March 11 Earthquake
An earthquake hit Japan in the afternoon of March 11. The staff and students of Tsukuba International School are all safe.
An earthquake hit Japan in the afternoon of March 11. The staff and students of Tsukuba International School are all safe.
The following is a longer version of the eulogy that was read by Shaney Crawford at the funeral of the principal of Tsukuba International School, Mr. Masayasu Kano, on March 24, 2011. (The version read at the funeral had to be shortened due to time constraints.) つくばインターナショナルスクール加納正康校長への告別の辞(日本語訳) Mr. Masayasu Kano was born in Chiba Prefecture….
The Grade 1 kids have been hard at work making pumpkins and ghosts to SCARE UP their classroom. Everyone is excited for the Halloween Party tomorrow!
An article about Tsukuba International School was published in Joyo Shinbun today (in Japanese). You can view the article at the following link. 【常陽新聞】 世界水準の教育実施校に つくばの国際学校が認定 (Joyo Shinbun – Tsukuba’s International School Gains Authorization as a World Class School)
This year, the moms of TIS children are getting their Mother’s Day present on a Tuesday! Our school closes for Golden Week, so our students were away the week before Mother’s Day. To make up for it, we baked some cookies yesterday and we decorated them for Mom today. I think we will have some…
On April 22nd, 2008 it was Earth Day. We had special events. First, we drank salt water and we couldn’t drink all that was in the cup. It was salty! Then, Ms. Bzdel showed us that if all of Earth’s water was 1L, then only 49mL is fresh water and only 1mL is water we…
The Tsukuba International School building was inspected for earthquake-related damage yesterday and it was determined that the building is sound.