Hello everybody!

Golden Week is finished and now it is time to get back to school. May is a busy month. We just finished Wakabasai Festival, and tomorrow we have Seibosai mass. After that it is the open-school Shin-ai Festa and then mid-term tests are here. Time goes quickly!

A question for you: What does the word “donation” mean? What can people “donate”? Usually people think about donating money or goods. But there are other donations too. At the school festival last week we had a special bus at the ground. In the bus, students over 16 years old could donate blood. This blood helps people in the hospital, or people who have a bad accident. In English we say it is “donating blood” or “giving blood”.

Often in the news we see that after a bad accident many people lineup at a hospital to give blood. They feel like they want to help, and giving blood is one good way to help. However, hospitals need blood everyday, so it is nice if people give regularly.

Mid-term tests are coming soon. For grade 1 students, these are your first major tests at Shin-ai. Good luck! Start studying today!