7月14日(火)、交流から10周年を記念して、ロングメドー高校と姉妹校提携の調印式を行いました。アメリカ合衆国マサチューセッツ州ロングメドー町から、ロングメドー高校の生徒4名と先生方をはじめ11名が来校され、全校生徒が見守る中、本校の校長、生徒会長、滝川市教育長とロングメドー高校の教頭先生、生徒代表、教育長代理の方がそれぞれ署名を行いました。この調印が両校にとって、ますます友好関係を深め、新しい歴史の幕開けとなることを願っています。
調印式での本校、生徒会長のスピーチ内容は、以下の通りです。 Welcome
to Takikawa West Senior High School. We
have been looking forward to meeting you here in Takikawa. We
hope you enjoyed our school festival last Saturday. “Takinishi
Sai” is one of our school’s biggest events, so
we are happy we could share it with you. This year marks the anniversary of the
relationship between our schools. For
these past ten years, many of our students have visited your school. Even
for those who can’t visit Longmeadow, all
of our students have a chance to hear about the exchanges from their peers. Every
time we listen to their experiences, we
feel like we are visiting Longmeadow High School. And
now our schools have officially become sister schools. We
are sure our friendship will be much stronger than ever before. And
we hope our friendship will continue to grow for years to come. Again, thank you for your coming to
Takikawa. We
hope the rest of your trip is safe. May
we see you all again, very soon. Thank
you very much for listening. Ryuya Abe Representative of Student, Takikawa West High School |