Friday 22 August 2014

Back to School 2014-15! Welcome New Families!


Welcome back to HIS for the first semester of the 2014-15 school year! 
If you just got back to Japan, we hope you had a fabulous vacation and your jet lag is getting better. If you have been here all summer, we hope you have survived the humidity and thunderstorms! And if you are new to Hiroshima and HIS, the PTA wishes you a warm welcome to our community!!
 We hope all of you are ready for another great year for our kids.

We have a few community events in the works already, but first we would like to introduce ourselves to our newer friends. 
If you see any of these faces around school, please feel free to say hi and ask any questions you might have or let us know how YOU would like to get involved in our school community this year!

In alphabetical order, our team......

Eriko Hird



From: Hiroshima, Japan
Kids: Lisa G7, Alina G3, Marika KG
9th year at HIS
Born and bred in Japan
Speaks: Japanese, English
Message:

Jackie Ikegami

From: Scotland, UK (at least for now!)
Kid: Mairi G6
9th year at HIS
24th (!!) year in Japan
Speaks: English, Japanese, (understands German....)
Message: HOW many years is it now??? Haha. yes, I'm back again and expecting another fun year of baking, getting to know you all better, baking, and supporting my favourite school HIS and the HIS family, and baking. Look forward to having a laugh with you all this year! I will TRY to keep the e-mails short this year. (Uncrosses fingers behind back....)

Tracy McMahan


From: Michigan, USA
Kid: Mackenzie, G9
2nd year at HIS
2nd year in Japan
Speaks: English , learning Japanese
Message:

I am looking forward to another great year here in Japan with the wonderful HIS Community!  I am excited to be a part of the PTA fun!!  I hope lots of you will be

Magali Sandmann


From: Provence, France
Kids: Emma G6, Nils G4
3rd year at HIS
6th year in Japan
Speaks: French, German, English and a bit of Japanese!
Message: 

I’m looking forward to seeing all the members of the HIS community and hope we will enjoy a great school year again.

Miyoko Shimizu


From: Tokyo, Japan
Kids: Soshun G2, Viola EC?
2nd year at HIS
All her life in Japan 
Speaks Japanese, English
Message:

Takaco Takeno


From: Hiroshima, Japan
Kids: Nanako G7, Lilico G4
7th Year at HIS
100% Made in Japan
Speaks: Japanese, English, Hiroshima-ben
Message: I'll do my best this year too!

With the core of last year's PTA executive team returning for a second year, and with your support, we plan to welcome the ideas of our new members to build on last year's successes, continuing to support learning and fun for all students at HIS. We hope to meet you all very soon and hear how you would like to help make this year the best year yet at HIS!!

Mark your calendars:
First family outing: Iwakuni Kintaikyo Fireworks, Saturday August 30th
First BIG event: Halloween @HIS, TRUNK or Treat! Friday October 31st

More details to follow!