The Spirit week this year was a big success. Students were able to raise 10,923 yen through bake sales, proceeds from the school store, and direct donations. For school spirit, students watched movies during lunch and made inspirational posters to decorate the halls with. Relating to school service, students heard a heartfelt lecture by two doctoral students from Doshisha University about the devastation of the super typhoon that hit the Phillipines last year, their homeland.
As a culmination, grades 6-8 hiked the Philosopher's Path and Mt. Daimonji to raise money and awareness for the two global charities chosen by our student service committee this year: International Justice Mission and kiva.org. Thank you to Beck Hata and Natsumi Sakai for organising much of the week and for teaching our 6th-8th graders about the rich history of Obon and the philosopher Nishida Kitaro. Please have a look at our school service wall outside of the Principals's office to see more of what DISK students have done this year to make both the school and the world better places. We will be posting the kiva.org micro loan recipients' profiles on the service board shortly.
As a culmination, grades 6-8 hiked the Philosopher's Path and Mt. Daimonji to raise money and awareness for the two global charities chosen by our student service committee this year: International Justice Mission and kiva.org. Thank you to Beck Hata and Natsumi Sakai for organising much of the week and for teaching our 6th-8th graders about the rich history of Obon and the philosopher Nishida Kitaro. Please have a look at our school service wall outside of the Principals's office to see more of what DISK students have done this year to make both the school and the world better places. We will be posting the kiva.org micro loan recipients' profiles on the service board shortly.
