A ribbon-cutting ceremony took place at 63 Le Van Long in Da Nang’s Hai Chau District on Tuesday to officially debut the Sakura-Olympia bilingual school, a combined education system of kindergarten, primary, junior and senior high levels.

The ribbon-cutting ceremony for the opening of the school

Spanning an area of over 6,700m², the international-standard school features 20 classrooms, an entertainment area, an area for physical activity practice, an open library, a swimming pool, a football field, and other utilities.

Yesterday also marked the opening of Sakura-Olympia’s STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) Education Research Centre.

Dr Nguyen Thi Anh Dao, founder of the Sakura-Olympia bilingual school, said the STEM system aims to provide international-standard educational programmes, with updated technological and scientific knowledge and English language from all over the world, to her pupils.

She added her school was designed to connect with international education systems under basic educational programmes from the US and Japan.

During the 2018-2019 academic year, the school operates its pre-school, and primary education with 1^st and 2^nd grades.

Currently, the school is opening free-of-charge its public reading space and its playground for children aged between 18 months and 15 years old in the city.

In addition, free physical training for kids will be given by foreign teachers at the school between 5.00pm and 6.00pm every day.

On Saturday afternoons, numerous exciting events are organised at the school to help its pupils and their parents to learn about Japanese culture.