The is a Japanese international school in Mangilao, Guam."Private and parochial schools in Guam ." (Archive) Morale Welfare & Recreation Office, Guam (guamportal.com). March 19, 2012. p. 2 of 4. Retrieved on January 2, 2014. "170 Terao St, Mangilao, Guam 96913." It includes both day school and weekend supplementary school divisions, and the school also holds Japanese language classes.Home page. Japanese School of Guam. Retrieved on January 12, 2015. "Faculty 1 : FULLTIME DIVISION (Guam Nihonjin Gakko) Faculty 2 : SUPPLEMENTARY DIVISION(Guam Hoshu-Ko) Faculty 3 : JAPANESE LANGUAGE CLASS" As of April 2013 Toyohito Yoneyama is the chairperson of the school.Kerrigan, Kevin. "First Hawaiian Bank Donates $5,000 to the Japanese School of Guam." (Archive) Pacific News Center. Tuesday April 9, 2013. Retrieved on January 2, 2014.

History Prior to the establishment of the day school, Japanese children in Guam attended a special supplementary Japanese school.Glimpses of Guam. Glimpses of Micronesia, Volumes 24-25. Glimpses of Guam, Incorporated, 1984. p. 21. "Yet, while Japanese children on Guam devoutly attend a special Japanese school to enhance their reading, writing and[...]" The Guam Japanese Association began considering making one in March 1972 and it opened by May 1973. It occupied the conference room of the Japan Airlines office at Guam Airport, then St. John's School beginning in September 1975, then to the Fujita Hotel beginning in September 1979, then six classrooms in Tamuning Elementary School beginning in July 1987."About Us." Japanese School of Guam. Retrieved on December 5, 2017.

Around the years 1987-1989 there was a committee held to establish a Japanese day school in Guam, with the decision to formally create a Japanese school being made in April 1988.Congressional Record, V. 146, Pt. 7, May 24, 2000 to June 12, 2000. United States Congress. Government Printing Office, 2004. p. 10628. "Between 1987 and 1989, he was a member of the committee to establish a Japanese school on Guam." (Tribute to Akira Inoue) The day school opened in April 1989 as the Agana Japanese School (アガナ日本人学校 Agana Nihonjin Gakkō). Originally its campus was the Pacific Islands Club (PIC) Hotel in Tamuning, near Hagåtña (Agana), which now housed both day and weekend schools. In April 1990 the permanent campus in Mangilao opened. The dedication occurred the previous March. - Clipping from Newspapers.com. The building, with 10 classrooms, had a total cost of $2,000,000. - Clipping from Newspapers.com.

The school received its current name on March 17, 1999 (Heisei 11)."北米の日本人学校一覧（平成24年4月15日現在）." Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology. January 13, 2015. Retrieved on December 20, 2017. "グアム日本人学校 [...] The Japanese School of Guam 旧　アガナ日本人学校（平成11年3月17日変更）"

A kindergarten division was created in 2002, with 2 students enrolling that year.

See also

Japanese language education in the United States American School in Japan, American international school in Tokyo

References

Further reading

- Profile - Shibano's name is written in Japanese as 芝野 淳一. - See profile at CiNii. English Abstract Available. 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 School of Guam - Full day and weekend school page Japanese School of Guam (English site) at Google Sites

Japanese School of Guam at the Japan Club of Guam (グアム日本人会 Guamu Nihonjinkai) at the Japan Club of Guam Japan Club of Guam