An Introduction of Gifu Prefectural Ikeda High School “Welcome to Ikeda High School”

An Introduction of Gifu Prefectural Ikeda High School “Welcome to Ikeda High School” School History & Educational Goal and Policy School Guide School Facilities Nature around Ikeda High School ESD (Education for Sustainable Development) Education with Distinctive Features Class Organization & Curriculum Annual School Calendar Club Activities & Extracurricular Activities Students’ Paths following Graduation An Introduction of Ikeda Town 1 School History & Educational Goal and Policy Gifu Prefectural Ikeda High School (hereafter referred as “Ikeda High School”) is a general course public high school founded in 1984 in Ikeda Town, Ibi County, Gifu Prefecture, to cope with an increasing ratio of students who entered high schools and a rapid increase in the number of baby boomers’ children. The school is surrounded by a beautiful natural environment filled with rivers and mountains. In 2013 Ikeda High School celebrated the 30th anniversary of its founding and it has turned out no less than 8,000 graduates, who have played active parts as leaders in all fields of society both in the local areas of Gifu Prefecture and in Japan About 460 students enjoy lessons and club activities every day. They have achieved good results in every aspect of student life. When there was the drastic rise in the number of students, Ikeda High School had as many as eleven classes in one grade and reached the maximum of about 1,300 students in all. But with a gradual fall of the number of children in the surrounding areas and with more junior high school students hoping to enter high schools in urban areas, Ikeda High School has become a small school with four classes in each grade. However, Ikeda High School is the only high school in Ikeda Town and can most certainly be considered a school belonging to the local community. Approximately 66% of the students come from Ibi County which consists of three towns Ikeda, Ono and Ibigawa; 11% from a neighboring town, Godo Town, Anpachi County; and 20% from Ogaki City. After graduation from Ikeda High School about 90% of students have advanced to higher education such as universities, junior colleges and professional schools and about 10% have chosen employment. Almost all of our graduates have attained their future goals. The educational goal of Ikeda High School is “to produce physically healthy students who possess intelligence, virtue and a sense of humanity and to nurture students who devote themselves to the development of a sustainable society by getting students to lead a cheerful and orderly school life under the school life principle ‘Desire to learn, Fraternity and Practice’”. In order to achieve this goal we carry out our educational policy as follows: (1) We encourage students to challenge themselves, to identify goals, and to set and execute their own action plans. (2) We aim for the academic progress of students through an active learning approach to make their future dreams come true. (3) We aim to help guide students to encompass cooperation, thoughtfulness, and appreciation of people’s support in their daily lives. (4) We nourish students’ sense of self-reliance and cultivate students who have admirable fortitude and physical strength. (5) We proceed to maintain and improve educational circumstances. We produce students who have a spirit of service and a mind to cherish nature. Gifu Prefectural Ikeda High School An aerial photograph of Ikeda High School from the north 2 School Guide (1) Address: 242-1 Rokunoi, Ikeda-cho, Ibi-gun, Gifu Prefecture 503-2495 Japan Telephone number: (0585)45-7755 Fax number: (0585)45-8527 http://school.gifu-net.ed.jp/ikeda-hs/ e-mail:[email protected] (2) History: April 5th, 1983 A preparatory office was established at Ogaki Kita High School. Dec. 23rd, 1983 The establishment of the school was resolved at Gifu Prefectural Assembly. April 9th, 1984 The first opening ceremony and the entrance ceremony were held. July 19th 1985 Debut ceremony of the school song was held. (3) Course, Department, and Enrollment Limit: Course: full-time Department: general Enrollment limit in 2016: 160 (4) Total Site Area: Building site: 19,761 ㎡ Ground site: 21,500 ㎡ Total: 41,261 ㎡ (5) School Emblem: Derivation: Our school is located at the base of Mt. Ikeda and the Ibi River basin. We made a design of them and the letter “High School” was placed in the center. Three lines extended from the far left to the upper and the bottom right edges symbolize students, parents, and teachers working together to make a school. The other three lines represent students trying to achieve our three ideals: intelligence, virtue, and health. These six lines radiated outward signify ongoing advancement and progress of our school. (6) Access: 〇 Take Yoro Line at JR Ogaki Station, and Ikeda High School get off at Ikeno Station. From there, it is olSchool a twelve-minute walk to the school. Ikeno Station 〇 Take Yoro Line at JR Ogaki Station, and get off at Kita-Godo Station. From there, it is a fifteen-minute walk to the school. Kita-Godo Station JR Ogaki Station Yoro Line Map of Ikeda High School from JR Ogaki Station (7) Location of Ikeda Town: Japan Gifu Prefecture Takayama City Gifu Prefecture Kyoto City Tokyo Ikeda Nagoya Town Osaka City City Ogaki City Gifu City 3 School Facilities Ikeda High School has an extensive campus of 41,261 square meters with several useful facilities. Some of these facilities include two four-story school buildings, a gymnasium, a martial arts hall, a physical training and shower room, tennis courts, a baseball field, a soccer ground, and a track and field ground. Stone monument and cherry Main gate Cheering banners for the drama club and the blossoms by main gate Karate club that had won each prefectural tournament and would take part in the All Japan High School Championship Courtyard, which has an open-air stage for school events Tennis field in the foreground, Gymnasium on the left side of the picture, Ren-shin Kan, a Japanese-style gymnasium for martial arts on the right side of the picture Camellia in full bloom around the school buildings in May Winter camellia in bloom with its buds in January 4 Baseball field Soccer ground Main ground in the foreground and the second Gymnasium tennis field in the back A large wall mosaic made of pieces of colored marble stones by Yabashi Rokuro who was a well-known artist born in Ogaki City which borders on Ikeda Town. You can see the mosaic at the main entrance of our gymnasium. After the school was founded, the mosaic was presented in 1985 by Ogaki City, Ikeda Town, and Godo Town which is located next to Ikeda Town. The mosaic was made in hopes that students of Ikeda High School would have wide perspectives to see not only their community but also the world. Therefore, the marble stones used in the mosaic were collected from 46 countries in the world. A marble plate stating the mosaic was presented to Ikeda High School by Ogaki, Ikeda and Godo in July, 1985. 5 Entrance School office and visitors’ reception across the entrance The former championship flags and trophies surrounding the entrance A corridor in front of a teachers’ room Woodblock prints made by all of the students at an annual school event “Woodblock Print Contest.” You can see their excellent works in the hallways. Renewed bathrooms with combination toilets and bidet 6 Nature around Ikeda High School Ikeda High School is surrounded by a beautiful natural environment filled with rivers and mountains. Higashi River flows along the school building. Rape blossoms are in full bloom around the school in April. You can enjoy seeing some natural fireflies which inhabit only in areas with clear water, like this beautiful river in fall. Bright pink and white dogwoods in the courtyard in May The fourth floor of the school building commands an extensive view of the rice field in Ikeda Town in the north. Ikeda Town is favored with abundant water and has a lot of rice The autumn landscape from the connecting corridor of fields all over the town. This picture was taken during the rice our two school buildings in November. We can enjoy harvest. You can see Ikeda High School and Mt. Ikeda in the seeing Mt. Ikeda turn red and yellow this season. back ground of the picture. The view facing Ogaki City to the south from Mt. Ikeda obscured by fog in January the fourth floor of school building. 7 ESD (Education for Sustainable Development) “Global Welfare (To lead a better life in our community and the international community)” is a goal we aim to achieve in ESD. The overall picture of ESD in Ikeda High School ＧｌｏｂａｌＷｅｌｆａｒｅ To lead a better life in our community and the international community University, junior college, and vocational school etc. Education for Sustainable Development イラスト：WANPUG Junior high school Elementary school A kindergarten and a nursery school Gifu Prefecture released the “Gifu Prefectural Vision for Education, Second Edition”, a five-year basic promotion plan of education starting from the fiscal year 2014. It says “Our ideal image of a person from Gifu is someone who thinks and acts as a true member of the local community. We want them to be able to make rich human relationships at home, at the workplace and in the local community. We want them to aim high and have a global outlook. We want them to reach for their dreams.” In order to realize this vision Gifu Prefecture has made some essential measures, one of which is “to reform public high schools in the medium to longer term future”.

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