A long time ago in a place way too close to home, we all lived through a pandemic. How long ago does that seem? Isn't it time to explore this period of time through the HIS Writes 2023-2024 Silver Medalist Story "Landlocked"?

Written by Aina Nishi-Strong and Hana Katayama, “Pen Pal” is the first winner of the HIS Writes competition that has become a core tradition of HIS. 

How in the world can you possibly analyze a story with no characters? Well, read Roman's model-text analysis of Ray Bradbury's masterful apocalyptic story to find out!

As we literally melt into spring here in Hokkaido, Julius digs deep into the HIS Writes vault to analyze the deeply symbolic story "Melting Into Spring" by Miyako Cammack, Natalie James, and Ena Kanai.

If you can't quite remember the 2023-2024 Theme, here's your chance to rediscover it through Taylor's Analysis of HIS Writes winning story "All the Small Wishes."

With the final open submissions to HIS Writes just around the corner, why not seek some inspiration from our inaugural winner and Kenzo's analysis? 

The final sports season just started a few weeks ago and with that, we have the addition of the running club to our after school activities! Badminton will now be open to middle schoolers only, and the popular community volleyball will continue to take place every friday! With that being said, here is what we had to say…

As we shift into a season of service and fundraising Fridays often come with the added bonus of the beloved (by parents and kids, alike) Friday Camps!