There is a Haiku Contest sponsored by the Minneapolis-Ibaraki Sister City Association (MISCA) and the Minneapolis Public Schools. Entries are divided into four categories: K-5, 6-8, 9-12 and Adult. Please use the form attached. Entries are due by Monday, December 3, 2019. For entry forms click here. The entries will be judged by the Board of Directors of MISCA, and the top 30 entries in each category will be sent to Ibaraki, Japan for final judging. Final results will be available in March, with an award ceremony to be held in April. This year’s theme is “HIKARI” which translates in English to " light" like the light from the sun or a lamp. Writing one haiku is your student’s homework. Please encourage your students to write more than one haiku to participate in this contest. If parents and gurdians are interested
Elizabeth Bieger is one of the recipient of MN World Language Bilingual Seals. She earned a Japanese Platinum Seal. She demonstrated proficiency at the ACTFUL Advanced Low level in all modes of Japanese language (listening, Speaking, Reading and Writing) The ceremony was held at the school boad on September 25th. Here is her speech. Please click here
It was a wondrful prom night at the Nicollet Island Pavilion. The students were dressed up and proud of their looks. They were dancing together and enjoying one another. The
The Japan Bowl is a national competition to test the ability of high school students throughout America who are studying the Japanese language. It is modeled on a quiz show format and aims to make the study of Japanese challenging and enjoyable. The Upper Midwest Regional Competition was held at Normandale Community College on Saturday,
We sent our New Year's Cards to Kasugaoka
Here are some new year's cards that Southwest students sent to Kasugaoka befor our winter break. We were looking fowoard to getting new year's cards back from Kasugaoka High School.
Japanese Culture Club practiced the Algorithm March on Wednesday, December 19. We tried to have some harmony, and be like ninja. After the march, we dissapered. Click here to enjoy our Youtube video.
We went to Sakura restaurant on Tuesday, Decmber 10th. We practiced a restautrant skit in class and one group from each class performed it at Sakura. Please click here to watch videos and see pictures. There are 5 videos and 45 pictures.
Host
The Japanese Program is looking for host families for Kasugaoka High School’s visit from February 28th, 2019. The visit is five nights. Visitors will be in Minneapolis from Thursday, February 28th to Wednesday, March 6th. We would like to be able to host 12 students, one male and 11 females. They spend their last night in a hotel, prior to departure (night 6). Optimally, the hosts would be able to offer their prospective guests a private room and bed. Because of transportation concerns for group meetings and events, families should also be in close proximity to Southwest High School. If you are in a situation to be able to offer such hospitality, please contact me by email at: kyoko.french@mpls.k12.mn.us.
Please click here to watch a Youtube video and tell me how you will lead with Japanese!
Haiku Field trip to Sakura Contest 2019
There is a Haiku Contest sponsored by the Minneapolis-Ibaraki Sister City Association (MISCA) and the Minneapolis Public Schools. Entries are divided into four categories: K-5, 6-8, 9-12 and Adult. Please use the form attached. Entries are due by Monday, December 10, 2018. For entry forms click here. The entries will be judged by the Board of Directors of MISCA, and the top 30 entries in each category will be sent to Ibaraki, Japan for final judging. Final results will be available in March, with an award ceremony to be held in April. This year’s theme is “Go” which translates in English to "Word pr Words". Writing one haiku is your student’s homework. Please encourage your students to write more than one haiku to participate in this contest. If parents and gurdians are interested in entering a haiku, please write one and send it to me. I am happy to send your haiku to the committee.
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Name: Kyoko French