A Simple History of Osaka Prefectural Senyo Senior High School

Senyo Senior High School’s start as a pre-modern school dates back to Sakai Central Jokoba in 1874. It used to be a kind of a vocational school for girls. On the base of the pre-modern school, Sakai Municipal Sakai Girls’ School was established in 1888 under the modern education system of the Meiji Government. The ownership of the school was transferred to Osaka Prefecture in1912, and, accordingly, the school’s name became Osaka Prefectural Sakai Girls’ High School. After World War II, it became coeducational under the newly installed education system, and changed its name to Osaka Prefectural Senyo Senior High School. Senyo Senior High School is located in Sakai City, Osaka Prefecture, Japan. It currently has 29 classes with about 1160 students aged 16-18, and is widely recognized as the second best prefectural senior high school in and around the Sakai City area.

The Invitation to "Let's Make Friends in 100 Countries!"

After a series of conversations with my colleague teachers, students' parents, and the management, I am to set up a mailing list on the server of Osaka Prefectural Senyo Senior High School to support students' transnational communication with other high school students who live and study in other countries with different cultures. If any high school teacher in my network would like to have their students join the list, please send me a message whose subject should be "Friends Abroad" and body should include her/his mail address, country's name, and school's name and URL. The description and rules of the mailing list, friends-abroad-ml@senyo.osaka***.ed.jp, will be sent to applicant teachers within a couple of weeks, and the mailing list will be activated within a couple of months. Thank you.

The First Step toward the "Let's make friends in 100 countries!" Project

This school year, which starts in April, 2012 and ends in March, 2013 in Japan, I coach the English Club in Osaka Prefectural Senyo Senior High School. I'm trying to have my student members express themselves in English and post their writings on Facebook. I hope my students can communicate with those in other countries with different cultures. I also wish I could organize a project something like “Let's make friends in 100 countries!” on Facebook someday.