School excursion canceled at Corona Making memories at a ball game tournament Iwaki Fukushima

School excursion canceled at Corona Making memories at a ball game tournament Iwaki Fukushima September 17, 18:11

With the spread of the new coronavirus, many schools have canceled their school trips, and at a junior high school in Iwaki City, Fukushima Prefecture, a ball game tournament was held to create memories that would replace the trip.

Due to the effects of the new coronavirus, many public junior high schools in Fukushima Prefecture have postponed their school trips for third-year students every spring after September.

However, the number of infected people in September increased at a faster pace than last month, which was the highest number, indicating that 34 out of 206 junior high schools scheduled for school trips decided to cancel by the 16th. ..

The school that decided to cancel is considering holding an event in place of the school excursion, and of these, the third grade ball game tournament was held at Taira Daisan Junior High School in Iwaki City.

On the 17th, a soccer and volleyball class competition was held, and about 150 students

were chasing the ball with all their might and cheering with handmade cheering goods.

A third-year female student said, "The ball game tournament can be united in class, and it's a different kind of fun than a school trip, so we all want to get excited."

Yutaka Yoshida, the chief teacher of the third grade, said, "I considered school trips in the prefecture to the last minute, but I had to cancel it as the infection spread. Still, the students accepted the situation and the ball game tournament I'm so excited to see him working on it. "