ST. JOSEPH "COLLEGE" INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL |
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INTERNATIONAL CEMETERY |
1999
AN ABBREVIATED HISTORY OF SJIS
1988 - Beginning of the future of St. Joseph International School within Gyosei Gakko
(Morning Star School) conducted by the Marianists in Tokyo.
1901 - September 20, Bro Loui Stoltz and five Marianists with seventy students assemble at
43, Bluff, Yokohama
1943 - The buildings and grounds are taken over by the Japanese army. Marianists and other
foreigners are forced to evacuate and move to Gora, Hakone. There, as a small school,
classes are conducted in the rooms and hallways of the broken-down Park Hotel.
1945 - Return to Yokohama. Both the Japanese and the occupation forces aid in the
restoration of the school and in providing food and necessities.
1946 - Bro Soden is director as coeducational classes open on September 15, with 25
students: one week later there are 300 students.
1950 - The pre-war status of an all boy's school is resumed.