Miami Hoshuko

is a supplementary Japanese school in Miami-Dade County, Florida. It holds classes in the First Baptist Church of Coral Park ( es, Iglesia Bautista de Coral Park) in Westchester, and it has its office in Doral.Map of the City of Doral
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the school is governed by a board of directors made of four parents. In 1997 Cristina M. Ortega of the ''Miami Herald'' described the school as "part school, part social club", citing how parents were on the classroom premises while their children were instructed.
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History

By January 1983 the Japanese community in the Miami area, including Broward County, sought to establish a weekend Japanese school. The expected number of children from Broward County was 20-25. The Florida Committee for the Establishment of a Japanese Language School formed to hammer out how to create a hoshuko. The initial plan was to create such a school in Broward County. Pine Crest School in Fort Lauderdale was a proposed location. In February 1983 the plan was instead to open the school at David Fairchild Elementary School, which is in an unincorporated area of the county.

Originally established in April 1983,
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It was renamed Miami Hoshu Jugyo Ko in 1986 (マイアミ補習授業校), then received its current name in 1990 ( Heisei 2). By 1993 (Heisei 5), it was holding classes in a rented facility, in the Kendall United Methodist Church, now in Pinecrest but formerly in the Kendall census-designated place as of 1990. In 1993 the Florida Nihongo Gakko had a campus in Coral Gables, with 23 students.
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By 2002, its classes moved to their current location in Westchester. In 2005 the hoshuko had students from Boca Raton and Weston.
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References

Further reading

; Article by former staff:
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Profile at
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External links

Miami Hoshuko

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1983 establishments in Florida
Asian-American culture in Florida
Educational institutions established in 1983
Japanese-American culture in Florida
Schools in Miami-Dade County, Florida
Schools in Miami
Doral, Florida
Miami
Kendall, Florida
Westchester, Florida