is a private school,
Japanese school located in
Oakland,
New Jersey
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, United States in the
New York City metropolitan area. It is one of the two Japanese day schools operated by the Japanese Educational Institute of New York (JEI; ニューヨーク日本人教育審議会 ''Nyūyōku Nihonjin Kyōiku Shingi Kai''), a
nonprofit organization
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which also operates
two Japanese weekend school systems in the New York City area.
The school's students are Japanese expatriates. It has 53 students in grades 1–9 with a student-teacher ratio of 4 to 1. The goal of the school is to prepare them for the Japanese educational system when the students eventually return to Japan. It occupies space rented from the Our Lady of Perpetual Help Church. it had 90 students.
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History
The
Japanese School of New York established a branch campus in New Jersey on April 1, 1992, with grades one through four. On April 1, 1999, the branch campus became its own school, The New Jersey Japanese School.
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See also
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Japanese in New York City
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Japanese Weekend School of New York -
Japanese weekend school in the New York City area
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American School in Japan
The American School in Japan (ASIJ; ja, アメリカンスクール・イン・ジャパン) is an international private day school located in the city of Chōfu, Tokyo, Japan. The school consists of an elementary school, a middle school, and a ...
, American international school in Tokyo
References
Further reading
* 西田 直嗣 and 鈴木 晶子. "A Creative Music Composition to Student in The New Jersey Japanese School : To Make Tone Row" (ニュージャージー日本人学校における「創造的音楽学習」の取り組み : 音列を創る). 群馬大学教育学部紀要. 芸術・技術・体育・生活科学編 47, 17–25, 2012. 群馬大学教育学部
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New Jersey
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Schools in Oakland, New Jersey
Private K–8 schools in New Jersey
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