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is a Japanese elementary and junior high day school and Saturday education program in Arlington Heights, Illinois in Greater Chicago.〔"(園からのお知らせ )." Chicago Futabakai Japanese School. Retrieved on January 10, 2012. "2550 Arlington Heights Rd. Arlington Heights, IL60004"〕 As of 1988 it is sponsored by the Ministry of Education, now the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT).〔Lyman, Rick. "The Japanese Way In A Quiet New York School, 463 Children Of Japan's Corporate Elite Get A Proper Education." ''Philadelphia Inquirer''. April 22, 1988. p. (2 ). Retrieved on November 9, 2012.〕 Before moving to Arlington Heights in 1998, the Futabakai education program was previously located in Chicago, Skokie, and Niles in Illinois, with the day program beginning during the period in Skokie. As of 1994 the school is not affiliated with any Japanese school system or university.〔Park, Andrew. "The ABCs of Asian schools." ''Transpacific'', Transpacific Media, Inc.. 9.4 (June 1994): p46+. Available on General OneFile, Gale Group, Document ID: GALE|A15239827〕 ==History== The Chicago Futabakai Japanese School Saturday school was first established by the Japanese Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Chicago in May 1966. It opened in a Baptist church in Chicago's North Side with three teachers and 50 students.〔Caitlin, Kay. "(Japanese school eases burden )" ((Archive ), (Page 2 ), (Archive of page 2 )). ''Chicago Tribune''. June 25, 1986. F32. Retrieved on January 10, 2012. "To visit the Chicago Futabakai Japanese School at 8101 Cumberland Ave. in Niles()" and "()the former Kenton School at 4600 Main St., Skokie,()" and "()a branch Saturday School()the former Niles Township High School East, at Lincoln and Niles Avenues, Skokie" and "()Notre Dame High School, 7655 Dempster St., Niles,()"〕 It was the first Japanese school in the Midwestern United States.〔"(School Handbook 2013 )." ((Archive )) Chicago Futabakai Japanese School (Weekend School). p. 1. Retrieved on February 23, 2014.〕 In 1976 Japanese national parents asked the Japanese government to establish a Japanese day school in the area, because they did not want their children to be unprepared for the Japanese educational system.〔Burgos, Frank. "(School helps kids remain Japanese Tokyo classrooms in Niles )." ''Chicago Sun-Times''. June 14, 1992. Page 18. Retrieved on January 10, 2012.〕 The Saturday school moved to Skokie, Illinois in May 1978. At that time,〔 the day school opened in Skokie, with four teachers sent by the Japanese government.〔 The day school first opened with 100 students in grades 1 through 7. In 1981 a branch Saturday school for middle and high school students opened at the former Niles Township High School East in Skokie. In August 1984 the Saturday school and day school moved to Niles, Illinois. In April 1985, due to a lack of space in the Niles school, the Saturday school classes for grades 7 through 12 moved to rented classrooms at Notre Dame High School in Niles.〔 As of 1988 the school was less than half the size of the New York Japanese School, the other U.S. school sponsored by the Japanese ministry of education.〔 In 1994 the day school had 280 students, with almost all of them being nationals of Japan, and the Saturday school had 850 students. By that year the economic recession in Japan had caused a decline in students.〔 For a twenty-year period the day school operated in obscurity. This ended in 1998 when the day school moved into a new location.〔Deardorff, Julie and Karen Cullotta Krause. "(School Mourns In Its Own Way )" ((Archive )). ''Chicago Tribune''. May 20, 1998. Metro Northwest Start Page 1. Retrieved on January 10, 2012.〕 The current campus in Arlington Heights opened on Monday April 6, 1998, and classes at that location began on Friday April 10, 1998. During that year its day school had 230 students and its Saturday Japanese language school had 720 students.〔Davis, Jon. "(Japanese school opens in Arlington Heights )." ''Chicago Daily Herald''. April 7, 1998. News 6. Retrieved on January 10, 2012.〕 On Monday May 18, 1998, two school officials boarded a helicopter so they could arrange the taking of aerial photographs of the school for a brochure. 49-year-old Shinobu Sada, the vice principal, 38-year-old Kazuya Yamaguchi, an art teacher, 62-year-old Yasuo Sato, a photographer from Wilmette, Illinois, and 40-year-old Scott Maras, a helicopter pilot from Lake Geneva, Wisconsin, died when the helicopter crashed into a house in Arlington Heights.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Chicago Futabakai Japanese School」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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