WISE Seasonal Programs are held at facilities in near on the seaside or in the mountains. In 2024 the summer program will be held in Nasu Shiobara.
| Summer Program 2024: Exploring Ideas |
| Overview |
The 2024 Summer Camp: Exploring Ideas is a kids and teens program Nasu Shiobara. Included are classroom-based, experiential, hands on learning projects, activities, sports, & outings, The program is locationally & experientially diverse. It emphasizes communication, skills building, engagement and problem solving.
| Start and End Dates |
| From | To |
| Jul. 15, 2024 | Jul. 19, 2024 |
| Jul. 22, 2024 | Jul. 26, 2024 |
| Jul. 29, 2024 | Aug. 2, 2024 |
| Aug. 5, 2024 | Aug. 9, 2024 |
| Aug. 12, 2024 | Aug. 16, 2024 |
| Aug. 19, 2024 | Aug. 23, 2024 |
| Aug. 26, 2024 | Aug. 30, 2024 |
| Details |
| Tuition | ¥100,000 / week incl. Wknd |
| Registration | ¥15,000 one time |
| Int’l Student Fee | ¥50,000 one time |
| Accommodation | ¥60,000 Sun-Fri ¥10,000 Additional Nights |
| Meal Plan | ¥24,000 Mon-Fri, ¥4,000 additional days |
| Local Transport | ¥20,000 week |
The 2024 WISE Summer Program offers youth a fun, challenging, and unique educational experience that runs from mid July to late August. The activities focus on helping participants develop greater confidence, judgment, spontaneity, and inquisitiveness. Participants develop their capacities for respect, friendship, teamwork, and collaboration through practical learning experiences: engineering, technology, arts and crafts, performance skills, drama, dance, martial arts, cultural activities, field trips, and more. Students make models, build bridges, race cars, launch rockets, learning pottery, compete in an international soccer tournament and a camp Olympiad, fly drones, make robots, showcase themselves, visit international embassies, climb mountains, raft down rivers, swing from trees, participate in water sports, learn to orienteer, and more. They are immersed in active and engaging activities every day. Topping it off, each year we change, improve, and add to the kinds of experiences available to the camp participants. As with everything else we do, we want our Summer Program to inspire people, and perhaps affect a little change in the world as a result.
| Week | Details | From | To |
| Week 1 | Week 1: Finding Our Way–Orienteering & Navigation: Week 1 of the 2024 Summer Camp, Learning to Live, is about exploration! During this week we look at how humans discovered the world. How did they find their way? Where did they come from, where did they go, how did they get to Japan? What tools did they use? How did the earth’s planets, moon, and stars help? During Week 1, discover how to explore! The program includes both classroom and excursion-based learning. Students discuss the theme in context, meet local representatives, research, write, create, and use technology to achieve their learning goals. | Jul. 15, 2024 | Jul. 19, 2024 |
| Week 2 | Week 2: Animation, Storytelling, Drones & Rockets: This week is about finding ways to tell stories and finding the best ways and places to do so using a variety of media technologies, including those that use flight! Participants will look at animation from Japanese and non-Japanese perspectives, and as they do they will create their own unique approaches to telling a story that inspires them. Students can choose styles and media of expression that inspire them, using approaches and technologies they feel meet their needs, and present their completed works to everyone at the close of the week. Students discuss the theme in context, use local resources, research, write, create, and use technology to achieve their learning goals. | Jul. 22, 2024 | Jul. 26, 2024 |
| Week 3 | Week 3: Geology, Geography, & Nasu Shiobara: This week looks at the forces that created the Japanese archipelago, and the geological origins of Nasu Shiobara. We look at the local geography, valleys, and other geological features of the region. How did they come to be? What forces were responsible for their creation? How does the region, and country, continue to be impacted by those same forces and processes? As with all weeks, the program includes both classroom and excursion-based learning. Students discuss the theme in context, meet local representatives, research, write, create, and use technology to achieve their learning goals. | Jul. 29, 2024 | Aug. 2, 2024 |
| Week 4 | Week 4: Fisheries, Produce, and Food Production: The food production industry in this region benefits from a diverse natural environment that enables various crops and the production of a variety of food. Traditional agricultural practices, such as terraced rice fields and farm plantations, coexist with modern techniques like hydroponics and organic farming. In recent years, there has been a growing emphasis on sustainable and locally sourced ingredients, resulting in a growing farm-to-table movement. As with all weeks, the program includes both classroom and excursion-based learning. Students discuss the theme in context, meet local representatives, research, write, create, and use technology to achieve their learning goals. | Aug. 5, 2024 | Aug. 9, 2024 |
| Spring Program 2025: Adventure |
| Overview |
The 2023 SWIS Spring Program: Discovery is a 1 week kids and teens program. Included are classroom-based, experiential, hands on learning projects, activities, sports, & outings, The program is locationally & experientially diverse. It emphasizes communication, skills building, engagement and problem solving.
| Start and End Dates |
| From | To |
| March 24, 2025 | March 28, 2025 |
| Details |
| Tuition | ¥100,000 / week incl. Wknd |
| Registration | ¥15,000 one time |
| Int’l Student Fee | ¥35,000 one time |
| Accommodation | ¥60,000 Sun-Fri ¥10,000 Sat/Sun |
| Meal Plan | 24,000 / week |
| Local Transport | ¥2,000 / day |
Outdoor engagement is an important part of everything that happens during the WISE Spring Program. Students learn how to interact with nature for life, leisure, and awareness. The goal is for students to become thoughtful in their interaction with the outdoors and to learn to recognize how anything within a natural context can have a helpful or essential role in life and living. The Program provides these learning experiences through two core program emphases:
| Week | Details | From | To |
| Week 2 | “Fun in Nature” This week provides both theory and practical learning experiences in activities that include slacklining, rope work, archery, orienteering, and more. Spring Camp also includes the fun stuff you’d typically expect from a “camp” environment such as campfires, barbecues, star watching, and perhaps even marshmallows! | March 24, 2025 | March 28, 2025 |
| Fall Program: Woodcraft |
| Overview |
The SWIS Fall Program Woodcraft is a 1 week kids and teens program. Included are classroom-based, experiential, hands on learning projects. The program emphasizes communication, skills building, and problem solving. By the end of the program, students will understand the basics of woodcraft, tool use, and safety, and they will return home with unique products of their own design and construction.
| Start and End Dates |
| From | To |
| TBA | TBA |
| Details |
| Tuition | ¥100,000 / week |
| Registration | ¥15,000 one time |
| Int’l Student Fee | ¥35,000 one time |
| Accommodation | ¥60,000 Sun-Fri ¥10,000 Sat/Sun |
| Meal Plan | 24,000 / week |
| Local Transport | ¥2,000 / day |
The Fall Woodcraft Program gives kids between the ages of 6 – 12 years old a foundation in woodworking techniques. Students use hand tools for safe construction. All power tool and preparation of materials is done outside of class time to ensure safety of students. The tools students will learn to use in class include: hammers, drills, screwdrivers, pull and coping saws, rulers, tape measures, pliers, clamps, smoothing planes, and sandpaper. Examples of projects include tool boxes, totes, cutting jigs, candy dispensers, serving trays, desktop bookshelves, storage bins, outdoor planters, coat hooks, and wooden toys.
| Week | Program Details | From | To |
| Week 1 | Student spend 1 week, Monday to Friday, spending their days becoming woodcrafters, and their evenings engaged in fun, educational, and social activities. | TBA | TBA |
| Winter Program 2024: Illuminate! |
| Description |
The 2023 SWIS Winter Program: Iluminate is a 1 week kids and teens program. Included are classroom-based, experiential, hands on learning projects, activities, sports, & outings. Students will learn the science of light. they will study the basics of electronics, leading to planning and creating unique illumination displays.
| Start and End Dates |
| From | To |
| Dec. 23, 2024 | Dec. 27, 2024 |
| Details |
| Tuition | ¥100,000 / week incl. Wknd |
| Registration | ¥15,000 one time |
| Int’l Student Fee | *¥35,000 one time |
| Accommodation | ¥60,000 Sun-Fri ¥10,000 Sat/Sun |
| Meal Plan | 24,000 / week |
| Local Transport | ¥2,000 / day |
Illuminate! is a specially-designed STEM program for teaching the basics of electronics to kids from 6-12 through activities such as lights and LED displays, DIY electronics design, DC and servo motors, touch sensors, and more. the program has students making their own electronic light display projects through engaging in a variety of fun activities. Kids learn: the basics of electronics, the basics of electric current, the basics of Sensors, the role of conductors and Insulators, and how to be safe when using electronic devices
| Week | Programs Details | From | To |
| Week 1 | Students learn the basics of electronics through activities such as lights and LED displays, DIY electronics design, DC and servo motors, touch sensors, and more. The final project for this week involves making one of a variety of special seasonal electronic/illumination projects. | Dec 23, 2024 | Dec 27, 2024 |
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