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Since Taketa High School is in a small rural town, most of the people living here are elderly. Taketa HS has recognized this and started "Taketa Community Planning" where each homeroom has to come up with ideas to help the town and the community. It is quite a big event each year. For the entire year, the homerooms meet once a month to discuss their ideas. Then, they make presentations to show to the community. Community leaders then come by each classroom to listen to the students speak. They ask questions, provide feedback, and allow the students to feel like their ideas mean something. Most times the students’ ideas make it to the bigger world and they get to meet with the mayor of our city to discuss an idea that was passed by the community leaders and students. It is everyone`s responsibility to create a safe and clean community, and they make that extremely important here.

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President of Takeda High School Alumni Association: Goto Masashi

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This school has many ties with the community. There are quite a few members that are vital to the life of this school.

Alumni Association

PTA

Faculty and Staff

Taketa Community Planning

Oita Prefecture Board of Education

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Most of the broader news is posted on the schools website.

Students, teachers, and families have access to a Google Drive sheet where anthing happening in the school is posted. Even teacher absences and trips are posted there.

If parents were unable to make it to a ceremony, each one is posted on Youtube.

Alumni Association Website

Alumni Newsletter

Facebook

Instagram

A Public Information Paper is posted throughout the city.

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About 260 students

About 50 staff members

Japan is a very isolated country, and Taketa HS is in a very rural area. All students speak Japanese.

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The Schools Website