Columbia International School
Tokorozawa, Saitama, Japan · Est. 1988
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- Established
- 1988
- Curriculum
- Canadian (Ontario curriculum), Kindergarten to Grade 12
About this school
Columbia International School opened in September 1988 in Hoya (now Nishitokyo), Tokyo, as a high school preparing students for study abroad, and moved to Tokorozawa, Saitama, in 1998. A junior high followed in 1999, an elementary school in 2002 and a kindergarten in 2013. The high school is run by the Canada Gakuen school corporation, established in 2010.
The school teaches the curriculum of the Ontario Ministry of Education in English, using teachers qualified to teach students whose first language is not English, and it is inspected each year by the Ontario ministry. It is also accredited by WASC and is a member of JCIS. The kindergarten serves four- and five-year-olds; Japanese (kokugo) lessons run daily up to Grade 8; and junior high (Grades 7–9) has separate tracks for proficient and beginner English speakers in a one-to-one laptop environment. Graduates go on to universities in Japan, Canada, the US and other English-speaking countries.
The campus has three school buildings, a gymnasium, an artificial-turf field and a student dormitory, along with school lunch, buses and after-school care. Saturday and summer programmes let prospective students try the school.
