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The school offers a K5 program through High School, with dedicated curriculum tracks for K5, Elementary, Middle School, and High School. It also provides Academic Support for Kids (ASK), a Technology program, and a Saturday School. The school emphasizes field trips, camps, and a structured assessment approach as part of its learning experience. The program structure is described across the K5, Elementary, Middle School, High School, Academic Support for Kids, Technology, and Saturday School pages.
The school includes co-curricular classes in physical education, swimming, music, art, computer skills, and Japanese as part of the curriculum at multiple levels. The Saturday School program also features activities in science, arts, robotics, and hands-on projects.
The school maintains a global, multicultural environment within the YMCA framework and includes Japanese language offerings as part of the co-curricular and elective options. The TYIS Value program emphasizes connection within a worldwide YMCA network, and field trips and outdoor programs promote intercultural understanding.
The curriculum includes opportunities for experiential learning through field trips, outdoor camps (including Fall Camp and Ski Camp), and school events such as spelling bees and talent shows. The Saturday School program offers project-based and language activities in an English-immersion setting.
Outdoor education, service learning and community-facing activities are integrated into the high school and middle school experiences, with trips and activities designed to connect students to broader communities.
The school supports student leadership through committees, elective options, and opportunities to participate in event planning and school life, alongside university guidance and SAT prep in the high school program. The TYIS Value program also emphasizes leadership development through character and life skills activities.
The program includes outdoor education, camps, and wellness-oriented field trips as part of the TYIS experience, with emphasis on life skills, critical thinking, and physical activity through swimming and sports.
Tokyo YMCA International School (TYIS) is an English-language international school in Koto-ku, Tokyo, near Toyocho Station (Tozai Line). In elementary, core subjects are structured around North American content standards, and TYIS also offers Academic Support for Kids (ASK) for students who need additional academic or language support. The high school program is described as modeled after a U.S. high school experience, with elective options including arts, physical education, foreign language, information technology and vocational skills, plus university guidance and SAT test prep support. TYIS also offers Advanced Placement (AP) courses and states it is an authorized AP school through the College Board. School traditions and activities highlighted on the site include events such as a science fair, spelling bee, talent show, sports day, seasonal concerts and camps.
