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Christian Academy in Japan

Equipping students to serve Japan and the world for Christ.

1950

was a banner year for a numberof reasons: the first shots were
fired in the Korean War; surgeons completed
the first successful organ transplant; Uruguay won the Soccer
World Cup; Charles Schultz published the first Peanuts comic strip;and Disney released a ground-breaking movie called Cinderella.
Though it didn’t register in international news, 1950 was historicallymemorable for another reason: a group of parents who had
answered God’s call to serve as missionaries founded a school
called Christian Academy in Japan.

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Since 1950, CAJ has grown into a school committed to providinga Christian education for children whose parents come frommany cultures and walks of life. Our students areequipped with the understanding that being
created in the image of the one living andtrue God bestows special dignity andvalue on human beings and mandates
us to be God’s agents of creativity, care,and truth in the world.

Students are trainedin what it means
to lead throughserving, to thinkwith discernment,
to communicate
with clarity, and tocollaborate withpeople who maythink differently
or experience
the world froma variety ofperspectives.

They form a diverse community oflearners, learning to lead with humility
and to serve with confidence.

friendships with peers
which transcend
distance and cultures.

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They form strong
relationships with
their teachers who
nurture them in theirlearning journey,and develop lifelong

We are grateful for CAJ’s legacy ofChrist-centered, biblically-basedlearning and serving since 1950, butalso bear witness to how the best ways
to equip students have evolved. We
want to be certain our students areprepared to meet the changing needsin the world of the 21st Century. To dothis, we invite you to partner with us
to provide students with the programs
and facilities that will equip the next
generation of leaders committed toserving in Japan and around the globe.

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To honor and celebrate 75 years of faithfulness, we are embarking
on an ambitious five-year effort to enhance and expand our facilities.
We are calling this plan Impact 75. We honor God’s provision for CAJ
over the past 75 years, and we look forward to continuing to equip
students for the next 75 years and beyond. The board and leadershiphave thoughtfully and prayerfully considered a range of options, andhave crafted a capital development plan which we believe will serve
our students and families both in the near future and in the decades
beyond.

Phase 1:

We are replacing our deteriorating cafeteria with a multi-purpose
building suitable not only for eating, but also for learning, making
music, and more. The second floor will house an expanded dining
and gathering space with a lovely deck overlooking the playing field.
The first floor will contain an improved band room, with attention
to maintaining safe and appropriate sound levels for musicians, aswell as efficient instrument storage. On the opposite end of the firstfloor will be a multi-use space suitable for lower elementary physicaleducation classes, for children’s play or large class gathering andinstruction. After a CAJ community naming contest, we havedecided to call this building The Ark. Though ARK stands forarts, recreation and kitchen/kiosk, we think it also alludes toGod’s presence with us, as well as a refuge for students. We areon track to have this building completed sometime during the2021-2022 school year.

Phase 2:The new building gives us the welcome opportunity to realize
a long-term dream of refurbishing and resurfacing our playing
field. Since the old cafeteria will need to be demolished, thetiming is right to improve the field. With careful planningand space use, we will expand thecurrent non-regulation field to a
FIFA regulation size covered withsafe, artificial turf. In addition, wewill redevelop our tennis courts andprovide new play structures for younger
students. Students need space to run,play, participate in sports, and use
their bodies, and we want to provide
a safe and spacious place for them toengage in these important activities.

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Phase 3:

We want our students to have classroom space that will allow forexperiential learning, design thinking, and exploration. As we lookto the future, we are aware that we need to rethink the best possible
atmosphere for them to do that, and we are thinking about whatcomes next. We look ahead to classrooms that will meet the needsof equipping students for the future awaiting them. We want CAJ tobe safe, effective, and inspiring.

How you
can help…
Phase 1:

We have strategically and frugally saved for this building, sothe accumulated savings combined with an extremely lowinterest loan put us in a good place to have this building
completed without additional fund-raising.

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Phase 2:We are embarking on a “grassroots” campaign to raise thenecessary funds to make the improvements for our field, tennis
courts and playground. You can participate by staking your claim
for the future. For for a set donation amount you could own one
square meter of the field. Your piece of the field will provide great
learning, physical and social development, and a growing senseof imagination and delight for future generations of CAJ students.
We want a CAJ education to be affordable for families
who want their children to have a biblically-based English
language education, so we are actively seeking to fund thisproject through sponsorships and donations rather thanincreased tuition. Your donations will provide future students
with the facilities, programs, and support they need to becompletely equipped with all they need to serve Japanand the world for Christ. Please visit the Giving tab on ourwebsite caj.ac.jp for donation information.

Phase 3:and technology centers, as well as additional classroom space forour student body to grow.

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We continue to explore where CAJ needs to improve and expand
for the future educational needs of the future. We are creating aMaster Plan that considers provision for increased security andsafety, educational and administrative space, additional design

STUDENTS TO SERVEJAPANAND THE WORLDFOR CHRIST.

www.caj.ac.jp

C O N TA C TEQUIPPING

1-2-14 Shinkawa-cho Higashi Kurume-shi
Tokyo, 203-0013, Japan					http://caj.ac.jp
info@caj.ac.jp

Phone +81-42-471-0022

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ACCREDITATION: Western Association of Schools and Colleges since 1976
GOVERNMENT STATUS: Gakko Hojin (School)