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Yokota High School

Yokota High School (YHS) is a high school located on Yokota Air Base, Japan. It is part of the Department of Defense Education Activity.

Yokota High School
Location
Map
Yokota Air Base

Tokyo

Japan
Coordinates35°43′47″N 139°20′36″E / 35.72972°N 139.34333°E / 35.72972; 139.34333
Information
School typePublic
School districtDoDEA Pacific
CEEB code561620
PrincipalRebecca Villagomez
Grades9-12
Enrollment285[1]
Student to teacher ratio18:1[1]
Colour(s)Blue and gold
  
MascotPanthers
Websiteyokotahs.dodea.edu

It is in the Yokota Air Base South area,[2] and in the municipality of Fussa.[3]

History

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Yokota High School construction in April 1973

Yokota High School started construction in the 1970s after a deal was struck with the Government of Japan to modernize Yokota Air Base in exchange for Air Force property in Greater Tokyo.[4] Yokota High School officially opened in 1973.

The school was designed as a "school with open doors" and students had a modular schedule containing 27 mods that they could choose from. The modular schedule continued under the next 2 principals.[5]

Renovations

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The school has gone through some renovations, including an artificial turf field, with both football and soccer lines and a surrounding track, which was built in 2012 at a cost of $1.2 million.[6]

New school

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Starting in 2015 a new school was planned and the breaking ground ceremony took place on May 19, 2015; officially starting the construction period for the new school. The new school was built and completed in August 2017.[7] Most of the old building has been torn down to make way for a soccer field and open land that will be given back to the Air Force. The new building is a 21st-century school and is the second 21st-century school in DoDEA. Each classroom has movable glass walls that are built to reflect the new method of learning which values collaboration.[8]

Extracurricular activities

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Yokota High School offers a great amount of extracurricular activities for Academics or Sports for students to participate in. Most also have Far East Programs.[9]

Academics

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Yokota High School JROTC

Sports

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Fall sports

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Yokota Cheerleaders

Winter sports

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Spring sports

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b Communications, DoDEA. "Yokota HS: About Our School". www.dodea.edu. Retrieved 2022-01-05.
  2. ^ "Yokota AB Education". Military One Source. Retrieved 2022-12-04. - .mil site.
  3. ^ Compare physical location of school to this map of Fussa
  4. ^ "Yokota History Article Part 6: The Kanto Plain Consolidation Plan, 197". Yokota Air Base. Retrieved 2017-11-23.
  5. ^ "About Our School". www.dodea.edu. Retrieved 2017-11-23.
  6. ^ "Yokota joins list of DOD schools with artificial turf field". Stars and Stripes. Retrieved 2017-11-23.
  7. ^ "Breaking ground for new Yokota High School". Yokota Air Base. Retrieved 2017-11-23.
  8. ^ "DODEA celebrates its latest '21st Century' school at Yokota Air Base". Stars and Stripes. Retrieved 2017-11-23.
  9. ^ "Extracurricular Activities - Yokota High School". sites.google.com. Retrieved 2018-06-14.
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