Talk:Musashi International School Tokyo

Elementary school

I've removed the sentence "The primary school was scheduled to open in April 2008." because its wording was misleading. I realize this is what the Saito article said, but that article was written in 2007 using the information known at the time. It doesn't make much sense to add such a sentence to an article written in 2015, unless the intent is to say "The primary school was scheduled to open in April 2008, but for some reason it didn't". In any other context, the sentence does not make sense. By now (2015), we should know whether the school did open and when it did open. A better sentence would be "The primary school opened in XXXX." Unfortunately, I've been unable to find any such information referring specifically to the primary (or elementary) school in any of the sources cited in the article. The closest I've come is this "LA ES Orientation Spring 2008" page on the school's official website. That should be OK, even though it's a primary source, but it would probably be better to find a collaborating independent source just for verification purposes. - Marchjuly (talk) 06:21, 11 March 2015 (UTC)

2008 enrollment

The Facker article and the Terada article seem to differ on the size of the school's 2008 enrollment. The Terada article says: "The school, which has campuses in the cities of Mitaka and Musashino in western Tokyo, had only five students in 2004. But that grew to about 15 in 2005, 30 in 2006, and about 85 in 2008. " The Fackler article, on the other hand, says: "Little Angels is located in this Tokyo suburb, where only one of its 45 students is Indian." Even though Terada qualifies his statement by using "about" (which is completely inappropriate in my opinion), there's still a big difference between 45 students and 85 students. This inconsistency is probably something that needs to be resolved. - Marchjuly (talk) 06:35, 11 March 2015 (UTC)

Even if one considers different times within a school year, that is still a very big gap in the number of students. I wonder if Little Angels every posted official student counts. WhisperToMe (talk) 23:55, 3 April 2015 (UTC)

Different schools or one big "combined school"?

The article is titled "Little Angels International School", which according to the "Composition" section means the kindergarten, the primary school, and the English academy. However, from the sources being cited it does not appear that this is a "combined school" (一貫校, ikkankō). So, I think care needs to be taken regarding the wording of the sections "Curriculum", "Student body", and "Teaching staff" so as not to accidentally blend all of the schools together as one. Does the "it" in "In 2008, it had 45 students, one of whom was Indian" refer to the total combined enrollment for all three schools or just a particular one? Were there a combined total of four teachers for all the schools or just for a particular one? As currently written, the text seems to imply combined enrollment figures as well as the same curriculum and teaching staff from the day the students enter until the day they graduate. I'm not sure, however, if that's the truly the case since it appears that there are different admissions processes, etc. respectively for each different "school". - Marchjuly (talk) 07:26, 11 March 2015 (UTC)

• I don't know how the Japanese government technically categorized the school, but it may have been a "Miscellaneous school". I'd have to check with JAwiki. As for the enrollment figures, I think they are combined in all divisions. WhisperToMe (talk) 18:12, 26 December 2022 (UTC)

Little Angels Academy start date.

There seems to an inconsistency between the sources as to when the Little Angels Academy was established. The article says the academy was established in 2002 citing this school page from July 2004. Saito's Asahi-Herald article from September 2007 says " In 2002, two years before establishing the kindergarten, she [Sanku] started the Little Angels English Academy conversation school."

The Japan Times article by Joe, however, says "When Jeevarani Angelina (who goes by the name Sanku Rani for ease of pronunciation) opened the Little Angels English Academy in the western Tokyo suburb of Mitaka in 2004, the idea of hiring non-native English teachers was still a radical one." Joe's article was published on April 15, 2010, so it is likely she was aware of both the school history page and Saito's article. I can't be a 100% for sure, of course, but I'm assuming that she got her "2004 date" from somewhere, most likely the school itself. I guess it's possible that Joe simply mixed up the academy and the kindergarten, but a two year difference is a pretty big gap to overlook. I'm interested in hearing what others think about this. - Marchjuly (talk) 07:49, 11 March 2015 (UTC)

I wonder if the school has an official timeline that can be used to clarify the dates. WhisperToMe (talk) 00:24, 4 April 2015 (UTC)

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