Hokkaido International School Niseko

HIS Niseko Student & Parent Information

HIS Niseko seeks an open relationship with students and their parents, and communication is key. Please feel free to contact any of the teachers with questions, concerns, or praise. We would love to hear from you.

 

HIS Niseko HIS Student-Parent Handbook 

The HIS Student-Parent handbook contains information that is important for students and parents to be aware of and understand. Parents should read the handbook, and if there are any items that you have questions about, please contact the school so we can assist you.

Report Cards

At HIS Niseko report cards are sent home digitally twice a year—at semester break in January and at the end of the year in June. 

Progress is discussed at parent-teacher conferences at the end of the first quarter and at the end of the third quarter.

 

PTA

The HIS PTA is an organisation at both the Sapporo and Niseko schools, which aims to increase parent understanding of educational issues, increase the communication of important ideas through the parent community, and to raise funds to help improve our school programs. Meetings are held at designated times throughout the year, and all parents are encouraged to attend and participate.

What are the top six responsibilities of the PTA at HIS Niseko?

  • Support the school: The Board, Administrators, Teachers, Students
  • Understand the mission and the strategic initiatives
  • Provide volunteer service as appropriate
  • Assist with annual fund and other development initiatives
  • Ad Hoc - resource directory of skills and expertise of stakeholders serves on ad hoc committees when asked. 
  • Orients new parents To the environment the school and support roles
  • Avoid becoming a political entity with personal agendas.

To contact PTA Niseko, please drop a note in the PTA mailbox at the reception office.

 

Standardised Testing at HIS

Every year, HIS students are given standardised tests to mark their progress and to assess the school's overall effectiveness. For this assessment, HIS subscribes to the MAP testing services, which it implemented in 2009.

MAP (Measure of Academic Progress) in Reading, Language Usage and Math is delivered to Grades 4 to 6, twice a year.