About Takarazuka-Nishi High School

About usin English

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Location

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Our School is located on a mountainside in Takarazuka City, 10 minutes from Hankyu Sakasegawa Station by bus.

Takarazuka-Nishi High School

1-1-1, Yuzurihadai, Takarazuka City,
Hyogo Prefecture, 665-0025, JAPAN
Phone: +81-797-73-4035
Fax: +81-797-73-6298

School History

1977: Foundation
1986: Establishment of the English Course, Tenth Anniversary
1995: Sister School Relationship with Columbus North High School Established
1996: Twentieth Anniversary
2003: Establishment of the Liberal Arts and Communication (LAC) Course
2006: Thirtieth Anniversary
2007: Sister School Relationship with Mount Gambier High School in Australia Established
2016: Fortieth Anniversary

Educational Policies

The School Mottoes are "Independence", "Self Discipline", and "Selflessness".
Students will be encouraged to develop their academic abilities, social skills, and physical capabilities.

A sense of social responsibility will be fostered through various voluntary school activities each year.

The English Course was renamed "Liberal Arts and Communication (LAC)" course in April, 2003.

Enrollment Statistics 2023

Course	General			LAC			Total
Grade	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd	Total
Number of Classes	5	6	5	1	1	1	19
Number of Students	201	236	194	40	30	37	738

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School Calender

April	(Start of school year) Entrance Ceremony, Opening Ceremony, Physical Measurement + Medical Examination, Orientation Camp (1st year), School Excursion (2nd and 3rd year)
May	Midterm Exams, 1st Open Day, Election of Student Council, PTA Meeting
June	School Festival
July	Term-end Exams, Ball Games Day,Term-Closing Assembly, Supplementary Classes, LAC Course Lecture
August	Summer Holidays, Supplementary Classes, 2nd Open Day, Exchange Programme with Mount Gambier High School, LAC Summer Camp (1st year)
September	Opening Assembly
October	School Foundation Day (Oct 1), LAC Course Lecture, Mid-term Exams, 3rd Open Day
November	School Trip (2nd year), PTA Meeting
December	Term-end exams, LAC Course Lecture, Closing Ceremony, Supplementary Classes
January	Supplementary Classes, Term-end exams (3rd year), Marathon
February	Entrance Exam for LAC Course
March	Term-end exams (1st and 2nd year), Entrance Exams for General Course, Ball Games Day (1st and 2nd year), Closing Assembly (End of school year)

Daily Timetable

We have 7 lessons on Monday and Thursday, and 6 lessons on Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday.

Periods	Monday, Thursday	Periods	Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday
Short Homeroom	8:30-8:40	Short Homeroom	8:30-8:40
1st Period	8:40-9:30	1st Period	8:40-9:30
2nd Period	9:40-10:30	2nd Period	9:40-10:30
3rd Period	10:40-11:30	3rd Period	10:40-11:30
4th Period	11:40-12:30	4th Period	11:40-12:30
Lunch Time		Lunch Time
5th Period	13:15-14:05	5th Period	13:15-14:05
6th Period	14:15-15:05	6th Period	14:15-15:05
7th Period	15:15-16:05	Short Homeroom	15:10-15:20
Short Homeroom	16:10-16:20	Cleaning Duties	15:25
Cleaning Duties	16:25	Club Activities
Club Activities		Club Activities

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Extra-Curricular Activities

(1) Sports Clubs

Basketball, Volleyball, Badminton, Judo, Table Tennis, Kendo (Japanese Fencing), Track and Field, Soccer, Softball, Handball, Baseball, Tennis, Soft Tennis

(2) Cultural Clubs

MIYABI (Japanese Traditional Harp, Tea Ceremony, Flower Arrangement), Brass Band, Fine Arts, Home Economics, Photography, Broadcasting, Literature, E.S.S., Computer

Kendo

Japanese Harp

Exchange Programmes

We have an exchange programme with our sister school, Mount Gambier High School in Australia.

Every summer, our students stay there for 2 weeks, and every other year, Mount Gambier High School students come to Japan and stay with us for 1-2 weeks.
In some cases, they stay for 3 months or longer.

We have another exchange programme with high schools in France and New Caledonia, where our students stay for about 3 weeks.