Lutheran International Schools (The Norwegian School) (ルーテル国際学園ノルウェー学校) was a Norwegian international school in Kobe, Japan."Lutheran International Schools (The Norwegian School)" (Archive). Government of Higashinada-ku. August 17, 2004. Retrieved on November 3, 2015. "Location / 4-3 Koyocho-Naka" - Japanese address (Archive): "ルーテル国際学園ノルウェー学校 所在地：神戸市東灘区向洋町中4－3" It was previously in Tarumi-ku,The Japan Times Directory, 1993. p. 75. "Norwegian School, The 6-6-22 Shioya-cho, Tarumi-ku, Kobe 655" - See search page. and it later was located on Rokko Island in Higashinada-ku. The school served grades 1-9.The Norseman, Issues 1-4. 1983. p. 30 View #1, View #2, "Norwegian+School"+Kobe Search page #1, Search page #2: "The pupils at the Norwegian School in Kobe, Japan, are about as far from Norway as you can come. In addition, most of them are also far from their own homes in Japan and have to live at the boarding school — which has grown steadily since first organized in 1950. Today the school has 37 pupils, it goes from first through ninth grade, and the curriculum is the same as the schools in Norway. While the boarding school children originally returned to their homes during vacations[...]" It accepted Danish and Swedish students in addition to Norwegian ones.
History The school first opened in 1950. Its boarding facility's population grew after the school opened, and as of 1983 most students stayed in a boarding facility. In 1983 the school had 37 students. The school moved to Rokkō Island in 1990. By 2005, after a decline in the student body, the school had a grand total of nine students. The school closed in 2005, and the final graduation ceremony was held on 17 June of that year."Den Norske Skolen i Japan lagt ned" ( ). Norge Idag. 6 August 2005. Retrieved on November 3, 2015. Canadian Academy, an international school next door, purchased the property at the end of 2005. Canadian Academy's Early Learning and Activities Center opened on the site in January 2008.
See also Education in Kobe
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