Senior High School at Sakado
Overview
This affiliated high school was mainly established to research vocational education for late secondary education. However, in 1994, as it approached its 50th anniversary, it was transformed into Japanese first "Integrated Course" high school to serve as The Ministry of Education, Science, Sports and Culture's prototype for promoting high school education reform.
The school has been involved with practical research on various themes associated with comprehensive curricula. This research results are released to visiting trainees from throughout Japan, playing a leading role as a pioneer of the integrated course.
Activities and Features
- Integrated Course
- The integrated course, which is characterized by respect for individuality and emphasis on academic and career counseling, is designed to enable independent learning to match the individuality and career paths of students. To achieve this goal, various elective subject groups are offered which are arranged in series based on the learning goals and systematization of the course of study.
- Subject groups:
- "Biological Resource, Environmental Science"
"Engineering System, Information Science"
"Life / Human Sciences"
"Human Sociology / Communication" - International education
- We have been placing an emphasis on international education, which includes starting the subject of "International Studies", school trips overseas, accepting foreign students, English Camp, and financial support for students making research on international affairs.
Address
1-24-1 Chiyoda, Sakado-shi, Saitama-ken 350-0214
