Portland Japanese School (PJS; ポートランド日本人学校 ''Pōtorando Nihonjin Gakkō'') is a
Japanese weekend supplementary school located in the
Portland metropolitan area
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[日本人学校沿革]
. Portland Japanese School. Retrieved on February 14, 2015. ""ポートランド日本人学校（補習授業校）" - Despite the official name ''Nihonjin Gakkō'', the "補習授業校" in parenthesis is ''Hoshū jugyō kō'' clarifying that this is a weekend school and not a day school - Also "ポートランド日本人学校（補習授業校）は、1971年8月にポートランド商社会（進出日系企業25社により構成）によって設立されました。" The school has its office in Park Plaza West in
Beaverton, and its classes are held at Hazelbrook Middle School in
Tualatin. The Japanese Business Association of Portland (ポートランド日本人商工会 ''Pōtorando Nihonjin Shōkōkai''), also known as the "Shokookai," oversees the school, which serves levels PK through 12.
[Florip, Eric.]
Every weekend, Tualatin's Hazelbrook Middle School becomes Portland Japanese School, where it's all math and language
''The Oregonian
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''. June 2, 2011. Retrieved on April 9, 2015.
History
It was founded in August 1971. During the 1980s the school was meeting in Twality Middle School in
Tigard as the PJS began its relationship with the
Tigard-Tualatin School District. When Hazelbrook Middle School opened in 1992 the Japanese school moved its classes there.
[ In 2000 the school had about 280 students.][Kajita and Hayashi, p. 20 (English abstract).]
Curriculum and operations
The school teaches '' kokugo'' (Japanese language) and mathematics.[
Every summer the Japanese school sends some Tigard-Tualatin school employees to Japan so they can study Japanese culture.][
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Student demographics
As of 2011 the school had 363 students. Students originate from the Portland area, with a portion coming from Salem, Oregon and Longview, Washington
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. Many of their parents are businesspersons temporarily residing in the United States.[
]
References
* Kajita, Masami (梶田 正巳) and Saiko Hayashi (早矢仕 彩子 ''Hayashi Saiko''; Mie University
Mie University (三重大学; ''Mie Daigaku'', abbreviated to 三重大 ''Miedai'') is a national university in Tsu, Mie Prefecture, Japan. As with other national universities, Mie University has been a National University Corporation since Apr ...
人文学部).
Adaptation of Japanese Students in Portland Japanese School : Language, Academic Achievement and Identity
Archive
ポートランド日本語補習授業校の子ども達の異文化適応 : 学習・言語・アイデン ティティ面から). ''Bulletin of the Graduate School of Education and Human Development'' - Psychology and Human Developmental Sciences. 47, 1-23, 2000–12. Nagoya University
See profile at
CiNii
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. ''English abstract available''.
Notes
External links
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Portland Japanese School
Japanese Business Association of Portland
Japanese-American culture in Portland, Oregon
Schools in Oregon
Education in Portland, Oregon
1971 establishments in Oregon
Educational institutions established in 1971
Portland
Portland most commonly refers to:
* Portland, Oregon, the largest city in the state of Oregon, in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States
* Portland, Maine, the largest city in the state of Maine, in the New England region of the northeas ...
Tualatin, Oregon
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