University Counseling at HIS
We are fortunate to have two university counselors on-staff, in order to provide robust individualized support to each student. As with so much of our educational philosophy, we believe that education should be personalized, with each student discovering areas of passion worth pouring their heart and effort into. Finding the right steps after HIS is one of the most important expressions of this approach.
As a young school, we are still three years away from having our founding class graduate in 2027. We have built a robust university preparatory curriculum, covering all the essential academic content needed for entrance into selective universities around the world, while maintaining our focus on deeper learning methods like project-based learning and Socratic seminar.
We expect HIS students to attend a wide range of excellent universities around the world. We also support other pathways, such as a gap year between high school and university to explore a personal passion, or for some students a direct leap into entrepreneurship, activism, industry, or other pathways that speak to them.
Our University Counseling program begins in 9th grade, not to pressure students into early conclusions, but to help them understand routes available to them and to address any anxieties or questions from students or families. From there, we help students tailor their course selection, identify extracurricular activities, and explore options, all with an aim of finding what they most love.
With students’ authentic passion comes their greatest learning potential, resilience, and their best contributions to the world. Universities receiving applications from HIS will see students with both strong academic grounding shown in a transcript, as well as a project portfolio showing their talents and passions expressed through real-world projects and feedback from outside experts.
Faculty & Staff Universities
While our founding class will not graduate until 2027, as a measure of the standards of excellence we hold, our faculty and staff bring experience from excellent universities around the world. We know what is expected in these institutions, and will support those students who want to pursue these paths accordingly. The following is a sampling of universities and colleges from which our faculty and staff hold degrees.
College Board Code for Hakuba International School: 000164