Welcome to Tsukuba Academy, an original school role play set in the city of Tokyo, Japan located in the Azabu Juuban District.

Welcome to Tsukuba Academy, an original school role play set in the city of Tokyo, Japan located in the Azabu Juuban District.

This prestigious academy that as built and established in 1966 by a man named Ozotaka Muraki who had the intentions of allowing children from all grades to receive a proper education taught by the best teachers from all across the world. Ozotaka, originally from Okinawa, came to Tokyo in 1930 where he began his teaching career when he attended Todai University to obtain his teaching degree. It was then he was consumed with one great concern and that was children being able to have an opportunity to receive a decent education. In his forty years of service to Tokyo's educational system, he served as a teacher, coach, Chairman of Legislative committees, District Superintendent, and President and Secretary of Tokyo's Superintendents Association. He traveled to all parts of the country working with school personnel and citizens in an effort to find ways to improve education.

Ozotaka became superintendent on March 5, 1975. Highlights include: the building and construction of Tsukuba Academy, the $6 million bond issue, the raising of taxpayer's house assessments to appropriate more money for the school and allowing any child, no matter their age from across the world to attend such a refined learning establishment. Through his efforts many new ideas and programs were developed: i.e., driver's education classes, summer school programs, the use of educational television and others. Ozotaka launched an extensive building program. He expected full value for every dollar spent. Due to his dedication and hard work, the school's mascot has been dubbed the "Phoenix" to represent the burning passion and confidence he wanted to see in the eyes of the students that attended. Until this day, even now that he is no longer living, no one knows why dedicated his life to this much for students. But there were other intentions behind the construction of this school but before anything was done, Ozotaka fell ill and died. His reasons and other ulterior motives died right along with him. At the same time, the school was placed in the hands of many a Headmaster & Mistress throughout the years.

It as such, Tsukuba Academy is the largest school in the district as well as the only one that enables students to have a choice between living on campus in either the boys or girls dorms or just attending classes online. Tuition is not free. The prices range between $2000 to $9000 dollars depending on what you score on the entrance exam. Tuition also covers not only just entrance into the school but supplies needed, required books, as well as room and board for none of this stuff comes free. However, as an added bonus, should a student decide to live on the campus grounds, they are given a $20 dollar allowance at the end of every week that can be used on anything. Does not matter, so long as it isn't illegal.

And out of all the schools in this particular district, Tsukuba is the only one that ranks students from beginner to advance. If you score anything below 70% percent on your exam, you take BEGINNER classes but you will remain in your right grade depending on your age. Only students taking ADVANCED classes get to skip to a grade higher thus graduating earlier than most. INTERMEDIATE students can also move up a grade as well but whatever classes your grade level requires, those are the ones you will be taken for the semester. Electives are a requirement to have but make sure you choose the ones you want quickly because they get full very fast.

Students are required to wear a school uniform during class hours. There is no set uniform design so you're allowed to wear old uniforms from adjacent schools or buy one from a local store and wear it to class. So long as it is in appropriate means. Now some teachers are lenient and will let students wear their regular casual clothes to class, but the majority of teachers will openly tell you that for their courses, you specifically need to wear a school uniform. To them, it shows that you can not only obey the academy's policy but at least make an attempt to dress decent for class.

Since the creation of the academy, there have been many people running this educational establishment, which they have motivated the students to succeed further past their original expectations. Now, the school is under the administration of Headmistress Izanami Takeda who is trying her best to make campus living as comfortable as possible for everyone (it is also know that these two particularly are fond of competing against Juuban Municipal Academy come final exam days). And when I say, everyone, that includes teachers as well. Though only some of them stay within the dorms with the students. Some of them taking on the role as dorm room supervisors and monitor the halls to make sure things don't get out of hand and students aren't sneaking off or on the campus past curfew which is 10PM. There are three offenses for those who break curfew: Trespassing punishable by suspension is the first offense, Second offense immediately charges pressed against them and the third offense is expulsion. If you can't follow the rules, you don't need to be here.

As for the dormitories, the boys dorms is located North of the school behind the gym and the girls dorm is located West of the school near the Tsukuba Library in which has its own building because of the mounds of resources that come in every year. You're able to not only check out books, but buy and rent them as well. Although renting and checking out books sound the same, the only difference between them is renting a book requires you to pay a small fee in which gives you a longer extension of the book(s) you chose. If you do not bring it back you will get fined 75% which will be taken out of your tuition if unable to be paid out.

There are plenty of after school Extracurricular clubs that are sponsored by teachers but ran by students. The creation of a club has to now be presented to the Student Council for approval. If your club lacks ten or less members, the Student Council has the right to close it down if you're unable to obtain more members. Being part of a club is optional but you have to be a dedicated member once you join and meet up with everyone on the given dates. As for becoming a member of the Student Council, you at least have to maintain a grade point average that's no lower than a B+ because there is a lot of work put into the job positions that are needed to make sure things are being ran smoothly in regards to classes, clubs, school functions, etc.

It is, without a doubt, to be known that the first and last three weeks of the semester are the most hectic. This is because students are trying to get everything in order. Please make sure that you have everything you need so you won't be caught up in the rush. Without further ado, I would like to welcome you, new applicant, to Tsukuba Academy.