Municipal Sapporo Keihoku Commercial High School

 

 

Principal's Greeting : Ken Umezawa

Sapporo Keihoku Commercial High School, the oldest of the Sapporo municipal high schools and secondary schools, is the only Sapporo municipal high school that has a Future Commerce course. For 85 years, students graduating from here gained skills which help them contribute to society.

 

The school will merge with the nearby Moiwa High School and will continue its history as a new school in Kawazoe, Minami-ku. Therefore, Keihoku Commercial High School's educational activities using the Ishiyama school building in Minami-ku will come to an end with the 74th graduation ceremony on March 1, 2029.

 

 

About Keihoku

Located in Ishiyama district, Keihoku is surrounded by beautiful mountains with a rich history of stone masonry. It is a municipal high school with 1st, 2nd and 3rd year students, split into 6 groups of each. Keihoku Commercial High School was established in 1941, and has reached its 80th anniversary with more than 20,000 graduates.

 

The name of the school, “Keihoku,” means “to open up the north” a name from the days when Hokkaido was being developed and modernized. The school emblem depicts Mercury, the patron god of merchants and travelers in Roman mythology.

 

Currently, many social resources are incorporated into the school's educational activities. Students experience internships and other opportunities before deciding on employment or higher education. In addition, there are many initiatives to prepare students for various high proficiency certification exams, such as the Nissho Bookkeeping Examination and the Practical English Proficiency Test.

 

 

Keihoku Learning

In subjects such as commerce, English, and mathematics, students are carefully taught in small groups with a focus in problem-based research and related classes. Students plan and participate in local product development, volunteer activities, and community-centered exploration activities. Students have the opportunity to learn about the stock market firsthand through virtual stocks, as is typical of commercial high schools.

 

The school is also the lead school for the Sapporo City entrepreneurship education program for high school students, "Miraski!” It is a program for high school students in Sapporo, through which students can get up to 9 credits in “Career Education,” a subject that takes place outside of the school to provide hands-on experience.

 

Foreign language education is helped by the two ALTs from English-speaking countries at the school. The students have English classes (such as Cross-Cultural Education) in addition to Chinese, and Korean language classes. Students also have the opportunity to work with students from Portland, U.S.A. as part of the international exchange program.

Educational consultation

Counseling on school life is supported by homeroom teachers, school counselors, social workers and the school infirmary. As well as there are things like a web-based mental and physical health observation questionnaire application (Shaboten Log), additional counselling staff from outside the school, public agencies, and more ready to help every student. This support is provided throughout the entire school life.

 

School life in Keihoku

Keihoku has many school events. School festivals / sports festivals / ball game tournaments / cheer events / school trips to Osaka, Kyoto and Nara.

 

School clubs which are available at Keihoku

12 Physical Education clubs:

Men’s and Women’s:  Archery / Volleyball / Basketball / Badminton / Track and Field / Tennis / Table Tennis / Soft Tennis

Men’s: Baseball / Soccer

Women’s: Softball

10 Humanities clubs:

Word processing / Flower arrangement / Calligraphy / Drama / Fine arts / Brass band / Computer science / Tea ceremony / Bookkeeping / English.

others:

Broadcasting Department / Library Department

  

Students may participate in a total of 22 club and extracurricular activities.

 

Students are involved in volunteer activities throughout the year. The brass band club regularly performs at senior citizens' homes and at festivals in the Minami-ku and Ishiyama areas. The soccer club also cooperates in setting up community events. In the fall, students pick up fallen leaves from the roads around the school.

 

Keihoku's career paths

Our school is highly regarded by companies for employment, and because of our extensive preparation for civil service examinations, we have an almost 100% employment rate in organizations such as: Sapporo City and Hokkaido governments, banks and financial institutions, Hokkaido Electric Power Company, JR Hokkaido and many more. In recent years, approximately 70% of our students have gone on to continue education in places like the Otaru University of Commerce and other private universities, junior colleges, nursing schools, and vocational schools.

 

Access to Keihoku

About 10 km south of the city center.

Get off at Makomanai Station on the Namboku Subway Line, and take Jotetsu Bus No. 12J to the Ishiyama 2-2 stop.

 

Zip code: 005-0841

Address: 15-1, Ishiyama 1-2, Minami-ku, Sapporo, Hokkaido

Phone number: (011) 591-2021

F A X: (011) 591-2023

U R L: https://www23.sapporo-c.ed.jp/keihoku/