With the holiday season upon us, the Saint Maur Parent Support Group (PSG) and Charity Committee hosted Saint Maur's first Christmas Wonderland. The idea behind this festive event was to get the whole community together to spend a joyful day on campus with games for students, live music, Christmas themed food and drink, an exciting raffle and a movie night for students.

On Friday, December 3rd, the Saint Maur Montessori and Elementary School students performed a wonderful Christmas concert to a live audience of parents in our auditorium. This has been the first live Christmas concert in two years and while we still had to limit audience numbers, it was a vibrant and festive atmosphere accompanied by a bake sale organised by our Parent Support Group.

From October 27th to 29, Saint Maur 8th graders went to the Nanbo Kokusai Mura Camp and had an experience of camping with their classmates. The 8th graders did lots of fun activities outdoors and enjoyed delicious food!

This week we celebrated Diwali, the Festival of Lights, in our classroom. Diwali is one of the biggest festivals celebrated in India. During this time we decorate our homes with lights, candles, and colorful rangoli designs to invite Lakshmi, the Goddess of wealth, prosperity, and good fortune.

We are proud to announce that our high school brain bowl team this year became the CHAMPIONS out of 8 teams in the KPASS league, with a grand total of 585 points!

This month, our middle school students are joining with aspiring novelists around the world by participating in National Novel Writing Month. During National Novel Writing Month, or NaNoWriMo for short, in an event in which writers commit to writing every day with the goal of completing a draft of a novel by the end of the month. Our students are participating in NaNoWriMo during English class while improving their writing skills.

As every year, the students of the French Section represented the school during the Commemoration of the end of the First World War at the Yokohama Foreigners' Cemetery.

The year 2020 has brought to us many unexpected changes that has led to flexible solutions in how we host events while ensuring that everyone is safe.