The Greenwich
Japanese School Alumni Association (APPLESEED)
New York Chapter
Greenwich, Connecticut
15 Ridgeway
Greenwich, CT 06831
August 24, 1992 - Present
The Greenwich Japanese School Gymnasium
Elementary School Building at the Greenwich
Japanese School
Junior High School Building at the Greenwich
Japanese School
When I first arrived in New York, the Japanese
School was in its temporary location in Yonkers. The move to
Greenwich took 5 years of planning, and required personnel and
funding at an unprecedented level. Mistakes were not forgiven,
and we lowered our heads to the volunteer members of the Japan
Educational Institute.
We were overjoyed as our move to Greenwich
approached. However, each day brought new problems that had to be
dealt with. For example, their are currently three flags located
south of the junior high school grounds, but at the time that
area served as the parking lot for the school buses. After our
neighbors complained that the location was unsightly, we moved
the parking lot. Then there was the time when the neighbors
complained that the lights on campus were too bright, making it
look like a stadium. We gained approval after placing covers on
all of the campus lights. These are just a few examples of the
various roadblocks to the new building. It was a lesson learned
that what works in Japanese culture does not necessarily work in
America.
During the summer of 1992, the renovations were
speeded up, and the first phase was completed by the end of
August. Under the bright and sunny skies of Tuesday, the first of
September, the first school buses puled into the Greenwich
facility. The student's eyes shone at the spaciousness and beauty
of our new campus.
(Roughly translated from former principal
Hirasawa, "Gurenichikaiko no omoide")
ENTERING STAFF
1993:
Greenwich Vice Principal: Fujimoto
Greenwich Teachers: Motoki, Suzuki, Miyashita, ?Kuramasu?,
Sato,Flaherty, Peterson, Ezaki
Greenwich Administrators: Shimada, Inaba
New Jersey Teachers:Nishida, Kajiwara, Carino, Meisner, Guidetti, McKee
1994:
Greenwich Vice Principal: Kunihiro
Greenwich Assistant to the Principal: Reider
Greenwich Teachers: Sawada, Kotani, Yamamoto, Karita,
Sumita, Okumura, Tanaka, Koike
New Jersey Teachers:Tanaka, Koike
New Jersey Administrator: Tomita
1995:
Greenwich Principal: Murakami
Greenwich Teachers: Shimokawa, Ando, Kuwahara, Suzuki,
New Jersey Teachers:Sakaki, Tanaka, Muroya, Bari
1996:
Greenwich Vice Principal: Uchibori
Greenwich Teachers: Hirokawa, Usui, Sasaki, Iizuka, Yamamoto, Tomita, Nomura
Menacho, Kaczmarcyk
New Jersey Teachers:Takauchi, Matsuura
Greenwich School Nurse: Conrad
1997:
Greenwich Teachers: Kaneda, Kuroki, Tsunakawa, Hayaki, Sato, Murakami, Ogawa, Okamura, Nishimura, Cooley, Ewing
New Jersey Vice Principal: Kuroda
New Jersey Teachers:Flynn
06/15/98