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Imperial Valley Press
El Centro, Imperial County, California
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In Rocky Ford, Colorado, 52 Japanese children eagerly attend summer classes to learn their native language, taught by two Kansas college graduates, marking the first year with multiple teachers after six years of operation. Similar schools in Swink and Las Animas.
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ROCKY FORD, Colo., Aug. 4. (U.P.)—Japanese children in this vicinity are so eager to improve themselves that they spend from 7:30 a. m. until noon every day, except Sunday, learning to read and write their parents' language after learning English all winter in the public schools.
This summer there are 52 students enrolled in the classes, which are conducted by S. Kawari and M. Kato, graduates of Kansas colleges.
Although the school has been open each summer for six years, this is the first time that the enrollment has been large enough to justify hiring more than one teacher.
Any Japanese child, of eight or more, may attend. Classes include reading and writing Japanese, construction of the language, composition and stories. Every child who attends regularly and passes all the courses will be given a certificate for the year's work.
Japanese schools also have been organized in Swink and Las Animas.
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Rocky Ford, Colo.; Swink; Las Animas
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Aug. 4
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Japanese children in Rocky Ford attend daily summer classes from 7:30 a.m. to noon to learn reading, writing, grammar, composition, and stories in their parents' language after public school English lessons. Enrollment is 52 students, taught by S. Kawari and M. Kato. The school, open six summers, now has two teachers. Children aged eight or older receive certificates for regular attendance and passing courses. Similar schools exist in Swink and Las Animas.