The Japanese School in Zurich (German: Japanische Schule in Zürich, Japanese: チューリッヒ日本人学校 Chūrihhi Nihonjin Gakkō) is a Japanese international school in Uster, Canton of Zürich, Switzerland, situated in the Zurich metropolitan area.[1] It has a day school division and it has a weekend complementary school that meets on Wednesdays and Saturdays.[2] It is the sole non-boarding Japanese day school in Switzerland,[3] and it serves kindergarten, elementary school, and junior high school (equivalent to Zurich cantonal Sekundarstufe I).
| Japanese School in Zurich チューリッヒ日本人学校 Japanische Schule in Zürich | |
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Florastr.18a 8610 Uster Switzerland | |
| Coordinates | 47°20′51″N 8°43′14″E / 47.347464°N 8.720460°E |
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| Type | Primary & middle school |
| Grades | 1-9 |
| Website | jszurich |
Japanese School in Zurich's primary education program (elementary) is approved as Primarstufe by the bureau for elementary school (Volksschulamt), administration for education (Bildungsdirektion), canton of Zurich. However, not the Kindergarten.[4]
The Japanese School in Zurich's lower secondary education program (junior-secondary) is approved as Sekundarstufe by the bureau for elementary school (Volksschulamt), administration for education (Bildungsdirektion), canton of Zurich.[4]
On 20 October 1975, the Japanese Language School in Zurich (German: Japanische Schule Zürich), the predecessor institution, opened with 15 students. On 23 April 1988, the permanent day school Japanese School in Zurich opened with 57 students, of which 50 were elementary school students and seven were junior high school students.[5]
Students take Japanese and English courses, and they also take German two times every week.[3]
See also
edit- Kumon Leysin Academy of Switzerland, private Japanese high school in Switzerland
Further reading
edit- (in German) "Japanische Schule." Schweiz Aktuell. Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen. 15 April 2002.
References
edit- ^ Home page. Japanese School in Zurich. Retrieved on 2 January 2014.
- ^ "English page Archived 2014-01-02 at archive.today." Japanese School in Zurich. Retrieved on 7 March 2015.
- ^ a b "Eine Insel Nippons mitten in der Schweiz" (Archive). Neue Zürcher Zeitung. 9 June 2005. Retrieved on 23 April 2015. "Bei der 1988 gegründeten Tagesschule in Uster handelt es sich um die einzige japanische Schule in der Schweiz,[...]" and "[...]lässt das Gespräch mit der Journalistin durch den japanischen Englischlehrer und die Schulsekretärin übersetzen und versichert, die Schüler aller Stufen müssten zweimal pro Woche Deutsch büffeln - neben Englisch und Japanisch."
- ^ a b "Aufsicht Privatschulen" (official site) (in German). Zurich, Switzerland: Volkschulamt, Bildungsdirektion, Kanton Zürich. 14 April 2015. Retrieved 6 May 2015.
- ^ Home page (English) (Archive). Japanese School in Zurich. Retrieved on 2 January 2014.
External links
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- Official website
- Japanese School in Zurich (in Japanese and German)
- Japanese School in Zurich (Archive) – Mid-2000s
- Japanese School in Zurich (Archive) – 1999–2000
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