Japanese School in Zurich
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'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
- Kumon Leysin Academy of Switzerland, private Japanese high school in Switzerland
Further reading
- (in German) "Japanische Schule." Schweiz Aktuell. Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen. 15 April 2002.
References
- ^ 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
- 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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- SIS Swiss International School (Suhr) (Kindergarten only)
- Istituto Leonardo da Vinci (Lugano)[note 2]
- Istituto Elvetico Salesiani Don Bosco (Lugano)[note 2]
- The American School In Switzerland (Collina d'Oro-Montagnola)[note 2]
- École française de Lausanne-Valmont[note 2]
- Lycée Pareto (Lausanne)[note 2]
- Brillantmont International School (Lausanne)[note 2]
- Collège Champittet (Pully)[note 2]
- Haut-Lac International Bilingual School[note 2]
- International School of Lausanne (Le Mont-sur-Lausanne)[note 2]
- Knightsbridge Schools International Switzerland SA (Morges)[note 2]
- La Côte International School (Aubonne)[note 2]
- Kumon Leysin Academy of Switzerland[note 2]
- Leysin American School[note 2]
- St George's School in Switzerland (Montreux)[note 2]
- Surval Montreux[note 2]
- Collège Champittet (Nyon)[note 2]
- Institut Le Rosey (Rolle)[note 2]
- Aiglon College (Villars-sur-Ollon)[note 2]
- Collège Alpin International Beau Soleil (Villars-sur-Ollon)[note 2]
- Lycée français Marie Curie de Zurich (Dübendorf)[note 6][note 2]
- Liceo Vermigli (Zürich)[note 6][note 2]
- International School Zurich North (Zürich)[note 6][note 2]
- Japanese School in Zürich (Uster)
- Inter-Community School Zürich (Zumikon)[note 6][note 2]
- SIS Swiss International School (Männedorf, Winterthur, Zürich-Wallisellen, Zürich-Wollishofen)
- Zurich International School (Adliswil, Wädenswil)[note 6][note 2]
- ^ a b c Not approved as Gymnasium (upper secondary education) by the bureau for gymnasial and vocational education MBA (Mittelschul- und Berufsbildungsamt MBA), administration for education (Erziehungsdirektion), canton of Berne
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak al am an ao ap Not approved as Mittelschule/Collège/Liceo by the Swiss Federal State Secretariat for Education, Research and Innovation (SERI)
- ^ Not approved neither as Volksschule (Kindergarten, primary and lower secondary education), nor as Mittelschule by the administration of education (Erziehungsdirektion), canton of Basel-Stadt
- ^ Not approved as Mittelschule (upper secondary education) by the bureau for gymnasial education (Amt für Mittelschulen), department of education (Bildungsdepartement), canton of St. Gallen
- ^ Not approved as Sekundarstufe II (upper secondary education) by the bureau for gymnasial and pedagogic education (Amt für Mittelschulen und Pädagogische Hochschule), administration for education (Bildungsdirektion), canton of Zug
- ^ a b c d e f Not approved as Mittelschule by the bureau for gymnasial and vocational education (Mittelschul- und Berufsbildungsamt), administration of education (Bildungsdirektion), canton of Zürich.
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