============Ten Years of Trips Abroad============
Hanamaki Higashi High School has been sending students abroad for ten
years now.
Since 2003, groups of four of our first-grade students have been sent along
with the group organized by the Hanamaki International Exchange Association.
The students spend 12 days in Hot Springs, Arkansas, United States - Hanamaki's
sister city. This experience, which includes a homestay, allows students
to sample
life in a foreign culture.
Sadly, the events of 11th September, 2001 meant that the students could
not travel to the USA in
January 2002. These events also meant that a UK trip, scheduled to take
place in December 2001 for
50 of our second-grade students, had to be cancelled.
Here is the itinerary for the January 2001 trip to Arkansas and Washington
DC:
| DATE |
PLAN |
OVERNIGHT |
| Thursday, 1/4/2001 |
-Leave Hanamaki for Narita Airport
-Fly via Dallas to Little Rock |
Little Rock |
| Friday, 1/5/2001 |
-Sightseeing in Little Rock
-Visit Hot Springs Chamber of Commerce
-Meet host families and go to their homes |
Homestay |
Saturday, 1/6/2001
to
Tuesday 1/9/2001 |
-Five nights' homestay in Hot Springs
-Various field trips around the city
-Meet & interact with local high school students |
Homestay |
| Wednesday, 1/10/2001 |
-Leave host families and head for Little Rock Airport
-Fly to Washington DC
| Washington DC |
| Thursday, 1/11/2001 |
-Watch & experience volunteer work
-Shopping |
Washington DC |
| Friday, 1/12/2001 |
-Sightseeing in Washington DC |
Washington DC |
| Saturday, 1/13/2001 |
-Leave Washington DC
-Complete airport formalities; return to Japan |
Aboard airplane |
| Sunday, 1/14/2001 |
-Arrive at Narita; complete re-entry formalities
-Take Narita Express train to Tokyo Station
-Take Tohoku Shinkansen (bullet train) to Shin-Hanamaki
-Upon arrival, group disbands |
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*****Lakeside High School - Our Sister School*****
To deepen sister city relations at high school level, Hanamaki and Lakeside High School
became sister schools in December 1998.
It is hoped that this will encourage both students and teachers to take
a more active role in interacting with people of a different culture.
 |
 |
Higashi & Lakeside Principals conclude the
Sister School Agreement in Hot Springs,
December 1998. |
Copy of the Sister School Agreement in
English & Japanese. |
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