Education and Lifelong Learning/ 教育・生涯学習

 Japan institutes a 9-year compulsory education system: a 6-year period at elementary school and a 3-year period at junior high school.

 Eligible children must be aged from 6 to 12 for elementary school and from 12 to 15 for junior high school as of April 1.

 Japanese schools begin on April 1 and end in March of the following year. Misato City adopts three terms system. 

School Affairs Section, School Affairs Division

Phone: 048-930-7756

 For a foreign child residing in Japan, schooling is not mandatory; however, he/she can attend an elementary or a junior high school if you wish. If you have no intention to send your child to a municipal school, contact us.

 When a child reaches the age to start elementary school as a new enrollee, Misato City will send a Notice of School Enrollment in October of the previous year to parents or guardians of the applicable child of upcoming new enrollment in April. Please take an enrollment procedure after receiving the notice.

• What to bring: Residence Card
• Where to visit: School Affairs Division (4F, Misato City Hall)

School Affairs Section, School Affairs Division

Phone: 048-930-7756

 Each school has its own school district, and the school in which your child will be enrolled is designated based on your address in the Basic Residence Record. It is called “designated school”. If you change your address to an area outside of your child’s school district, in principle, you have to have your child transfer to a new designated school.

Please check your child’s “school district”.

▶ https://www.city.misato.lg.jp/soshiki/gakkokyoiku/gakumu/1/12102.html

  It is possible to change your child’s designated school if the reason meets the “Criteria for Change of Designated School”. However, it will not be permitted if the case hinders the school operation.

Please see the “Criteria for Change of Designated School”.

▶ https://www.city.misato.lg.jp/soshiki/gakkokyoiku/gakumu/1/667.html

 School choice system allows you to choose a school which your child wish to attend. If a number of applicants from the area outside of its school district exceeds the capacity of school, the applicants will be selected by lot.

• In Oct ... ‘Notice of Preschool Health Checkup’ will be sent.
• In Nov ... Preschool Health Checkup (will be held around early to mid-Nov.)
• In Jan ... Notice of Admission/ A form for『入学届』 ‘Notice of School Enrollment’ (will be sent in mid-Jan.) 
• In Feb ... Admission guidance (will be held in late Jan. to mid-Feb.)
  Submission of ‘Notice of School Enrollment’
• In Apr ... Entrance ceremony

• In Sept ... Distribution of School Choice Form
• In Oct ... Submission of School Choice Form
• In Nov ... Preschool Health Checkup (will be held around early to mid-Nov.)
• In Jan ... Notice of Admission/ A form for『入学届』 ‘Notice of School Enrollment’ (will be sent in mid-Jan.) 
• In Feb ... Admission guidance (will be held in late Jan. to mid-Feb.)
  Submission of ‘Notice of School Enrollment’
• In Apr ... Entrance ceremony

 If your child moves into Misato City from other municipality, moves out to other city, or change the address within the city, you need to complete the procedures at Resident Affairs Division, School Affairs Division, and the school respectively.

*You can also complete the procedure at KIBOU-no Sato Koryu Center Shutchojo (branch office) (with some exceptions).

 Students of municipal elementary and junior high schools are not charged any expenses for admissions, tuitions, and textbooks. However, their parents need to pay fees for such as school lunch, school supplies, school trips and activities.

 School Attendance Aid is a financial assistance for guardians whose child has difficulties in attending elementary or junior high school due to financial reasons of his/her household. Misato City subsidizes part of those expenses (e.g., school supplies, medical care expenses, school lunch) necessary for a child’s school life.

 How to apply for the aid will be notified from your child’s school and Misato City official website.

 You will find the latest information on School Attendance Aid on the following website:

URL:   https://www.city.misato.lg.jp/kosodate_kyoiku/gakkokyoiku/shogakko/1/8415.html

Educational General Affairs Section, Educational General Division

Phone: 048-930-7753

 Misato City provides a ‘no interest’ education loan to parents or guardians of students who wish to enter a school [such as high school, institute of technology (industry, marine etc.), advanced vocational school (which grants a qualification for taking a college/university admission test), junior college, and college/ university (excluding for technical school and vocational school)] and who have difficulty in preparing funds for entering these schools. (Application period: from mid-October to the next early February.)

*Loan applicants must meet all requirements as stated below.

• The parent/guardian is a registered resident and actually living in Misato City
• The child who is planning to enter a school is a registered resident and actually living in Misato City
• The parent/guardian has difficulty in preparing funds for entering the school
• The parent/guardian provides a joint guarantor who meets the requirements

■Maximum loan amount/ 貸付金の限度額

• For high school entrance ------------ 250,000 yen or less (For public high school entrance, 150,000 yen or less)
• For advanced vocational school ------------ 250,000 yen or less
• For college/ university or junior college ---- 400,000 yen or less

 Around October to November every year, kindergartens start to accept applications for enrollment in the next school year. Inquire with each kindergarten if you have any questions concerning admission or any other matters.

■Private kindergartens in Misato City/ 市内の私立幼稚園

*There is no public kindergarten in Misato City

Lifelong Learning Section, Lifelong Long Division                                                                                       

Phone: 048-930-7759

Kita Kominkan (community center)

Phone: 048-957-0253

 A variety of classes is offered to the public to support their independent and voluntary lifelong learning and to help people realize healthy and enriched life.

Project Section, Youth Division

Phone: 048-953-1040

 In order to nurture youth leaders for the next generation and promote local youth activities, overnight experience programs and self-operated projects are implemented and subsidized.

■Shiritsu Library 

Phone: 048-952-8800

■Waseda Library

Phone: 048-958-1040

■Hokubu Library

Phone: 048-958-8900

 In Misato City, there are three libraries (Shiritsu, Waseda and Hokubu), four library rooms (Community Center, Towa-higashi, Hikonari, and Takasu-chiku Bunka Center), and Misato Chuo NIODORI Plaza ‘Reservation Book Receipt Counter’. Anyone who lives in Misato City or one who works or enrolled in school in the city can borrow books and materials from the libraries (library rooms) free of charge.

Open Hours/ 開館時間

  Weekdays -------------------------------------------- 9:30 a.m. - 7:00 p.m.

  Saturdays, Sundays, and national holidays ---------- 9:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.

(Library rooms open until 6:00 p.m. on Saturdays and Sundays except national holidays.)

• Every Monday ---- Shiritsu Library and Waseda Library (If Monday falls on national holiday, the following weekday will be a substitute closed day.)
• Every Friday   ---   Hokubu Library (If Friday falls on national holiday, the preceding weekday will be a substitute closed day.)
• Every 4^th Thursday (except in December)
• Every special inventory period, the year-end and New Year’s holidays (from Dec. 28 to the following Jan. 4)

*Library rooms (excluding Community Center) will be closed on Mondays and those facilities' closed days.

http://https://www.lib.misato.saitama.jp/

[In common with Shiritsu Toshokan] (618-1 Yaguchi)

Phone: 048-952-8800

Lifelong Learning Section, Lifelong Learning Division

Phone: 048-930-7759

 This museum gathers and exhibits regional materials related to cultures and history of Misato.

Phone: 048-953-5251（1-133 Hikokura ）

Lifelong Learning Section, Lifelong Learning Division

Phone: 048-930-7759

 This memorial hall, reusing the historical building constructed in 1926, displays past schools and educational materials, farming tools and folk implements used in Misato area.

Phone: 048-953-1040 (570 Yaguchi)

 This center is used by several groups as a place for lifelong learning, for youth education, and for relaxation. Also, please feel free to use the facility for meetings and group activities.

Phone: 048-957-0253（870 Kamihikona）

 This facility holds various programs and events related to lifelong learning and social education in the community.

Phone: 048-953-3500（123-2 Iwanoki）

 This facility provides a place for meetings and other activities to improve the welfare of residents in the community.

Sports Facilities Management Section, Sports Promotion Division

Phone: 048-930-7760

Sports Promotion Section, Sports Promotion Division

Phone: 048-930-7770

  The school grounds and gymnasiums at the elementary schools and the gymnasiums at the junior high schools are open to the public as local sports facilities. Also, a variety of sports classes, lectures and various sporting events are offered.

Sports Facilities Management Section, Sports Promotion Division

Phone: 048-930-7760

[4-4 Waseda]

 This park was opened in 1978 as a neighborhood park. Approximately 90 cherry trees bloom from late March to early April.

[3-51-1 Hikosawa]

  Located above the wastewater treatment facility, Nakagawa Mizu Junkan Center, the park covers an area of 7 ha and has a multi-purpose ground fully covered with the lawn where everyone can enjoy soccer, ground golf or other sports, and a circuit walking track of approximately 920 m long.

[3-362 Takasu]

 Misato Park offers a traditional country view with a beautiful waterside space faced with Mizumoto Park in Tokyo. The park also has a barbecue site available all year around.

■About barbecue site reservation:

Misato Park administration office

Phone: 048-955-2067

• Waseda Park
• Banshomen Sports Park
• Hanta Park
• Edogawa Sports Park
• Misato Sky Park
• LaLaCity Kusunoki Park

*Applications to use the facilities can be made at Sports Promotion Division counter or through the reservation system (which requires a user registration in advance). (Application for Misato Sky Park, and LaLaCity Kusunoki Park cannot be made through the reservation system.)