This week Saint Stephen’s hosted nine of Japanese students from Shibuya High School in Tokyo, one of our sister schools in our Global Education program. They received a grant from the Japanese Ministry of Education for being a “Super Global High School” and used the grant money to visit Saint Stephen’s for three days.  The students are especially interested in issues of peace education and international cooperation.  They delivered presentations to the 10th grade World History classes, the sixth grade, third grade and kindergarten in addition to speaking in chapel.  This year they worked with Mr. Whelan’s World History classes on a project relating to their school visit to Hiroshima.

Upon their arrival to the America on Sunday, the Japanese students were treated to a delightful welcome reception at Dr. Pullen’s house. On Tuesday, they traveled to Saint Petersburg to visit the Holocaust Museum with their host families. Finally, they delivered a heartfelt appreciation of our hospitality before the start of Wednesday’s Winter Season Varsity Awards and the National Letter of Intent signing day ceremonies. Thank you to everyone who made their stay a success.