春のやわらかな日差しの中、早稲田佐賀中学校・高等学校の入学式が行われました。

１回目の登校。生徒は期待と緊張が入り混じった気持ちで自分の名前の出席番号を探して校舎の中へ移動しました。ピカピカのスリッパに履き替えた新入生は、生徒会の先輩に案内されながら「知っている顔いるかな？」と言わんばかりの表情で教室に入って自分の席に座りました。

入学式では、新中１のとなりに新高１が並んでいて、歳が３つしか変わらないのに中学校での３年間における成長の大きさがよく感じられました。そして、その成長を遂げた新高1は、これから社会へ羽ばたくための準備の一歩を踏み出します。

新入生の宣誓がとても素敵だったので、その心のこもったことばをぜひご一読ください。

中１代表　松尾さん

2026新入生代表宣誓（中学）奉書

高１代表　宮崎さん

2026新入生代表宣誓（高校）奉書

式後、それぞれの教室にて初めてのホームルームが行われ、朝より少し落ち着いた表情で担任の先生の言葉を聞きました。

下校の時間となり、道で待っていたのは、なんと部活生の熱いコールでした！これから入部体験期間が始まるので、新しい部員を必死に呼びかけていました。

少し軽やかな足取りで下校する生徒の微笑ましい姿を見送って、職員は夕方に行われる入寮オリエンテーションの準備に取り掛かりました。

新入生の皆さん、そして保護者の方々、ご入学おめでとうございます。

新しい出会いと挑戦にあふれる毎日になりますように。

Today was the Entrance Ceremony for both the junior and senior high schools. 

On their first day as new first-years, students looked both a bit nervous and excited as they searched for their names on the new class lists. Entering the school building, they were greeted by members of the student council, changed into their brand new slippers. Many students swiveled their heads left to right, as if searching for a familiar face, while making their way to their seats. 

Once the students were all seated for the ceremony, it was easy to see just how much change occurs during the three years of junior high. The new senior high students, who have just experienced that change themselves, are now setting out on their way to adulthood. 

The student representatives for the junior and senior high school offered very heart-felt words of gratitude and excitement. Their transcripts are available above in Japanese.

After the ceremony, the students returned to their classrooms for their first home room periods. Everyone’s expressions were a little more relaxed that they had been in the morning as they listed to their homeroom teachers speak. 

The home room periods ended and the students, along with their parents, began to leave the buildings. They were quite surprised to be greeted with the cheerful and perhaps even desperate calls from students from various clubs, each beckoning them to join as a new member. 

We teachers watched smiling as the new first-years left campus with a bit of a bounce in their step, and returned to get ready for the Dormitory Orientation later this evening. 

To all the new junior and senior high students joining us here at Waseda Saga: Welcome. 

We hope that the days to come are full of new friends and challenges.