Hakuba International School
Hakuba, Nagano, Japan · Est. 2022
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- Open jobs at this school
- 0
- Students
- 70
- Established
- 2022
- Curriculum
- American-style college-prep with AP courses; project-based Human Flourishing Curriculum
About this school
Hakuba International School (HIS) is an international boarding and day school for Grades 7 to 12 in the Hakuba Valley of the Japanese Alps, founded in 2022 and run by the Hakuba International School Foundation. It is organised around one question: what kind of education enables people and planet to flourish? Its website displays WASC candidate status.
The Human Flourishing Curriculum combines university-preparatory academics with project-based learning, social-emotional learning and outdoor education. Classes run four days a week, and the fifth day is used for off-campus projects and applied learning. English is the main language of instruction, and every student studies Japanese at their level. Upper-school students need 42 credits to graduate, and Advanced Placement options include Calculus, Seminar, Research, Economics and Japanese.
The school reports about 70 students from more than 20 nationalities, a 2:1 student–staff ratio, an average class size under seven and about 85% of students boarding. The campus has a nine-acre school forest and is about 500 metres from ski slopes, and the year begins with a camping trip, followed by seasonal excursions.
