On Friday 27th September, 38 Grade 10 enthusiastic students and four excited teachers stepped out onto the rainy streets surrounding the school for a historical walking tour of Yokohama led by Mr. Glenn Scoggins, retired Saint Maur history teacher and author of Steadfast: a portrait of our school's long history.
Last Saturday, on the 13th of January, our Saint Maur International School History Bee and Bowl Club showcased academic excellence at the UIA International School of Tokyo.
On Friday, 29th of September, all Saint Maur Secondary School students embarked on educational excursions. While the Grade 7 and 8 students were on an overnight trip in Miyagi and Chiba prefectures, Grade 6 to 11 students went on expeditions to Kamakura, Tokyo and Yokohama’s historical area.
Japan, as one of the countries within the Pacific Ring of Fire, experiences regular seismic activity throughout the year, causing earthquakes, tsunamis, and volcanic eruptions. Until the Great Eastern Japan Earthquake, which struck the Tohoku coast at 2:46 p.m. on March 11, 2011, the Great Kantō Earthquake of September 1, 1923 at 11:58, was the strongest earthquake ever to have taken place in Japan. While the latter registered 7.9 on the Richter scale, the Tohoku earthquake registered a magnitude of 9.1. Both caused devastating tsunami waves many meters high. While 140,000 lives were lost in the 1923 earthquake, the 2011 disaster saw almost 20,000 perish, with the tsunami accounting for 90% of deaths, and another 2,600 missing.
On Saturday, May 23rd, five members of Grade 10 represented the school at the inaugural IAC Asian Division Online Bee Tournaments. These students had already represented the school with distinction back in February at the Tokyo edition.
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