NIS News Posts

Today, NIS joined forces with hundreds of thousands students from more than 1,200 cities around the world...

The Meito Playhouse was a great off-campus site for the Gr. 9 and 10 students to showcase...

NIS GIN (Global Issues Network) Club attended a community meeting on Sunday...

Elementary students in Gr 3-5 welcomed a guest - Giselle the service dog from Japan Service Dog Association. NIS high school JSDA club members...

The Varsity Boys Soccer team won their home tournament which took place March 8th and 9th. The boys had to came back to defeat Kyoto in the finals...

In an effort to highlight the United Nations designated International Women’s Day on Friday, March 8, NIS hosted...

There are two big tournament this weekend to finish Quarter 3 seasonf for the soccer teams. NIS is hosting...

On Wednesday, tables in the staff room were overflowing all day with delicious food and desserts...

The NIS Arts Department is gearing up for not one, but TWO musicals in April! On April 12 (6 pm), the MS Musical...

While students in an international school such as NIS have incredible benefits in terms of the richness of learning which is not possible in a national system in any country . . .

Frustrated at the lack of real action around the world and at home, and inspired by Greta Thurnberg and the growing student ...

As part of their “How We Organize Ourselves” unit, Gr.4 students are having a sleepover this weekend. After learning about different government..

NIS conducted an earthquake drill on Tuesday. Even though it was one of our three unannounced drills ...

Middle Schoolers had a successful weekend in Dolphin Athletics, with both the boys soccer A team and girls ...

After weeks of hard work, grade 9 has some amazing art to share with everyone.The Drawing Series project ...

International Mother Language Day provided the impetus for reflection on, and celebration of, our diversity. Many of the NIS staff and students speak different languages and can navigate between...

Combine a group of curious 5th graders, some rulers and the blueprints for the new East Building (better know as the 2020 Vision Project!) and what do you get...? A terrific math lesson! The Gr.5 students...

The Middle School Soccer team took home two trophies last weekend, with the A team winning 1st place, and the B team winning...

The NHS (Nagoya Honor Society) did their part to help fundraise for the 2020 Vision Project by holding a talent show...

This week was the first week of Open Campus for families with students in grades 1-5. Open Campus is a time for parents to come and observe their child...

The PTA hosted a Popcorn Day, and the school was filled with the delicious smell of popcorn! Students and staff enjoyed the snack after lunch ...

Each year, the Library hosts an optional Reading Challenge for students in grades 2 to 5. It is a great chance to promote the love of reading outside...

Some Gr. 5 students wanted to help a local hospital, so, they planned a chocolate sale to raise money for the hospital library for the hospital. After working with...

NIS teachers spent two days last week working together to improve the quality of the learning in the school. On the first day, a trainer from the IB worked with high school teachers ...

Gr. 5 parents got together for a PYP Exhibition Parent Information Meeting. The PYP Exhibition is the culminating project for the PYP...

The ELC had an unwelcome visitor on Tuesday - a scary looking “Oni” (demon) who wishes to bring bad luck and evil spirits to your house. But don't...

Monday, February 4 was “NIS Happy Day" - a day for students and teachers to spread happiness throughout the school. In the...

The HS Varsity Boys Basketball team had a great tournament in Hokkaido, winning 4 of their 5 games to finish in 3rd place..

The Middle School Musical team has been working hard for their performance of "Olivia"...

Gr. 2 students are working on a Unit of Inquiry with a theme of “Human Actions Impact the Environment”...

On Wednesday, NIS was fortunate to welcome Mr. Christopher Watson, the Dean of Admissions at ..

As part of their current unit about the memories of war and how people can understand and share their experiences, Gr. 10 MYP Japanese Language and Literature class invited a guest speaker, Ms. Yanagi, to learn about her experiences from...

Nick Kreel, the Head of Community Outreach for Brighton Table Tennis Club(BTTC), Brighton, UK visited NIS on Wednesday. With the strong belief that table tennis can be used as a powerful tool in engaging people of all ages and...

What are the options ahead for our Gr. 10 students? On Tuesday evening, the High School Diploma/IBDP Information Meeting...

Students and families from G4-6 joined a field tour with the Moriyama Wild Squirrel Conservation Society on Saturday...

Hayato, from the Class of 2015 and in his final semester at Boston University, visited the Gr. 11 homeroom on Wednesday to share...

Classes visit the Asahi Newspaper photo exhibition to delve more deeply into the events surrounding the tragedy and resiliency of communities...

A group of volunteer parents, our Parent Partner Outreach Team, organized a panel discussion on Monday that asked participants, "Why NIS"? "...

Pictures from the Tohoku Earthquake and Tsunami are on display in the library courtesy of Asahi Newspaper....

Gr. 4 is currently investigating human-made global warming and its causes. They had a chance to visit the high school chemistry lab and inquire into our Earth, the atmosphere, greenhouse gases, and...

The Middle School "Roots & Shoots" club is proud to announce that NIS now has a bat box! You may have noticed that there are many small bats flying around ...

Gr. 1 students started a new UOI on "How We Express Oueselves" where they are learning all about storytelling. Today, they invited Ms. Johnson as a guest speaker who shared...

Nagoya Action Heroes,a group of high school students who were inspired by the Blank Noise community/public art project...

On Tuesday, NIS received a visit from the Nagoya Vice Mayor and representatives from the educational community from the city of Nagoya...

The Gr. 1 and 2 students performed holiday classics and a few other tunes for their end of the semester Musical Showcase...

Great job to all middle school artists, musicians and actors who performed and presented their work at the Middle School Winter Arts Fair...

On Saturday, Nagoya International School’s Dolphins Robotics Team 42042D participated in the Japan VEX Robotics Competition at the ...

A big thank you to everyone for making the NIS Community Raffle a huge success! The school was able to raise 2.8 million yen ...

Students, parents, staff and guests from the community got together to enjoy all the bargains, food and performances...

GIN (Global Issues Network) students have been working hard not only toward raising awareness of global issues, but...

Nagoya Action Heroes recently participated in a Student Service Learning Conference organized by Senri Osaka International School. The theme...

The NIS Dolphins High School Robotics Team are competing this weekend at the VEX Robotics Competition hosted by...

The ELC Kindergarten students visited Nagoya Science Museum as part of their unit, “How the World Works”on Tuesday...

Last week,  NIS Homebuilders returned to Pursat, Cambodia to continue work on the development of a secondary school in a rural village.  To their amazement they found the school building finished, complete with a well, proudly placed at the front of the school.  The building was...

NIS celebrated the UN Children’s Day on November 20 and all students from preschool through high school were paired with classes from other divisions. Students spent the whole day sharing personal artifacts and significant events...

An amazingly delicious Harvest Lunch was hosted by PTA on Wednesday. Parents and staff enjoyed turkey, potatoes, pumpkin and other delicious dishes! They also enjoyed spending time...

TED-Ed Club members held the first event of the year - TED-Ed "Ignite Talks" presentations to share their TED talk ideas to students, staff and faculty. The event was live streamed...

An information session was held on Monday evening for Gr. 10 students and parents to explain how the NIS High School Diploma and IB Diploma programs work, and to help them select their courses for the upcomiong...

The ELC families visited the Mizunami City Fossil Museum on Saturday for their first ELC Experimental Learning Day, created to help build connections within our ELC community. The days are...

Gr. 10-12 Theater students are in final rehearsals for their Theater Showcase on Nov. 12. You will be able to see  . . .

A huge thank you to the PTA for organizing such a wonderful parent excursion to Asuke-Korenkei yesterday . . .

Gr. 4 students visited "Meiji-mura" for their "Where We are in Place and Time" UOI, in which they have been inquiring about . . .

The PTA organized a bus trip to Asuke with 50 participants who enjoyed the autumn leaves, indigo-dying, weaving and . . .

The 2018 ACCJ/NIS Walkathon Fund Distribution Ceremony was held in the Library on Wednesday, planned, organized and ...

The 2nd EAL/MT Joint Parent Tea was held on Nov 6. with Translanguaging for a topic. Translanguaging is one successful literacy technique that can be used to support ELLs.

NIS hosted a weekend workshop for regional educators led by M. MacLean and S. Peacock to help schools move beyond the traditional focus on . . . .

Ongoing since 2010, the student-initiated NIS Second Harvest / Takidashi group helps serve food to those in need on nominated evenings under the...

In their current unit covering the impact of diseases, Gr. 8 students have been learning about the Black Death and its impact on...

Thanks to the work of many high school students, teachers and parents, Primary students ..

Students in Grades 3-5 held two performances of “Earth Expedition: The Elementary Musical” on Wednesday and Thursday. The musical follows a Molekin on a journey to find the Gravitas...

Gr. 12 Physics students spent all day on Wednesday at the National Institute of Fusion Science (NIFS). It was an excellent experience to follow up their study on Atomic and Nuclear Physics...

Parents who participated in the Turkish Cooking Class on Tuesday had great fun cooking trying six different foods. A big thank you to all the participants and of course, to PTA for...

High school members of HLC supported the International Exchange Group at the Owariasahi City Festival this past Sunday, Oct. 13. NIS students welcomed ...

All four NIS secondary sports teams are playing in their final league tournaments this weekend, as the last of the teams made it off this morning . . .

Grade 6 English Language Acquisition students are exploring the connections between stories through a collective exploration of myths, legends, ...

This has been a week of many highlights - some of which are big and obvious (welcoming nine other teams from across Japan as host of the two-day WJAA High School Girls Volleyball Tournament today, for example!) and some of which have been the small magical moments which make NIS special. One of these was . . .

The Grade 12 Biology students visited a local river to carry out field tests on the diversity of plant life and river water quality. They conducted scientific tests to determine the pH and...

Under a clear, beautiful autumn sky, the Primary Sports Day was held on Monday. Students and teachers (and parents too!) enjoyed a great day of...

As part of their CAS activities, a group of Gr. 11 students have been planning, prepping and teaching "Lunchtime Science" experiments for elementary students in Gr. 3-5...

The Grade 3-5 students have been working hard to prepare for "Earth Expedition" - the upcoming Elementary Musical! Students who are participating in the Drama ASA ...

Gr. 2 students made timeline charts with events that are important in their life for their UOI on personal history. On Thursday, they visited the Gr. 12 Individual and Societies class ...

NIS held our first Fire Drill of the year this week, one of three "announced" drills this semester, to go with the three "unannounced" drills in the next semester. These drills are ...

NIS teams are participating in lots of tournaments this weekend. The Elementary Soccer Teams participated in the Falcon Cup...

The first Kidzuna activity of the year was held on Friday and students from Gr. 3-5 made presentations about what they have been learning ...

The PTA had their first "Casual English Conversations Class" on Tuesday, and the topic was about food cultures. Participants had a great time ...

An NIS Admissions Open House was held on Monday and families intersted in enrolling their ELC-aged children into NIS had a tour of the school and had a chance to chat with current NIS ...

On Saturday last weekend our school was filled with educators from across Japan as we discussed how to embrace translanguaging in our school culture. Translanguaging is the process whereby . . .

The PTA hosted a Korean cooking class on Thursday and the PTA house was filled with the yummy smell of Korean foods and ...

Students from the Gr. 10 Drama and Gr. 11-12 Theater classes are busy preparing a wide range of performances for our November Showcase....

The annual K-12 student medical screening for weight & height, vision, hearing, and scoliosis took place on Tuesday. On behalf of everyone we ...

The all day "Information Day" (Open House) for all current families was held on Monday, and we are happy so many parents were able to join us ...

As a part of the CIS/WASC accreditation process, the school engages in a comprehensive ‘Self-Study’ in which we analyze ourselves against international standards, as well as against our own commitment to our mission, to work out what we are doing well and what we could do better. We are now at this stage in the process.

An information session was held on Tuesday for students and parents interested in learning more about Operation Wallacea. Operation Wallacea offers students an opportunity to be involved in ...

The Gr. 12 students gathered with parents as a group for one of the last times before the college application process reaches its peak. Parents were ...

Walking around campus this week it has been great to see so many Inquire-Inspire-Impact t-shirts being worn, especially today with the HS girls volleyball team off on their first tournament of the season . . .

Gr. 5 invited local naturalist Mr. Iio, who spoke with students about the local natural history of Shidami, and who will help students identify ...

The first week of After School Activities in the Primary School was a huge success! Students from Grade 1-5 participated in nine different activities, ranging from Storytelling to Soccer to Dance and Drama!

All students and staff were photographed this week, not only for the yearbook and ID cards, but also of course for any families wanting to order photo packages with a variety of sizes. Special thanks to the PTA for helping to organize the flow of traffic and also making sure everyone looked just right!

NIS secondary students returned this afternoon – tired but happy – from the start of year retreats in Nagano. I hope parents have been following on twitter to . . .

In Gr. 3, for their "Journeys" unit, students have been interviewing classmates about journeys they have taken, interviewing family members about migrations...

Middle School and High School students were off to the mountains on their annual two night/three-day retreats with staff. With many activities...

The school welcomed families back to NIS - along with families new to NIS - fo the annual Welcome Potluck on Friday, Aug. 24. There were...

A school without kids in is a very strange place indeed and so it was wonderful for us to welcome back our nearly 500 NIS students this week for the start of the new school year.

The grade 11 students are spending two days (and tonight!) to plan out the next two years at their beginning of the year IBDP Introduction/Retreat...

The ELC students (and parents!) had their first full day (half-day actually) in classes today, after orientation interviews...

NIS welcomed all new students and families to the NIS community on Monday, with a half-day of orientation led by teachers and student buddies...

On Orientation Day, one of the sessions was an informative joint presentation by the EAL department...