Any Boarding Schools with Japanese language classes?

doschicos
Wed, 26 Jul 2017 23:21:05 +0000

from the SPS website - I believe both options are offered yearly.

Japan – Seikei School in Tokyo
Spring Term 2017

Seikei Senior High School is a co-educational day school located in Tokyo, Japan. It is part of Seikei Gakuen which consists of an elementary, junior and a senior high school as well as a university all in one campus. SPS-Seikei is our oldest exchange program. Our relationship with Seikei dates back 65 years when Minoru “Ben” Makihara arrived at SPS from Seikei as a Sixth Former after a two-month journey by ship and railroad in 1949 and went on to graduate magna cum laude the following year. We have continued to welcome a new Seikei student to SPS every year, while our students are invited to spend the Spring term at Seikei. Although SPS students spend much of their school day with their homeroom class, Seikei generously accommodates them by creating a tailored schedule, whenever possible, to suit their needs, interests and linguistic background. Seikei also arranges special activities such as trips to culturally important cities such as Kyoto and Nara. Tutorial classes in the Japanese language are offered daily, and SPS students are encouraged to join an after-school club ranging from martial arts to cooking. Anyone who is enrolled in any level SPS Japanese course is eligible to apply for this wonderful opportunity, though most of our previous participants applied after two or more years of Japanese.

Japan – TIES Summer Progam at Toin Gakuen in Yokohama
Summer 2017

Toin Gakuen is a day school with a small number of boarders located in Yokohama, Japan that has kindergarten through university. Although the school as a whole is considered co-educational, boys and girls study separately at the junior and senior high levels until their final year. Toin started the Toin International Exchange Student (TIES) summer program in 1990 to promote mutual understanding between young people in Japan and other countries and invites four students (two boys and two girls) from each of the five participating New England boarding schools including SPS. This four-week program takes place from mid-June to mid-July and offers its participants a valuable opportunity of comprehensive study and cultural experience. It consists of daily Japanese language lessons, home-stay, numerous field trips including a three-day excursion to Kyoto and Nara, and integration into Toin High School through homeroom assignment, class participation and club activities. All the TIES program participants receive a generous scholarship from Toin that covers a portion of tuition, meals, textbooks, commute, and excursions. Although this program is intended mainly for current Japanese language students, SPS students interested in enrolling in Japanese the following year are eligible to apply for this wonderful opportunity.