Waseda Shibuya Senior High School in Singapore (Japanese: ???????????????????, Hepburn: Waseda Shibuya Shingap?ru K?) is a Japanese international boarding school in West Coast, Singapore. It is affiliated with Waseda University, making it an overseas branch of a Japanese private school, and is located on the island's west coast. The school is operated by Waseda Shibuya Senior High School in Singapore Pte. Ltd.
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History
Waseda Shibuya Senior High School in Singapore was founded in April 1991 as the Shibuya Makuhari Singapore School (???????????, Shibuya Makuhari Shingap?ru K?). The opening 10th grade class included 50 Japanese students whose families lived in Singapore, Brunei, Malaysia, and Thailand. At the time the school was affiliated with the Shibuya Kyouiku Gakuen (??????, Shibuya Ky?iku Gakuen), the agency operating Makuhari Junior and Senior High School in Chiba, Chiba Prefecture. As of 1991 it was the only Japanese overseas boarding senior high school outside of the United States and Europe. Tetsuo Tamura (?? ?? Tamura Tetsuo), who had served as the head of the Shibuya Kyouiku Gakuen, stated that he wished to establish an overseas Japanese school in Asia after learning about the sense of alienation from society many Japanese felt after returning from overseas. Tamura established a branch in Asia because he believed other Japanese international schools were too oriented to Europe and the United States.
The school first opened in a temporary facility for a local Japanese kindergarten. The Singaporean government leased 20,000 square metres (220,000 sq ft) of land to the school on terms described by Toshio Iwasaki of the Journal of Japanese Trade & Industry as "very favorable". In the northern hemisphere summer of 1991 the construction of the school buildings, athletic facilities, and dormitory facilities finished. In September 1991, the students moved into the permanent campus for the second semester of the school year.
In April 2002 the school became affiliated with Waseda University. The school was renamed as "Waseda Shibuya Senior High School in Singapore" to reflect the change.
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Admissions and Academic Information
As the only overseas Japanese senior high school in Asia, the school accepts graduates of Japanese junior high schools across the region.
About 60% of this school's graduates move on to Waseda University. Other universities that have accepted students from Waseda Shibuya include Doshisha University, Hosei University, Kwansei University, Rikkyo University, and Ritsumeikan University.
Facilities
The school maintains dormitories, allowing students whose parents are transferred overseas to complete their high school education. The boarding school has 187 single occupancy rooms, with 116 for boys and 71 for girls. Currently, about 50% of the students reside in dormitories, while the remaining students reside with their families in Singapore.
The school has an astronomical observatory. As of 1991, as part of a proposed Singapore-Japan educational exchange, the school planned to open the observatory to students attending local Singaporean high schools.
References
Further reading
(in Japanese)
- ?? ? and ?? ?. "??????????(38)????????????????--???????????????? ?????." ?????? 2003(1), 20-24, 2003-03. ??????????. See profile at CiNii.
See also
- Japanese expatriates in Singapore
- The Japanese School Singapore (Japanese international elementary and junior high school in Singapore)
- Josuikan Bangkok International School (Japanese boarding school in Thailand)
- Kumon Leysin Academy of Switzerland (Japanese boarding school in Switzerland)
- Rikkyo School in England (Japanese boarding school in the United Kingdom)
- Keio Academy of New York (Japanese boarding school in the United States)
External links
- Waseda Shibuya Senior High School in Singapore
- Waseda Shibuya Senior High School in Singapore (in Japanese)
- Shibuya Makuhari High School in Singapore (in Japanese) (Archive)
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