Japan in a Suitcase Starts the 2006-7 School Year

Japan in a Suitcase, the Society's popular hand-ons learning experience for students in grades 1-3, is back for the 2006-2007 school year. A training session for the "Suitcase Volunteers" was held on October 14, and the first in-school program was held during the Leesburg Christian Academy's international festival week in Leesburg, Virginia on October 24.

Volunteers already are scheduled to visit 14 more classrooms throughout the Washington DC metropolitan area.

The Japan in a Suitcase program is organized by Cheryl Ames, the Society's educational coordinator.

More information about the program is available at a special website address, http://jisdc-jas.blogspot.com/.

Members and friends who wish to volunteer for the program can email Cheryl at jis@us-japan.org.

Teachers who would like to request a "Suitcase Visit" also should email jis@us-japan.org