NLIS High School

NLIS students have many unique opportunities for learning.

These opportunities include the following:

High communication skills and high student achievement

Western education emphasizes the ability of students to learn how to think for themselves. The classes engage in deep conversations daily with the teachers and each other.

Online Advanced Placement Courses from SevenStar

This is an accredited online school for high school students for advanced placement classes. Students take these courses in class at school. Honor classes are also available. The College Board in America creates these classes and offers college-level curricula and examinations to high school students. American colleges and universities grant placement and course credit to students with high exam scores. All advanced placement courses are done online in class. A teacher at NLIS will proctor the tests.

Leadership roles in the student council

Students help lead the monthly assembly and in programs, help with the Asahi Festival, create fundraising opportunities, i.e., create the NLIS t-shirt, and learn to lead!

American High School is from Grades 9 through 12. Students are expected to take about 6 to 7 classes a year for 4 years.

Secondary School Schedule for 2023-2024 for Grades 7-11

8:50-9:45 M-F Social Studies

Mr. Rasson

Grades 7/8 Modern Asian Government, Asian religions, World Geography, Medieval Japanese unit

Grades 9/11 World History

8:50-9:40 M-F Science Miss Boko

Grades 7/8 Earth Science and labs with Kesler Science

Grades 9/11 Astronomy, Atomic principles, Oceanography, Natural Resources, Scientific Applications

All studies include labs.

9:45-10:45 M-TH Japanese

Grade 7 Mr. Furuya

Grade 8 Mr. Furuya

Grade 9-11 Miss Matsuzaki

Track 2 Japanese

Students study to pass the national Japanese tests, N5, N4, and N3 for foreigners.

Grades 7-10 Mrs. Shinohara

10:50-11:10 Bible M-TH with grades 7 through 11

11:15-12:30 Language Arts

Every other week, all classes walk to the local library to borrow English and Japanese books.

Grades 7/8 Mr. Rasson

Students will study short stories and current events from newspapers, do grammar interactive notebooks, and read the following novels:

・Star of Light

・The Mysterious Benedict Society

・Much Ado About Nothing (Shakespeare)

NLIS provides all books.

Grades 9/11 Miss Boko

World Literature: Students study five units of selected works: Early Literature, Epic Poetry, Medieval-Renaissance, Enlightenment-Romanticism, and the 20th Century.

Students will focus on World Literature. They will read the following:
・The Odyssey

・The Little Prince

・The Beloved Country

*NLIS provides all books.

12:30-1:30 M-F Lunch and recreation 7-11 together

Students in grades 9-11 may leave the campus during this time.

1:30-2:20 Electives:

Students may choose a minimum of 3 to 6 electives every year.

Teachers will teach the following in the 2023-24 year:

ELECTIVES: Miss Boko - P.E., Photography, Home Economics, Art

Mr. Rasson - P.E., Computer (coding, etc.), Psychology

2:20-3:20 Math

Grade 7 Math in Focus Course 2 (Singapore) Miss Boko

Grade 8 Math in Focus Course 3 (Singapore) Mr. Rasson

Grade 9 Algebra 1 Mr. Rasson

Grade 10 SevenStar Online Academy Geometry

Grade 11 SevenStar Online Academy Algebra 2 Honors

3:20-3:30

Clean up rooms.

2:20-2:40 F only Chapel

3:20-3:30 M-F Clean and dismiss

Tel. 055-287-9577

NLIS High School

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