
Graham-Kapowsin High School
Introducing the experiences of online school exchange program between high schools in the five Kinki prefectures (Osaka, Nara, Kyoto, Hyogo and Wakayama) and five high schools in overseas countries and regions.
School Name | Yeonam High School(Korea), Beijing Yuetan High School(China), King’s Baptist Grammar School(Australia), Chiayi County Jhuci Senior High School(Taiwan), SMK Aminuddin Baki National Junior & Senior High School(Malaysia) |
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Number of Participants | 79 people (79 students) |
Age of Students | 14 ~ 18 years old |
Main Purpose of Exchange | Musical Exchange |
School Name | Osaka Gakugei Senior High School(Osaka), Tenri High School(Nara), Sonobe High School(Kyoto), Prefectural Nishinomiya High School(Hyogo), Hidaka High School(Wakayama) |
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Number of Participants | 130 people (130 students) |
Age of Students | 15 ~ 17 years old |
Date & Time | 24th November in 2022 |
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Program | Recreation Activities |
Tools used | Zoom |
16:00~16:05 |
Introduction of each school by the MC (Osaka Gakugei Senior High School) |
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16:05~17:00 |
Performances and acts from 10 schools |
17:00~17:05 |
"We Are the World" choir performance (to the accompaniment of Osaka Gakugei Senior High School) |
17:05~17:10 |
Watch an edited video featuring the 10 schools singing "We Are the World" |
17:10~17:20 |
Thoughts from each school |
Details behind the process involved in making the online exchange happen | Educational tour coordinators from five prefectures (Osaka, Nara, Kyoto, Hyogo, and Wakayama) got together and decided to create something original for this year's project. In light of the global situation, we planned an event that would help promote peace. In order to make the project happen, each prefecture decided on the overseas country or region it would cover, and with the cooperation of the boards of education of each country, travel agencies, etc., approached schools with which the coordinators in each prefecture had personal connections. (Osaka → Korea, Nara → China, Kyoto → Australia, Hyogo → Taiwan, Wakayama → Malaysia) |
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Advance Preparation (Faculty) | ・Music instruction for students of own school ・Submit a video of the choir to the accompaniment of the soundtrack performed by Osaka Gakugei Senior High School two weeks before the day of the exchange. ・Pre-shooting of performance video and submission thereof, in case a live performance is not possible on the day of the exchange. |
Advance Preparation (Students) | Practice for performance, chorus practice and video shooting, preparation of english comments |
Advance Preparation (Local Government Contact Person) | ・In order to implement various genres of music exchange, each prefecture was assigned a specific musical genre (brass band, gagaku*, shigin*, wadaiko* and koto*). *Japanese traditional music or musical instrument ・Searched for appropriate schools in each prefecture, and at the same time, searched for the partner school overseas and requested their participation. |
Role of the contact person at the local government | ・Visited each school not only on the day of the exchange but also during rehearsal, one week prior to check network connectivity and provide support. ・Detailed liaison and coordination with overseas school |
When they reached out to the exchange school | 1st May in 2022 |
When they engaged in meeting with the school | 1st July in 2022 |
When the date for the exchange was finalized | 31st May in 2022 |