Journal

　Two teams from our school were selected as finalists in the “WiDS HIROSHIMA Ideathon2021”, a collaboration between industry, government and academia; including Hiroshima Prefecture itself, Hiroshima University and related companies. 
　WiDS is an abbreviation for “Women in Data Science,”an initiative led by the Institute for Computational and Mathematical Engineering (ICME) at Staford University in the U.S., which aims to “foster human resources who will be active in the field of data science, regardless of gender.” 
　On Sunday October 17th, the WiDS HIROSHIMA Ideathon 2021 “Pre-Advice” session was held, with the attendants including 9 students from our school who will participate in the finals. 
　After showing the announcement materials and our presentation, we were advised by Ms. SAGA Yukiko, the WiDS HIROSHIMA Ambassador on various topics, including methods of showing data and how to make presentation slides. Based on this advice, we would like to further improve our presentation for the finals. 
　WiDS HIROSHIMA Ideathon 2021 can be viewed online.  Please register in advance, and we thank you for your support. 
   Student’s Opinion: “I’m glad that we were able to participate in this event because it helped make our issues much more clear. Mrs. SAGA gave us specific information on which kinds of presentation are easy to read, and what kinds of data are persuasive. I’m going to work hard for the main competition in January!”-SENBA, Class 201  
   Student’s Opinion: “The most difficult aspect of creating presentation materials was deciding on the kind of data to use to create the graphs. Instead of just arranging the quoted data, I tried to create more profound materials by combining multiple kinds of data. I would like to go forward making presentations that are clear and easy to understand.” -NISHIDA, Class 201 
     

　On October 16th, the 4th science research presentation exchange convention for female students “Gather! Science Girls” was held ― a competition across Shikoku, sponsored by Notre Dame Gakuen high school.  Twelve female students from our school participated, giving presentations in five groups.

　The male students participated enthusiastically in the question-and-answer session.

　The participating schools were: Notre Dame Seishin Gakuen Girls’ High School (2) and Junior High School (1), Ehime Prefectural Saijo High School (3), Ehime Prefectural Imabari Nishi High School (1), Ehime University Affiliated High School (1), Ehime Prefectural Uwajima Higashi High School (2), Niihama Technical College (1), Ehime Prefectural Matsuyama Minami High School (5); 16 groups in total.■

Author’s opinion: “Although it was difficult for me to deepen our research, I managed to complete with my group members effectively.  I feel very happy to have joined such a precious session.”  209 JOKO Lisa 
     

　On Thursday October 14th (2021), an interim SSH meeting was held here at Matsuyama Minami high school. Second-year students on the science and mathematics course participated alongside general-course students, and were advised by management instruction   teachers, who assisted with our problems and helped clarify the directions of research of our research.

Author’s opinion:  “We felt very nervous when giving our presentations in front of the audience, but were relieved to have performed well. In addition, we received much useful advice from many teachers and learned a great deal.  We would like to apply what we have learned to our future research.” - Minto HAMADA, Class 208
              

　On Friday　October 8th, the 14th data marketing meeting was held with guests from three companies. C.E.O.
Masahiko KARASUDANI from True Data Corp. and Section Chief Masahiko AKAO from SEKI Corp. participated in person at our school, whereas Director Fumikazu ONISHI from FUJI Corp. participated online through ZOOM.
　On the day, Messrs. KARASUDANI and NOMURA gave a lecture on “How to inspect effects using numbers.”
  At the next presentation session, we will summarize the analysis of the purchase data provided in this session as preparation for the final session, where we will analyze the change in growth rate at stores before and after implementation of the discussed strategies, using receipts and other purchase data of the items sold. ■

Author’s opinion:  “We have had a precious experience during this marketing course.  I want to do my best for the final presentation with all of my teammates!”= Kotaro SEKI, Class 209