Seattle Japanese School (シアトル日本語補習学校, Shiatoru Nihongo Hoshūgakkō) is a supplementary Japanese school located in the Seattle metropolitan area. It holds its classes in Bellevue.[1]
| Seattle Japanese School シアトル日本語補習学校 | |
|---|---|
| Location | |
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| Coordinates | 47°37′08″N 122°10′31″W / 47.61886°N 122.17541°W |
| Information | |
| Type | supplementary Japanese school |
| Established | 1971 |
| Website | seajschool |
History edit
The Seattle Japanese School was founded in 1971 by local businessmen of Japanese descent; by 1993, it had over 600 students and served most of the Puget Sound region.[2]
In 1986 the school moved to Bellevue since most of the students resided in the Eastside of King County, Washington.[3]
Student body edit
As of 1993[update] the student body numbered 600, with the majority being children of Japanese citizens on work visas. As of that year some students originated from Tacoma, and others came from Anacortes.[4]
See also edit
References edit
- ^ "ようこそ！ シアトル日本語補習学校のホームページへ." Seattle Japanese School. Retrieved on June 15, 2014.
- ^ "Learning the Japanese way, in Bellevue". The Bellingham Herald. Associated Press. March 30, 1993. p. B3 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Vinh, Tan. "Bellevue school rolls out sushi; kids eat it up" (Archive). Seattle Times. Thursday January 27, 2000. Retrieved on April 9, 2015.
- ^ Moir, Patricia (March 29, 1993). "Saturday switch: Bellevue school prepares kids for return to Japan". The News Tribune. p. B2 – via Newspapers.com.
Further reading edit
(in Japanese)
- Fujimori, Hiroko (藤森 弘子; Tokyo University of Foreign Studies, Japanese Language Center for International Students (留学生日本語教育センター)). "The Current State of Japanese Language Teaching in the U.S.A. : Report on Visits to a Saturday Japanese School for Japanese Students and Japanese Classes at Secondary Schools in the U.S.A." (米国日本語教育事情調査 : REX派遣先校と日本語補習授業校を視察して; Archive). Bulletin of Japanese Language Center for International Students (留学生日本語教育センター論集) 30, p. 139-152, 2004–03. Tokyo University of Foreign Studies. See profile at CiNii. See profile at Tokyo University of Foreign Studies Prometheus-Academic Collections (東京外国語大学学術成果コレクション). English abstract available (Archive). This Saturday school is discussed in section 3-3, beginning on page 143.
- 砂原 由和 (ネットワーク情報学部 助教授). "レドモンド教育事情" (Archive). 資格課程年報Passo a Passo (『パッソ ア パッソ』). Hosted at Senshu University. Start p. 5-6 (PDF pages p. 5-6).
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