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Gyosei Junior and Senior High School

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| native_name = {{nihongo|暁星中学校・高等学校|Gyōsei Chūgakkō Kōtōgakkō}}

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| motto = 十全為始 隨之而美

| location = Tokyo

| country = Japan

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| opened = 1888

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| type = Private

| gender = Boys

| religion = Roman Catholic

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| lower_age = 12

| upper_age = 18

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| principal = Masaki Ida (飯田雅章)

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{{nihongo|Gyosei Junior and Senior High School|暁星中学校・高等学校|Gyōsei Chūgakkō Kōtōgakkō}} is a private Catholic junior and senior high school for boys in Fujimi, Chiyoda, Tokyo.[http://www.gyosei-h.ed.jp/ Home page]. Gyosei Junior and Senior High School. Retrieved on 9 January 2014. "暁星中学・高等学校 〒102-8133 東京都千代田区富士見1-2-5" Founded in 1888,{{Cite web|url=https://www.gyosei.ed.jp/about/|title = 学園案内 | 学校法人暁星学園}} it is regarded as one of the country's most prestigious private schools.{{cite book|title=名門高校人脈|author=鈴木隆祐|publisher=Kobunsha|date=2005|isbn=4-334-03317-2|language=Japanese}}{{cite journal|title=現代日本の名門校|journal=Yomiuri Weekly (週刊読売)|volume=55|issue=42|pages=130–131|date=September 29, 1996|language=Japanese}} It is part of a family of Catholic schools administered by the [https://www.bloomberg.com/profiles/companies/5928566Z:JP-gyosei-gakuen-educational-association Gyosei Gakuen Educational Association] which includes a kindergarten and elementary school.

History

After Pierre-Marie Osouf became the new Bishop of Tokyo, he convinced the Society of Mary (Marianists) that there was a need for Catholic schools in Japan.{{cite book|title=The Catholic Church in Japan since 1859|publisher=Herder Agency|date=1963|page=159|first=Joseph Leonard|last=van Hecken}} The order responded generously and sent American and French missionaries, who founded Gyosei High School in Tsukiji, Tokyo in 1888.{{Cite web|url=https://www.gyosei.ed.jp/about/|title = 学園案内 | 学校法人暁星学園}} The school was affected by the devastating 1923 Great Kantō earthquake and then World War II some twenty years later. It later moved to its (as of 2002) present location in Chiyoda, Tokyo."[https://web.archive.org/web/20021202111744/http://www.witanhall.org/en/about_us/history.html History of Witan Hall]." ([https://archive.today/20021202111744/http://www.witanhall.org/en/about_us/history.html Archive]). Witan Hall (Gyosei International School in the UK). December 2, 2002. Retrieved on January 9, 2014.

The high school is the oldest of a family of schools located within walking distance of each other and includes a coeducational kindergarten (opened 1969){{cite web|title=幼稚園沿革 (Kindergarten History)|url=http://www.gyosei-k.ed.jp/history.html|publisher=Gyosei Kindergarten|language=Japanese}} and an all-boys elementary school founded in 1890, thus providing a comprehensive education for boys from ages 3 to 18.{{cite web|title=History of the elementary school|url=http://www.gyosei-e.ed.jp/newhp/pages/ayumi.htm|publisher=gyosei-e.ed.jp|language=Japanese}} It has a special relationship with the Jesuit-run Sophia University: Gyosei High School graduates often continue on to Sophia University and it recruits religious studies teachers from the university.

Saint Joseph College in Yokohama was founded as a division of Gyosei High School before becoming a separately-run international school. It has since closed amidst much controversy.{{cite news|title=Oldest international school's closure leaves many questions|url=http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2000/05/27/national/oldest-international-schools-closure-leaves-many-questions/|work=The Japan Times|date=May 27, 2000}}

In 1979 Gyosei International School was opened as the sister school to cater to the expatriate population. It is administered separately from Gyosei Gakuen.

Curriculum

French and English are the main foreign languages taught, the former having been taught at the school since its foundation.{{cite web|title=語学教育 (Language education)|url=http://www.gyosei-h.ed.jp/educational/language/|publisher=gyosei-h.ed.jp|language=Japanese}} For a period of time, the French Baccalauréat was offered.

Alumni

See also

{{Portal|Tokyo|Schools}}

References

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External links

  • [http://www.gyosei.ed.jp/access.html Gyosei Gakuen Educational Association (暁星学園)] {{in lang|ja}}
  • [http://www.gyosei-h.ed.jp/ Gyosei Junior and Senior High School] {{in lang|ja}}
  • [http://www.marianist.jp/ Marianists in Japan] {{in lang|ja}}

{{Chiyoda, Tokyo}}

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Category:Private schools in Japan

Category:High schools in Tokyo

Category:Educational institutions established in 1881

Category:1881 establishments in Japan

Category:Marianist schools

Category:Boys' schools in Japan

Category:Catholic schools in Japan