User:Mameomamemame/学校法人ヴォーリズ学園
| ヴォーリズ学園 Vories Gakuen | |
 The front yard of the Vories Gakuen
(Education Hall on the left and Hyde Memorial Hall on the right) | |
| 概要 | |
| School Motto | Salt of the Earth, Light of the World |
| Common name | Omi Brothers School, Brotherhood |
| Year of Establishment | August 22, 1922 |
| Classification | Private School |
| Chairman | Toshiki Fujisawa |
| President | Takeo Ikeda |
| Vice-President | Tamotsu Matsuda |
| Chaplain | Masanobu Asai |
| Composition | childcare center, Nursery School, Elementary School, Junior High School, Senior High School |
| Location | 177 Ichii-machi, Omihachiman, Shiga Prefecture |
| Composition | |
| Number of teachers | 240 |
| Number of staff | 541 |
| Number of students | 3099 |
Vories Gakuen (School Corporation) is located in Omi Hachiman City, Shiga Prefecture, Japan, and is a school corporation of the Omi Brotherhood Group. It has childcare center, nursery school, elementary school, junior high school, and senior high school.
The school was renamed from Ohmi Brotherhood School Corporation in 2015.
The founders were William Merrell Vories (Hitotsuyanagi Mereru) and his wife, Makiko Hitotsuyanagi. A private Christian (Protestant unionist) school.
The Kyoiku Kaikan, where Helen Keller once visited the school and gave a lecture, and the Hyde Memorial Hall, the former Seiyuen Kindergarten building, are registered tangible cultural properties of Japan.
The school is also famous for its school song, which has both Japanese and English lyrics.
Schools where established
[edit]- Omi Brotherhood Junior & Senior High School
- Omi Brotherhood Elementary School
- Omi Brotherhood Hikari childcare center
- Morinokaze childcare center
- Sora no Tori childcare center
- Kanada Higashi Nursery School
- Azuchi Nursery School
- Furtaka Nijinohashi Nursery School
- Azuchi School Children's Sunflower Club (after-school children's club, designated management business)
- Moriyama Children's Club (after-school children's club, designated management business)
School Motto
[edit]- Salt of the Earth, Light of the World
Location
[edit]- 177 Ichii-machi, Omihachiman, Shiga 523-0851
transportation
[edit]- From JR West Japan Tokaido Main Line (Biwako Line) or Omi Railway Yohkaichi Line Omi Hachiman Station, take the Omi Railway Bus to "Vories Gakuen-mae" (about 10 minutes)
- From Omi Hachiman Station, about 10 minutes by cab (about 1000 yen) or about 30 minutes on foot
External Links
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