Camp Takajo provides an upbringing environment for campers, improving their sense of abilities and self-worth. We provide opportunities to explore all aspects of their personalities, encouraging them to take risks and expand their boundaries. By summer’s end, we hope that our campers can describe themselves in more positive and concrete terms than they did upon arrival.

Respect for oneself and others

Camp Takajo teaches the importance of making moral choices, forming tolerance and respect for others. Daily team games create all atmosphere of cooperation rather than “win-at-all-costs”.

Courage to face new challenges

Our diverse program of arts and sports provide an opportunity for campers to master skills of each activity. Campers participate in all activities that are offered at camp. Our ropes course and rock-climbing departments allow campers to see the importance of cooperation and perseverance in achieving their goals.

A sense of pride in belonging to a larger group

Campers are part of an age group. Older campers model appropriate behavior as they assume leadership positions.

An appreciation of nature

Our boys have opportunities to explore the natural beauty of Maine and New Hampshire on hiking and, boating.

Literary festivals are held annually in many corners of the globe and attract large numbers of readers, writers, playwrights (剧作家) and publishers.

Miami Book Fair

For eight days each year in November, the campus of Miami Dade College hosts over 500 outstanding authors during the Miami Book Fair. The fair offers young writers a unique opportunity to attend creative writing courses and workshops. Readers can listen to famous international authors talk about their latest books. Most of the events are offered free of charge to encourage a love of literature across all income groups.

Cheltenham Literature Festival

The festival runs for 10 days every autumn in Cheltenham. It’s the world’s first literature festival, leading the way in celebrating the writ- ten and spoken word. The fair offers something to everyone-you can attend reading activities and debates, and bring your children to see their favorite storybook characters brought to life.

Paraty International Literary Festival

It’s held each year in the city of Paraty, Brazil. Visitors can meet many local and international authors, poets and playwrights, and attend literature workshops. As part of the festival, Flipinha is mainly for children where young readers can meet writers and relax with a book in a special space. A further arm of the festival is called FlipMais. A series of free events about live theatre, music and cinema are held throughout the city of Paraty.

Edinburgh International Book Festival

The festival lasts for over 16 days every August and usually features around 900 events where you can meet your favorite authors, and bring your children to attend magical story-telling sessions and special workshops for children with learning disabilities. In most years, the festival attracts over 1,000 authors, poets and educators.

The Win-win Global High School Finance Competition is a free, online competition for high school students (9th to 12th grade) and teachers. Students work in teams of four to seven, guided by a teacher as their advisor. Together, they learn about teamwork, communication, risk, company and industry analysis.

About the Competition

Numbers from last year’s Finance Competition					2022-2023 Team: 4-7 students and 1 advisor Important Changes: Student teams must consist of members from the same school. Advisors must be a teacher at the high school.
1300 Teams	64 Countries	6,981 Students	1,015 Advisors

Teams conduct a brief case study and work together to help their clients to win his or her business. Winners are selected on the strength and explanation of their team strategies, not on the growth of their profits, which is a key difference between this finance challenge and others.

A team of judges select 50 teams for semifinals (半决赛) by reviewing their final reports. Those teams are invited to present their strategies to the expert judges at the virtual semifinals. The top 10 teams from the semifinals move on to the Global Final Stage in the school hall.

The reasons to join the Competition

● You get to explore the exciting world of securities and strategies.

● You learn about risk, company and industry analysis.

● You develop teamwork, leadership and communication skills.

● You build your file for college and scholarship applications.

● You have a chance to compete against teams from around the world.

● You learn finance skills that will last a lifetime.