Greetings from Yoshida, Kazuo principal　　　　　　　

Welcome to the homepage of the Shiroyama Junior High School.  Thank you for visiting our site. 

I am Kazuo Yoshida principal of this school.  I arrived at this position in April of the 2007 school year.  I am very glad to be able to tell everyone about the educational activities and outlook of our school.

Hachioji Shiroyama Municipal Junior High School is located in the northern part of Hachioji City, Tokyo, and is situated on a hill in a foothill region enclosed by mountains and a residential area.  Presently it is a medium size school with 358 students.  There are three first year classes (home room class sections), four second year classes and three third year classes, for a total of ten classes.

This school branched off from the Motohachioji Junior High School in February, 1983, and the 1^st entrance ceremony was held in April of that year.  Therefore, this year becomes out 25^th anniversary.

This junior high school is fortunate to have bright, energetic and friendly students.  We are equally fortunate to have school personnel who go all-out.  This makes for a complete, well rounded educational environment.  I have come to like it very much here in the time I have been in this position.

I feel a strong desire to make a new school able to meet modern educational issues, while making the best use of the tradition and good qualities of the school.  The educational goal of this school is “To learn, To mold/forge, To Understand”.  I think this is a simple, clear and good target.  We are trying hard in all our activities to achieve these goals.

I think that the focus at the school is the student.  Our mission is to have the students take an active roll and have the possibility to grow up enriched.  These are the school and the school’s staff’s aims.

Moreover, children are the most important “Treasure” at home, as well as for the future of Japan and the world.  This is always kept in mind, when educational activity takes place.

Being aware of our motto “PROUD OF SHIROYAMA JR. HIGH SCHOOL!  GLAD TO HAVE STUDIED AT SHIROYAMA JR. HIGH SCHOOL” we will make every effort to enable each and every student to grow and realize their potential.  We also pledge to make every effort to make this local public junior high school deserving of the trust of the students, parents and the community at large.

It will be greatly appreciated if you are able to learn about the educational activity of the Shiroyama Junior High School through this page.  Please take the time to review Shiroyama Junior High School’s Mission Statement which follows.


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Together with parents community and school supporters we aspire for a better shroyama junior high school

                Shiroyama Junior High School Aspirations and Aims

1)    We aspire for and aim to increase student’s motivation, scholastic ability and life skills, to cultivate autonomy and self-reliance and to create a school that both nurtures and cultivates these values.

                                 Educational Goals

         - Learning -      -Training-      -Understanding of others-

                      To that end it is our firm objective

2)   To make full use of an ideal learning environment

　We will create a calm and quiet learning environment within a residential community blessed by an abundant nature.  We will cultivate a secure and peaceful environment for relations between students and teachers, and among the students themselves.

3)   To make our goals and aims clear and to make the results public

　Results are evidenced in the development of each individual student.  We aim to have a school administration that is results-based.  We will make public why we study a subject, what the end goal of that study is and how we study and the end results of those efforts.

4)  To create this school through dialogue, collaboration and change

　We will create this school together with the students and their parents, the faculty and the residents of the community.  Issues will be identified, they will be set forth and educational activities developed to resolve them.

5)  To foster a rich spirit that values human rights and advances spiritual exchange

　We will respond by eliminating bullying, violence and any violation of human rights.  We will foster a spirit of sympathy, kindness and volunteerism.

6)  To be teachers who are loved and respected by the students, their parents and by the people in the community by increasing our consciousness as teaching professionals.

　We will increase our expertise and ability as teachers through training and research.  As a school that fosters freedom and autonomy, we will achieve responsibility through awareness.

7)  To create a school that evolves

　The school characteristics will have conditions and an environment to support learning that changes for the better, enhances and evolves.  Together with parents, the people of the community and other supporters of the school we will create a better Shiroyama Junior High School.