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

(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 2 3 4 "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 parenthenses 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。"
↑ "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"
1 2 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.
↑ Kajita and Hayashi, p. 20 (English abstract).

External links

(Japanese) Portland Japanese School
Japanese Business Association of Portland

Tualatin, Oregon

Education

Primary and secondary schools	Tigard-Tualatin School District Tualatin High School West Linn-Wilsonville School District

Other education	Portland Japanese School

Other

Landmarks	Bridgeport Village Legacy Meridian Park Medical Center Tualatin Station

Services	Tualatin Valley Fire and Rescue

This list is incomplete.

Beaverton, Oregon

Education

Primary and secondary schools	Beaverton School District Beaverton High School Southridge High School Sunset High School Arts & Communication Magnet Academy Merlo Station High School German American School Jesuit High School Valley Catholic School

Other education	Portland Japanese School (school offices) Portland Community College

Other

MAX Light Rail stations	Beaverton Central Beaverton Creek Beaverton Transit Center Elmonica/SW 170th Avenue Merlo Road/SW 158th Millikan Way

Services	Tualatin Valley Fire and Rescue

This list is incomplete.

Japanese weekend schools in the United States and Canada

With Japanese gov't teachers

United States	Chicago Futabakai Japanese Saturday School Japanese School of Dallas Japanese School of Detroit Japanese School of Guam Japanese Language Supplementary School of Houston Asahi Gakuen (Los Angeles area) Japanese Weekend School of New York (New York City area) Portland Japanese School Princeton Community Japanese Language School San Francisco Japanese School Seattle Japanese School Indiana Japanese Language School (インディアナ日本語学校) (Indianapolis) Minato Gakuen (みなと学園) (San Diego)

Canada	Toronto Japanese School

W/o Japanese gov't teachers

U.S. schools w/o gov't teachers	Minneapolis Japanese School Minnesota Japanese School Nishiyamato Academy Saturday School (Lomita, CA) Orlando Hoshuko St. Louis Japanese School Sundai Michigan International Academy (Detroit area)

Canada schools w/o gov't teachers	Montreal Hoshuko School

The Japanese Ministry of Education (MEXT) designates most of these schools as hoshū jugyō kō. Schools in italics are not designated as such by MEXT.

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