In order to “Foster qualities to be an intetnationally-minded individual,” which is one of our educational goals, we are actively engaged in initiatives such as collaboration with overseas schools and participation in international events.
Water is Life
Water is Life is an international conference where representatives of top high schools from around the world come together to deepen discussions on water issues. The first event was held in 2014 by Raffles Institution (Singapore) and has been held every two years since then. In 2016, it was hosted by Maurick College (Netherlands), and in 2018, by Shibuya kyoiku Gakuen, Shibuya and Makuhari. It was co-sponsored by both schools as the culmination of five years of SGH activities at Shibuya Kyoiku Gakuen. This time around 140 high school students and about 50 teachers from 18 countries representing the world’s five continents gathered to connect to their own water problems and conduct research activities on water from a scientific, political, economic, or academic perspective. The research themes are selected from five categories: science and technology, biodiversity, education, region, and management administration (political measures). The research presentation themes and presentation contents of the high school students representing each country made us realize the high standard and depth of the high school students in the world, and it was a wonderful opportunity for exchange opinions. Although the conference used only English, which is the official language of the world, the representative students of Makuhari High School received the Toyota Award for “Genchi-Genbutsu” and the Suntory Prize.
Our SGH Program
As part of the national scheme of “fostering individuals who create change and new values, and who lead in each field of society” thereby “developing human resources for a brighter future,” our school has been assigned to be one of 56 Super Global High Schools that “nurture students who are internationally well-grounded.” (MEXT) To this end, we have tasked ourselves with the mission to equip our students with negotiation skills to reach a win-win agreement. We believe that, for a sustainable and peaceful relationship, any party involved, be it a peer or another country, needs to come out of the dialogue satisfied. Although this is not an easy task, we will take a multi-faceted approach: instigating cross-subject studies on shoku; promoting English communication skills; and hosting international dialogues.
We chose shoku for our common topic for cross-subject studies. Shoku is a Japanese term that encompasses everything related to food. In biology, a student may study GMOs. In social studies, a student can examine the world trade of agricultural products. In home economics, a student may learn various culinary techniques. In this way, students can choose a field of their choice to approach various issues connected to our diet and share their findings with their peers to gain a multi-perspective understanding.
Model United Nations
Model United Nations is an activity aimed at learning about various issues in the modern world with participants acting as ambassadors of one country through adopting resolutions after discussions and negotiations in the same way as meetings held at international organizations such as the actual United Nations.
Our school has achieved excellent results at the All Japan Model United Nations Convention every year, and been selected as a member of the 6 teams of 6 Japanese delegations to the Global Classrooms International High School Model United Nations held at the United Nations Headquarters in New York.
In 2014, we won the highest award at the first time as Japanese team among participants all over the world, and in 2010, 2012, 2017 and 2019, we received the excellent awards.
Harvard Prize Book
Established in 1910, the Harvard Prize Book program awards prizes to high-school students of excellent academic achievement and character, as selected by Harvard’s alumni association, the Harvard Club. Makuhari Junior and Senior High School is one of the program’s recommended schools, and, as such, one student in the second year of senior high school is selected to receive the Harvard Prize Book at each year’s closing ceremony.
School Trip to China
Model United Nations is an activity aimed at learning about various issues in the modern world with participants acting as ambassadors of one country through adopting resolutions after discussions and negotiations in the same way as meetings held at international organizations such as the actual United Nations.
Our school has achieved excellent results at the All Japan Model United Nations Convention every year, and been selected as a member of the 6 teams of 6 Japanese delegations to the Global Classrooms International High School Model United Nations held at the United Nations Headquarters in New York.
In 2014, we won the highest award at the first time as Japanese team among participants all over the world, and in 2010, 2012, 2017 and 2019, we received the excellent awards.
“Koushien ” in the field of science and Science Olympiad
A team of eight students from our school participated in the “4th Japan Junior High School Science Championships” in March 2015 as a representative of Chiba Prefecture, and won the overall result by adding the scores of the written competition, practical competition, and general competition. This time, 7,650 people from 618 schools, the largest number ever, participated in the preliminary rounds of each prefecture, and 47 representative teams participated in the national tournament.
In May, as a Global Ambassador Team, we specially participated in four competitions at the “2015 Science Olympiad National Tournament” where national teams from all states of the United States gathered, and received a special award and in the the Bungee Drop field Won the 5th place for the first time in Japan.
UNESCO Associated School
Makuhari Junior and Senior High School is a UNESCO Associated School.
The UNESCO Associated School program was launched in 1953, as ASPnet.
This collaborative body conducts and coordinates comparative research on experimental programs to teach international understanding, putting the principles of the UNESCO Charter to work in classrooms worldwide.
