As Tenipuri Fusion is now running completely in real time, we've decided it would be a good idea to have a calendar of events/holidays typical of Japanese schools. Any holidays you have off will be announced on the comm prior to one of them.

April
- New school year ceremony
- Family interview

May
- Fitness test (see later)
- Measuring heights and weights

June
- Changing to summer uniform
- Sports day
- End-of-term test

July
- Parents teacher meeting
- End-of-term ceremony
- Swimming workshop (optional, during holiday)
- Summer tutoring (for students with poor school performance, during holiday)

August
- Summer tutoring (for students with poor school performance, during holiday)

September
- New term ceremony
- Swimming competition (with local schools)
- Field & track competition (with local schools)
- Student council election

October
- School trip
- Mid-term tests
- English ability test

November
- Cultural festival
- Joint music concert with local schools
- End-of-term test
- Hiking

December
- Parents teachers meeting
- Clean up (for new year)
- End-of-term ceremony
- Skiing workshop (optional, during holiday)

January
- New term ceremony
- Calligraphy exhibition

February
- Annual seminar
- Entrance tests (for prospective students)

March
- Hobby workshops
- Teachers' dinner (where students take their teachers out for dinner as a thank-you gesture for the year)
- End-of-term ceremony
- Graduation ceremony

Holidays 2006-2007
8 Apr - Buddha's Birthday
29 Apr to 5 May - Golden Week
17 Jul - Marine Day
1-31 Aug - Summer holiday
18 Sep - Respect for the Aged Day
23 Sep - Autumnal equinox
9 Oct - Health and Sports Day
3 Nov - Cultural Day
23 Nov - Labour Thanksgiving Day
23 Dec - Emperor's Birthday
24 Dec - 7 Jan - Christmas & New Year holiday
8 Jan - Coming of Age Day
11 Feb - National Foundation Day
21 Mar - Vernal equinox

Fitness Test
Yamato will initially rely on fitness test results to assess the club members' conditions. Typical results, during the Tenipuri time (ie last year) were: