Summer Break

Hello!

Summer break has started here. During the break, students get about a month off from classes - from the last week of July through the last week of August.

During school breaks, teachers are still expected to go into work, but some take paid time off during this period. There are a few days when the school is completely closed. My assistant principal told me that the board of education actually asks the school to close during those days in order to save on electricity costs.

Speaking of electricity, a while back one of the teachers told me that students are not allowed to charge their school ipads while at school. The teacher actually said that it is because the students are not supposed to "steal" electricity from the school. Some students bring their own batteries to charge their devices.

The summer continues to be hot and humid here. Weather-wise, Japan has been sort of opposite from Chicago. When I lived in Chicago, most people did not do much outside during the winter months, especially during January and February. The same seems to be the case here, but during late June, July and August.

Most of the time, it seems like if it is not raining, it is too humid to do anything outside. But, the rain has seemed to subside a bit recently. We are perhaps getting beyond the rainy season here.

Sharing just one photo this week - I took a photo from behind of the students our before summer break school assembly. You can see them sitting the gym floor in their school uniform (checkered blue shirt) and the bag in which they keep their gym shoes. This is our school's gym. Some of the students are wearing our school's "summer" uniform, which is a white polo shirt.

Until next time,

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Photos from this week!

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