Columbus Japanese Language School

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| address = Office location: 450 W Wilson Bridge Rd # 360

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| region = Columbus, Ohio metropolitan area

| city = Worthington

| county = Franklin County

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| president = Mr. Masaomi Kataiki

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{{nihongo|Columbus Japanese Language School|コロンバス日本語補習校|Koronbasu Nihongo Hoshūkō|CJLS}} is a weekend supplementary Japanese school, based in the Columbus, Ohio metropolitan area.

The classes are held in Creekview Intermediate School,{{cite web|url=https://www.unioncountydailydigital.com/articles/marysville-schools-welcome-partnership-with-columbus-japanese-language-school/|title=Marysville Schools Welcome Partnership With Columbus Japanese Language School |newspaper=Union County Daily Digital|date=2021-09-03|accessdate=2022-02-11}} of the Marysville Exempted Village Schools District (MEVSD) in Marysville.{{cite web|url=http://columbushoshuko.com/wordpress1/about-us/|archive-url=https://archive.today/20220211162946/http://columbushoshuko.com/wordpress1/about-us/|archive-date=2022-02-11|title=About Us|language=ja|publisher=Columbus Japanese Language School|accessdate=2022-02-11|quote=(3) 借用校 * Marysville市教育委員会（貸主）|url-status=live}} The school office is located in Worthington.{{cite web|url=http://columbushoshuko.com/wordpress1/541-2/directory/|title=Directory|publisher=Columbus Japanese Language School|accessdate=2022-02-11|quote=School Office[Tuesday thru Friday] 8:30 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. 450 W.Wilson Bridge Rd. Suite 360 Worthington Ohio 43085}}

History

The school was established in 1979 in a private house. A basement was used as the first classroom.{{cite news|title=Japanese students adjust to language, new teaching style|agency=Associated Press|newspaper=The Journal News|place=Hamilton, Ohio|date=2006-01-30|page=C2}} - [https://www.newspapers.com/clip/94398741/ Clipping] from Newspapers.com. Area Japanese parents formally opened the school in April 1980, then only having elementary level classes, and the school started with three teachers and fourteen students.[http://www.columbushoshuko.com/english_01.htm English information] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140512232155/http://www.columbushoshuko.com/english_01.htm |date=2014-05-12 }} ([https://web.archive.org/web/20140512232155/http://www.columbushoshuko.com/english_01.htm Archive]). Columbus Japanese Language School. Retrieved on May 9, 2014. By 1989, the student count was 400.{{cite news|last=Harris|first=Chriss|title=Japanese get special school|newspaper=News-Journal|place=Mansfield, Ohio|date=1989-01-29|pages=1-B, 2-B}} - [https://www.newspapers.com/clip/94403328/ Clipping of first] and [https://www.newspapers.com/clip/94403279/ of second page] by Newspapers.com.

It began renting from Worthington Estates Elementary School and Worthingway Middle School, both in Worthington, for elementary and secondary level classes, respectively, in April 1999. It began renting from Grandby Elementary School and McCord Middle School for elementary and secondary classes, respectively, in April 2003; both schools are in the city limits of Columbus.{{cite web|url=https://columbushoshuko.com/wordpress1/about-us/%E8%A3%9C%E7%BF%92%E6%A0%A1%E3%81%AE%E6%AD%A9%E3%81%BF/|title=補習校の歩み|publisher=Columbus Japanese Language School|accessdate=2022-02-11|quote=1999年4月から、[...]借用することになった。|archive-date=2022-02-11|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220211203841/http://columbushoshuko.com/wordpress1/about-us/%e8%a3%9c%e7%bf%92%e6%a0%a1%e3%81%ae%e6%ad%a9%e3%81%bf/|url-status=dead}}

As of 2013, the school has 37 employees and 555 students. The Japanese Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT) sent two of the employees to the school.Motavalli, Jim. "[http://www.cartalk.com/blogs/jim-motavalli/little-tokyo-japanese-honda-familes-adjust-life-ohio "Little Tokyo": Japanese Honda Familes [sic] Adjust to Life in Ohio]" ([https://web.archive.org/web/20140714180537/http://www.cartalk.com/blogs/jim-motavalli/little-tokyo-japanese-honda-familes-adjust-life-ohio Archive]). Car Talk. June 28, 2013. Retrieved on June 13, 2014. As of 2014 there were about 550 students.

In March 2019, the hoshuko stopped the Worthington school rents due to the state of the contracts. From March 2020 the Japanese school was to rent space in Glacier Ridge Elementary School, in Dublin, of Dublin City Schools.{{cite web |url=http://columbushoshuko.com/wordpress1/about-us/補習校の歩み/ |title=補習校の歩み |publisher=Columbus Japanese Language School |date=2020-10-01 |accessdate=2022-02-11 |quote=ダブリン市からの好意により2020年4月からダブリン市グレイシャーリッジ小を借用することになった。 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201001031432/http://columbushoshuko.com/wordpress1/about-us/補習校の歩み/ |archive-date=1 October 2020 |url-status=dead}} From September 2021 the hoshuko began using a Marysville facility. Prior to the Marysville agreement, the Japanese school had done learning over the Internet.