The elementary school in Yamamoto Town, Miyagi Prefecture, which had been closed due to damage such as the water pipe rupturing due to the earthquake on the 16th of this month, resumed classes on the 22nd.
Yamamoto Town, Miyagi Prefecture, observed a tremor with a seismic intensity of less than 6 due to the earthquake on the 16th of this month, and all five elementary and junior high schools in the town were closed. Classes are resuming.
Of these, at Sakamoto Elementary School, where the water pipe ruptured and water leaked from the ceiling on the first floor, children began to attend school energetically from 8 am on the 22nd.
The first grade classroom stopped with the hands of the clock pointing at around 11:36 pm, the time of the earthquake.
On the 22nd, the teacher in charge checked whether the family was injured, and was careful not to approach dangerous places such as water leaks in preparation for aftershocks.
At this school, the gymnasium was also unavailable for the time being due to the earthquake, so the graduation ceremony scheduled for last week will be held at a nearby community exchange center on the 23rd.
A first-year boy said, "I was very surprised and woke up by the earthquake, but I'm glad my family wasn't injured. I'll be careful about safety today because an earthquake may occur." ..
Hirofumi Miyazaki, Principal of Sakamoto Elementary School, said, "Because it is most important to protect the safety of children, we would like to strengthen cooperation with families so that we can respond to earthquakes while commuting to and from school."