Columbus Japanese Language School

Columbus Japanese Language School
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Office location: 450 W Wilson Bridge Rd # 360

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Columbus, Ohio metropolitan area

Worthington
,
Franklin County
,
Ohio
43085

United States
Coordinates40°06′41″N 83°01′38″W / 40.11141°N 83.02717°W / 40.11141; -83.02717
Information
School typeHoshū jugyō kō
Established1979
PresidentMr. Masaomi Kataiki
PrincipalMr. Hiroetsu Takahashi
Enrollment550
LanguageJapanese
ScheduleSaturday
Websitecolumbushoshuko.com/wordpress1/

Columbus Japanese Language School (コロンバス日本語補習校, Koronbasu Nihongo Hoshūkō, CJLS) is a weekend supplementary Japanese school, based in the Columbus, Ohio metropolitan area.

The classes are held in Creekview Intermediate School,[1] of the Marysville Exempted Village Schools District (MEVSD) in Marysville.[2] The school office is located in Worthington.[3]

History

The school was established in 1979 in a private house. A basement was used as the first classroom.[4] Area Japanese parents formally opened the school in April 1980, then only having elementary level classes, and the school started with three teachers and fourteen students.[5] By 1989, the student count was 400.[6]

It began renting from Worthington Estates Elementary School and Worthingway Middle School, both in Worthington, for elementary and secondary level classes, respectively, in April 1999. It began renting from Grandby Elementary School and McCord Middle School for elementary and secondary classes, respectively, in April 2003; both schools are in the city limits of Columbus.[7]

As of 2013, the school has 37 employees and 555 students. The Japanese Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT) sent two of the employees to the school.[8] As of 2014 there were about 550 students.[5]

In March 2019, the hoshuko stopped the Worthington school rents due to the state of the contracts.[7] From March 2020 the Japanese school was to rent space in Glacier Ridge Elementary School, in Dublin, of Dublin City Schools.[9] From September 2021 the hoshuko began using a Marysville facility.[7] Prior to the Marysville agreement, the Japanese school had done learning over the Internet.[1]

Operations

The school holds its classes on Saturdays with 17 board members managing the school.[8]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "Marysville Schools Welcome Partnership With Columbus Japanese Language School". Union County Daily Digital. 2021-09-03. Retrieved 2022-02-11.
  2. ^ "About Us" (in Japanese). Columbus Japanese Language School. Archived from the original on 2022-02-11. Retrieved 2022-02-11. (3) 借用校 * Marysville市教育委員会（貸主）
  3. ^ "Directory". Columbus Japanese Language School. Retrieved 2022-02-11. School Office[Tuesday thru Friday] 8:30 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. 450 W.Wilson Bridge Rd. Suite 360 Worthington Ohio 43085
  4. ^ "Japanese students adjust to language, new teaching style". The Journal News. Hamilton, Ohio. Associated Press. 2006-01-30. p. C2. - Clipping from Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ a b English information Archived 2014-05-12 at the Wayback Machine (Archive). Columbus Japanese Language School. Retrieved on May 9, 2014.
  6. ^ Harris, Chriss (1989-01-29). "Japanese get special school". News-Journal. Mansfield, Ohio. pp. 1-B, 2-B. - Clipping of first and of second page by Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ a b c "補習校の歩み". Columbus Japanese Language School. Archived from the original on 2022-02-11. Retrieved 2022-02-11. 1999年4月から、[...]借用することになった。
  8. ^ a b Motavalli, Jim. ""Little Tokyo": Japanese Honda Familes [sic] Adjust to Life in Ohio" (Archive). Car Talk. June 28, 2013. Retrieved on June 13, 2014.
  9. ^ "補習校の歩み". Columbus Japanese Language School. 2020-10-01. Archived from the original on 1 October 2020. Retrieved 2022-02-11. ダブリン市からの好意により2020年4月からダブリン市グレイシャーリッジ小を借用することになった。

Further reading

  • Sasaki (佐々木), Yutaka (豊) (July 2002). コロンバスの夢風船 : 北米・コロンバス日本語補習校の子どもた (in Japanese). 創友社. - Profile at CiNii. Profile at Google Books