Komei School
for the Physically Handicapped
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The school festival, field day, and other big days students look forward to |
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Special Events
Every fall, the students at Komei participate in the Komei Festival, where they demonstrate what they have learned in school. This year the students put on plays, sang songs and danced, exhibited their artwork around the school, and even ran a store selling candy. Come look at what the students did during this school festival.
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=> Performing Onstage
=> Students Share Thoughts
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Other Exhibitions at the Komei Festival
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Students show off their original coasters they made in industrial arts. |
In addition to the plays performed onstage in the gymnasium, there were a number of other exhibitions
at the school during the festival. The classrooms and hallways of the school were adorned with things
created by the students, such as pictures, handicrafts, writings, and photographs of their everyday lives.
A walk through the school revealed what the students normally do in their various classes.
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Homemade umeboshi produced by the students. |
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In a classroom used by high school students, there were various handicrafts, such as wooden coasters,
along with peanuts grown in the school's garden and umeboshi (pickled plums) and miso made by the
students. Group-four student Suguru Yoshino explains, "When we made miso, we mixed soybeans in a blender.
It was my first expereicne preparing food." Student Masaya Shimizu says, "When we pickled the plums, my
hands felt cold, but it was kind of a good feeling." The students picked the plums from a park nearby
the school, and while the umeboshi they produced were small, they had a smooth, mellow taste.
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The students in Group Four pose with their umeboshi. |
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As they do every year, parents of the students sold pork soup, bento (boxed lunches), and sandwiches,
which were so popular they quickly sold out. In addition, this year the eight students in group five of
the high school students opened a small candy store in one corner of a classroom. The students practice
shopping as part of their studies, and opening the store was their way of demonstrating that they have
learned their lessons well. In addition to selling candy, the store offered stickers of Disney characters
and trading cards of teenage idols. The store attracted many customers during the festival.
While enjoying snacks as they walked around the school, people visiting the Komei School for the Physically
Handicapped during the festival were able to learn about everyday life there and the students' activities.
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Group Four students enjoy selling candy from their store. |
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(komei@jcic.or.jp)
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