2 July 2019
Katsuyuki Shimizu
Head of school
St. Joseph's Junior and Senior High School
School code: 061616
Re: Request for candidacy
Dear Katsuyuki Shimizu,
We are pleased to inform you that the application for candidacy for the MYP at St. Joseph's Junior and Senior High School has been approved asof 2 July 2019. The candidacy period will formally begin as of this date.
The IB will provide the school with continued support throughout the candidate phase. Your school will be assigned a consultant, who will
provide 20 hours of remote consultation and will arrange a two-day, on-site consultation visit. You will receive information about your assigned
consultant shortly. Further support for the school’s work towards authorization is provided in the IB document Consultation process: Guidelines
for consultants, which can be found in the resource library on https://www.IBO.org.
In addition, all teachers in the MYP section of your school can now gain access to the IB programme resource centre (PRC) via My IB
registration, where they can obtain electronic versions of IB publications and teaching materials.
Throughout the candidate phase of the MYP, the Rules for candidate schools remain applicable. Candidate fees will apply; fee details can befound on the IB website at http://www.ibo.org/en/become-an-ib-school/fees-and-services/fees-for-candidate-schools/. During candidacy, yourschool will work towards the fulfillment of the requirements for authorization as identified in the relevant Guide to school authorization.
Please note that your school may not advertise itself as an IB World School authorized to offer the MYP until it has received an official IB
notification of authorization. You are, however, entitled to describe your school as a candidate school. If you wish to advertise this information,
you are required to use the following text:
St. Joseph's Junior and Senior High School is a candidate school* for the MYP. This school is pursuing authorization as an IB World School. IB
World Schools share a common philosophy- a commitment to high-quality, challenging, international education- that we believe is important forour students.
* Only schools authorized by the IB Organization can offer any of its four academic programmes: the Primary Years Programme (PYP), theMiddle Years Programme (MYP), the Diploma Programme (DP), or the Career-related Programme (CP). Candidate status gives no guaranteethat authorization will be granted.
For further information about the IB and its programmes visit http://www.ibo.org.
You are expected to read the Rules and policy for use of IB intellectual property published on our website (http://www.ibo.org/en/copyright/).
This will give you further guidance on the use of the IB documents, logos, names, and images.
If there are any changes in the school’s contact details, please update your school profile in My School so that the IB can provide continuoussupport. Please use the school code 061616 in all communications with the IB.

Congratulations on your school’s achievement of candidacy. We look forward to working further with your school towards authorization andwish you every success in the next phase of development.
Sincerely,Head of Authorization
CC: Katsuyuki Shimizu Head of school