Hibiya High School
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Hibiya High School Japan | |
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Type | Public |
Established | 1878 |
School district | Tokyo Metropolitan Government Board of Education |
Principal | Naoomi Nagasawa (長澤直臣, Nagasawa Naoomi) |
Executive headteacher | Ryūji Nakano (中野隆司, Nakano Ryūji) |
Website | https://hibiya-h.metro.ed.jp/ |
35°42′55″N 139°45′08″E / 35.71529°N 139.75227°E Tokyo Metropolitan Hibiya High School (東京都立日比谷高等学校, Tōkyō Toritsu Hibiya Kōtōgakkō) is a public high school located in
History
Tokyo First Middle School was established on 26 September 1878 in Tokyo's
The school came to attract students not just from within Japan, but overseas as well; in 1904, out of 50 students granted scholarships by Korea's
By 1918, only four decades after its foundation, Tokyo First had already become the first step on the "
Though Tokyo First’s track record for getting its students into higher schools and universities in the pre-war period was beneath that of other elite middle schools (specifically Fourth Tokyo Middle School), between 1953 and 1967, Hibiya High School consistently ranked first in the number of graduates entering the top-ranked
The current number of students in Hibiya High school is around 1600.
Exchange programs
Hibiya High school is also known for its international exchange programs with students spending from two weeks to a full academic year studying overseas. As a public high school Hibiya High School also continues to enroll students from a wide variety of backgrounds including native level Japanese speaking students of Chinese, Indonesian, Australian, Korean, European and North American heritage.
Notable students and teachers
See also
References
- ^ a b c "日比谷高等学校". Hibiya High School. 2006. Retrieved 2007-04-11.
- ^ a b c Soh, Young-ah (2005-12-30). "Scholar Studies 1904 Student Expulsions". Donga Ilbo. Retrieved 2007-04-11.
- ^ a b c Gim, Hyeon-gi (2007-03-27). 平準化崩した校長の手腕…“日本版旧京畿高校”日比谷高が33年ぶりに復活 (in Japanese). JoongAng Ilbo. Retrieved 2007-04-11.
- ISBN 978-4-87262-625-4. See pages Item of 東京府中学校.
- ^ The leaders of the protest, including Choe Nam-seon (who would later become active in the 「Korean independence movement」), were permanently expelled. Later, except the leaders, other men returned to school, or changed schools.
- ISBN 0-520-21495-1. See page 41.
- ^ ISBN 0-415-16842-2. See pages 20-22.
- South Korean newspaper, as "the best public school in Japan".