Japanese School of Guam

The Japanese School of Guam (グアム日本人学校, Guamu Nihonjin Gakkō) is a Japanese international school in Mangilao, Guam.^[1] It includes both day school and weekend supplementary school divisions, and the school also holds Japanese language classes.^[2] As of April 2013 Toyohito Yoneyama is the chairperson of the school.^[3]

History

Prior to the establishment of the day school, Japanese children in Guam attended a special supplementary Japanese school.^[4]

Around the years 1987-1989 there was a committee held to establish a Japanese day school in Guam.^[5]

See also

• American School in Japan, American international school in Tokyo

References

Further reading

(Japanese)

• 芝野 淳一. "Teachers' Practice and Conflict of "Japaneseness" in Transnationalized Japanese Educational Institutions Overseas : A Case Study of the Japanese School of Guam" (日本人学校教員の「日本らしさ」をめぐる実践と葛藤 : トランスナショナル化する在外教育施設を事例に). 教育社会学研究 95, 111-130, 2014. 東洋館出版社. See profile at CiNii.
• 馬渕 豊 (前グアム日本人学校:静岡県浜松市立神久呂小学校). "グアム日本人学校における言語の教育(教科指導) ." 在外教育施設における指導実践記録 33, 59-62, 2010-12-24. Tokyo Gakugei University. See profile at CiNii.
• 小平 孝昌 (栃木県小山市立大谷東小学校・グァム日本人学校(前)). "グアム日本人学校における総合的な学習の実践(第3章総合的な学習)." 在外教育施設における指導実践記録 28, 36-39, 2005. Tokyo Gakugei University. See profile at CiNii.

External links

• (Japanese) Official website
• (Japanese) Japanese School of Guam - Full day and weekend school page
• Japanese School of Guam (English site) at Google Sites
• (Japanese) Japanese School of Guam old website (Archive)
• (Japanese) Guam Hoshuko old website (Archive)
• (Japanese) Japanese School of Guam old website (Archive)
• (Japanese) Japanese School of Guam at the Japan Club of Guam (グアム日本人会 Guamu Nihonjinkai)
• (Japanese) Japanese School of Guam at the Japan Club of Guam (Archive)

Japanese international day and boarding schools in the United States
Weekend supplementary schools (hoshū jugyō kō) are located in a separate template
High schools	Keio Academy of New York Closed Tennessee Meiji Gakuin High School
Elementary and junior high schools	Chicago Futabakai Japanese School The Greenwich Japanese School Japanese School of Guam The New Jersey Japanese School Nishiyamato Academy of California Sundai Michigan International Academy Permanently closed International Bilingual School
Elementary schools	Seigakuin Atlanta International School (formerly had junior high school)
K-8? schools	Lyceum Kennedy Japanese School (New York City)
The Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT) of the Government of Japan classifies Keio Academy of New York, Nishiyamato Academy, and Seigakuin Atlanta, in addition to the former Tennessee Meiji Gakuin, as shiritsu zaigai kyōiku shisetsu (overseas branches of Japanese private schools). The Greenwich, New Jersey, Chicago, and Guam schools are classified by MEXT as nihonjin gakkō (Japanese international schools) as they are operated by Japanese associations. Italicized schools, including the Lyceum Kennedy, Sundai Michigan, and International Bilingual School (as of 2000), are/were not recognized as Japanese schools by MEXT.

International schools in United States
This list is incomplete. Only all-day and full-time schools should be listed.
New York City area	List of international schools in the New York City area
Washington, DC area	Lycée Rochambeau   German School Washington, D.C.   Russian Embassy School in Washington, D.C.   King Abdullah Academy   British School of Washington Washington International School Closed   Islamic Saudi Academy
Arizona	Phoenix area   Arizona International School
California	List of international schools in California
Colorado	Denver International School of Denver
Florida	Miami area   International School of Broward French American School of Miami International Studies Charter High School Lycée Franco-Américain International School
Georgia	Atlanta area   Atlanta International School Little Da Vinci International School   Seigakuin Atlanta International School
Illinois	Chicago area   Lycée Français de Chicago French-American School of Chicago   German International School Chicago   Chicago Futabakai Japanese School   British International School of Chicago
Louisiana	New Orleans   Audubon Charter School Ecole Bilingue de la Nouvelle-Orléans Lycée Français de la Nouvelle-Orléans
Maine	Portland area   École Française du Maine
Massachusetts	Boston area   International School of Boston   German International School Boston   British International School of Boston
Michigan	Metro Detroit   French School of Detroit
Minnesota	Minneapolis–Saint Paul   The French Academy of Minnesota
North Carolina	Charlotte   British American School of Charlotte
Oregon	Portland   French American International School L'Etoile French Immersion School   German International School of Portland   The International School
Pennsylvania	Philadelphia area   French International School of Philadelphia
Rhode Island	Providence   French-American School of Rhode Island
South Carolina	Greenville–Spartanburg   French Bilingual School of South Carolina
Tennessee	Sweetwater   Tennessee Meiji Gakuin High School (DEFUNCT)
Texas	Austin   Austin International School Dallas–Fort Worth   Dallas International School Houston   Awty International School   British International School of Houston
Washington	Seattle area   French Immersion School of Washington   École Franco-Américaine du Puget Sound
Wisconsin	Milwaukee   French Immersion School of Milwaukee
Guam	Mangilao   Japanese School of Guam

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	United States 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 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.

Coordinates: 13°26′52″N 144°48′33″E / 13.44776°N 144.80903°E / 13.44776; 144.80903