About Yujin Gakuen
友人学園 ゆうじんがくえん
Yujin Gakuen’s mission: Enable our diverse student community to be productive citizens in our global society through a bilingual, bicultural, integrated Japanese/English curriculum.
友人 (Yujin) means “friendship”
学園 (Gakuen) means “school.”
Our school climate – We are:
Respectful 親切 しんせつ
Safe 安全 あんぜん
Responsible 責任 せきにん
Life at Yujin Gakuen
Culture
- Taiko drumming
- Bento (traditional Japanese lunch) making
- Onigiri (riceball) celebrations
- Traditional Japanese festivals
- Aki Matsuri (Fall Festival)
- Oshogatsu (New Year’s)
- Kite Festival/Children’s Day (May)
- Japanese plays performed by each grade level
- Songs in Japanese
- Traditional fan dances
- Origami
- Kimonos, yukatas and happi coats worn for cultural celebrations and performances
- Bilingual school store (K-2)
Academics
- Japanese taught by all native speakers
- Immersion begins in kindergarten
- Rigorous, fast paced curriculum
- Subjects taught in both languages
- Social-emotional instruction begins in K and continues through 5th grade
- Our Japanese immersion program K-12 continues from Yujin Gakuen to Kelly Middle School and then North Eugene High School
We build community, family, and culture through…
- Japanese class plays at each grade level
- Hosting interns from Japan through a homestay program
- Traditional Japanese food and activities, for students and the school community
Kindergarten | 1st Grade | 2nd Grade | 3rd Grade | 4th Grade | 5th Grade |
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