School Guide

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   Founded as a prefectural high school in 1980 with the motto "Independence, Cooperation, Progress," Johnouchi enjoys a more than 30-year history of educating some of the best and brightest students in Tokushima. In 2004 it became the first combined junior and senior high school in Tokushima Prefecture. The school celebrated its 30th anniversary in 2010.

 

   Johnouchi's goal is to make the dreams of its students come true. During their time at Johnouchi, young people from all over Tokushima cultivate a rich sense of humanity, develop a wide-ranging interest in international cooperation and foster a deep sense of creativity. The knowledge and experience that they gain enables them to grow as human beings and prepares them to make significant contributions to the peace and progress of society, not only in Japan but also around the world.

 
 
The Three Spirits: Humanity, International Cooperation, and Creativity

This is Johnouchi's school emblem. It is designed in the shape of the yamamomo plant (Myrica rubra). Each of its three leaves represents one ideal: independence, the foundation of an ever-changing world;cooperation, which is learned through experience during high school; and progress, an endless quest for self-improvement. In addition to representing these three ideals, the three berries also represent three pillars of education: the acquisition of knowledge, the cultivation of moral character and the developmentof a strong body.

 

 

Spirit of Humanity

    Students participate in a wide range of activities designed to develop and strengthen their senses of cooperation, friendship, leadership and understanding of the people, society and world around them. The majority of students choose to participate in some kind of club activity. These activities usually meet every day after school and sometimes on the weekends as well. Students may choose from a wide variety of activities, including sports and cultural clubs.

    Clubs in the sports category include famous international sports such as basketball, track and field and tennis, and more traditional Japanese sports such as kendo (sword fighting) and kyudo (archery). Johnouchi's students are particularly good at judo, mountain climbing and fencing. Clubs in the cultural category include English Conversation Club, Computer Club, Drama Club, Calligraphy Club and Japanese Tea Ceremony Club.

   Students may also participate in many volunteer activities. Since Johnouchi is next to the Yoshino River, students, teachers and parents often travel to the riverbank and clean the area. Students are given the chance to learn the value of protecting and caring for their hometown's natural beauty through hard work.

 

   Johnouchi is unique as the first school in Tokushima Prefecture chosen to become a combined junior and senior high school. Since students at the junior high school do not have to take a high school entrance exam, competition to enter is quite fierce. Johnouchi's teachers pride themselves on taking responsibility for both the junior high school and senior high school students. Junior high school teachers sometimes teach senior high school students and vice
versa. In keeping with the spirit of combined junior-senior high school education, both junior and senior high school students participate together in major school activities. Highlights include the Culture Festival, Sports Festival and lectures from famous speakers.

 

Spirit of International Cooperation

   Students at Johnouchi learn about the international world in many ways. Each student must study English so that they can communicate their ideas and feelings to people in other countries. However, international cooperation is not a one-way road. The students also study Japanese culture in order to be better prepared to explain their own culture to foreigners.

   The most unique aspect of Johnouchi's English language education is called "English Surfing." For 15 minutes every morning, junior high school students practice their English pronunciation and comprehension through various activities. The activity both students and teachers enjoy the most is singing English songs. Singing songs helps students learn and practice the unique rhythm and pronunciation of English. Since students can practice their English every morning,
English Surfing is an extremely effective method of supporting their regular English classes and advancing their English education.

 

 

Spirit of Creativity

   In order to encourage a sense of exploration, forward-thinking curiosity and a desire to contribute to the scientific community, students at Johnouchi are provided with a wide variety of learning experiences. In science classes, students are encouraged to experiment and come up with their own theories. Home economics and industrial arts classes give students opportunities to create things with their own hands. Club activities also play a large role in fostering creativity
and cooperation among students. Many students enjoy designing, building and controlling robots. Johnouchi's robot club often attends tournaments where students can show off their hard work. The home economics club participates in everything from sewing to clothing design to bento (Japanese lunch box) design contests.

 

School life 
       

   Junior high school students at Johnouchi have six classes per day. High school students have seven per day on Tuesdays and Wednesdays. Junior high and high school education lasts for 3 years each. Japanese students start junior high school one year later than Americans do; thus, Japan's high school system lasts for 3 years instead of 4.

 

   On a typical day, students assemble in their homeroom classroom by 8:25 AM. At the junior high school, English Surfing (English communicative activities and singing) lasts from 8:30 to 8:45. The first class of the day begins at 8:55 and ends at 9:45; class periods are 50 minutes each and passing periods are 10 minutes each. Lunch is from 12:45 to 1:25. High school
students eat bento or go to the school cafeteria. Junior high school students eat lunch specially provided by an outside company. The final period ends at 3:20 and students clean the school until 3:45. Students are divided into groups and assigned an area of the school, such as classrooms, hallways or even bathrooms, to clean. After school is over, a majority
of the students attend club activities for about 2 hours. It is not uncommon to see students leaving school at six or seven in the evening.

 

Culture and Sports Festivals

   Every September, the entire school enjoys what can be called the two biggest events of the year: the Culture Festival and Sports Festival. In keeping with the spirit of junior-senior high school combined education, almost all of the events feature junior and senior high school students working together. During the Culture Festival, the 2nd and 5th year students
compete in a talent show, the 3rd year students transform their classrooms into amusement parks for children, the 6th year students prepare and sell food and drinks, and various club activities display the results of their hard work in exhibitions.

 

   Every student, from the 1st years to the 6th years, participates in the Sports Festival. Students fight for the honor of their homeroom class and compete in a wide variety of activities. The activities range from the traditional--relay races, tug of war, folk dancing--to the more unique, such as an obstacle course in which you must grab a slice of bread with only your teeth
and a race in which members of every club dress up in their respective uniforms and race around the track while introducing their club activity to the audience. For example, the basketball team passes the ball as they run, the fencing team fences with each other as they run, and the ecology club takes turns driving its electric go-kart around the track.