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Japan in the Schools

Japan in the Suitcase Presentation to Elementary Class


Japan In The Schools represents one of the Japan-America Society's major efforts in offering educational outreach programs to the Puget Sound region. The Japan In A Suitcase presentations, aimed at elementary school audiences, and the Japanese Language and Culture Visits, for high school age students, have been extremely well received since their inception in the 1994-1995 school year. Within these pages, you can find out more about Japan In The Schools, volunteer for the program, and view the Kentaro curriculum.

Japan in a Suitcase Program

Japan in a Suitcase presents a day in the life of a Japanese child using visual aids and authentic items from Japan to make the experience as real as possible. Common items used by Japanese children in everyday life - at home and in school - are brought to the school in a suitcase and used to show how a young Japanese boy spends a typical day, from morning to night. Pairs of volunteers make the presentations: English speakers facilitate the lesson and lead discussion, while their Japanese partners provide exposure to the language and act as native experts.

Japanese Language and Culture Visits

This project is to provide a total-immersion Japanese language experience to secondary school students. Near-native to native fluency is required in oral and written Japanese language.

Coordinators and Volunteers

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Corporate and Individual Sponsors

Many thanks to the companies and the individuals supporting the Japan In the Schools Project over the years, including the following sponsors for the current 2006-2007 school year.

Corporate sponsors:

Weyerhaeuser Company Foundation
UW - Jackson School, East Asia Center
Consulate-General of Japan in Seattle

Alaska Frontier Company
GOBO Enterprise
JAMCO America, Inc.
Japan Business Association of Seattle
Japanese American Chamber of Commerce of Washington State
Mitsubishi Corporation
Nippon Suisan (USA), Inc.
Northwest Suites and Housing Services
The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ, Ltd
Individual support has come from the following:

Mary Hammond Berson
Hugh Burleson
Jim & Pat Fitzgerald
Hiroo and Nobuko Iwamura
Kunihiko Koike
Lily Y. McMahan
Susan Okamoto
Sara Sandford
 



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