京都府立鳥羽高等学校

The opening ceremony of the Annual Toba Global Summit 2019 was held on July 10 (W). This international exchange program week is one of the biggest events of Toba High School, and we cerebrated its third opening with the welcoming speech by Mr. Shigehiko YAMANO, the Principal of Toba High School, followed by the opening address by Natsuha KOYASHIKI, a third year Global Course student, with all the Global Course students assembling together at the auditorium. Our school invites 6 overseas university students this year, 4 of whom are from National University of Singapore, and 2 of whom are from Fudan University in Shanghai. They are going to join our classes during the week, in which various kinds of workshops and discussions are planning to be held. They are also going to be invited to Kyoto Fieldwork (photo contest) and to "Machizukuri Summit" (a forum to talk about what we can do for better renovation of local community with increasing number of people from overseas trying to settle in Kyoto) during the weekend. After the ceremonial events were over, all the 6 overseas university students met their host families. During the Summit Week, Toba High School has14 foreign students from 12 different countries and areas who are studying at graduate schools in Kyoto and the 6 overseas university students.