KAIS International School

School is canceled today, September 9th, 2019. The typhoon’s effect on transportation, as well as damage to buildings, roads, and other infrastructure is still being assessed in our area, and in the interest of safety and in accordance with other local schools, we have canceled all classes and meetings for today.

Typhoon Faxai is scheduled to hit Tokyo early tomorrow morning, but will likely have passed soon after sunrise. We anticipate that there will be significant delays in public transport for early commuters, so we are going to start our day later than usual. We will open the school at 10:30 A.M. and students will need to arrive by 10:50 A.M. for homeroom. Class will begin from 11 A.M. First period will be cut from the class schedule, but all students should come with whatever work is due in their first period classes ready to hand in. We will reassess the situation early tomorrow morning. It's possible we will announce a later start time or school cancellation. If no new message comes from the school, please go by the information in this message. We encourage you all to stay indoors tonight until the storm has passed.

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Summer Hours This summer we will be closed for the month of July, and will return to hold office hours in August. As always, we will be able to correspond through our KAIS emails, but response time may be slower than usual, especially for teachers who are traveling abroad. We will also announce the date of our S...

Year End Parent Survey In an effort to continue to grow and prosper together as a unified community, we ask that all parents participate in a survey that will be sent out tomorrow. The survey will be in both English and Japanese. Please feel free to submit your responses in whichever language you feel most comfortable. Th...

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Summer Reading While our AP Language and Composition students will have required reading and writing assignments over the summer break, we recommend that all KAIS students read 2-3 books while school is not in session. 9th and 10th grade students received a list of recommended titles in their Literature class this...

KAIS Honor Code Over the past month or so, we have been working on a student honor code. All students had an opportunity to contribute to the Honor Code and their spirit is reflected in the final draft. The Honor Code was overwhelmingly approved by the students on Monday and is now being incorporated into our offic...