NIS News Posts

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...