April 14, 2007

New School Year Entrance Ceremony!

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Wearing their brand new school uniforms, 383 new first year students entered the school on Saturday, April 7. The school’s cherry blossoms had softly laid a carpet of petals at the main gate, creating quite a poetic setting (the beloved ‘sakura’ has been a favorite subject of poetry here for thousands of years.)


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A new student having her picture taken beside the 'New Student Ceremony' entrance sign.


With parents in tow, most new students arrived up to an hour early to find their assigned seats in the main hall and quietly wait for the ceremony to begin. The formal speeches by the principal and staff were moving, especially from the student council president who spoke of the new cherry blossoms blooming to symbolize the new beginning for all the students at the school.


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Parents lined up at the back of the first homeroom for one class of 1st year students.


After the ceremony, each class went to their new homeroom to meet all as a group with their homeroom teacher for the first time (while their parents crowded at the back of the room to watch).


The high school homeroom teacher in Japan is one the key adults in a students life during their high school days, as the homeroom teacher wears the many hats of teacher/counselor/disciplinarian/surrogate parent. Also, the friends one makes in high school are some of the key friendships they will maintain their whole life. So both these bonds are very important and many students remain in touch with their high school homeroom teachers for years after they graduate.


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Principal Fukuda with the 1st year student's teachers.


As the students returned home with their parents at midday, 2nd and 3rd year students from the different clubs lined the walkway to the main gate to hand out flyers promoting their clubs. Clubs are also another key aspect of high school life.


So the new school year has started, the weather is getting warmer day by day and the sakura are gone, replaced by new green shoots on the school’s cherry trees. The buzz at the school is that the soccer club is especially strong this year and they might win the Tokyo championships again in the fall like they did two years ago. Which of these new 1st year students will make the A squad has yet to be seen. With this buzz seeming to start right from day one, truly the new school year has begun!

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The Seiritsu Tiara's put on a show for everyone!

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Seiritsu Gakuen is a private co-educational high school created in 1925 and it is located in Tokyo, Japan.

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