Monday, May 7, 2012

IN THIS ISSUE: HIS Rice Reaches Tohoku Disaster Victims, HIS Niseko Summer School, Charity Golf Tournament, Financial Assistance Announcement, and Summer School in HIS Sapporo.

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HIS Rice Reaches Tohoku Disaster Victims
Local student volunteers (pictured below right) distributed PET bottles of rice to 85 households in the town of Watari, Miyagi. The photo at left shows some of the recipients of the rice. HIS students and families were the major contributors, providing 77 of the 2-liter bottles. If you look closely enough at the bottles, you can just make out a proud ‘HIS’ on some of the bottles. We will have future opportunities to contribute to Tohoku through such rice drives. Please look out for announcements about future rice drives. Thanks!

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HIS Niseko Summer School
HIS Niseko will hold only one two-week session of summer learning this year starting from July 2nd to the 13th. Students in Grade One to Grade Six can apply.

For full details visit our Summer Programs page: http://www.his.ac.jp/nis_his_summer_prg.html and enroll soon for fun learning with an emphasis on health, fitness and the outdoors!

Places still available! Sign up by May 31st.

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Charity Golf Tournament on May 19th, Saturday
We would like to invite you to Hokkaido International School’s Second Charity Golf Tournament so that we can build our school’s endowment fun.

We will also remit some of the procedures from this golf tournament in order to help Tohoku International School recover. Also we would like to announce that our Niseko school opened in January 2012. Hokkaido International School has over fifty years of experience educating students in an international environment. Our students come from over 20 countries and now our current enrollment has reached almost 200 students.

Date: May 19th, 2012 Saturday
Time: 11:00am *Tee off at 12 noon for 10 parties limited
Venue: Sapporo Golf Club Wattsu Course, 061-1264 Kitahiroshima, Wattsu 77
Phone: 011-376-2231
Admission: ¥3,000 (for the award ceremony)
Playing fee: (Special rate ¥15,400) in addition to any personal expenses incurred
Commendation: Award ceremony will take place at the restaurant in the clubhouse at 6:30 pm.

To reserve your spot click Charity Golf Reply Form, print, complete, and fax to HIS.

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Financial Assistance Announcement! {4th Announcement of 4}
Financial Assistance application packets are available in the HIS office. Please stop by to pick them up if you are planning to apply for financial assistance for next school year. Due May 11th.

Sincerely yours, Barry Ratzliff

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Summer School in HIS Sapporo
Stimulate your Mind and Challenge your Body! HIS Sapporo is offering summer school class to all students ages 3 to grade 12.

Ages 3-5 Learn and Play unit
Grades 1-5 Shaping Up...looking ahead to the London Olympics
Grades 6-12 Speech and Drama...Presentation Skills

Please contact Mrs. Koga at skoga@his.ac.jp for more information and an application form.