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Since 1994
 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 Volunteer Today Weyerhaeuser Company FoundationIndividual support has come from the following: Mary Hammond Berson |
Japan-America Society of the State of Washington
Offices in the World Trade Center West
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