Atsugi Municipal Shimizu Elementary School

I nternational

S

afe

chool

November 2010

Atsugi Municipal
Shimizu Elementary School
Application report for Designation asa member of International Safe School

Symbol of Shimizu Elementary Safe School
The symbol logo of Safe School Project was deigned with Sun flower, School flower of
Shimizu Elementary School, and shape of the school by a student.

The Student board set up the symbol of ISS project among
applied logos by students.
The symbol logo is a school smiling in a helmet with hope of all
students’ safety. The helmet has a mark of school flower andthe body has ISS( International Safe School) in three colors of
traffic right, blue, yellow and red.

Ma
ake Shimizu
Su Elemmentaryy School
Brrilliant, Safe andaSeccure foor Shim
mizu
kid
ds
A big
g Himalaya cedar
ctree att the center ofo our schoool yard has beenbasym
mbol of Shimmizu Elemen
ntary Schooll. It has bee
en cherished
d and
care
ed by commu
unity people over 130 yeears. Althoug
gh the school used
to bee surroundedd by rice farrms, our com
mmunity now
w becomes a residentia
al area with threenational routes ru
unning though. So overr 900 studen
nts are now exposed unnder variouss risks
ding traffic accidents ono their wayys between school andd homes, bbeing targete
ed byincludsuspiicious individ
duals and so
o on.
S
Seven
trafficc accidents in
n 2008 is on
ne of examplles of those unpleasant situations. So,
S we
decid
ded to start to protect ouro children from traffic accidents byb promoting
g helmet we
earing,impro
oving bicycling skills andd so on, in collaboration with the Shimizu
S
Kidss Sound Ne
etworkMeetting. After soome years ofo our effortss, the netwo
ork was app
pointed as a pilot progra
am of
Atsug
gi Safe Com
mmunity proje
ects. Furtherr effort of safety promotion based onn the strateg
gies ofSafe Communityy brought uss big successs in decrea
ase of trafficc accident a
as seen only
y one
dent in 2009.
accid
W
When
we learrned about movementm
off the Internattional Safe School
S(ISS) which contrributes
to improvement ofo safety at schoolssetting
gs, we had non doubt abo
out introducin
ng the moveement.
n we examin
ned about situation of sa
afety at our school with the conceptt of ISS, we found
Whenthat theretwere asa big number of injuriess as 5,636 casescin 2008. Therefore
e, we realize
ed thatwe shhould take action to prevvent those acccidents.
C
Consideringthat school is a place wherew
childreen study andd play, safetyy should be given
the highesthpriorrity. Therefore, children,, parents, school staff, teachers annd all commmunitymem
mbers are all wishing our school becooming a safe
e place. Puttting effort forr safety prom
motionto beecome a mem
mber of ISS network is a step to realization of ou
ur ideal. Ourr success in safetysprommotion will exxpand the movementmo safety proofomotion to other schoo
ols in the City,
C
in
Kana
agawa Prefe
ecture and fu
urther, and thent
our chiildren with brightb
future can grow inn safeenviroronment.
Septe
ember 2010

Principal
Atssugi City Municipal Shimizu Elementa
ary School

Establish Safe Environment forChildren in Coproduction among
School, Parents and Communities
In Feb. 2010, Shimizu Elementary School officially launchedsafety promotion programs based on the concept ofInternational Safe School by applying many years of experienceand effort in making school environment where all everyone enjoy safety. It was thefirst trial among municipality schools in Japan.
This challenge reminds us the importance of further effort to make our school safer
in collaboration among our school, parents and the community and confirm ourcommitment to our common goal, making our school safer place for children.
Our Shimizu Elementary School can be featured by effort for safety improvementwith leadership of Shimizu Kids Sound Network meeting, a collaborative group ofcommunity members and teachers, in traffic accidents prevention and crime
prevention which can be solved only by cross sectional corporation.
With achievement of noticeable decrease of suffered children by traffic accidents
and behaviors by suspicious individuals, each student has been learning what to do forsafety promotion through their daily lives and activities. Students are now feelingimportance of safety and being able to live in safe environments.
To provide safety to all children with bright future, I wish that effort by Shimizu
Elementary School with partnership among the school, parents and community will
become a model of improvement of safety at school setting and spread to otherelementary and junior high schools in the city.
At the last, I would like to express my appreciation to all our supporters to lead
Shimizu Elementary School becomes a member of the International Safe School.
September, 2010

Hiroshi Hirai
Atsugi City School SuperintendentMake Schools safer and more active
through efforts to become a member of
the International Safe School Network
Atsugi City has been putting special effort for safety promotion
based on the concept of Safe Community since April 2008. It isbecause that the concept of Safe Community, accidents andinjuries are not results from a chance and can be prevented, matches to the goals of
Atsugi City. Therefore, we are quite sure that working toward SC designation results
will strengthen community’s bond, activate of community movement for safety
promotion and improve quality of our lives.
Accompanying to effort for Safe Community, Shimizu Elementary School started
to work for improvement of safe at school settings based on the concept ofInternational Safe School. This challenge has been lead by Shimizu Kids Sound
Network Meeting, the network among parents, school staff, community groups andresidents, and reached success with participation to Safe Community Projects as apilot program of children’s safety. I strongly wish Shimizu Elementary School will take agood leadership for children’s safety, school safety and community safety among
municipal schools in our city.
It is every one’s wishes to make educational environment safe and secured. So, it is
our responsibility to provide children with safe learning environment where they don’t
need to worry about accidents and injuries.
I would appreciate and pay great respect to all efforts for safety promotion by
Shimizu Elementary School and related organization and individuals. With their efforts
for safety promotion, we , Atsugi City, will put forth every effort to make Atsugi City lively
in collaboration with all community members and to become a member of theInternational Network of Safe Community. Being designated as a member of Networkof International Safe School and Safe Community is not our final goal. We are justabout to stand at a starting point for making our community really safe and lively.
September, 2010

Tsuneyoshi Kobayashi
Mayor
Atsugi City

IndexI. Profile of Shimizu Elementary School ..................................................................... 1
1. School Emblem ........................................................................................................ 1
2. Pupils ........................................................................................................................ 1
3. Geographical features .............................................................................................. 2
II. Activities to become a member of International network of Safe School ......... 3
1. Background .............................................................................................................. 3
2. Approaches for Safe School .................................................................................... 4
3. History of Safe School activities ............................................................................... 5
III. Situation of Injuries ................................................................................................ 6
1. Analysis of Injury Data Collected by School Nurse ................................................. 6
2. Survey on Helmet Use on Bicycles ......................................................................... 9
3. Attitude survey of students (traffic sfety) ................................................................ 12
4. Attitude survey of students (bullying and violence) ........................................................ 14
5. Grasping Current situations by workshop ............................................................. 16
IV. Challenges and Goals ......................................................................................... 18
1. Priority Setting......................................................................................................... 18
2. Goals....................................................................................................................... 19
V. Activities based on 7 indicators.......................................................................... 20
Indicator 1 ................................................................................................................... 20
Indicator 2 ................................................................................................................... 24
Indicator 3 ................................................................................................................... 26
Indicator 4 ................................................................................................................... 32
Indicator 5 ................................................................................................................... 34
Indicator 6 ................................................................................................................... 36
Indicator 7 ................................................................................................................... 38
VI. Future Perspective .............................................................................................. 39
1. Long Term Goal ...................................................................................................... 39
2. Future Development............................................................................................... 39

I. Profile of Shimizu Elementary School
Shimizu Elementary School is located at the centerof Atsugi City. It has long history and tradition of over
130 years old with support from community. Basedon these back ground, Shimizu Elementary School
has been working to make the school respected andtrustworthy for community.
A Himalaya cedar at the play ground has been
respected as a symbol of Shimizu Elementary
School by community. The school also has a 500

Himalaya cedar, a symbol of the school

years old camphor tree and Yakushi-do Hall designated cultural property by the city in Tsumada
Yakusi Temple neighboring to the school.

1. School Emblem
The School emblem was made in 1915 when the school
was moved from Tsumada Yakusi Temple’s ground to thepresent location to celebrate a new school building.
TheemblemwasdesignedwithStreamandchrysanthemum after a stream from a spring and an oldcamphor in the property of the Tsumada Yakusi Temple by aschool staff. The design with chrysanthemum and water
called “Kikusui” is known as family emblem of the Kusunokis, well known warlord in the history.

2. Pupils
Table 1. number of student （as of May 1st 2010）

Grade 1
Grade 2
Grade 3
Grade 4
Grade5
Grade 6Class forhandicapped
Total# of Class
5
5
4
5
4
5

Class1
31
31
34
33
37
28

Class 2
31
32
35
34
36
29

Class3
31
33
35
33
36
29

Class4
32
33
35
33
36
29

4

8

4

1

1

32

Class5
31
33
33
29

Total
156
162
139
166
145
144
14
926

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3. GeograGaphical featurees
Shimmizu Elemen
ntary Schoool is located at the centter of Atsug
gi City which
h is 3km noorth of
Hon-A
Atsugi Statio
on, the mainn station in thet city. Thee neighborho
ood of Shimmizu Elementtary is
locateed between two rivers; Nakatsu
N
Rivver on the ea
ast and Koayyu Rive on tthe west, an
nd hasbusy traffic with tw
wo national routes,r#412
2 and #246 ru
un thought th
he area.

2II. Activities to become a member ofInternational network of Safe School
1. BackgroundShimizu Elementary School has been undertaking various efforts on children’s safety
promotion such as setting up a network of safety promotion named “Shimizu Kids Sound
Network”
Although after many years of effort for safety promotion, seven traffic accidents with school
children were reported in 2008. Out of them, 6 accidents were caused while children were on
the bicycles. Regarding to those accidents, Shimizu Elementary School started to put extra
effort on safety on bicycle besides existing safety promotion activities.
On the same year, since helmet use ofelementary school students and infants
became mandatory. Therefore by revision ofRoad

TrafficAct,themovementof

improvement of helmet use on bicycles
becomes more accepted.
In 2009 when Atsugi City had started to work
for safety promotion based on the concept ofSafe Community, Shimizu Elementary School became one of pilot programs of Atsugi City Safe
Community project. It was because the concept, experiences and approaches for safety
promotion at Shimizu Elementary School was found very much in common with those of Safe
Community. While working for safety promotion as a pilot program for Safe Community project,
the school gained opportunities to learn about the International Safe School (ISS) and its
designation system. Then the school learned that setting designation as a member of theInternational Safe School can be a good way to improve awareness of safety and to develop
activities and programs systematically and effectively. By introducing ISS approaches, withstronger partnership, the school is now working for safety promotion along with Safe
Community projects by Atsugi
City. As a result of theircontinuous

effort,traffic

accidents

which

schoolchildreninvolved

in

their

community decreased to one
in 2009.

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2. A
Approaaches foor Safee Schoo
ol

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chool

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3. History of Safe School activities
2006

Set up Shimizu Kids sound network coalition

Nov. 2008

Conduct survey on bicycle helmet use

Nov. 2008

Make Presentation on their activities for safety promotion at the forum on safety
promotion hosted by Atsugi City

Feb. 2009

Experts of Safe Community visited to Shimizu Elementary School
Prof. JoonPil Cho, Prof. Lu Pai and Prof. Shumei Wang

March 2009

Pay Study visit to Safe Schools in Taiwan

April 2009

Shimizu kids Network Coalition is assigned as a pilot program for Safe Community

Aug. 2009

The 1st Workshop for Safety Promotion based on the Concept of Safe Community

Sept. 2009

The 2nd Workshop for Safety Promotion based on the Concept of Safe Community

Sept. 2009

Make a presentation on Safety Promotion activities at “the 13th Integration Forum 2009”
in Kanagawa(Atsugi City)

Oct. 2009

The 3rd Workshop for Safety Promotion based on the Concept of Safe Community

Nov. 2009

Make a presentation on activities at the Atsugi Forum toward Safe Community (Atsugi
City)

Nov. 2009

Pay study trip to a Safe School in Korea

Jan. 2010

Officially announce launch of activities to be a member of the network of International
Safe School

Feb. 2010

Make an oral presentation about safety promotion activities at the31st Conference on
PTA activities at elementary and junior high schools in Atsugi

March 2010

Participate to the International Safe School designation ceremony at Ikeda Elementary
School attached to Osaka Kyoiku (Normal) University

March 2010

Participate to the Forum for improvement of Safety at Schools in Asia and Pacific region
at Ikeda Elementary School attached to Osaka Kyoiku(Normal) University(Osaka,
Japan)March 2010

Make a poster presentation at the 19th International Conference on Community Safety
Promotion (Suwon, Korea)

June 2010

Safe Community experts visit the school as on-site evaluation for the international Safe
Community designation

Aug. 2010

Invite Ikeda Elementary School which is the first ISS designated school in Japan to study
about Safe School5III. Situation of Injuries
1. Analysis of Injury Data Collected by School Nurse
5,636 injury data reported at school nurse's
office between April 1st 2008 and March 31 in2009 was analyzed.

Format for injury record at
school health centerTime of Injuries occure

Break time after lunch is the time when injuries occur most frequently (15%), followed by 15
minutes break (11%).
25.0%
20.3%

Beak time after lunch

20.0%
14.6%
15.0%

15minutes break
10.7%

10.0%

7.6% 6.9%

6.7% 6.2% 6.1%

6.0%

5.0%

そ の他

空白

授 業 中 （5校 時 ）6

授 業 中 （1校 時 ）授 業 中 （2校 時 ）学 校 に着 いてから

昨日

そう じ

授 業 中 （3校 時 ）授 業 中 （4校 時 ）1 5分 休 み

昼休 み

0.0%

5.1% 5.0% 4.8%



Causes of injury during lunch break;
Striking against or struck by other objects ranked top as 32.6% followed by fall as 27.2%.

Striking against or struck by other objects
35.0%

32.6%

30.0%

27.2%

Fall

25.0%

20.0%
13.7%

15.0%
10.7%
10.0%
4.7%

4.2%
2.2%

蹴 られた

そ の他

2.3%

切 った

遊 ん で ・運 動 を し て

殴 られた

つか った
にれ
ぶた
人か
叩

転 んだ



物 に ぶ つか った

0.0%

2.4%

物 が刺 さ った

5.0%

Places of injuries

Class rooms are ranked top as 27%, followed by playground as 23%.
Class rooms
30.0%

26.8%
22.8%

25.0%

Playground
21.2%

20.0%
15.0%
10.0%

7.0%

6.2%

5.5%
3.9%

5.0%

1.0%

そ の他

昇降口

7

2.2%

階段

自宅

中庭

そ の他 校 外

廊下

体育館

校庭

教室

0.0%

3.4%



Major cause of injury in class rooms

Striking against or struck by other objects is the main cause in classrooms.

Striking against or struck by other objects

30.0%

27.6%

25.0%

21.3%

20.0%
15.0%

10.2%

10.0%

8.9%

8.6% 8.4%

6.3%

5.6%
3.2%

5.0%

そ の他

蹴られた

転 んだ

挟 んだ

切 った

叩か
たた
殴
られれ

人 に ぶ つ か った



物 が 刺 さ った物 に ぶ つ か った

0.0%

Major cause of injury at play groundTop cause of injuries at the playground is Striking against or struck by other objects as about
38%, followed by fall as about 30%。
Striking against or struck by other objects

40.0% 38.3%
35.0%

29.9%

30.0%
25.0%
20.0%
15.0%
10.0%

Fall

11.2%
7.2%

5.0%

1.6%
そ の他

虫 に刺 さ れ た

8

切 った

殴られた

蹴られた

遊 ん で ・運 動 を し て叩かた つ か った
にれぶ
人

転 んだ

物 に ぶ つ か った

0.0%

5.0% 2.7%
2.3% 1.8%

2. SurveySy on Helmet Us
se on BicycleBs2-1. Outline
e of the Survey〇 DateD of surveyy：Novembe
er 2008〇 Methods：distM
ribute questiionnaire sheets to
sttudents〇 Sample:S
902 sheets（allspuupils）〇 va
alid response
e：902 (100.00%)2-2. Resultts
Analyysis of the su
urvey on helm
met use on bicyclesb
reveeals the follow
wings;

S
Students
w own bicycles
who
b

Almo
ost all studen
nts （over 90%%）own bicyccles.

全児童
童中、自分の自自転車を持っっている児童のStudentss who own bi
icycles (%) の割合（％）
Tota
全体
体l

9
96.8%
98.1%%

６年生
生
５年生
生

97.9%

４年生
生

9
98.7%

３年生
生

95.1%
97.0%

２年生
生
１年生
生
0%
90%

93.7%
92%

94%

9

96%

98%

100%



Ratio of students who have bicycles helmets

Out of students who has bicycles, those who have bicycle helmets take 40% at grade1, 2 and 3,
less than 20% at grade 4, 5 and 6.
自転車を持っている児童中、自転車用ヘルメットを持っている児
Students
who have helmets out of students who own bicycles (%)
童の割合（％）

Total
全体

25.1%
5.1%

６年生
５年生

16.1%

４年生

16.3%
40.9%

３年生
35.2%

２年生

39.1%

１年生
0%



10%

20%

30%

40%

50%

Ratio of students who wear bicycles helmets (1)Out of students who has helmets, 40% wear helmets at grade1,2, and3, less than 10% at
grade4,5, and 6.
自転車用ヘルメットを持っている児童中、いつもヘルメットをかStudents
who wear helmets out of students who own helmets (%)
ぶっている児童の割合（％）
Total
合計

35.2%

６年生 0.0%
５年生 0.0%
8.3%

４年生

55.4%

３年生
28.1%

２年生

53.8%

１年生
0%

20%

40%

10

60%

80%

100%



Ratio of students who wear bicycles helmets (2)Out of students who have bicycles, only 8.8% of those wear helmets on bicycles. Students inthe lower grades tend to wear more than those in the upper grades.

Students who wear helmets out of students who own bicycles (%)
自転車を持っている児童中、ヘルメットをかぶっている児童の割合（％）
Total
全体

8.8%

６年生 0.0%
５年生 0.0%
４年生

1.4%
22.6%

３年生
9.9%

２年生

21.1%

１年生
0.0%

5.0%

10.0%

11

15.0%

20.0%

25.0%

3. Attitude survey of students (traffic sfety)(1) Outline of the survey〇 Date ：July 2010〇 Methods：

Grade1 and 2 : asked questions by oral and ask answers by rising hands
Grade 3 to 6: distributed and collect question sheets〇 Samples：894（all students）〇 Valid answer： 894(100.0%)(2) ResultsDo you cross roads against the red light?

Grade1&2 students
0.0%

20.0%

YES

40.0%

60.0%

80.0%

100.0%

29.3%

NO

70.7%

Grade3 to6 students
0.0%

YES

20.0%

40.0%

60.0%

80.0%

20.9%

NO

79.1%

12

100.0%



Do you cross roads even when there is the pedestrian overpass nearby?

Grade1&2 students
0.0%

YES

20.0%

40.0%

60.0%

80.0%

100.0%

6.7%

NO

93.3%

Grade3 to6 students
0.0%

20.0%

YES

40.0%

60.0%

100.0%

25.0%

NO



80.0%

75.0%

Take a crime prevention buzzer when play with friends after school or on
weekends

Grade1&2
0.0%

20.0%

40.0%

YES

60.0%

80.0%

100.0%

80.0%

100.0%

37.3%

NO

62.7%

Grade3 to6
0.0%

YES

NO

20.0%

40.0%

60.0%

24.4%

75.6%

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4. Attitude survey of students (bullying and violence)(1) Outline of the survey〇 Date ：July and December in 2008, July in 2009, and July n 2010

〇 Methods：

Distributed question sheets to all students and collect by hand

〇 Samples：

All students

Cf. students in July 2010
Grade1

Grade2

Grade3

Grade4

Grade5

Grade6

Total

154

161

136

166

141

142

900

number〇 Valid answer： 100.0%(2) Results
 Students who are in good terms with their friends at school?
100.0

95.0

99.3
96.3
90.8

94.3

93.0

94.6

89.5

90.0

91.4

90.7
85.0

All Students

85.8

80.0

1st grade stdutent in
2008

75.0
2008/7

2008/12

2009/7

2009/122010/7

Over all, students tend to have good relationship with others. However, it should be also noticed
that that there are some students who cannot have good time with their classmates and friends.
In there days, more violence and bullying have been found at schools. Those cases might be
result of trivial troubles or misunderstanding among students. Therefore, it is important toestablish environment in which no violence and bullying is allowed.

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[Reference]
According to the Ministry of Education, the followings are result of survey on bullying andviolence at schools in 2008.
 Sample: 22,476 elementary schools
 Schools which found cases of bullying: 7,438 schoolsÆCases of bullying: 40,807 cases (8,089 cases decrease from previous year)
 Schools which found cases of violence at school: 1,564 schoolsÆCases of violence: 5,996 cases ( 1,189 cases decrease from previous year)

Source: Ministry of Education “Survey on problems in guidance of students with problematic behaviors” 200815

5. Grasping Current situations by workshop
5-1. Outline of workshop
a. Participants
There were about 30 participants;- Teachers- PTA- Representatives from community organization- Representatives from organizations related to traffic safety

b. Venue
Shimizu Elementary Schoolc. Dates
The 1st Meeting:： 18：30～20：30 on Aug. 5, 2009
The 2nd Meeting： 18：30～20：30 on Sept.11, 2009
The 3rd Meeting： 18：30～20：30 on Oct.6, 20095-2. Process of the Workshop
a. 1st Meeting; “Let’s learn about our community!”
Step 1: Make groups of 5~7 people
Step2: Group work
-Share problems in our community-Share information about social resources (facilities, organizations, services, activities)-Share good points about communities
Step3: Presentation on group work16

b 2nd Meeting “ Let’s think about problems”[Group work]
Step1;
Share information about “what we have done”, “what we are currently doing” and “What to bedone in future” for safety promotion.
Step2;
Discuss about roles and responsibilities of “Community” “School” “Local Government(Atsugi
City)” and others such as families, businesses.
Step3;
Presentation of group workc 3rd Meeting “Let’s discuss about Solutions!”[Group work]

Step1;
Discuss about “How to get activities started” “ How to get activities work” and “How to makeactivities sustainable”

Step2;
Discuss about roles and responsibilities of “Community” “School” “Local Government(Atsugi
City)” and others such as families, businesses.

Step3;
Presentation of group work17IV. Challenges and Goals
1. Priority Setting
1-1. Problems drawn by injury surveillance at SchoolInjury prevention at break time including after lunch time

Injuries tend to occur during break times such as lunch break.
→ A major cause of injuries is striking against or struck by other objects

Injury prevention at Class rooms and play ground

Many injuries occurred at class rooms and play ground→ major cause of injury at classrooms : striking against or struck by other objects→ major cause of injury at play ground: striking against or struck by other objects and fall

1-2. Problems drawn by survey on Bicycle Helmet UsePromotion of helmet use on bicycles

Most students own bicycles, but only 25% of them have helmets and less than 10% wear them.

1-3.Problems drawn by Workshop
Prevention of Bicycle accidents

Improvement of skills of bicycle rideImprovement of knowledge about traffic safety,
including traffic rules, manner of bicycle use

1-4. Others( Challenges or suggestions from the Community）


Ensuring children’s safety in the community

cf. Improvement of environment and expending activities such as Eyes of Love18

2. Goals
2-1. No injury at School
Decrease injuries (5,636 in the school year of 2008) by about 36 %( 5,636cases) by 2012.
Reference: 4,734 cases in 2009ÆDecrease of injury cases: 29 cases to 18 cases per day

2-2. Improvement of helmet use on bicycles
Table 1 Student who were bicycle helmets among those who own bicycles

Grade
1
2
3
4
5
6
Total

Student who were bicycle helmets among those who own bicycles
Nov.2008
May. 2010
Nov. 2012（Mid point）（Goal）
21.1%
42.8%
90%
9.9%
57.3%
90%
22.6%
37.1%
70%
1.4%
21.3%
70%
0%
35.0%
50%
0%
6.5%
50%
8.8%
35.3%
70%

※Goal is set up as 70% of student wearing bicycle helmet by November 2012.

2-3. Extension of days with no traffic Accidents
The school made the record of 380 days with no traffic
accident on May 31 2010. However, an accident
happened on the 381st day. Therefore, extension ofrecord with no accident is now set up as the school’s
next goal.

2-4. Improvement of awareness and behaviors among
students
2-5. Establishment of good relationship among students
Put extra effort on building better relationship among student so that more students answer“being in good terms with other students” in the survey of school life.

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V. Activities based on 7 indicators
Indicator 1
An infrastructure based on partnership and collaboration, governedby a group of teachers, pupils, technical staff and parents
responsible for safety promotion in school

1-1. System of Cross Sectional Collaboration
a. Shimizu Kids Sound Network Coalition
For safety and health of students at Shimizu Elementary
School and all children in the community, parents,
Shimizu Elementary School and all relative organizations
are working together by forming the network coalition.
The network has been working for children’s safety
through improvement of traffic safety and instruction ofsafety in their daily lives in collaboration with various parties in the community. Besides, thenetwork also work with the Student Club, various committees and Teacher’s Workshop to share
information related to safety and develop effective measurements.
Furthermore, the network has been taking a leading role to improve children’s safety as
an assigned pilot program for the Safe Community project of the city.
Members
School Principal

School Vice Principal

Teachers for student supervise

Teachers for safety guidance

Teachers in charge of administrations

School councilors

Board of PTA Head Office

Representatives of Fathers Committee

Deputy Chair of Off School Lifestyle Guidance Committee

Chair of Public hall

Chair of neighborhood community association
Area Chief of network for cultivating KODOMO-KAI (Children’s association)
Chair of Local welfare improvement Committee

Representative of Senior Child Committee

Representative of Youth Sound Nurturing Association

Representative of supervisors for youth

Representative of Counselors of Youth

Representative of Custody Officers for Youth

Representative of Volunteer Probation Officers

Representative of Safe Traffic instructors

Representative of mothers Club for Safe Traffic

Representative of Children’s Centers

Representative of Student Club20

[Shimizu Kids Sound Network Coalition]

Secretary

Board of PTA Head OfficeVice President

President（President of PTA）

Vice Principal, Teachers for student supervise, Teachers forsafety guidance, Teachers in charge of administrations
School councilors

Advisor（Principal）

Deputy Chair of Off School Lifestyle Guidance Committee
Chair of Public hall
Chair of neighborhood community association
Area Chief of network for cultivating KODOMO-KAI (Children’s association)
Chair of Local welfare improvement Committee
Representative of Senior Child Committee
Representative of Youth Sound Nurturing Association
Representative of supervisors for youth
Representative of Counselors of Youth
Representative of Custody Officers for Youth
Representative of Volunteer Probation Officers
Representative of Safe Traffic instructors
Representative of mothers Club for Safe Traffic
Representative of Children’s Centers
Representative of Student Club21

b. Organizations in school which work with Shimizu Kids Sound Network
b-1 Students Board（児童会） and student committees
Student board takes leadership to develop measurements for safety promotion at thefollowing committees which consist of grade 5 and 6.
The students’ board also works with the Shimizu Kids’ Sound network for safety promotion byexchanging information about safety issues such as safe commuting.

[Organization of the students’ board]

Goal of the School year 2010: Work together in safety promotion
Student Committee
Management:: Review school regulations, set up symbol logo etc.

Representatives’ Committee:
Planning for Safer School Life

Meeting ：set up events of safety (Safety Quizzes, committee’s activities)
Wellbeing& Recycling ： Activities for UNICEF, and for recycling bottle caps
Broadcasting ：Call for safe behavior during break time and in hallways
Public Relations: Publish newspaper, PR of activities by committees, walking Zone
Library ：Set up a corner of books on Safety
Health: Make Injury maps, call for decrease of injuries
School Lunch ：Provide balanced diet to make healthy body
Physical Exercise ： Patrol or safety with ball games、Physical exercise
Vegetation : Grow flowers and make school delightful、堆肥づくり
Rearing： Learn importance of lives by taking care of rabbits
Landscape：set up Shimizu Clean Days to keep schools tidy and clean and safe

22b-2 Teachers’ Workshops (校内研修会)
The workshop has been organized with all teachers at Shimizu Elementary School and isoperated by their voluntary contribution to solve problems in their every day educations.
In the three years, 2007-2009, the workshop had focused on improvement of language skills
with which students can establish good relationship with others based on sincere
communication.
In this school year, the workshop focuses on education to grow student become to cherish lives
and to take action based on their own decisions.
[Organization]
Make Shimizu Elementary School Brilliant, Safe and Secure for Shimizu kids
－Value lives and be self-driven -Promotion committee

Principal[Committee of Teaching Study]
Develop measures to educate student how they can make theirlives safe◇in each subject◇in various occasions（specific activities, integration study, etc. ）[ Committee of Facility Improvement]◇Improve School environments◇Manage Crime prevention and Disaster prevention◇Set up a Safety Gallery[Committee of Student Activities]
Improve awareness about safety[Committee of Safety Education]
Develop capacity of implementing safety promotion

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Indicator 2
Safe School policies, determined by the School Board and theCommunity Council in a Safe Community setting;Shimizu Elementary School has been working for safety promotion based on the concept ofSafe School especially after being assigned as a pilot program of Safe Community Atsugi
Project in 2009. In that effort, Shimizu Kids Sound Network, which consists of parents, teachers,
school stall, and residents, has been taking leading roles.

2-1 Shimizu Elementary School Education Plan
In the School Education Plan, safety is given high priority as seen below;
Î School Slogan :Make Shimizu Elementary School Brilliant, Safe and Secure for Shimizu kids
Î Goal of School Education;
Educate students to become strong and spiritually rich
Î Goal of students
Be “Clever”, “Kind”, “Honest“ and “Brave”

a Emphasized Topic “Safe and Healthy body”
 Improvement of school environment so thatstudents, teachers and all staff can be safe
 Health promotion by students’ self-motivatedactivities
 Reinforcement of education for traffic safety( ‘0’ Zero Traffic Accident ) Implementation of dietary and lunch education
 Implementation of fitness with existing resources
such as the school yard

24b Practical Approaches


Educate students to improve awareness of importance of SafetyEnhancement of safety checkPrevention of injuries through spontaneous activities by the student club and various
student committees

Maintenance of physical strength and health promotion throught dietary education andfitness

Enlightenment by publishing news letter “Hoken-Kenko DAYORI”



Improvement of contents of traffic safety class including safe bicycle rideImprovement of contents gym classes (体育化授業)



Make the use of Safety Map

2-2 Goal among students「Try to improve awareness of safety
together at Shimizu Elementary School」

2-3 Goal of PTA in 2010
PTA has been working for sound upbringing of youth
and capacity building for parents. And more, it plans
programs and put them into practice based on theschool education policies to solve current problems
in the community. For effective achievements, PTA work in collaboration with variousorganization such as Atsugi PTA Association.
Especially, in this school year, PTA is taking important roles in the Atsugi’s Safe Community
projects by taking participating in activities and meetings as a member of the Shimizu Kids
Sound network which also contribute to safety promotion at Shimizu Elementary School basedon the concept of International Safe School

2-4 Purpose of Shimizu Kids Sound Network Coalition(citation)
Contribute to community development so that all residents including children live safe bydeveloping current activities for children’s safety to those for which all community members
work together.

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Ind
dicator 3Lon
ng-term, sustaina
able opperationall progra
ams cov
vering bothb
gennders andd all scho
ool ages, environm
ments, annd situatio
ons

3-1. Injuriess and Saafety at school
3-1-1
1. Mapping
g spots of injuryioccu
urrence at schools
Stude
ent put collarred dots on a spot where
e they get injured
on mapm of schooll property onn the wall.
To beb able to see where injuries occcurred imp
prove
awarreness of saffety among students.
s
Stude
ents also findfdangerrous spots and put safe
meassures.

3-1-2
2. Improvement of aw
wareness aboutaSafettyTo im
mprove awarreness aboutt safety amo
ong studentss, every classs set
up go
oal for betterr health every month. ‘S
Safety Quizzes’ is also useduto improove awarene
ess ofsafetyy among stu
udents.

3-1-3
3.Injury preevention in
nside scho
ool building
gs
The Student Bo
oard and coommittees raaise caution about
accid
dents and innjuries by infforming abo
out time plac
ce andcause
e which inju
uries have occcurred mosst frequently based
on annalysis of inju
ury data.
Besiddes, consideering that thhe leading cause
cof injuuries isstrikinng against or struck by other objects, sttudents
discu
ussed about countermea
asures at the representatives’ meetingg. As a resullt of the mee
eting, it
was foundfthat sttriking againsst or struck byb other objec
cts often occcur when stu
udents act fun
nny orare caughtcby baggs hanged besidebdeskss.
There
efore, they informed it byb the newssletter with comeccases to improve awareness about
safetyy. Then each class had discussion tot make rulees to make safesenvironnment such as
a not
hang
g any bag beeside desks. Students will
w continuously make rules for furthe
er improvem
ment ofsafetyy.

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3-1-4
4.School Safety
S
Patro
ol
Stude
ents go patrools called ‘Scchool safetyy Patrol’ to fin
nd risksof accidents or injjuries on cam
mpus. After thet patrol, sttudents
discu
uss to come up with counntermeasure
es.
Teach
hers also goo patrol eve
ery month too check to fin
nd anyspot tot be fixed otherwiseomig
ght cause acccidents or innjuries.
Theyy try to deal withw the riskyy spots imme
ediately.

3-1-5
5.Set up slo
op to the playp grounddSince
e many studdents have fall on the slopsbetweeen schoolbuildiing and schhool yard, thhe slop was coated withh anti-slip
asphalt. Moreoveer, the slope was assigne
ed as “Walkiing Zone”
as we
ell as setting
g up a rule to walk on the slope.

3-1-6
6. Installation to of toools for fall preventionnSomee windows werew
not attaached by vera
andas.
And notn having ve
erandas outsside window
ws wasconsiidered dange
erous when they are kep
pt opensince
e students might fall fromm there.
There
efore, for winndows above
e the 2nd flooor,the scchool installe
ed equipmen
nts with whicch
windo
ows cannot beb full opene
ed.

3-1-7
7. providing informattion about Risk Pointts
Memmbers of Shimmizu Kids SoundS
Netwo
ork such as a presidentt of neighborhood assoc
ciationreporrt to Shimizu
u Elementaryy School whhenever theyy find what mightmresult in accidents in thecommmunity. Withh the inform
mation, the schools
can take actionss such to p
prevent childdren’saccid
dents in the community.
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3-1-8
8. Lecturess on Import
rtance of Liife
At thee class of morality,m
stude
ents learn about importa
anceof lifee, how to imp
prove capacity to predictt and avoid risks.
r
For example,eat thet grade 3, students leaarn preciousn
nessof lifee by leaning life
l stages off animals in thet nature annd atthe grade 5, eachh student takkes responsibility to raise
e fishfrom its birth to deeath to learn importance of life.

3-1-9
9. Regular Instructionn of SafetyyIn orrder to imp
prove awareeness abou
ut safety, teeachers
regularly provide
e instruction
ns about

safety relatedissue
es such ass following traffic ruless, wearing bicycle
helmets.
Addittionally, surve
ey is conduccted to see howh many sttudents
have crime preve
ention buzze
ers on the 5thh day every month.
It is alsoa checked
d if studentss spend theirr time in safe
e wayson hoolidays and if they know
w unsafe placces where th
hey arenot supposed to play.
pMoreeover, school principal byy calling for efforte
to keep
p safetyby ap
ppealing to extend
edays withw no trafficc accident.

3-2. Traffic Safety
3-2-1
1.Enlighten
ning of Saffe bicycless
The following
fmeeasures are taken to im
mprove awarreness and behaviorbforr safety prom
motionamon
ng students.
-Distrribute flyers to
t promote bicyclebhelme
et use-Postt up graphs tot show how
w many studeents to wear bicycle helm
mets

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3-2-2. Promotion of parents to purchase bicycle helmets by PTA
Besides approaches to students, PTA work to improveawareness and understanding about safety among parents
by calling for parents to purchase and wear bicycle helmets.
to parents.
At the PTA forum in 2009, various types of helmets were
demonstrated and survey was conducted to find reasonable
price of helmets. In 2010, PTA president emphasized importance of wearing helmets on bicycle
by wearing a helmet during his speech.

3-2-3. Trainings for safe biking
Safe Bicycling Training is conducted to teach right bicycle
ride, manners of bicycle ride. As a result of the trainings, in
2009, students participated to the bicycle ride competition in
Kanagawa Prefecture and won 4th place.

3-2-4. Improvement of training course for bicycle
ridingTraining course for improvement of bicycle skills on campus wasrenovated to provide better environment to student. So thatstudents can have training to participate to the bicycle ride
contest.

3-2-5. Community Safety Map
Students make safety maps. Children find risky spots and where
they feel unsafe by walking around in the community. Then they
put all information on safety maps This program helps children tolearn how to predict and avoid risks.

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3-3. Crime Prevention
3-3-1. Provision of Safe Buzzer (students)
Atsugi City provides Safe Buzzers to all pupils when they enrolled to elementary schools. Pupils
are told to carry the buzzers not only when they go to school and come home but also when
they go out after schools.
At Shimizu Elementary School check the buzzers it they are at fault at every morning meeting.
Moreover, to promote to carry the buzzers, on the 5th day of every month, graph is posted on
the wall to show how many students carry the buzzers

3-3-2. Training for crime prevention (for teachers)
In order to protect students when they are exposed to danger of crimes, crime prevention
training classes are held for teachers every other year. At the class, a security company gives
lectures about how to avoid risk and lead students in safe situations.

3-3-3. Crime Prevention Study meeting (for teachers)
The school has been putting effort for crime prevention by installing security cameras andchecking visitors at the entrance. In addition to those efforts, to build individual’s capacity andsystems to avoid any risk and protect lives of students and teachers, training courses are
regularly held. In 2010, for example, workshops were conducted by inviting a security company
to learn how to respond suspicious individuals when they break into the campus.

3-3-4.“Eye of Love” activities
Members of Senior Club, Safe Traffic Instructors, Mothers
Club for Traffic Safety, PTA and other organization stand on
the route to school to keep their eyes on children’s safety.

3-3-5. Safety Vest
Community members wear “Safety Vest” at safety related
activities to demonstrate that their community is conscious
about safety promotion including crime prevention30

3-3-6. Expanding Shelter Points
To protect students from suspicious individuals, houses
and shops are assigned as Shelter Points wherestudents ask for help in emergency. At the present,
there are 850 houses and shops assigned as Shelter
PointsSince the signs of shelter points in front of houses andshops shows high consciousness about children’ssafety, it contributes to prevent crime in a way.

3-3-7. Network for Information Sharing
Shimizu Kids Sound Network provides information when suspicious individuals are found andwhen student leave school for home at different time by cell phones and emails.

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Ind
dicator 4
Programs th
hat targett high-risk groupss and env
vironmen
nts, and onesothatt promotees safety for mem
mbers of vulnerablv
e groupss

4-1 Bicycle
e users
4-1-1
1. Campaig
gn for bicy
ycle helmett use and posting grraphs to shhow how manym
stud
dents wear helmet（also
o described inn p28）
The following
fmeeasures are takentto imprrove awaren
ness and beh
havior amongg students.
-Distrribute flyers to
t promote bicyclebhelme
et use-Postt up graphs tot show how
w many studeents to wear bicycle helm
mets

4-1-2
2. Training for safe biicycle ride（also
o described inn p29）
Safe Bicycling Trraining is conducted to teachtright bicyclebride, manners of bicycle ride.. As aresultt of the trainings, in 2009
9, students pa
articipated too the bicycle ride compettition in Kana
agawa
Prefe
ecture and won
w 4th place..

4-1-3
3. Pass on skills for safesbicyclingStudeents who aree skilled in biicycle ride teeach lower grrade studentts and any sttudents whoo needto improve the skkills about ho
ow to ride biccycles. This activity is foound effective
e since skilleed areeasilyy passed on from the vie
ew points of childrencand trough friend
dly communication.

4-2 Safety of Younnger Graades
4-2-1
1. Going too and coming from scchool in grroup
To maintainmsaffety on thee roads to schools, hi-grade
studeents take lo
ow-grade students to schools
as groups.
gDurinng walking too and from school,s
hi-graade students
s teachtrafficc rules and mannersm
to immprove younnger children’s skills
to keeep themselvves in safe.
Howe
ever, in April, at the beg
ginning of thee school yea
ar, 1st grade students goo home as groupsgwith teacherstsincce they sometimes go hoome earlier thanthigher gradegstudennts.

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4-2-2. Paring with Big brothers and Big sisters
For 1st grade students, every moment andactivities at school are new. Because of the newenvironment, their activities and behaviors canaccidentally cause injures.
Therefore, Higher-grade students support themsuch as lunch serving and cleaning are supportedby the 4th grade and physical exercise andjumping rope are supported by the grade 6th
students for the first few months of the period.

4-3 Bullying Prevention
4-3-1. Campaigns for bullying and violence prevention
Every October has been set up as a month of bullying and violence prevention campaign”. In
Oct, each class discusses about measures to prevent bullying and violence and set up slogans.
For example, in October 2008, effective result was recognized during the campaign such as
being reported less fights and name-calling. Results at each class is recorded and published asa newsletter by students club.

4-3-2. Teachers workshop for bullying prevention
Workshops are conducted to prevent bullying among students and to learn how to solved thecases.
For example, in September 2009, teachers learned how to find and corresponded cases ofbullying at early stage. It was a part of study session arranged by the vice principal at a monthly
teacher meeting to discuss about accidents prevention. In November 2009, teachers made amanual for bullying correspondence through workshop during a meeting to learn about student
education.

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Ind
dicator 5
Programs th
hat docum
ment the frequencfcy and causes of innjuries –bbothnonn-intentional (acccidents) and intention
nal (vio
olence andselff-inflictedd);Informmation abou
ut frequently and occurreence of injurries is colleccted by the school. Then, theschoo
ol and Shimmizu Kids So
ound Netwo
ork analyze the informa
ation in collaaboration witth thesurveeillance committee for Atssugi Safe Co
ommunity Prrograms.

5-1.Collecttion of innjuries datadScho
ool nurse reccords data abbout injures occurred inand aroundaschool property.
She keeps reco
ords on wh
hen injuriess occurred,
wherre in the schhool injuries occurred, why
w injuries
occurrred, what types of innjuries, andd where of
stude
ents bodies area injured

5-2. Data CollectioCon on sp
pots of ju
ury occu
urrence in camp
pus
Stude
ent put dots on place of injury occurrred on a ma
ap posted onn the wall, evvery time theey getinjuryy.

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5-3. Survey on bicycle helmet use
Survey was conducted to all students at
Shimizu Elementary School to see; how many
students have bicycles; how many students
have bicycle helmets; how many student where
helmets on bicycles.
This survey has been conducted every monthsince in November 2008 and every two months
since May 2009. The results of the survey are
posted in a graph (see right photo) to improveawareness among students.

5-4. Student Attitude Survey
Survey to grasp change in awareness and behaviors related to safety among students has
been conducted in June and October 2010, and February 2010. This survey also aims to see
how safety education and supervise can effect on students’ awareness and behaviors.

5-5. Student Survey for better school (July and December)
Survey on school life is conducted every July and December. From the results of the survey,
teachers can see if students have good relationship with others and school is a comfortable
place for students. Negative answer might be indicating possibility of bullying or violence
among students.

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Indicator 6
Evaluation measures to assess policies, programs, processes andthe effects of change;
Shimizu Kid Sound Network is in charge of program management based on the following
assessments;

Management and Assessment of
Safety Promotion programs
See

Plan

recognize condition ofsafetyData analysis and plandevelopment

ActionDo

Reflect results ofassessment to programs

Shimizu Kids Sound
Network Meeting

Intervention in collaboration
with various parties

Check
Assessment of program
Evaluate impact of programs

6-1. inside assessment
6-1-1.Injury surveillance at school
Collect and analyze injury related data at the nursing room
Goal; 5,636cases in 2008→36 % decrease by 2012(around 3,600 cases)

Cf. 4,734 cases in 200936

6-1-2. Survey on use of bicycle helmet
Ratio of students who wear helmets on bicycles among those who own bicycles is going to be
examined by analyzing result of Survey on use of bicycle helmet.
Goal; 8.8% in Nov. 2008 → 70% by Nov. 2012
Cf. 35.3% in May 2010

6-1-3. Expand day with no traffic accident among student, teacher and school
staff
As of May 30, there has been no traffic accident for 380 days.

6-1-4. Change in students’ awareness and behavior
Student Attitude Survey, conducted every four months, is used to see change in awarenessand behavior related to safety promotion among students.

6-1-5. Student Survey for better school
The results of the Student Survey for better school are made the good use for improvement ofschool life for students.

6-2. Assessment by outside experts
In February 2009 and June 2010, experts of International Safe Community and safe School
were invited in Korea, Taiwan and China to give guidance and advices for efforts of Shimizu
Elementary School.

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Indicator 7
Ongoing participation in Safe Schools networks – at community,
national and international levels
Nov. 2008

Make a presentation at the Launching Forum for Safe Community

Feb. 2009

Have site visit by Safe Community experts in Asia region

Mach 2009

Visit designated ISS schools in Taiwan

April 2009

Shimizu Kids Sound Network was assigned as one of pilot programs of Atsugi
City Safe Community Project.

Sept 2009

Make a presentation at the 13rd Integration forum 2009 in Kanagawa

Nov. 2009

Make a presentation at the Launching Forum for Safe Community

Nov. 2009

Visit a designated ISS school in Korea

Feb. 2010

Make a presentation at the 31st Elementary and Junior-high schools’ PTA forumin Atsugi

March 2010

Attend to the ISS designation Ceremony of Ikeda Elementary School attached to
Osaka Kyoiku (Normal) University

March 2010

Participate to the forum for school safety in Asia and Pacific regions at Ikeda
Elementary School attached to Osaka Kyoiku (Normal) University

March 2010

Make a poster presentation at the 19th International Conference on Community
Safety Promotion in Korea

July 2010

Have site visit by Safe Community experts in Asia region

Aug. 2010

Have a workshop by inviting teachers from Ikeda Elemenray school attached to
Osaka Kyoiku(Normal) University

Launching Forum for Safe Community Projects

The 13rd Integration Forum 2009 in Kanagawa

The31 Atsugi’s Elementary & Junior High School PTA forum

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Attended to Ikeda Elementary School ISS
Designation

VI. Futu
ure Perrspective
1. Long
L
Te Go
Term
oal
a.

D
Decrease
acccidents and injuries at scchool setting
gs

b.

B
Build
capacitty of pupils too predict andd avert risks of accidentss andiinjuriesamong pupils.

c.

I
Improve
saffety at school as partts of commmunity safetyy bysstrengthenppartnershipw commuwithunity as well as collaborration
a
among
stude
ents, parentss, teachers anda school sttaff.

2. FutureF
Develoopmentta. En
nhancement of infrastructture for ISS operationobaased on collaaborationb. Su
ustainable deevelopment ofo safety promotion progrramsc. Co
omprehensivve improvem
ment of safetyy for all situa
ations and peopleprelated to school safetysinccluding teachhers, staff, pa
arents, resideents as well asa students
d. Co
ontinuous op
peration of prrograms whicch record fre
equency and causes of innjuriese. On
ngoing assesssment and improvemen
nt programsf. Active participattion to intern
national and nationalnnetw
work of Safe Schoolg. Proomotion andd enlightenment of the Intternational Safe
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Make Our School Brilliant, Safe and Securewith International Safe School programs

Shimizu Elementary School
3-8-1 Tsumada-Nishi, Atsugi City, Kanagawa Prefecture
Japan, 243-0815
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ｅ-ｍａｉｌ：shimizu-es@edu.city.atsugi.kanagawa.jp

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School.

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