On March 9, 2026, the third GCI special lecture for the 1st-year Department of Global Awareness at Akashi Nishi Senior High School was held. The lecturer was Mr. Hiroshi Hasegawa, a former vice principal of the school, former principal of Akashi Minami Senior High School, and a nationally certified guide interpreter. 

　　The title of his lecture was “Australia as Seen by an Exchange Teacher,” and he spoke about school life and everyday life in Australia. It was a very interesting lecture, and many questions were asked afterward. He answered them carefully.

     The 48th graduation ceremony was held at Akashi Nishi Senior High School on February 27. Thirty 3rd-year DGA students graduated from Akashi Nishi Senior High School .  They are the 21st graduates of the DGA. All the regular course students and the DGA students are the 48th graduates of Akashi Nishi Senior High School. 

     One day before the 3rd-year graduation, the award ceremony of Wakawashi (Young Eagle) awards was held on February 26. There were 12 students from the 3rd-year DGA class receiving Wakawashi awards. Wakawashi awards are given to students who have accomplished sporting or academic achievements during the past three years.  

[WAKAWASHI Prize Winners in the 3-8 DGA]

3821 HIGA Shuusuke;             Participating in the 63th National High School Rifle Shooting Championship
3822 FUJIMOTO Chizu;           Participating in the 79th Kinki Region High School Swimming Championship
3802 ANDO Manami;                Passing the EIKEN Pre-1st test
3803 IKEUCHI Kou;                  Passing the EIKEN Pre-1st test
3805 KATAKUWA Yuta;            Passing the EIKEN Pre-1st test
3807 KANEMOTO Changki;     Passing the EIKEN Pre-1st test
3810 KOUNO Yuki;                   Passing the EIKEN Pre-1st test
3812 TAIRA Sachika;                Passing the EIKEN Pre-1st test
3818 NISHIMOTO Kota;            Passing the EIKEN Pre-1st test
3825 MAEDA Yuina;                  Passing the EIKEN Pre-1st test
3826 MATSUTO Leon Edward; Passing the EIKEN Pre-1st test
3830 YAMASAKI Rui;                 Passing the EIKEN Pre-1st test

     The 19th Hyogo Prefecture Senior High School English Debate Contest was held at Kobe City University of Foreign Studies on February 1, 2026. The Akashi-Nishi debate team from the 2nd-year DGA participated in the contest. There were three preliminary rounds in the morning. In the first round, the Akashi-Nishi team debated against the seeded Kobe Senior High School and lost with a score of 0-3. In the second round, our team debated against Mukogawa Women’s University Senior High School and won with a score of 3-0. In the third round, the Akashi-Nishi debate team defeated Himeji Nishi Senior High School with a score of 2-1. Ultimately, the team was unable to advance to the semi-finals, finishing in 12th place among 22 teams. The debate team members and supporters did their best. They came in third place in terms of the ‘English Communication Point,’ which reflected how clear and understandable the English of our debate team was.

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