Izumi Chuo High School
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Izumi Chuo High School is a private, co-educational high school
High school
High school is a term used in parts of the English speaking world to describe institutions which provide all or part of secondary education. The term is often incorporated into the name of such institutions....

 in Nishi Izumi, Izumi
Izumi, Kagoshima
is a city located in Kagoshima Prefecture in Japan.On March 13, 2006, the towns of Noda and Takaono from Izumi District merged into the city. As of 2008, the city has an estimated population of 56,205 and a density of 170 persons per km². The total area is 330.06 km².The city was founded on April...

, Kagoshima Prefecture
Kagoshima Prefecture
is a prefecture of Japan located on the island of Kyushu. The capital is the city of Kagoshima.- Geography :Kagoshima Prefecture is located at the southwest tip of Kyushu and includes a chain of islands stretching further to the southwest for a few hundred kilometers...

, Japan
Japan
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. Izumi Chuo was founded in 1950 and renamed as Izumi Chuo High School in 1985. There are students from farther away areas (such as Kumamoto Prefecture
Kumamoto Prefecture
is a prefecture of Japan located on Kyushu Island. The capital is the city of Kumamoto.- History :Historically the area was called Higo Province; and the province was renamed Kumamoto during the Meiji Restoration. The creation of prefectures was part of the abolition of the feudal system...

), so there are dormitories for both female and male students. Students usually refer to Izumi Chuo High School as "Chuo" or Izumi Chuo" outside of school.

Departments

General Department
  • General Studies
  • Students focus on general education and sports.
  • Liberal Arts
    Liberal arts
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     Studies
  • Students focus on both sports and studies, especially English studies.
  • The Liberal Art Studies Department has been hosting exchange students since 1988.
  • Most of the exchange students have been from Australia.
  • The 2nd year class has a 12 day class trip to Australia
    Australia
    Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...

     (Brisbane
    Brisbane
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     and sometimes Sydney) each year.
  • The Liberal Arts Department also has a partnership with Santa Monica College
    Santa Monica College
    Santa Monica College is a two-year, public, junior college located in Santa Monica, California.Santa Monica College was first opened in 1929 as Santa Monica Junior College. Current enrollment is over 30,000 students in more than 90 fields of study...

     in the U.S.
  • In the early 1990's, the Liberal Arts Department hosted faculty members from Santa Monica College.
  • Special Advanced Studies
  • Students rarely join any other clubs, for they focus most of their time at school (including club time) on studying.


Department of Health and Welfare
  • Health and Welfare Studies
  • Students study a branch of nursing
    Nursing
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    .


Nursing
Nursing
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 Department
  • Foundation Courses (high school)
  • Specialized Courses (post-high school, 2 year program)

Clubs with honors

  • Brass Band
    Brass band
    A brass band is a musical ensemble generally consisting entirely of brass instruments, most often with a percussion section. Ensembles that include brass and woodwind instruments can in certain traditions also be termed brass bands , but are usually more correctly termed military bands, concert...

     Club
  • The building that holds brass band was rebuilt in 2006.
  • Baseball
    Baseball
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  • Men's Soccer
  • Women's and Men's Judo
    Judo
    is a modern martial art and combat sport created in Japan in 1882 by Jigoro Kano. Its most prominent feature is its competitive element, where the object is to either throw or takedown one's opponent to the ground, immobilize or otherwise subdue one's opponent with a grappling maneuver, or force an...


Other clubs (incomplete list)

  • Women's and Men's Basketball
    Basketball
    Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules...

  • Women's and Men's Tennis
    Tennis
    Tennis is a sport usually played between two players or between two teams of two players each . Each player uses a racket that is strung to strike a hollow rubber ball covered with felt over a net into the opponent's court. Tennis is an Olympic sport and is played at all levels of society at all...

  • Women's and Men's Badminton
    Badminton
    Badminton is a racquet sport played by either two opposing players or two opposing pairs , who take positions on opposite halves of a rectangular court that is divided by a net. Players score points by striking a shuttlecock with their racquet so that it passes over the net and lands in their...

  • Women's and Men's Ping Pong
  • Softball
    Softball
    Softball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of 10 to 14 players. It is a direct descendant of baseball although there are some key differences: softballs are larger than baseballs, and the pitches are thrown underhand rather than overhand...

  • English Club
  • Art
    Art
    Art is the product or process of deliberately arranging items in a way that influences and affects one or more of the senses, emotions, and intellect....

     Club
  • Cooking
    Cooking
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     Club

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