Japanese

Schools that offer Japanese in Seattle Public Schools (updated 10/18/2016)

11.4 FTE Japanese teachers teaching at 7 high schools and 4 middle schools, 1 K-8

8 FTE Japanese Immersion teachers in 2 elementary International Schools.

5 International Schools (2 elementary, 1 middle, 2 high schools)

Student Enrollment:

Highlights:

Ballard High School: Welcome a visiting teacher from Hyogo Prefecture, Japan in Fall 2016
Chief Sealth International High School: Began a partnership with YMCA of Seattle for every-other-year student trip to Kobe YMCA. We have a group from Moriyama, Shiga-ken that comes to Chief Sealth each year.
Garfield High School: Sister school relationship with Kanagawa Sogo High School; they come each spring and we go there every other year.
John Stanford International School: Annual Japan Night for the entire school. 5th grade trip to Japan.
McDonald International School: 5th grade trip to Japan.

Seal of Biliteracy:

From June 2016, 20 graduating seniors earned the Seal of Biliteracy:

From June 2015, 21 graduating seniors earned the Seal of Biliteracy:

Updated 10/18/2016 by Michele Anciaux Aoki