Japhet School
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Japhet is located in Madison Heights, Michigan. Japhet is an independent day school that is known for its teachings of character and ethics through individualized programs. The school runs a Preschool, Kindergarten, grade school, and latchkey program.
Although founded in 1973 as a school for the children of Christian Scientists, enrollment was opened to students of all faiths in 1996.
Japhet is a character school based from eighteen different character qualities. The character qualities are initiative, courage, peace, justice, gratitude, respect for self, respect for others, personal habits, self control, joy, industry, obedience, thrift, reliability, humility, judgment, patriotism, and punctuality. The principal is currently Catherine Mohan. This is Mohan's third year as the Head of School. There are roughly 80 students in the school.
In 2001, the school won the National School of Character Award. Other recognition came when Target named Japhet an Outstanding School in America and the National Council of Spiritual and Ethical Education chose the school to host and participate in a national conference on honor codes.
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[edit] Class sizes
Japhet has multi-aged classes with small class sizes. The maximum class size is 18 students total for two grade levels.
[edit] Special events
The students perform an annual concert known as Christmas Giving in December and a musical known as Spring Sharing in May. A "gratitude service" is performed in November to coincide with Thanksgiving.
[edit] Extracurricular activities
Japhet has a FIRST Lego League team established in 2006. In 2007, Japhet took first place in the innovative solution category at the FLL Thunderquest tournament.
[edit] Summer program
The school offers educational programs during the summer open to everyone. These courses include magic, art, sports, and academics.
