Seattle Japanese School Explained

is a supplementary Japanese school located in the Seattle metropolitan area. It holds its classes in Bellevue.^[1]

History

The Seattle Japanese School was founded in 1971 by local businessmen of Japanese descent; by 1993, it had over 600 students and served most of the Puget Sound region.^[2]

In 1986 the school moved to Bellevue since most of the students resided in the Eastside of King County, Washington.^[3]

Student body

the student body numbered 600, with the majority being children of Japanese citizens on work visas. As of that year some students originated from Tacoma, and others came from Anacortes.^[4]

See also

• History of the Japanese in Seattle

Further reading

• Fujimori, Hiroko (藤森 弘子; Tokyo University of Foreign Studies, Japanese Language Center for International Students (留学生日本語教育センター)). "The Current State of Japanese Language Teaching in the U.S.A. : Report on Visits to a Saturday Japanese School for Japanese Students and Japanese Classes at Secondary Schools in the U.S.A." (米国日本語教育事情調査 : REX派遣先校と日本語補習授業校を視察して; Archive). Bulletin of Japanese Language Center for International Students (留学生日本語教育センター論集) 30, p. 139-152, 2004–03. Tokyo University of Foreign Studies. See profile at CiNii. See profile at Tokyo University of Foreign Studies Prometheus-Academic Collections (東京外国語大学学術成果コレクション). English abstract available (Archive). This Saturday school is discussed in section 3-3, beginning on page 143.
• 砂原　由和 (ネットワーク情報学部　助教授). "レドモンド教育事情" (Archive). 資格課程年報Passo a Passo (『パッソ ア パッソ』). Hosted at Senshu University. Start p. 5-6 (PDF pages p. 5-6).

Notes and References

1. "ようこそ！ シアトル日本語補習学校のホームページへ." Seattle Japanese School. Retrieved on June 15, 2014.
2. News: Learning the Japanese way, in Bellevue. Associated Press. The Bellingham Herald. March 30, 1993. B3. Newspapers.com.
3. Vinh, Tan. "Bellevue school rolls out sushi; kids eat it up" (Archive). Seattle Times. Thursday January 27, 2000. Retrieved on April 9, 2015.
4. News: Moir. Patricia. Saturday switch: Bellevue school prepares kids for return to Japan. The News Tribune. March 29, 1993. B2. Newspapers.com.