History

 March    2000 Municipal High Schools Realignment Plan was formulated
 January  2004 Feedback from the Advisory Committe for High School of Science and Technology (provisional name)
 December 2004 Basic concepts of High School of Science and Technology (provisional name) were set in place
 December 2005 Basic plan of High School of Science and Technology (provisional name) was set in place
 March    2007 The school construction started
 May     2007 The school name was selected from among several suggestions from the public
 April     2008 The Preparation Office was set up
 October  2008 Kanagawa Prefectural Government approved the plan
 November 2008 Yokohama Science Frontier High School (YSFH) was founded, Haruo Sato was assigned as the first principal
 December 2008 Completion of the school buildings
 April     2009 School Opening Ceremony and the first entrance ceremony were held
 April     2010 YSFH was designated a Super Science High School (SSH) by the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT) for a period of five years
 April     2011 YSFH was selected as CORE SSH by MEXT
 March    2012 Principal Haruo Sato resigned
 April     2012 Mineo Kurihara was assigned as the second principal
YSFH was selected as CORE SSH by MEXT for three years
YSFH was designated as a College Prep School by Yokohama City Board of Education
 April     2014 YSFH was designated a Super Global High School (SGH) by MEXT for a period of five years