Back to School Day will be on Monday, September 17, 2018. This is one day in the year that elementary, middle school and high school will have very different starting and ending times. 8:30 – Elementary and High School students begin classes. Middle School students are not allowed on campus until 11:45. 11:45 – Middle […]
A New School Year
Friday, August 24th was the first day of classes for the elementary students at Christian Academy in Japan(CAJ) where we are equipping students to serve Japan and the world for Christ. Students, staff and parents all seemed excited to be back at school. We tried something new with an information session for parents at the […]
March Parent Cafe – English Language Learners
The March Parent Cafe was for any parents who wanted to know how to support their child in the English learning process. We were pleased to welcome Miss Kathryn Lewis, the English as an Additional Language(EAL) coordinator as the facilitator. Miss Lewis got everyone up and moving and thinking about language. How many ways can […]
February Parent Cafe – Mr. Coach Eby
Mr. Coach Eby, one of the two elementary physical education(PE) teachers shared with the parents at the February parent cafe. Mr. Hughes is the other elementary PE teacher. Coach Eby came to Japan in August 1976, and joined the CAJ staff for the 1976-77 school year. He and his wife were dorm parents, when CAJ […]
January Parent Cafe
What is the Student Support Team? A group of staff members whose responsibilities include identification of students with academic, social or developmental needs, communication with parents and advocacy for students, and coordination of services both at CAJ and from outside resources. The Student Support Team works to help all students achieve their God-given potential. Who […]
Awards, Honors and Blessings
This post is about my husband, Okio. This week he received several awards sponsored by Dai-Ichi Life Insurance Company, the Welfare Labor Ministry of the Japanese government, Asahi newspaper, and NHK. I was able to attend the award ceremony on Thursday, October 20th at Hotel Okura and go with him on Friday to the Imperial […]
New Hats and Old Hats
It seems that for the past 3 years, I’ve had various jobs to do at our school. I am thankful for the opportunity to try new things and to be able to say, “This one is not for me. Yes, I could do the job, but it really is not using my gifts and passions […]
CAJ Elementary Knights
CAJ Elementary Knights are Grateful, Faithful, and Caring. The mascot of Christian Academy in Japan is Knights. This elementary staff wanted to create an ethos and chose Grateful, Faithful, and Caring as our three pillars. For our first chapel all of the elementary staff were asked to choose something to work on. Our principal, Jacquie […]
Coaching
Presently I am participating in an online Connected Coaching course. Many people will think of a sports coach, but that is not the coaching I will be writing about. This is the first all online course I’ve been involved in and it is the first time I’ve actually created a learning pledge to express what I […]
Hour of Code
This week is Hour of Code around the world. Here are the links for: 2nd grade 3rd grade Thursday 4th grade Friday 4th grade Have fun!