• Saitama Prefectural Kasukabe Girls' Senior High School

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2024 Annual Report

Areas covered as subjects of study

Biodiversity, Climate change, Energy, Environment, Cultural diversity, International understanding, Peace, Human rights, Gender equality, Welfare, Sustainable production and consumption, Dietary education, Poverty, Global Citizenship Education (GCED)

This traditional girls’ preparatory school nurtures students with high aspirations and who never give up on their dreams, and aims to achieve the following three educational goals.

  1. To nurture individuals with a broad range of knowledge and abundant creativity.
  2. To nurture individuals who are healthy and compassionate in mind and body.
  3. To nurture individuals who can contribute to the community and society and become leaders.

Main Activities in 2024

(1) International Understanding Education

  • English language training in Australia
  • Global Studies Program
  • Sunflower Cup Speech Contest

    Students gave speeches in English about various issues in the world.

  • Acceptance of international students

This year, 4 students from Thailand, Italy, Norway, and India were accepted.

  • International Day

International Day for the Eradication of Poverty: Several ctivities related to fair trade were held.

International Women’s Day: Study and discussion of women’s issues in each subject and class

  • Special lectures by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs

(2) Promotion of SDGs as an ESD base school

  •  Comprehensive Inquiry Time
    This year, 1st and 2nd graders were divided vertically into classes, and each class considered and proposed a solution to a social issue given by 12 corporate organizations from the perspective of the SDGs.
  • Library Committee Activities
    The library committee held a used book market at the school festival and held a biblio-battle jointly with other schools to deepen exchange with the local community.
  • Promotion of the Zero Garbage Campaign (student council, JRC club, and other volunteers)
  • Exchange with special needs schools
  • English class for elementary school students by 1st and 2nd year students of the Foreign Language Department
  • Social welfare facilities:  In cooperation with several social welfare facilities, the Japan Red Cross club sold their products in the school.

(3) Peace study

  • School trip to Okinawa (2nd grade)
    Through a school trip to Okinawa, students learned about the damage caused to civilians during the Battle of Okinawa during World War II and the US base problem that remains today.
  • The issue of Article 9 of the Constitution
    Students learned about the backgrounds of this in the Debate & Discussion class and had debates in English.

The school has a foreign language department and focuses on international understanding and peace education.

In addition, the school has been collaborating with a number of business organizations to realize a sustainable society based on the SDGs in the “Comprehensive Inquiry Time.

Annual Work Plan

(1) Continue and further deepen the projects undertaken in 2024.

  •  Increase the number of school-wide activities related to International Day.
  • English language training in Australia
  • Global Studies Program
  • Sunflower Cup Speech Contest
  • Acceptance of international students
  • Fair Trade
  • School-to-School Exchange
  • International Day
  • Ministry of Foreign Affairs Special Lecture
  • Integrated inquiry time
  • Library Committee Activities
  • Promotion of the Zero Garbage Campaign
  • Exchange with Special Needs Schools
  • Exchange with elementary schools
  • Sales of products from social welfare facilities
  • Peace education on school excursions, etc.

2) As a UNESCO School, promote subject studies and activities that are closely related to ESD and SDGs.

3) Promote exchanges with other schools by utilizing the UNESCO network.

 

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