JET Tales: stories from rural Japan
This website is a record of my experiences in the JET Programme as an AET (Assistant English Teacher) in two Japanese public high schools.

Shuchi Senior High School
Kyoto-fu, Funai-gun, Tamba-cho
Toyota, Shimogawara 166
Japan 622-0231
Shuchi Senior High School
*the following information is from from the school stats-sheet which I was given upon notification of placement, courtesy of the Kyoto Prefectural Board of Education:

"I. General Information
Shuchi High school...is blessed with beautiful natural surroundings, especially rows of cherry blossoms in spring and beatiful yellow leaves of ginkgo trees in fall. Shuchi has a long history; it was founded in 1876. Mr. Austin Weed was invited from the United States as the head teacher and worked very hard to introduce modern agriculture to Japan.
Our school campus is reputed to be the second largest in Japan (about 36.98 acres) and one of the three birthplaces of agricultural education in Japan.
Now our school has about 500 male and female students. We also have some short-term exchange students from Australia every year."

"III. Additional Academic Information
Shuch has two courses, the Food Science Course and the Academic Course. Each student takes lesons according to his or her own planning for the future. The students in the Food Science Course can take special lessons, such as park planning, food processing, animal breeding, data processing, horticulture, etc. The Standard Class students in the Academic Course can also take food processing, animal breeding, horticulture, data processing, etc."


School Calendar
APRIL
MAY
JUNE
JULY
AUGUST
SEPTEMBER
OCTOBER
NOVEMBER
DECEMBER
JANUARY
FEBRUARY
MARCH
 Opening Ceremony (1st semester), Entrance Ceremony
All Kyoto Sports Festival
Overnight orientation camp for new students
Ball game tournaments
Summer vacation, Opening Ceremony (2nd semester)
School cultural festival, sports festival
Experiential learning days for junior high school students
School marathon, Harvest festival
Closing Ceremony, winter vacation
Opening Ceremony (3rd semester)
School excursion: ski trip
Commencement, Closing Ceremony, spring vacation


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but was created by an Assistant Language Teacher [ Kaui MacDonald ]
who served in Kyoto Prefecture, Japan (2001-2003).

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