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Morioka First High School

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Established
  
May 13, 1880

Grades
  
10-12

Campus
  
Urban

Color
  
White

Motto
  
忠實自彊・質実剛健

Gender
  
Mixed-sex education

Principal
  
Hiiraga Shinji

Enrollment
  
939

Phone
  
+81 19-623-4491

Founded
  
13 May 1880

Number of students
  
939

Morioka First High School

Type
  
Public senior high school

Address
  
3-2-1 Ueda, Morioka, Iwate Prefecture 020-0066, Japan

Similar
  
Shiritsu Iwatechu High Sch, Shiritsum School, Iwate University, Morioka University High Sch, Moriokam High School

Iwate Prefectural Morioka First High School (岩手県立盛岡第一高等学校, Iwate-kenritsu Morioka Dai-ichi Kōtōgakkō), often abbreviated as Morioka Ichikō (盛岡一高), is a public, coeducational, university preparatory high school in Morioka city, Iwate, Japan. Founded in 1880, Morioka Ichikō is the second oldest high school in Iwate prefecture and one of the oldest in Japan. As of March 2008, it has 939 enrolled students.

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Its logo stands for pine needles; each needle represents truth, virtue, and a heart of gold.

Motto

  • Faithfulness, effort (忠實自彊, Chujitsu Jikyō)
  • Sturdiness (質実剛健, Shitsujitsu Gōken)
  • Courses

  • General Course, full-time
  • Science and Mathematics Course, full-time
  • Club activities

    kyudo, kendo, baseball, football, judo, swimming, skiing, tennis, soft tennis, table tennis, climbing, basketball, badminton, volleyball, handball, rugby, track and field, softball, igo, shogi, drama, chorus, chemistry, sadō, kadō, photography, calligraphy, newspaper, wind orchestra, biology, astronomy, fine arts, geography, literature, amateur radio, anime, simulation, dance

    Student activities

    cheering, broadcasting, annual bulletin, student government

    Access

  • 18-minute walk from Morioka Station
  • 5-minute walk from Kami-Morioka Station
  • Academic calendar

    April
  • Freshman Orientation
  • Cheering Practice
  • Entrance ceremony
  • May
  • Athletic Festival
  • June
  • Ball Game Festival
  • July
  • Cheering Practice (specifically for High school baseball in Japan)
  • September
  • School Festival
  • December
  • School excursion
  • February
  • Farewell party
  • Cheering Practice
  • March
  • Graduation ceremony
  • References

    Morioka First High School Wikipedia