Minneapolis
Southwest High School and Osaka Prefectural Kasugaoka Senior High School in
Osaka, Japan officially established a Sister School Agreement this week.
The two schools have been in a “partnership” status for the past eight
years. Principal Toshiaki Hatanaka and Bill Smith signed the
official documents Monday, December 2, 2013. Principal Hatanaka came to
the United States to sign the agreement in order to present the document from
his school to the Education Department in Japan.
During
the eight years over 400 Japanese and American students have participated in
the cultural exchange staying with their respective host families and being
part of the host’s school. In addition to an emersion in the language
student visit local sites and travel with host family to various events and
traditional happenings.
Southwest
teacher Kyoko French established the partnership several years ago. She
and her students have traveled to Japan and received Japanese students and
teachers for many years. The Sister School Agreement is an official
status for the school in Japan and is recognized as a distinction by the
government and education department.
Osaka Perfectural Kasugaoka Senior High School Principal
Toshiaki Hatanaka and Minneapolis Southwest High School Principal Bill Smith
sign the official Sister School Agreement
Principals Hatanaka and Smith displayed the
signed documents. The two sets of documents are in Japanese and English
languages.
A
representative group of students and teachers from Osaka Perfectural Kasugaoka
Senior High School will visit Southwest High School this March. In the
summer, Southwest students and Japanese Instruction Kyoko French will
“exchange” with these students in Japan.
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Copy of the text of the documents signed by the two
Principals
SISTER SCHOOL AGREEMENT
Ibaraki City and
Minneapolis have built a strong relationship since their agreement to become
sister cities in 1980.
As
part of this relationship, Osaka Prefectural Kasugaoka Senior High School and
Southwest High School have had regular visits to each other for the past eight
years.
We
sincerely hope that through our mutual understanding and friendship, this bond
of ours will contribute in fostering students as citizens of the world who
shoulder the challenges of the 21st century. Hence, we agree to ratify
our status as official sister schools.
December
2, 2013
Southwest High School
Osaka Prefectural Kasugaoka Senior High School
Principal Dr.William Smith
Principal HATANAKA Toshiaki
姉妹校提携証書
茨木市とミネアポリス市は１９８０年に姉妹都市提携をして以来、良好な関係を築いてきました。
その一環として、大阪府立春日丘高校とサウスウェスト高校はこれまで８年間に渡り、定期的に相互訪問をしてきました。今後も両校が相互理解と友好を深め、この絆が２１世紀を担う国際人の育成に貢献することを願い、ここに姉妹校提携をすることに同意します。
2013年12月2日
大阪府立春日丘高等学校
Southwest High School
校長 畑中利明
校長 Dr.William
Smith
