We had our annual Emergency First Responder (EFR) training this past weekend. EFR training teaches us how to respond in the case of emergencies. The focus of our training is with care for children, but some of the skills are for care of adults as well.

After watching a video, we do some book learning, and then hands-on training doing cardio-pulmonary resuscitation (CPR), bandaging wounds, and assisting chocking victims among other things. For our hand-on training we use other teachers as victims, but we also use specially made training manikins for CPR and rescue breathing.

Our training doesn’t replace the need to see a doctor or call for help, but instead it gives us the confidence to remain calm and react appropriately in the case of emergencies.

We do our training annually and on occasion we open our training to parents who may be interested as well.

Here are some pictures from our training event:

Just a reminder that our 2nd Term Final Performance and Graduation has been moved to Sunday March 28, 2010! Please be sure to update your calendars.

Some other reminders:
March 22, 2010 – No School
March 25, 2010 – No Afterschool Kindergarten, No Afterschool Elementary and No Joy Privates
March 26, 2010 – No School

Here’s Larin again with a reminder about joining our Hawaii Summer Program 2010!

Aloha,

As we get ready for our Hawaii Summer Program 2010 – our annual trip to Hawaii – Larin has put together a few videos about our program. This one is a short lesson on Hawaiian words. Enjoy!

(Joy Parents, to see a picture of the new K2A Class please log in to Joy-Connect!)

It has been a great few weeks back to school. I hope everyone has settled back into our school routines. 2010 will be an exciting new year for us! Many of our K3 students will graduate this year and our Afterschool Elementary will be gaining a new level.

One of the biggest changes that you may notice is our new K2A teacher Miho. Please stop by the K2A classroom and introduce yourself to our newest staff member.

2nd Term is our shortest term, but it is still full of fun, learning, and events! This term will bring us dental check, Female Relative Visiting Day (Mother’s Visit Day), and an excursion! Also, keep in mind that the week between 2nd and 3rd Term has our special Spring Session!

After having to postpone our original trip to the Zoo, we were luckily greeted by “better” weather!

This time the Kinder and Pre-Kinder went together and had a blast. The Ueno Zoo is very big and I’m sure that we didn’t see everything, so please go again while the weather is still cool.

I spent the day with the Pre-Kinder and I think they really enjoyed the gorillas the most.

Although there were many other schools there, it wasn’t too crowded and we all had a comfortable place to have lunch!

I really hope our next excursion can be as much of a success!

We are full swing into our Summer Safari!

It has been so much fun this summer. We’ve been beating the heat playing with water balloons and water buckets at the park. We’ve learned all about safari animals with flash cards and safari crafts.

Our 2009-2010 School Year Term 1 starts Tuesday, September 1st, 2009. Our Joy Members from the Kindergarten and Pre-Kindergarten should be receiving your “Welcome Packages” shortly!

See you soon!

-Ken

Hello All,

Just a reminder that we will have our Library Kinder on Thursday June 18th. The library volunteers will bring a selection of books from the library to the Kindergarten to make it easier for Kinder families to check out books.

At Library Kinder Day you are limited to one book for two weeks, but if you would like more you can visit the library to check out more!

Joy Tots is an early English education program for toddlers 18 months to 2 years old. As an extension of our regular Joy to the World programs, we will focus on having fun while exposing early learners to English. We will provide a stimulating environment that will prepare your child for joining our Pre-Kindergarten program when they turn 2.

Our caring and qualified instructors will lead your child through the 6 month program. They will encouraging their social, mental and physical growth.

Three Courses Available:

2 days course T/Th
3 days course M/W/F
5 days course M/T/W/Th/F

Accepting applications now! Please call the office for an application or for more information: 03-5684-0247

Hello Everyone!

Thank you to all our Grandpa’s, Brother’s, and Father’s who visited us on Male Relative Visiting Day! All the kids had a great time.

Also, just wanted to remind everyone that we will be off next week for Golden Week! Joy to the World PreKindergarten, Kindergarten, Afterschool Kindergarten (AfterK), Afterschool Elementary (AfterE), Arts & Crafts Class, Joy Privates, KES, and TALK will all be closed from May 4 – 8th.

JoyPop Hip Hop Dance will be off on May 3rd, and will resume on May 10th.

Please have a fun and safe Golden Week and see you soon!

-Ken