from our fund. We are anticipating the representative will be able to give a presentation to students and staff detailing Peace Boat’s volunteer work in Ishinomaki City

Connecting with others around the world

Many thanks to the warm and generous community that is Saint Maur. Thank you too for spreading word of our fund throughout the world. Our blog has had around 700 hits from places as far flung as Costa Rica, Cambodia and Qatar. In fact during the past fortnight we’ve attracted the attention of Columbia Grammar School in New York who are forwarding $7000 USD. Their students held a Read-A-Thon in April to raise funds for the people of Japan. Eric Ogden, a representative of Columbia Grammar School stated,

“Thank you so much for setting up this fund and keeping the blog on your website.  We have used it as a way to help our students understand the events that happened in Japan. We are grateful for the opportunity to connect with another school and for your efforts on behalf of those who suffered such huge losses.”

Yenny Drop - A Huge Success

The Middle and High School Student Councils’ fundraising venture, ‘The Yenny Drop’ finished last Friday at 3:30pm. During the week, staff and students of St. Maur took guesses at how much money was in the yenny drop, which regardless of the final amount, was undoubtedly a success. For the past month, it has been a pleasure to see children, young and old, take great pleasure at watching their donations slide down the tube to the amassing pile at the bottom. The guesses ranged from 3,000yen to an optimistic 160,000, with the average guess being around 15,000 yen. However, the final amount was a staggering 95,543 yen. This was far above (nearly) everyone’s expectations. The closest guess was 82,428 by Mr. Rucci, who will receive a free ‘Pray for Japan’ t-shirt (another fundraising initiative undertaken by the HSSC which should be arriving this week).

                On behalf of Miss Chotard of the HSSC, Brendan Agnew of the MSSC, and Gerard Morice & David Barrett of the ESSC, I would like to thank everyone who has enthusiastically supported the various St. Maur fundraising initiatives this semester.

Mr Dixon

Grade 11 coffee run ends

Date	Amount
April 22	7,637
April 29	8,699
May 6	8,570
May 13	3,756
May 20	6,541
May 27	6,620
TOTAL	41,823

Well done to the Grade 11s for this brilliant idea and for raising so much money!

Yenny Drop Ends

Thanks to everyone for supporting the yenny drop. The ES, MS and HS student councils did a great job managing and promoting this event.

 

It managed to raise a staggering 95,543yen!

 

Mr Rucci had the winning guess of 82,428yen! Congratulations!!!

Columbia Grammar School New York Raises $7000

This week we have been contacted by Columbia Grammar School, NY, where former Saint Maur teacher Anne Marie Scully currently works. The school held a Read-A-Thon in April to raise money for the relief efforts in Japan. The students managed to raise an incredible $7000 which they have offered to donate to the Saint Maur Relief Fund.

Well done to all the students at Columbia. Keep reading this blog so you can keep up to date with how your donation is being used to help those in Tohoku. 

How much money do you think is in the yenny drop?

Coffee Delivery Boys!

Yenny Drop - Guess the Amount Competition

The yenny drop will finish on Friday 27th. As an added fundraiser and hopefully a bit of fun, we have decided to hold a yenny drop guess competition. Basically, it costs 50yen for each guess as to how much money is in the yenny drop (or more accurately how much will be by Friday 27th, 3:30pm). The winning guess will receive a free 'pray for japan' t-shirt. You can make as many guesses as you like.

Elementary School Students - Contact your homeroom teacher

Middle School and High School Homeroom Teachers - Contact your class treasurer 

Staff / parents - Contact Mr. Travis

All money and guesses collected and given to Mr Travis by Friday 27th at 3:30pm please :)

All the money raised will go towards the relief fund. 

Grade 11 coffee run

The Grade 11s have now raised a total of 35,203 Yen from their early morning coffee runs. Great effort!

What else has been happening at Saint Maur?

• Hannah, Grace, Yoko & Alisa volunteered with 5ive Planets Thursday, May5th. Hundreds of koinoiboris (the long fish flags) were created with good wishes for the people of Tohoku
• The Montessori 10 yen map of Japan continues to grow, and the Student Council’s Yenny Drop will continue to snake up the stairwell until the end of May
• The sale of the Saint Maur tumblers has brought in 28,700 yen

Helping Fukushima Evacuees

A group of Saint Maur parents have been assisting the five Fukushima families remaining at the Isogo Community Centre. Mrs Krstulovic-Opara has been coordinating the delivery of home-cooked meals every Friday, while Mrs Ono has been translating and organizing babysitting volunteers. If you’re in a position to help this initiative please let the ladies know. The families will shortly move into more permanent accommodation, and as a gesture of good will the committee has decided to donate furniture vouchers of 70,000 yen to each family.

T-shirts selling fast

Hannah & Alisa have been busy designing our own Pray for Japan t-shirt. On Friday, May 13^th we placed an order with the printers for a whopping 226 t-shirts. We ordered a few extra, so if you missed the cut-off date, the first few to see Mr. Morice might be in luck. If all goes according to plan the t-shirts should be distributed from Monday, May 30^th.

Nakahama ES Update

At our most recent committee meeting we decided to allocate 1,000,000 yen to resources for Nakahama ES and the school that is hosting the staff and students, Sakamoto ES. Nakahama ES has not been permitted to return to their school building and as such is sharing the facilities at Sakamoto ES.

Staff Quiz Night

Staff members' general knowledge was seriously put to the test during Friday's Quiz Night. It was a highly enjoyable evening and Y79, 914 was raised for the earthquake/tsunami relief fund. Congratulations to the clear winners, the Maurons (Mrs Yamada, Mr Scoggins and Mr Marsh).

Yenny Drop Update

The yenny drop is filling up nicely. I wonder how much money is in the tube and I wonder which lucky person will count all the coins!!!!

T-shirt design

Here is the t-shirt designed by Alisa & Hannah. It will be on sale soon. Kids Y1200, adults Y1400.

IS Geneva raises 230,000 yen

Students in the Middle School at the International School of Geneva, Switzerland, have raised an incredible CHF2,500 (Y230,000) from their International Lunch. They are donating all the money to the Saint Maur Relief Fund and are watching with interest to see how the funds will be used to help Nakahama ES. Well done to all the students at Ecolint!

Coffee Run Week 3

Teachers were again able to get their early morning caffeine fix as Grade 11 students delivered pre-ordered coffees to the faculty room. Another Y8,570 was raised.  

Nakahama ES on NHK next Tuesday

Nakahama Elementary School will be featured on NHK's クローズアップ現代 (Close-Up Gendai) programme next Tuesday (10th May) at 19.30 on NHK 1.

さあ、一歩、一緒に前へ、強く、確実に Essay written by Kurumi (Grade 6)

さあ、一歩、一緒に前へ、強く、確実に

サンモール.インターナショナルスクール　六年　　　　　

すべてが始まったのは三月十一日二時四十六分でした。私は何人かのクラスメートとパソコン教室にいました。その日は卒業アルバムのコラージュの締め切りの日でした。地震の直前、私はコラージュがなかなか終わらなくてイライラしていました。

「何か起きないかな。地震でも来たら、締め切りも今日じゃなくてすむのに。」

と言ったその時でした。誰かが、「地震だ！」と叫んで、全員机の下に隠れました。最初は「やった！」と思っていて、怖さもあまり感じませんでした。でも、後からまた誰かが「宮城で津波だ！」と言っているのを聞くと、だんだん怖くなってきて、いつの間にかいつもは心配しない犬の事も心配になってきました。そして、それほど大きなことになるとは思いもしませんでした。その後、私は母と連絡がつき、その日は友人と学校のすぐ隣にある伯父の家に泊まり、次の日に車で送ってもらいました。

この震災によって、何万人もの人たちが命をおとしました。また、日本の経済にも大きな影響をおよぼしました。行方不明者も多数存在します。南の方では被害はありませんでしたが、東北の方に住んでいた身内の人たちがなくなられた人々もいます。このように、この震災は日本中に影響をおよぼしているのです。

私も実際に計画停電で長い間暗くなっていた時もありました。特に、八時くらいから十時半までの停電は家中が真っ暗で、家族とロウソクをつけながら行動していました。たいくつな時は祖母の携帯電話でニュースを聞いていました。寒い時は鍋にお湯を入れ、ガスで体を温めました。私が特に苦労したのは、いつ停電になるのかが分からなかったことです。ニュースでは七時からと言っていても、八時に停電になったりして、準備もしていたのに、なかなか電気が消えず、忘れたころに消えたりしました。また、停電が地域ごとに分けられていて、最初は五グループだったのが二十五グループになったので、常にテレビでチェックしていました。今は停電はありませんが、いつまたあるのかが心配です。

また、テレビで流された家をみると、四年前私が経験したことを思い出します。四年前、私の家はリフォームをしていて、屋根もちゃんとなっていませんでした。その時に大きな台風があり、私の住んでいる所が中心地だったのです。台風があった時、私は母と祖母と一緒に寝ていて、水が天井からポトポトと落ちてき、起きたら体中に祖母がビニールをまいていてびっくりしました。その後、三人で家中まわったら、ほとんどの部屋が水浸しでした。この台風で思い出のアルバムや、家族から代々受け継いでいた物が全部だめになりました。未だに見つからない物もたくさんあります。今回の津波よりはひどくありませんが、気持ちは少しわかります。

この災害であらためて「自然」は恐ろしいという事を感じました。一秒前までは家族も家もあった人たちが、一瞬のうちにすべてを失ってしまうのです。ニュースを見ていると、家族の思い出のアルバムを探している人もいました。この震災で親をなくした子供たちは１００人以上いました。その子たちはこれからどういう未来を歩いていくのでしょう。二十年後はどういう気持ちでいるのかは、私には分かりません。でも、その子供たちは一生懸命明日に向かって頑張っているのは確かです。テレビや広告ではみんな「がんばれ、日本」と言っていますが、みんな頑張っているのです。日本中が手を組み、頑張っているのです。国外からも義捐金が多く寄せられています。世界中が日本の復興を願っているのです。

「平和」とは、ごく普通に生きていくことなのではないでしょうか。今被災されている人々が一番必要としているのは家族、そして生きていくために必要な最低限の物なのではないでしょうか。今私たちができることは被災地に支援物資を送ったり、被災者を実際にホームステイさせたりするのも良いかもしれません。しかし家や家族をなくした人々の傷は一生いえないでしょう。心の中にある大きな穴をうめることも私たちにはできません。また、放射能汚染のこともあまりパニックにならず、何事もないように暮らしていくことによって、明るい未来をつくることができるのではないでしょうか。そして、日本が復興するには、私たちみんなが前を向いて生きていくことが一番の解決法だと私は思います。国自体が治らなくても、人々がみな明るい気持ちならいつかまた幸せに暮らせるのではないでしょうか。

What's happening around Saint Maur this week

·         The HOPE FOR JAPAN bracelets are on sale and selling fast

·         Another Grade 11 coffee-run for teachers is planned for this Friday 

·         The committee has decided to support Alisa's Relief Fund t-shirt design. The t-shirts will be printed and will be available to the Saint Maur community soon

·         3 students, Hannah, Grace & Alisa have volunteered their after school time Thursday May 5th to help 5ive Planets who are sending messages of support to the children of Tohoku

·         Mr. Wehrle’s Almost Annual Quiz night for staff is scheduled for Friday, May 6^th with all proceeds going to our Relief Fund 

·         The Student Council YENNY DROP is looking heavier each day as our donations snake up the staircase in the transparent tubes

Y1,836,150 from raffle ticket sales

Simply amazing! Well done to everyone who sold tickets and congratulations to the winners!

Friday's Bake Sale Raises 141,245 yen

Well done and thank you to everyone who helped.

Hampers to be sent to Nakahama ES

The committee decided it would be a nice gesture to send a hamper of goodies to each child and staff member at Nakahama ES. On Monday the students on the committee brainstormed ideas for the hamper. We will purchase items such as snacks & stationery in bulk, and the students on the committee will set about packaging the hampers. At this stage several families are still living in the confined spaces of evacuation centres, and thus storage space is limited. We will hold off on delivery of the hampers until the families have moved to the government-provided housing. Hopefully we will be able to present the hampers in person in the very near future. We will spend 200,000 yen on this initiative. It would be terrific if we could include pictures and messages of support in each hamper, so if you’re interested in putting pen to paper drop your messages off at the 4M classroom.

Grade 11 coffee run

Grade eleven students completed the coffee run for the second week in a row today. They raised 8,699 yen this week bringing the total money raised to 16,336 yen. This was especially impressive this week as they had to change into their Japanese Culture Day costumes right after delivering the coffees and still make it to their first period classes on time!

"Hope for Japan" wristbands now on sale

The "Hope for Japan" wristbands have finally arrived and are on sale for Y300.

More samosas please!

Last Wednesday's samosa sale raised a fantatstic 41,100 yen for the school's Earthquake and Tsunami Relief Fund. More samosas will be on sale this Friday. 

 

What's happening around Saint Maur this week

• Friday 29th: Saint Maur Raffle draw and bake sale with all the proceeds going to the Earthquake fund 
• The bracelets have arrived and go on sale from Monday
• The yenny drop is filling up and continuing this week 
• Alisa (HS) is designing a T-shirt which will soon be on sale

Look who was spotted around Yokohama last weekend!

Two of our 7th graders gave up some of their valuable free time at the weekend to collect Y10,600 for our fund. Good on you girls!

Raffle tickets selling fast!

Well done to Kohei, Takeshi, Yurie, Hitendra, Yerin

and Rachelle who sold more than 34 books worth Y68,000! All the

money will of course go towards the Relief Fund. The draw will be

taking place this Friday and there are some great prizes to be won.

Our first delivery to Nakahama ES

Friday, April 22^nd Saint Maur forwarded a very large package of goodies to Nakahama Elementary School. Already this week the Relief Fund has enabled us to purchase and forward items that the Japanese Education Department cannot cover, such as a shredder, a laminator and a label printer. Friday’s goodies also included toothbrushes, cups and a carry bag for each student and member of staff. Also enclosed were lots of Easter eggs and letters/pictures of support and encouragement from our Elementary School students (a big thank you to our Japanese teachers who spent a good deal of time editing the letters!) In addition, we packed some Saint Maur sakura tumblers and a Saint Maur year book. Let's keep up our fund-raising efforts so that we can continue to make a positive impact on the lives of the children and teachers at Nakahama ES.

Girl Guides candy sale

Friday after school the Saint Maur Girl Guides tempted students and families alike with some delicious candy from the UK. There were many old favourites on offer including several homemade scrumptious delicacies.

Theatre for Tohoku

The tenth grade performance of "Amadeus" raised 19,706 yen for the earthquake relief fund, raising the total for Theatre for Tohoku to 23,748. Well done to everyone involved. There is talk of a Grade 8 performance coming up soon!