Growing up I spent a lot of time at my grandparent’s home because my parents had their own business. Friday nights we would eat at my grandparents’ house and then my mom would take some food back to my dad at their store that was open until 8:30 p.m. Since my parents would be back […]
Author: jhino2nd
Digital Citizenship
Citizen, Ambassador and Student are the three of the words I introduced at the first elementary chapel. This past week I was talking with various classes about citizenship, only this time in regards to Digital citizenship. I started in the fifth grade class by showing them the following poster. I asked the students, “Why do […]
Back to School Day and Growing Leaders
September 15th was Back to School Day at Christian Academy in Japan(CAJ). It is always encouraging to see all of the parents who attend, especially at the elementary level. If I did my math right and matched up all of the families we have 106 families representing 132 students in kindergarten through fifth grade. There […]
September Parent Cafe
Thursday, September 11 was my first Parent Cafe for parents of elementary students. I was thrilled to have 24 parents who represented K-5th grade. Esther Tsuji, one of our resource teachers was a tremendous help. The slide presentation from the Cafe. Who is most important for your child’s success in school? YOU Each year […]
Another Hat – Children’s Message
This past week I was asked to give the children’s message at church this Sunday. I asked Barbara what the scripture would be, but she hadn’t decided yet and told me to pray and see how God would lead me. I knew that many of the kids had heard me talk about hats the other […]
Back to School Day
This is my 16th year at CAJ. During that time we have had a variety of schedules for Back to School Day/Night(BTSD) for our K-12 school. I remember a few years when Back to School Night was one Monday in September for the parents with students in secondary and then the following week for parents […]
First Week of School – New Hats
Yesterday was the end of our first week of school. There are 14 new kindergarten students with one new teacher, Mrs. Matsuoka and one returning veteran teacher, Mrs. Turner. Miss Johnson and Mrs. Ekstrand have 17 first graders, 5 of the students are new to CAJ. Second grade was excited to welcome 5 new students […]
Welcome Parents and Students
Dear Parents and Students, Welcome to a new school year at Christian Academy in Japan(CAJ). As elementary principal, I am excited to be serving and working with you for the 2014-15 school year. CAJ’s mission is: ” a school for the children of evangelical missionaries in Japan, equips students to impact the world for Christ.” Here […]
A Letter to My Loved Ones
God’s timing in our lives is always perfect. In July, I attended ELDI that I wrote about here. As a parting gift from the facilitators each participant received the book Relational Leadership by Walter C. Wright. I was able to read the book on my various plane rides during the my time in the States and […]
A New Role
This coming school year I will have a new role: Interim Elementary Principal. Last spring I was asked to fill in the position of elementary principal for the coming school year, while our principal takes a sabbatical. To help prepare I applied and was accepted to attend the Christian School International (CSI) Educational Leadership Development […]