Yaei High School

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Yaei High School (神奈川県立弥栄高等学校)
Established	1983 (as Yaei East and West)
Type	Prefectural Senior Co-educational
Students	1000+
Grades	1st-3rd years Senior High School
Location	Sagamihara, Kanagawa, Japan
Colours	Blue and White
Website	English:[1] Japanese:[2]

Kanagawa Prefectural Yaei High School (神奈川県立弥栄高等学校, Kanagawa Kenritsu Yaei Kōtōgakkō^?) is a high school located in Sagamihara, Kanagawa, Japan. Originally founded in 1983 as Yaei East (弥栄東）and Yaei West（弥栄西), the two schools merged in 2008, to become the united school it is today. It was merged as part of the Kanagawa 100 new high schools plan.

[edit] Yaei East and West

Yaei High School Established in 1983 as two separate schools: Yaei East, and Yaei West High School. At the time, they were known as "Twin Schools" The schools were located on the same campus, and both used the same sports ground, library and other facilities. However, the schools were different as they had classrooms on separate ends of the campus, staff and administration were separated and they both had their own gymnasium. Both schools shared very similar uniforms and emblems and both offered a general course of study to their students however, Yaei West specialized in P.E and Foreign Language, while Yaei East specialised in Music and Arts. Both schools were co-educational and had enrollments over 500.