Yokota Middle School--Home of the White Tigers

Pam and I led a school accreditation team to Yokota Middle School.  This school has grades 6, 7 and 8 with about 320 students.  It is pretty much like school in the United States, but they have a "host nation" class taught by a Japanese teacher.  Students can learn about Japan as well as learn the Japanese language.  In middle school students can take Japanese I, Japanese II, and Japanese III.

 

Teachers in DoDEA schools are almost exclusively American.  Many have taught in DoDEA schools all over the word.  Also, the students of military families move around a lot, so there is a lot of change in DoDEA schools with both teachers and students moving around.

If you go to the school link, you can see a picture of the front of the school, and you can check out information about the school.  Our accreditation team had an assistant principal from a middle school in Okinawa, an assistant principal from Yokuska Middle School here in Japan, and a central office instructional specialist from the Korea district.