Closing ceremonies held at Okinawan elementary and junior high schools, “We made it through a difficult year”

Closing ceremonies held at Okinawan elementary and junior high schools, “We made it through a difficult year”

A child smiles while receiving a report card (March 24, morning. Nakagusuku Minami Elementary School in Minami Uebaru, Nakagusuku. Photograph by Keizo Shinzato)


March 25, 2021 Ryukyu Shimpo

 

On March 24, 245 public elementary and junior high schools in Okinawa held closing ceremonies to mark the end of the school year. At Nakagusuku Minami Elementary School in Nakagusuku, measures to prevent the spread of Covid-19 meant that the entire school could not gather in one room for the ceremony, and so it was broadcast for pupils listening from their classrooms. Principal Moriichi Miyahira told the children, “The sixth graders are passing the baton to all of you. I hope that you will work to make our school wonderful. As all of you enter your next year of school, please stay healthy, stay safe, treasure your friends, and do your best to be kind.”

 

Juri Ikehara, homeroom teacher for first graders in section 1-5, handed out report cards to her pupils one by one. Ai Tome, a child in her class, said, “Arts and Crafts was fun. I want to make more friends in second grade.” Every elementary and junior high school in Okinawa will hold their closing ceremonies by March 25, and then spring break will begin.

 

(English translation by T&CT and Ellen Huntley)

 

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