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Japanese School of New York
The Japanese School of New York (ニューヨーク日本人学校, Nyūyōku Nihonjin Gakkō), also known as The Greenwich Japanese School (GJS), is a Japanese elementary and junior high school, located in Riverside, Greenwich, Connecticut, near New York City.
As of 1992 the Ministry of Education of Japan funds the school, which is one of the two Japanese day schools of 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 which also operates two Japanese weekend schools in the New York City area. Before 1991 the Japanese School of New York was located in Queens, New York City, and for one year it was located in Yonkers, New York.
On April 25, 1975, a group of Japanese parents, under the Japanese Educational Institute of New York, founded the school. The school, which opened on September 2, 1975 in Queens, New York City, was New York City's first Japanese language day school. The school was established because several Japanese parents were concerned with their children's education in the U.S., and all parties at the school emphasized re-integration into the Japanese educational system when the students return to their home countries.
Due to an increasing student population, the school moved to a new location in Queens in December 1980. On August 18, 1991, the school moved to Yonkers in Westchester County, New York. The school used the ex-Walt Whitman Junior High School on a temporary basis until the Greenwich facility was ready. In exchange, the JEI paid for renovations of the building.
After one year in Yonkers, the school moved to Connecticut. On September 1, 1992, classes began at its first location in Greenwich. The Greenwich property was the former Daycroft School, acquired by the JEI in 1989. The JEI had paid $9,800,000 to purchase it. The JEI decided to preserve the historic buildings. Groups of area residents had initially opposed the relocation of the Japanese school, and there were disputes over the motivations of the groups. Because Daycroft had unknowingly violated town code by selling land and having too high of a building/land ratio, the Japanese school faced a possibility of demolishing historic buildings, but ultimately did not do so after an agreement with the town government was made.
Grades 1 through 3 were added in 1996, allowing the school to have a continuous grades 1-9 education program. Since the move, the school had been called the "Greenwich Japanese School" in English, while among the Japanese, it is still known as "The Japanese School of New York". In 1994, the administrators had plans to admit American students. That year, the school had 420 students. As of 1994 80% of those students were on temporary stays in the United States of five or fewer years. As of that year, the ratio of boys to girls was almost 3 to 1.
On April 1, 1992, the school opened a branch campus in New Jersey with grades 1 through to 4. On April 1, 1999, the New Jersey campus became its own institution, the New Jersey Japanese School.
By 2002, due to a decrease of Japanese families in Westchester County, the school's population decreased. The school had concerns about remaining financially solvent due to fewer tuition dollars collected.
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Japanese School of New York
The Japanese School of New York (ニューヨーク日本人学校, Nyūyōku Nihonjin Gakkō), also known as The Greenwich Japanese School (GJS), is a Japanese elementary and junior high school, located in Riverside, Greenwich, Connecticut, near New York City.
As of 1992 the Ministry of Education of Japan funds the school, which is one of the two Japanese day schools of 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 which also operates two Japanese weekend schools in the New York City area. Before 1991 the Japanese School of New York was located in Queens, New York City, and for one year it was located in Yonkers, New York.
On April 25, 1975, a group of Japanese parents, under the Japanese Educational Institute of New York, founded the school. The school, which opened on September 2, 1975 in Queens, New York City, was New York City's first Japanese language day school. The school was established because several Japanese parents were concerned with their children's education in the U.S., and all parties at the school emphasized re-integration into the Japanese educational system when the students return to their home countries.
Due to an increasing student population, the school moved to a new location in Queens in December 1980. On August 18, 1991, the school moved to Yonkers in Westchester County, New York. The school used the ex-Walt Whitman Junior High School on a temporary basis until the Greenwich facility was ready. In exchange, the JEI paid for renovations of the building.
After one year in Yonkers, the school moved to Connecticut. On September 1, 1992, classes began at its first location in Greenwich. The Greenwich property was the former Daycroft School, acquired by the JEI in 1989. The JEI had paid $9,800,000 to purchase it. The JEI decided to preserve the historic buildings. Groups of area residents had initially opposed the relocation of the Japanese school, and there were disputes over the motivations of the groups. Because Daycroft had unknowingly violated town code by selling land and having too high of a building/land ratio, the Japanese school faced a possibility of demolishing historic buildings, but ultimately did not do so after an agreement with the town government was made.
Grades 1 through 3 were added in 1996, allowing the school to have a continuous grades 1-9 education program. Since the move, the school had been called the "Greenwich Japanese School" in English, while among the Japanese, it is still known as "The Japanese School of New York". In 1994, the administrators had plans to admit American students. That year, the school had 420 students. As of 1994 80% of those students were on temporary stays in the United States of five or fewer years. As of that year, the ratio of boys to girls was almost 3 to 1.
On April 1, 1992, the school opened a branch campus in New Jersey with grades 1 through to 4. On April 1, 1999, the New Jersey campus became its own institution, the New Jersey Japanese School.
By 2002, due to a decrease of Japanese families in Westchester County, the school's population decreased. The school had concerns about remaining financially solvent due to fewer tuition dollars collected.