Regional School Unit #2 receives the Salary Assistance Grant from the Japan Foundation

October 17, 2024
   On October 8th, Consul General Takahashi visited Hall-Dale Middle and High School (Regional School Unit #2) and handed over symbolic check amounting to $30,000, for the Japan Foundation’s Salary Assistance Grant to the Principal of School, Mr. Mark Tinkham. This Unit has the only Japanese language course at middle and high school level in State of Maine and this grant will be used to continue the Japanese language education.
   Consul General Takahashi also took this opportunity to meet with students who are taking Japanese language course at the school and those of Seiwa Gakuen High School who visited the Hall-Dale High School from Sendai, Miyagi.
   Seiwa Gakuen High School is Hall-Dale High School’s sister high school in Japan since 2016. Their relationship started with the Kakehashi Project run by the Japanese Government.