Cooperate with your child’s stress!

“Study” (勉強) when written in Kanji, it can be read as “forced to strive”, and it could be a source of stress.
You study because you do not understand something. As you try to gain full comprehension, you will face many walls. In order to clear each obstacle, you deal with stress. It is quite natural to have worries and troubles, and children grow as they manage to overcome those worries and troubles.
There is no such thing as stress-free study, and if you let your child grow up without having them deal with stress, you should concern your child’s being when they are grown up.
The students at Japanese Language School of Philadelphia attend their regular school during weekdays where they experience different cultures, different life styles, and different languages. Being in such environment, you can easily imagine how stressful it could be for a child to face various subjects such as acquiring a new language, daily schoolwork, health, future path, and interpersonal relationship with others.
The key here is that the parents, guardians, and teachers know the level of stress or troubles the child is going through and be able to provide support and cooperate with the child.

Friendly Flea Market was a huge success!

Thank you for your cooperation and participation to the Friendly Flea Market which was held on Saturday, May 27!
Sincere appreciation to those who volunteered, those who held a shop at the market, Mr. Suzuki (Suzuki Farm) who brought fresh vegetables coming a long way, the parents / relatives / friends of the JLSP students, our teachers, and the students of Adult class!!!
In total, we raised $1,198, and it was donated to JLSP.
I hope you enjoyed the event and found opportunities to expand your friendship with others.

Also a BIG Thank You to:
Nisshin Food for donating “Raoh”!
A JLSP graduate, Wakabayashi-sama, for donating the entire sales from the shop at the flea market!

Reading Award “Yokozuna”

Congratulations on your achievement to become a Yokozuna of reading!
I am certain that your heart and mind are filled with courage, ventures, kindness, and compassions. I sincerely commend each of you for the great accomplishment. “Congrats! You did it!”

Keishou Japanese Class
Keishou 2: Joseph Kentaro Pfau 1, Misha Kai 1

Pre-school
Panda 2: Kyle Price 1

Class for Teaching, Joint education, and Cooperative care

“Beliefs can lead, so try this? And your dreams come true”
Mr. Tsutomu Uematsu, Uematsu Electronics Corporation

When: Sunday, June 11th
Time: 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM
Where: Kinder Building, 2nd Floor, Room # 26

The session begins with a viewing of Mr. Uematsu’s speech (approx. 20 min) followed by a discussion on the roles of adults to foster and support children’s dreams.
During the speech, Mr. Uematsu shares his motives to work in the field of space development, the importance of encounters with others, and the power of beliefs. He also reveals his bitter relationship he has had with his teacher.

Announcements

Maido at Field Day!
Please stop by Maido’s booth during field day. They will be selling their ever-popular onigiri, drinks, snacks and snack breads, as well as ice cream!

Please sign and return the School Regulations! Due by June 11
A copy of School Regulations has been sent to you last week.
As you know, JLSP is a non-profit organization that is authorized to operate in the state of Pennsylvania. The school operates and follows its school regulations; therefore, it is imperative that you as well follow the school regulations to offer sound and enriched education at JLSP.
Once again, I kindly ask that you read through the School Regulations, and once you acknowledge, please sign on the first page and return it to your child’s teacher by June 11.

Notices from Library
1. JLSP Library will be open on the Field Day, Saturday, June 3 from 9:30 AM to 11:30 AM.
2. For the families who are returning to Japan after this semester, if you have any books you could donate to JLSP Library, please contact Ms. Price, Library Chief, via e-mail. She will schedule to meet either on Sunday, June 11 or Saturday, June 17, whichever is convenient, at the lobby of the Kinder building at 9:20 AM to receive the books.
3. A book called “Magic Tree House: Merlin Missions” was left at the library last Saturday (May 27). Please stop by at the library if you think it is yours.