School Tokyo Children’s Academy (TCA), formerly known as Tokyo Gifted Academy
Address YODA Bldg. 2–5F, 3-15-13 Shiba, Minato-ku, Tokyo 105-0014
Phone 03-5765-6697
Fax 03-5765-6698
Email [email protected]
Website http://www.tokyochildrensacademy.com
Age 3–14 years old
Gender 50% boys, 50% girls
Class size 12–15
School size 42
Slogan Individualized Education for Children Who Crave More Knowledge
Goals We aim to provide a complete learning experience for children who have an insatiable desire to learn, explore, and understand, and can demonstrate the motivation, social and emotional maturity, and overall readiness for the environment of an accelerated educational program. By developing a social and academic climate that gives students a strong feeling of belonging, students feel proud of their school and feel they are wanted and nurtured by us. Our goals are to
- provide an individualized education that will appropriately challenge each student’s abilities, allowing them to advance through the curriculum at a pace and capacity consistent with the student’s knowledge and motivation;
- provide access to academic opportunities without discrimination by age;
- address each student’s needs for an accelerated and challenging program, that nurtures their academic, emotional, social, and physical needs and interests;
- provide classes composed of intellectual and developmentally equal peers;
- provide each student with the opportunity to learn in an environment that fosters healthy self-esteem, integrity, personal responsibility, understanding and appreciation of individual differences, and respect for others;
- promote academic achievement, character development, self-reliance, self-confidence, self-understanding, and independent thought and action;
- foster an atmosphere where risk and exploration can occur;
- provide students with valuable educational tools, including problem-solving skills, deductive reasoning, abstract and higher level thinking skills, good study habits, time management, and, ultimately, healthy social development;
- provide small classes to allow for personal attention to each child’s needs;
- encourage students to excel at their own pace in each subject area and encourage him/her to strive for personal excellence;
- present content that is related to broad-based issues, themes, or problems while integrating multiple disciplines into the area of study;
- encourage the development of products that challenge existing ideas and produce “new” ideas and that use new techniques, materials, and forms; and
- constantly evaluate student outcomes by using appropriate and specific criteria through self-appraisal criterion referenced and/or standardized testing instruments in order to promote their optimal development.
Read full profile in the Guide to International Schools in Japan.
