Aloha International Preschool

Location

• Kita-Senju Campus: 1-3-11 Adachi, Adachi City, Tokyo (main building), 1-29-3 Adachi (annex building) (nearest station: 10-minute walk from Gotanno Station on the Tobu Isesaki Line)
• Minami-Senju Campus: 1-43-1 Minami-Senju, Arakawa City, Tokyo (nearest station: 3-minute walk from Arakawa-Kuyakushomae stop on the Toden Arakawa Line; 8-minute walk from Minowa Station on the Tokyo Metro Hibiya Line)

Ages

The kindergarten covers the first to final kindergarten years (ages 3–6); children born April–August can also enter one year early and attend for 4 years. The junior kindergarten accepts children aged 1 year 8 months or older as of April, and the preschool accepts children from the month they turn 1 year 5 months. Parent-and-child classes start from 9 months.

Curriculum

An all-English international school for young children. It values Japanese culture as well as other cultures, and aims to raise children who can talk with others while holding an identity as Japanese. The kindergarten (yōchibu, 5 days a week, from the first to the final kindergarten year) follows the International Baccalaureate PYP curriculum, with inquiry-based learning within more than 700 hours of English lessons a year. Each class has two homeroom teachers, a native-speaker teacher and a bilingual teacher, plus one assistant teacher. After kindergarten lessons, there is a Japanese enrichment class (Nihon Chiiku) about 1 hour a day, 4 days a week (Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday), where children learn educational activities, music, PE, crafts and more in Japanese; there is no tuition for it. For children not yet in kindergarten, there is a preschool (from 1 year 5 months; choose 1–5 days a week by weekday) and a junior kindergarten (3 days a week or more) aimed at entering kindergarten the following year. There are also parent-and-child classes, after-school classes and after-school care classes. Kindergarten drop-off is at 9:45, lessons are 10:15–14:15 (until 13:15 on Wednesdays), and Nihon Chiiku is 14:30–15:30; with paid extended care, children can stay from 9:00 to 18:00. Courses for children not yet in kindergarten are 9:30–13:30 (Regular), until 15:30 (Middle) and until 18:00 (Long) at the Kita-Senju Campus, and 10:00–14:00 at the Minami-Senju Campus.

Accreditation

International Baccalaureate (IB PYP authorized school)

Tuition

Tuition amounts are not published on the official website. The FAQ says that an enrollment fee is charged at entry, and that tuition, lunch fees, (school bus fees) and other charges are payable for the year, with a choice of payment such as a single payment or 12 installments; there are also annual material fees and maintenance fees, and details should be checked in the guidelines handed out at information sessions. The kindergarten is approved as an unlicensed childcare facility by Tokyo and is covered by free early childhood education and care. The school says that the junior kindergarten, and from April 2027 also the Kita-Senju Campus preschool, will be eligible for subsidies under certain conditions for the 5-days-a-week Middle, 4-days-a-week Long and 5-days-a-week Long courses.

School bus

Only the Kita-Senju Campus has a school bus, which can be used for the preschool, junior kindergarten, kindergarten and after-school programs. It stops at bus stops in Adachi City (Senju, Ayase, Umeda, etc.), Arakawa City (Minami-Senju, Machiya, etc.) and Katsushika City (Kameari, etc.). For courses for children not yet in kindergarten, there are 3 runs: morning, 13:30 and 18:00; there is no run after the 15:30 Middle course. Fees are not published on the official website.

Japanese lessons

After kindergarten lessons, there is a Japanese enrichment class (Nihon Chiiku) held entirely in Japanese about 1 hour a day, 4 days a week (Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday), with no tuition; children also learn Japanese folk tales and seasonal customs. The school is a partner school of Adachi Elementary School (Adachi City public).

Lunch

School lunch is provided, and a lunch fee is charged.