Yokohama High School - Yo Hi Yearbook (Yokohama, Japan)

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rf, HISTORY OF YOKOHAMA AMERICAN SCHOOLS The Japanese Girls' Commercial College in Yokohama, Japan was re- quisitioned by the Eighth Army in 1946 because of the need for a school for the sons and daughters of American military personnel stationed in the vicinity. Thus began the Yokohama American School, complete with eighteen students and two teachers. In 1947 larger enrollment necessitated the open- ing of a separate elementary school, Nasugbu Beach, and in 1948 a second elementary school, Negishi Heights. As a result ofthe Peace Treaty in 1952 the Commercial College, located on the Bluff, was returned to the Japanese and the high school moved to the Nasugbu Beach Elementary School. Formerly a Japanese school, N asugbu Beach is located on the road between Areas One and Two. Shared by the high school, the Beach School has 41 classrooms, including a library, a music room, a gymnasium-auditorium, a typing room and a dispensary which is supervised by a regular nurse. In addition to the main building, there are four annexes, housing a home economics room, science laboratories and an industrial arts shop. This year the elementary school has had an average enrollment of 460 students with 18 teachers. The high school, which includes grades seven through twelve, has had an average student enrollment of 558 with 24 teachers. The school curricu- lum boasts a number of extracurricular activities including a Pep Club, National Honor Society, Junior Red Cross, Library Club, and a school newspaper and annual. Varsity sports offered are football, basketball, and baseball besides the very active Girls' Athletic Association and supervised sports in gym classes. The Negishi Elementary School is a modern building, two stories high, located in Area X. It is complete with 25 classrooms, and auditorium- gymnasium, a music room, two playgrounds, and an athletic field. This year there has been an average enrollment of 645 students and 27 teachers. Thus in ten short years the school has expanded in many ways, giving the American student in Japan schooling quite similar to that of his own hometown. ' r .. A-mr .A - -- --un- -H V mn , ...na .,

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Mr. Harry C. Frey Superintendent of Schools Far East Command . . 5 Q ' t-fs , Wuvlei All , 4.1-QA, 4 Dr. Robert B. Patin Director ot' American Dependent Schools Far East Command Mr. Oral Davis Superintendent of Central Command Schools , . 'v V.---.v-........ 7 ' J --.-...........,,.... , it Mg... H ..,A..,.....,...,... ,, A . g ' iff? .'z',y.',i -.-.......,,............. ,3 via? 1 id- -if 1 iw! ........., ...M..,..........,,,.,,,, .....,i..... ......,,, ' W L --.1-......., - V .' A ' iw, ., .. ,..r.r l. 753 - 1 ' ' Mr. William C. Zoellner Administrative Assistant 7