Over the past weeks, I have had a number of Child Safety issues with our Middle School students. These have prompted me to write this blog post. Technology – https://caj.ac.jp/info/index.php/MS_Behavioral_Expectations#Technology We do have a fairly extensive Technology Policy and wanted to bring your attention to it. The policy does apply both here at school, but… Continue reading →
If you look in the Middle School Handbook, you will find the Academic section and within that page, you will see Attendance, with the subtitles of Absence and Tardies, https://caj.ac.jp/info/index.php/Middle_School_Academic_Expectations. We make a distinction between Tardy (coming late to school) and Tardy unprepared (not finished homework, didn’t bring necessary materials etc). This entry has been updated… Continue reading →
In our Middle School handbook,https://www.caj.ac.jp/info/index.php/Middle_School_Academic_Expectations#Assessment_policy , we have included our Assessment Policy. This policy focuses on how we assess students and what they know, using formative and summattive assesments, homework, ways in which we can communicate your child’s work, and the standardized testing we utilize in Middle school. This entry in the Middle School handbook,… Continue reading →
Thank you to those who have submitted the Student Led Conference parent feedback forms. The homeroom classes use the feedback for goal planning and for what is helpful for us as we plan next year. Last year the three principals, Mrs. Hino, CAJ’s Elementary principal, Mrs. Hall, CAJ’s High school principal and I sat down… Continue reading →
As I write this, there are only 3.5 days left before we go on Christmas break. It is hard to believe we are at this point in the school year. I am sure the students, teachers and administrators are looking forward to the opportunity to celebrate Christ’s birth so many years ago, and as we… Continue reading →
Friday, October 23 was originally going to be our Fall Bazaar, however with our current protocols, we are not going to have that event. Now it is a full day of school, but the middle school staff have decided that we would like to have a Middle School Community Event. The students will have a… Continue reading →
Today we begin Fall break! There will be no classes for students and teachers next week Monday and Tuesday, October 12th and 13th. We have completed the first Measure of Academic Progress (MAP) for our Fall session. I have printed up the Family report and they have been mailed. The MAP results are being used… Continue reading →
It is hard to believe that we are into our fourth week of school in the 2020-2021 school year! That means it’s close to our Meet and Greet Day (formerly known as Back to School day). Due to the pandemic, we are making some adjustments to what this day will look like. Here is the… Continue reading →
Merry Christmas and a Happy 2020! We have started our Christmas break! It can feel like a very long time from August to Christmas, but we have made it! Christmas is a time when Christians celebrate Christ’s birth here on earth so many years ago and we also look forward to Christ’s return. For me,… Continue reading →
I have decided that I would like to highlight some policies we have here at CAJ. I think it would be a good reminder or it may be something new for some of you as we go through these policies. For this blog post, I would like to highlight how we manage Attendance and what… Continue reading →
