About Us
The Ohana Mission
At Ohana International School of Tokyo, we aim to teach the children in our care how to live in the community, embrace difference, and be honorable citizens in the global world.
We all have the ability to achieve academically. Combining this with love, respect, honesty, and the ability to express ones thoughts openly and truthfully, we are certain that we have the right ingredients for the success of our children and their families.
We are fully aware of the enormous responsibility that we have in providing the best possible care physically, emotionally, socially and morally for Ohana children and their families. We honor the fact that parents have chosen our school — out of all the international preschools in Tokyo — for their child’s early years of learning. When children graduate from Ohana International School in Tokyo we want them to leave as confident, independent individuals with good self-esteem. We want them to trust who they are and know that they have the potential to go forward in their lives and achieve whatever they aspire to be.
We are proud of our goals, guidelines and commitment to Early Childhood Education; the future of the children in our care and the future of the global community that we are all a part of.
We aim to achieve our mission through:
1) Promoting each child’s development in the areas of Fine and Gross Motor skills, Speech and Language skills, Sensory skills, Social and Emotional abilities, and Cognitive and Academic abilities, and Self-help skills.
2) The use of eco-friendly equipment — furniture, classroom and office materials are either sourced from eco-friendly companies or constructed directly from recycled materials.
3) Eco-friendly activities — children sort garbage each day into appropriate containers and wherever possible, things are reused in an environmentally friendly way. Friday is ZERO PLASTIC DAY and has been a catalyst for children to not bring plastic to school at all. Children are aware through our ZERO PLASTIC Fridays that plastic is harmful to the earth and the oceans and it is up to each and every one of us to make a difference in taking care of our world.
3) The promotion of Japanese culture is done through activities such as Taiko drumming, celebrating Japanese festivals and including Japanese in our daily curriculum. We do it through songs, books and greetings, so that children learn to respect and honor the country that we all live in.
4) Parent educational workshops — guiding parents and helping them understand Early Childhood Development and appropriate teaching practices.
5) Technology for young children and the benefits of using computers for learning together with traditional materials. Technology extends to overhead projectors, projectors and light tables.
6) World class staff — only trained Early Childhood teachers and assistants with experience in Early Childhood settings will be employed. We aim to pay world class salaries and want quality educators working in our Tokyo preschool. We aim to have very low turnover in our staff and have proved this over the years.
7) We aim to prove that we are a world class educational institution with the principles, morals, ethics and ideals of educational institutions recognized all around the world.
Sincerely,
Shelley Sacks
Founder
Ohana International School