ÿþ<html> <head> <title>General Information about Sumiyoshi High School</title> <style> body{margin-left:25px;} table{border-style:solid; border-color:#666666; border-width:1px;} td{vertical-align:top; border-style:solid; border-color:#666666; border-width:1px;} </style> </head> <body> <h2>General Information about Sumiyoshi High School</h2> <h3>1. School History</h3> <table> <tr><td>1922</td><td>Established as the 15th junior high school in Osaka Prefecture (11th year of the Taisho Period)</td></tr> <tr><td>1948</td><td>Became Sumiyoshi Senior High School (23rd year of the Showa Period)</td></tr> <tr><td>1990</td><td>Introduced International Cultural Studies Program</td></tr> <tr><td>2002</td><td>Marked 80th anniversary</td></tr> <tr><td>2005</td><td>Incorporated a new Comprehensive Science Program into the curriculum</td></tr> <tr><td>2007</td><td>Designated as a Super Science High School (SSH)</td></tr> <tr><td>2008</td><td>Granted membership in the UNESCO Associated School Pr <tr><td>2011</td><td>Designated an English Frontier High School (EFHS)</td></tr> <tr><td>2012</td><td>Marks 90th anniversary</td></tr> </table> <br> <h3>2. Student Enrolment: (as of October 1, 2011) </h3> Courses offered in each grade:<br> 000Three classes of Comprehensive Science Program (  Science Course ) <br> 000Four classes of International Cultural Studies Program ( International Course )<br> <table> <tr><td>Year</td><td>Science Course</td><td>International Course</td><td>Total</td></tr> <tr><td>1st</td><td style="text-align:center">120</td><td style="text-align:center">160</td><td>280</td></tr> <tr><td>2nd</td><td style="text-align:center">120</td><td style="text-align:center">160</td><td>280</td></tr> <tr><td>3rd</td><td style="text-align:center">120</td><td style="text-align:center">160</td><td>280</td></tr> <tr><td>Total</td><td style="text-align:center">360</td><td style="text-align:center">480</td><td>840</td></tr> </table> & 99% of all the students go to universities after they graduate.<br> <br> <h3>3. Number of graduates: approximately 30,000</h3> We have many outstanding graduates in our long school history. Some were and are scientists, presidents of companies, presidents or professors of universities, doctors, politicians, novelists and artists. The following are some of them:<br> <table> <tr><td width="150">Mr. Taichi Sakaiya0</td><td>Commentator on political and economic affairs<br> Chief Producer of the Japanese Pavilion for Shanghai Exposition</td></tr> <tr><td>Dr. Jotaro Kamahora</td><td>The President of Osaka University</td></tr> <tr><td>Dr. Akio Nagao</td><td>The President of Osaka University of Education</td></tr> <tr><td>Dr. Akira Matsuda</td><td>Doctor who performed the first heart transplant using a heart from a brain dead donor in Japan</td></tr> <tr><td>Dr. Yasuo Onishi</td><td>The Professor of Washington State University<br> The Chief Scientist of Pacific Northwest National Laboratory</td></tr> </table><br> <br> <h3>4. Curriculum</h3> <ul> <li> International Course:<br> <ul> <li>We have been fostering globally minded and talented students who can work for international cooperation in a variety of fields.</li> <li>We have been developing a strong language curriculum, including English, cross-cultural understanding, and international exchange programs. </li> <li>We have sister schools in Korea and Taiwan. We visit each other every year. </li> <li>We have a home stay program in Australia in March, and we will start an intensive language program in America next year. </li> <li>We welcome a lot of foreign students from various countries and some of our students study abroad ever year. </li> <li>We are designated as an English Frontier High School by Osaka Board of Education.</li></ul><br> <li>Science Course <ul> </li><li>We have been fostering internationally minded and talented students who can contribute to the scientific progress of Japan and the rest of the world. </li><li>We have been developing a strong science curriculum. </li><li>We are designated as a Super Science High School by the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, and our students devote themselves to their own studies and research. </li><li>We have many classes and lectures in cooperation with Osaka University and other universities. </li><li>The Science Course also focuses on English education and has a study tour in Taiwan with the International Course. </li></ul> </body> </html>