Information pack for Public High School

Earlier today I wrote about the announcements for acceptance into a public senior high school. Having received an acceptance for one of my children today, I can tell you what happens next. This is specifically for public senior high school. I have another child who was accepted into a private senior high school last year and the system is quite different.

When you get an announcement of a successful application, there are notifications under it. For my daughter there were two notifications as to what to do next. The first notification outlined the limited time frame for printing off a copy of your acceptance. The second notification was about when to pick up the information pack for the high school, which in Saitama Prefecture and many other places in Japan, is the same day as the acceptance announcement.

The notification highlighted that the information pack could be picked up between 9 am and noon or 1 pm and 3 pm today, and only today. In the case of the student being unwell, a family member can pick it up on their behalf. The student (or family member) must bring along their "Jukenhyo", examination ticket to the school. That was all my daughter was requested to bring along, but other schools may have other requests.

What I didn't know is if the student is supposed to go to the school on their own or with their parent. It turns out the students go into the school building on their own, but most parents go as far as the school door with them. In the school they show their "jukenhyo", the teacher marks off their name, and they receive the information pack and that's it. It took a whole of three minutes to get the information pack for public senior high school!