The Sister School Exchange is intended to create a sustainable sister school relationship between Osaka and its sister city classrooms and schools through virtual interactive cultural exchange and visits. High school, middle school and elementary teachers apply for the opportunity to be a part of this program. Partner schools are carefully selected and matched. Once a sister school agreement is exchanged, these pairs are called Sister Schools.
City of Osaka has cultivated several Sister School relationships over the years and would encourage other interested schools to apply to the program. For more information on the application process please contact us contact us.
1991 Chicago's Murray Elementary School children visited Osaka's Tennoji Elementary School
Currently Active Relationship
Since 2006: Osaka City Senior High School & Walter Payton College Prep (Chicago) have been very active primarily through their annual travel and hosting program. Osaka City Senior High School students have had the chance to visit Chicago in 2007 and Walter Payton students visited Osaka in 2006 and 2008. Please take a look at some of the exchange reports from each of the years.
Report from the 2008 exchange: Walter Payton students visit Osaka City High
Report from the 2007 exchange: Osaka City High School students visit Walter Payton
Report from the 2006 exchange: Walter Payton students visit Osaka City High
Osaka City High School Home Page
Walter Payton College Prep. Home Page
Introducing Walter Payton School: View the video created by the George Lucas Educational Foundation profiling Payton on their Edutopia website