クリスマスイベントのお知らせ

クリスマスイベントのお知らせです。 毎年恒例のクリスマスパーティ、たくさんの生徒さんが楽しみにしてくれていたのですが、今年もコロナ感染防止の為中止となりました・・ でも、大きなパーティはできませんが、小さなパーティでクリスマスをお祝いしたいと、急きょイベントを計画しました! クリスマスイベントのテーマは: “How the Grinch Stole Christmas” 北米の子供達のクリスマス人気キャラクターといえば、グリンチ。グリンチと聞くと、暖かいクリスマスの思い出で心が温かくなる人も多いはず。...

Big Year

The new school year is well underway! We’re full-speed ahead for adventure! It was a challenge to create enough classes to accommodate as many students as possible and work with so many different schedules. But the new students are getting used to the new...

Milestones

By Christopher I was glad to hear the news that Ark Academy had reached 100 students. I am reminded of the first months of business when we were waiting for the phone to ring. I remember biking back and forth to Flower Town in the summer heat to post thousands of...
A newt named Woody

A newt named Woody

Mitsuda Akisato-kun gave Kenichirou a newt. We’ve named it Woody. Woody is currently residing in a small plastic tank. I almost named him “Scary” because Kenichirou kept pointing to it and saying “scared, scared.” Woody has a nice...

Transformations

Ark Academy is changing. With every new student who joins the school, the shape of Ark Academy changes. This spring we have added new classes to meet the needs of our diverse student body. One such class is for grade school students (kougakunen). This class has...

One Year for Ark Academy

It’s hard to believe Ark Academy has been open for one year. It has been a fantastic year, too. When we started this school, our hope was to meet the needs of the community and serve people by giving them good and affordable education. Our growth has been just...