Christian Academy in Japan
High School Profile 2024-2025
The Christian Academy in Japan is a K-12 school established in 1950 to provide Christ-centered education
to the children of evangelical missionaries. While continuing in this purpose, CAJ also serves otherfamilies who desire this type of education for their children. We serve more than 460 students in our dayschool program.

VISION Equipping students to serve Japan and the world for Christ.
ACADEMIC PROGRAM CAJ’s academic program is communicated in English. The following
courses are offered in 2024-25 (* designates required courses).
EnglishEnglish 9*, 10*, 11* (+ AP Language); 12* (+ AP Literature)
Social Studies
World History* (+AP); Comparative Government & Politics*; U.S. History*;
Japanese Culture; Senior Capstone*; Economics (+ AP), Psychology
Mathematics
Algebra 1; Geometry; Algebra 2; Precalculus; Calculus (+AP: AB,
AB/BC, BC); Applied Mathematics (not offered this year), Statistics (+AP)
ScienceBiology* (+ AP); Chemistry (+ AP); Physics; AP Physics 1, 2; EnvironmentalScience; Computer Programming (+ Advanced)
World Languages Japanese: Introduction to Japanese; Foundations; Intermediate; Advanced 1,2; Comprehensive (AP exam option for “Advanced” and “Comprehensive”)
Japanese for native speakers (AP exam option for all): Composition; Literature:
20th Century Authors; Literature & Society; Japanese Christian Literature
Spanish: I, II, III, IV (+AP)
English as an Additional Language: Effective Reading and Writing
Creative Arts
Band; Jazz Ensemble; Orchestra; Concert Choir; Chamber Singers;
Handbell Ensemble; Digital Music Design; Yearbook; Art Design; Ceramics;
Drawing & Painting; AP Art & Design (2-D, Drawing); Culinary & Textile
Arts; Design & Technology
PE/Health
PE/Health 9*, 10*, 11*, 12*; Strength & Conditioning
Bible
Bible 9* (Intro to Christianity); Bible 10/11 Electives* (Apologetics; The
Screwtape Letters; Theology & Fantasy Literature; Understanding theGospels; Wisdom; World Religions); Bible 12* (Christian Ethics)
Other Elective
Teacher Assistant

CO-CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES CAJ students are highly involved in co-curricular activities.
Leadership
AcademicFine Arts
Athletics

Student Council; Senior Council; National Honor Society
Robotics; Math Field Day; Brain Bowl
Drama; Chapel Band; Honor Choir, Band, Orchestra; Solo & Ensemble Music
Festivals; Artscape; Speech Festival
Basketball; Cross Country; Field Hockey (girls only); Soccer; Tennis;
Track and Field; Volleyball; WrestlingSENIOR CAPSTONE All seniors complete the Senior Capstone. In the context of thinking deeply
about the problems of a fallen world, seniors engage an issue of their choosing in Senior Capstone class.
They establish a scholarly research base for the issue; write in-depth cultural, historical, and theologicalanalyses of the issue and current responses to it; give a public, juried presentation; and complete aresearch-based, hands-on project that addresses the issue.

SCHOOL WITHOUT WALLS (SWOW) Every year, each grade devotes a week to practicing
servant leadership in a new environment. During this week, students develop collaboration andleadership skills through service in our community and around Japan. In addition, seniors collaborate
with Thai schools to choose a needed construction project in northern Thailand, raise funds as a class topay for the project, and travel to Thailand in March to assist with the completion of the project. (SWOW
was continued, in modified form, during the COVID-19 pandemic).

COVID-19 RESPONSE CAJ moved to distance learning from March 2020 through the end of the2019-2020 academic year. Students received normal letter grades. All co-curricular activities except
Student Council and Senior Council were canceled. On-campus learning resumed August 2020. Cocurricular activities resumed September 2020, with limited competition for sports, but most weresuspended during a subsequent government-declared state of emergency (January to March 2021).
Sports did not fully and consistently resume until the fall of 2022.

CONTACT
1-2-14 Shinkawa-cho
Higashi Kurume-shi
Tokyo, 203-0013, Japan
https://caj.ac.jp
infodesk@caj.ac.jp
Within Japan
Phone 042-471-0022
Fax 042-476-2200
Outside Japan
Phone +81-42-471-0022
CEEB CODE
680420
ACCREDITATION
Western Association ofSchools and Colleges
since 1976
GOVERNMENT STATUS
Gakkou Houjin (School)
ADMINISTRATIONHead of School:
David MawhinneyHigh School Principal:
Tryone Fambro
Registrar:
Mari Tsuchido Shew
registrar@caj.ac.jp
ACADEMIC COUNSELOR
Yukiko Howard
Yhoward@caj.ac.jp
STUDENT OBJECTIVES
Faithful caretakers
Responsible learners
Discerning thinkers
Productive collaborators
Effective communicators
INSTRUCTIONAL DAYS: 180
Semester 1: Aug. – Jan.
Semester 2: Jan. – June
HS ENROLLMENT: 192
Total nationalities: 20
Multiple nationalities: 29%
Most common:
46% Japan
32% USA
28% South Korea
Missionary dependents: 31%

ADVANCED PLACEMENT (AP), 2021-2024

GRADUATIONREQUIREMENTS

Scheduling constraints generally prevent students fromtaking more than 2 AP classes during their 10th grade year
and 3 or 4 during their 11th & 12th grade years.

High school students must earn aminimum of 50 semester credits,
distributed as follows:
Bible
EnglishCreative Arts
World Languages
Mathematics
Physical Education and Health
Science
Social Studies
Electives

4824444812

GRADING SCALELetterA
AB+B
BC+C
CD+DDFPPercent
95-100
90-94
86-89
83-85
80-82
76-79
73-75
70-72
66-69
63-65
60-62
< 60Passing

Test Year

2024

2023

2022

2021

Exams

193

166

166

165

Pass Rate

77%

73%

73%

71%

Students

928180842024 AP EXAM RESULTS
Exam (# taken)
Avg.
Biology (8)4.1Calculus AB (16)4.1
Calculus BC (12)4.0
Chemistry (15)
4.3
English Language (15)
3.2
English Literature (13)3.7Japanese (24)5.0
Macroeconomics (22)
3.2
Physics 1 (31)
2.7
Physics 2 (7)3.0
2-D Art & Design (8)2.9Drawing (4)3.0

SAT SCORES OF GRADUATING CLASSES, 2023-2025
GPA
4.0
3.7
3.3
3.0
2.7
2.3
2.0
1.7
1.3
1.0
0.7
0.0

AP courses receive an additional
weighting of 0.5 for grades C- and above.
(Prior to the class of 2018, AP weighting
was 1.0.)

Middle 50 percent.

ClassScores include Aug. EBRW
2024 test.
MathTotal
Students

2025

2024

2023

540 - 690

550 - 700

560 - 685

550 - 720

550 - 720

575 - 755

1100 - 1400

1090 - 1390

1145 - 1410

4638

46

WEIGHTED GPA DISTRIBUTION, CLASS OF 2025
Due to each class’s
relatively small size,CAJ does notprovide the specificrank of its students

Quintile

Cum. GPA

Grade 11 GPA

First

4.00 - 4.21

4.07 - 4.33

Second3.87 - 4.00

3.93 - 4.05

Third

3.66 - 3.85

3.74 - 3.93

Fourth3.47 - 3.66

3.59 - 3.74

Fifth

2.17 - 3.66

2.48 - 3.51

COLLEGE AND UNIVERSITY MATRICULATION, 2021-2024
Australia
Southern Cross U.
U. of Sydney
Western Australian Academyof Performing Arts (WAAPA)
U. of Queensland
CanadaRedeemer University College
Trinity Western U. (5)U. of British Columbia (2)U. of Toronto (3)U. of Waterloo (1)EuropeGlion Institute of Higher Ed.
Lucerne U. of Applied
Sciences & Arts
Semmelweis U. of MedicalSciences
Trinity College Dublin
U. of Chester
U. of East Anglia
U. of Leeds
U. of Manchester

JapanHosei U. (2)International Christian U. (10)Keio U. (3)Ritsumeikan U.
Shibaura Inst. of Tech.
Sophia U. (5)Temple U. Japan (5)U. of Tokyo
U. of Tsukuba (2)Waseda U. (17)Yamanashi Gakuin U.
South Korea
Sungkyunkwan U.
Yonsei U.
Other
Georgetown U. Qatar
Monash U. Malaysia
NYU Shanghai
Stellenbosch U. (2)U. of Auckland
USAAbilene Christian U. (2)Asbury U.
Boston College

Boston U.
Cairn U. Langhorne
Calvin U. (2)Case Western Reserve U. (2)Cloud County Community
CollegeColorado State U.
Concordia College at
MoorheadCornell U.
Covenant College
Crown College
Cypress College
Dallas Baptist U.
DePauw U.
Evangel U.
Fashion Institute ofTechnology
George Fox U.
Gordon College (2)Harvard U.
Hope College
John Brown U.
Kennesaw State U. (3)Kenyon College
Lehigh U.
Liberty U.

Morehouse College
New York U. (1)Northeastern U.
Northwestern U.
Ouachita Baptist U.
Palomar CollegePenn State U.
San Diego State U. (2)Seattle U.
SD School of Mines & Tech.
St. Joseph’s U. - Philadelphia
College of Pharmacy
Stony Brook U.
Syracuse U.
Texas A & M U.
U. of California, DavisU. of California, Los Angeles
U. of IL, Urbana-Champaign
U. of Massachusetts, Boston
U. of Minnesota, Twin Cities
U. of Oregon
U. of St. Thomas
U. of Texas, Rio Grande
Wellesley CollegeWestmont College (2)Wheaton College (Ill.) (8)