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Nina
Middle School Student
I like to bake or cook for fun. I enjoy trying new flavors and expressing myself through my passion for food.
Mimi
High School Student
I am most excited for the whole campus to be in one area and the extra space that will be built for the students.
Connor
Elementary School Student
I'd like to be a Youtuber because I like to upload videos about games.
Miguel
Elementary School Student
I would like to teach math because I am good at math. I like it because we have to use it everyday. I give my brother help sometimes.
Donna Saito
Elementary School teacher
I have been in Japan for over 30 years and I am still intrigued with the culture, language and food. .
Naoki Okura
Japanese Language teacher
I help supervise the HS Drama/Film production team. We are working on a video of a modern take on Shakespeare's "Much Ado About Nothing".
Julian Weekes
Elementary School teacher
Japan is unique. It's Asia, in the most efficient and organised way possible. Everything works, as it's supposed to... until it doesn't. Follow the rules and you can't go wrong!
Virginia Zamora Lopez
Learning Support Teacher, Elementary and Secondary
At YIS I am given the opportunity to contribute to different subject areas and grade level teams. I have enjoyed teaching yoga to young students and helping them explore it as a self-regulation activity.
Ken
Parent
The climate change and sustainability action event that was held by students, faculty, administration and parents last year stands out for me.
Nuri
Parent
I volunteer at the library regularly. I get to understand what the students are like, what teachers are like, and I can find books I think my daughter will like.
Sina
Parent
For us as parents, it is a pleasure to witness how confident our daughters are that their actions will make our world a better place.
Yasuko
Parent
I created the YIS Tokyo Parents Group to connect YIS parents who live in Tokyo. We get together regularly for coffees to get to know one another and to help each other out.
Sawa Matsueda Savage
Class of 2003
I was always worried that my interests were all over the place, but I ended up doing something that requires just that: to be interested in all kinds of fields.
James Makdisi
Class of 1994
We were kids put together from all over the world in a safe environment, with small class sizes and good teachers to facilitate academic, sport and social development.
Leonard Couzjin
Attended 1956 - 1960
We lived in a house three houses down from the school for ten years. That lot was later acquired by YIS and used as a playground.
Ryo Yasuda
Class of 2015
I didn’t really stand out in class but I always loved entertaining people and I'm grateful to YIS for offering opportunities to express ourselves.
Expeditions at YIS
Adventurous wilderness expeditions create authentic opportunities for students to develop knowledge, skills and conceptual understandings for life-long learning and appreciation of the natural world.
Learning at YIS
Learning changes our thinking and behaviors, enabling us to acquire skills, knowledge and attitudes while providing a catalyst for creativity, critical thinking and independent reasoning.
Live Learn Lead
Our mission reflects our passion and enthusiasm for learning and leading lives of balance and purpose in building a caring community.