Dear parents,
Homeroom teachers are looking for one parent volunteer from each class to help with Opening Ceremony. Opening Ceremony is a special event, and each year a team of parents do an incredible job. Please help support the effort and respond to homeroom teachers by agreeing to volunteer to help start the year with another great event.

Mr. Branson

Latest Announcements

We congratulate our seniors on their graduation:

Heidi
Yuh Sarah
Ray
Yu
Angela
Chiaki
Malyanah
Lily
Kirin
Yuuna
James
Maya
Ha Rang


We wish them well on their further adventures.

We will welcome our new and returning families at our Opening Ceremony on Wednesday, August 18, 2010 at 10:00 a.m.

We wish all of our community a wonderful summer.

Rick Branson
Headmaster

Important Recent Announcements

Hokkaido International School MISSION STATEMENT
Hokkaido International School will nurture inquisitive, creative learners for compassionate stewardship of an ever-changing world by providing a university preparatory program, within an English language environment.

Rick Branson leaving June 30, 2011
• This was announced to the Executive Board on November 30, 2009.

Polling the HIS community/ family
• A number of meetings were held between February 23 – 27, 2010, with all constituent groups, led by outside consultant Mr. John Ritter of Search Associates. The goal was, “To recommend one or more suitable methods for HIS to secure its future leadership.”

• On March 2, 2010, the result of Mr. Ritter's consultation was announced to the community: “To conduct a formal Head of School search within the HIS community, with the option that, if at a later stage the Search Committee believes that it should also consider additional, external candidates, we undertake a wider search."

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