Portland Japanese School

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.^[1] The school has its office in Park Plaza West in Beaverton, and its classes are held at Hazelbrook Middle School in Tualatin.^[2] 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.^[3]

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.^[1] In 2000 the school had about 280 students.^[4]

Curriculum and operations

The school teaches kokugo (Japanese language) and mathematics.^[1]

Every summer the Japanese school sends some Tigard-Tualatin school employees to Japan so they can study Japanese culture.^[1]

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. Many of their parents are businesspersons temporarily residing in the United States.^[3]

References

• (in Japanese) Kajita, Masami (梶田 正巳) and Saiko Hayashi (早矢仕 彩子 Hayashi Saiko; Mie University 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. English abstract available.

Notes

1. "日本人学校沿革" (Archive). 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 parentheses 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。"
2. "学校所在地・連絡先" (Archive). Portland Japanese School. Retrieved on April 9, 2015. "商工会事務局（月～金） 教育委員会事務局（火～金） Park Plaza West, Suite 600 10700 S.W. Beaverton-Hillsdale Hwy Beaverton, Oregon 97005" and "日本人学校（土） Hazelbrook Middle School 11300 S.W. Hazelbrook Rd. Tualatin, Oregon 97062"
3. Florip, Eric. "Every weekend, Tualatin's Hazelbrook Middle School becomes Portland Japanese School, where it's all math and language" (Archive) The Oregonian. June 2, 2011. Retrieved on April 9, 2015.
4. Kajita and Hayashi, p. 20 (English abstract).

External links

• (in Japanese) Portland Japanese School
• Japanese Business Association of Portland

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