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Dodea high school in Japan

Nile C. Kinnick High School


Location

US Fleet Activities Yokosuka Japan
Coordinates	35°17′24″N 139°40′30″E / 35.2900829°N 139.6750135°E / 35.2900829; 139.6750135
Information
Type	DoDEA high school
Motto	Home of the Red Devils
Established	1947 (78 years ago) (1947)
CEEB code	561940
Principal	Kira Hurst
Assistant principal	Quiana Obeng
Grades	9–12
Enrollment	657
Color(s)	Red and white
Song	Alma Mater (Tune: "Far above Cayuga’s Waters")
Fight song	Fight Song (Tune: "Our Director")
Sports	Yes
Mascot	Red Devils
Nickname	Yo-Hi Devils
Team name	Red Devils
Website	kinnickhs.dodea.edu

Nile C. Kinnick High School is a U.S. military-operated school that originally opened in Yokohama, Japan in 1946 during the occupation after World War II. The school later moved to US Fleet Activities Yokosuka, Japan in 1971, but kept the Yo-Hi Red Devils mascot to honor the schools beginnings. The school was named after Nile Clarke Kinnick, Jr. in 1990. Kinnick High School usually has around 600 students and is about 45 km from Tokyo.

Notable alumni

Mark Hamill, actor

References

^ Communications, DoDEA. "About Our School | Kinnick High School". Department of Defense Education Activity. Retrieved April 16, 2023.
"Niles C. Kinnick HH (Prev. in Yokohama) History". American Overseas Schools Historical Society. Retrieved April 16, 2023.
Thomas, Shelbi (June 12, 2020). "Did You Know There's a Nile Kinnick High School in Japan?". University of Iowa Center for Advancement - Iowa Magazine. Retrieved April 22, 2023.
"Mark Hamill at Yokosuka, 1978". Stars and Stripes. 11 March 2019.

External links

v t e International schools in the Tokyo metropolitan area
Special wards	Canadian International School Lycée Français International de Tokyo Global Indian International School, Tokyo Campus India International School in Japan KAIS International School Tokyo Korean Junior and Senior High School Tokyo Korean School Russian Embassy School in Tokyo Tokyo Chinese School Yoyogi International School The British School in Tokyo ASIJ Early Learning Center Aoba-Japan International School K. International School Tokyo Nishimachi International School Seisen International School St. Mary's International School Shinagawa International School Tokyo International School Yohan International Christian School International School of the Sacred Heart
West Tokyo	American School in Japan Christian Academy in Japan Musashi International School Tokyo (formerly Little Angels International School) Tokyo West International School Yokota High School
Yokohama	Yokohama Yamate Chinese School German School of Tokyo Yokohama India International School in Japan Kanagawa Korean Jr./ Sr. High School Yokohama Overseas Chinese School Horizon Japan International School Saint Maur International School Yokohama International Christian Academy Yokohama International School
Chiba, Chiba	Chiba Korean Primary and Junior High School Makuhari International School
Yokosuka	Nile C. Kinnick High School
Saitama Prefecture	Columbia International School
This list is incomplete. Remaining North Korean schools (Chosen gakko) and any additional South Korean schools should be listed.

Department of Defense Education Activity
Department of Defense Dependents Schools

E. Asia/Pacific

Closed	Seoul American HS

Europe/Mideast

Closed	Bonn American HS Frankfurt American HS Heidelberg HS London Central EHS Munich American HS Alexander M. Patch American HS

North America

Closed	Balboa HS

This list is incomplete.
Some DoDEA communities in the United States are zoned to non-DoDEA public schools for middle school and high school or for high school.
See also: Template:Bureau of Indian Education (federal Native American school system)
Template:Defence Children Services (British military school system)

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