Yes.

Yes. We offer both ESL (English as a Second Language) and JSL (Japanese as a Second Language) lessons to help students catch up in either of the two.

Our school offers Chinese Manadarin classes once a week in the regular teaching schedule, and as an extra curricular class.
We also teach Coding, which we consider to be a language, from Grade 1.

15

8-10

Yes, in cases where students need additional help, we have specialised and experienced childcare teachers available..

Each student is provided with a tablet; grade 1-2 students receive iPad, grade3+ students receive androids. We have internet access throughout the school with computers and projectors in every classroom and used by all teachers. We have programming, digital graphic design and robotics classes at school from grade 1 onwards in which students also learn the use of laptops with software such as Scratch Jr. and Blender.

We offered online classes through the use of Zoom during the Covid pandemic in which students mostly attended school online. Our school maintains an active Zoom school account and each student has their own account added to this. We regularly send school announcements and do online lessons for children who cannot attend due to personal circumstances.

We welcome students of all religious backgrounds and indeed think it is invaluable for students to learn about different beliefs, but we do not practice one specific religion at our school.

Our school mostly has a no-testing polcy, as we believe in formative rather than summative assesment, but our students do take the TOEFL Step 1, Step 2, and Junior tests twice a year to monitor their progress in the English Language. In addition, students also take nationalised Japanese Kanji Skills tests, and Math Skills test for the same purpose.

For the TOEFL Junior test for Grade 4-6 students, we are proud to say that our students achieved an average of CEFR B1 rating which translates to being able to pass the Eiken 2 or Pre-1 test. By Grade 6, most students have achieved a B1-B2 rating and can easily pas Eiken Pre-1.

Our school has a minimal homework policy so very little homework is given to students at the lower grades. This, however does increase as students progress through the years, with Grade 6 students receiving a sufficient amount.

The majority of teachers usually pass out homework once a week. If requested by parents, teachers can provide more supplementary materials to do at home in order to assist a student in catching up in a specific subject.

All our graduates from the past two years have gone on to attend Junior high schools that offer international courses so that they can continue their studies in English. Others have gone on to study abroad in Canada and America. Some have entered Japanese junior high schools.

Yes. We currently employ teachers with experience in teaching special needs children.

We outsource to an organisation known as Litalico which provie teaching assistants for students with special needs. Our Vice-Principal and teachers also has extensive experience working with special needs students.

Gifted students are very welcome at YES. These chidlren are provided with personalsied, sometimes private, lessons with teachers who have the knowledge and experience to create challenging and stimulating lessons for them. For example, our gifted students usually receive lessons from our principal Mr. Kaoru Takeuchi who is an accomplished science writer with a PhD from McGill Unviersity.

Yes, we have a school phychologist available when needed.

We have an evaluation period of four days where students attend our school to check for their compatability with our teaching style, other students, and general school life. There is no assessment in terms of academic ability but we do assess students based on how they adapt to our bilingual curriculum, and their interactions with other students and teachers. Teachers and the principal have a meeting after the assessment period to determine whether we can accept the student or not. Parents are usually informed within a few days of the examination period.

No.

Registration is ongoing and we accept students throughout the year, but we do have our official testing period in the months of October and Novemner.

Yes.

Students arrive at school around 8.45.

For first graders, school usually finishes at 15.10. For Grade 2+ kids, school ends at 16.05.

We have an afterschool programme where students can stay longer if needed and participate in a variety of extra-curricular activities such as Capoeira, Exploration Art, Chinese Mandaring, Robotics+, and Japanese Calligraphy.

No, but we do offer a pickup service where teachers bring the students to school from Yokohama station and take students to the station at the end of the day.

Yes, we outsource our school lunches to a catering service which provides complete and balanced meals put together by a qualified nutritionist.

Unfortunately, no. There has been no requirement to do so thus far but this can be discussed in the future on an individual basis.

No.

Robotics, Chinese Mandarin, Badminton, Capoeira, and Japanese Calligraphy,

We provide both indoor and outdoor P.E curriculum classes, While indoor P.E focuses on mat work and building both core strength and flexibility, outdoor P.E focuses on barefoot training on grass to build a solid connection with the ground, and group[ sports such as rugby and basketball, to build collaborative skills.

No.

Library, Dance Studio.

N/A

While Japanese schools work to build fluency in Japanese, and international schools work to build fluency in English, our goal is to provide students with a bilingual education in both languages, in order to achieve fluency in both English and Japanese. We have had great success with this and the vast majority of our students are proficient in both languages by the time they graduate.

In addition, we have a strong Project-Based Learning approach in our core subjects such as ELA, Science, Math, Social Studies, and Programming. PBL is a fantastic way to engage students and help them to learn a variety of subject matter at the same time whilst developing a variety of skills useful inside and outside the classroom.

We also place a strong emphasis on physical fitness with a solid P.E program that helps to build a foundation of stability and flexibility in our students, as well as regular hiking trips to get in touch with nature while we get a strenuous workout.

A globalised curriculum which seemlessly integrated language and content learning based around the values of Critical Thinking, Consideration, and Creativity.

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Founded in 2016 by our principal, Kaoru Takeuchi, YES has always taken great effort to insure that our students acquire real life applicable academic skills that will enable them to survive in the society of the future while living in the present.

At our school, we are committed to providing students with a balance of intellectual strength, physical fitness, and character development.

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YES International not only includes an immersion English program, but we also include the use of children's native language of Japanese. While many rarely think of programming as a language, the essence of coding is exactly just that.

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England became the first country in the world to make computer programming a mandatory subject in all grade levels in 2013. Estonia and Finland have followed with other countries in Europe (Italy, Spain, etc.) in planning stages to make programming and coding class required for Elementary Schools. Programming is surely critical for this generation to master.

With this information, we boast that we are the only ‘Trilingual School’ in Japan which teaches English, Japanese and Programing promoting logic, creation, expression and communication skills.