Osaka YMCA International School

Osaka YMCA International School (大阪YMCAインターナショナルスクール, Ōsaka YMCA Intānashonaru Sukūru, OYIS) is an international school in Kita-ku, Osaka, Japan.[1] Osaka YMCA International School (OYIS) is an English-based, private international school, offering preschool to grade 9. The school year starts at the beginning of September and goes to the beginning of July–a fall-spring calendar. OYIS began operations in 2001 and received gakko hojin (private school) status from the Osaka prefectural government in 2012. OYIS is in the process of creating a high school program that will include the International Baccalaureate (IB) Diploma Program (DP) and will lead to grade 12 graduation. They will add grade 10 from September 2020 and add a grade every year after that. OYIS is currently accredited by the International Baccalaureate Organization (IB) and by the US-based Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC).

Osaka YMCA International School
大阪YMCAインターナショナルスクール
Address
6-7-34, Nakatsu Kita-ku Osaka city 531-0071
〒531-0071 大阪市北区中津6-7-34

Japan
Coordinates
Information
TypeInternational School
MottoImagine, Create, Connect
GradesPreschool to Grade 9
Websitewww.oyis.org

History

The school was established in September 2001 from a partnership of Osaka city and the YMCA. In 2002 Alex Stewart of The Journal of the American Chamber of Commerce in Japan wrote that "Osaka city, at least, seems to have woken up to the importance of Osaka YMCA International School."[2]

Student body

William A. Fischel, author of Making the Grade: The Economic Evolution of American School Districts, stated that a version of the OYCS website which had names of students, "at least half of which suggest Japanese parentage", made him conclude that OYIS was not only for North American families.[3]

References
  1. "Contact Us." Osaka YMCA International School. Retrieved on November 1, 2015. "6-7-34, Nakatsu Kita-ku Osaka city 531-0071"
  2. Stewart, Alex. "educating kansai" (Archive). The Journal of the American Chamber of Commerce in Japan (Jānaru), Volume 40, Issues 7-12. The American Chamber of Commerce in Japan (ACCJ), 2003. p. 43.
  3. Fischel, William A. Making the Grade: The Economic Evolution of American School Districts. University of Chicago Press, November 15, 2009. ISBN 0226251314, 9780226251318. p. 131-132.


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