The Miami Herald from Miami, Florida • 103

Japanese families plan school to save culture Kawamura one of 817 Japanese living in Dade County arrived in Florida six months ago with his wife Junko and his two children Miki 8 and Masakazu 5 He is helping establish the Bank of Tokyo in Coral Gables Gakko will be a wonderful opportunity for the children to continue learning to read and write in their language even as they learn Kawamura said Edward Zwick chairman of the committee says the school is for Japanese children to maintain their education Japanese school system is very said Zwick a lawyer whoso wife Hideko is Japanese Children in Japan must take stiff entrance exams to enter universi- ties or the top high schools for the half-day session and $50 per month for the full day along with a $25 registration fee due by Feb 15 Fairchild Principal Dr William Renuart likes the idea think our school is a natural for this Renuart said are near the university and we have children from over 25 different countries enrolled The next step in organizing the school is to form a nonprofit Florida corporation to operate it Zwick said The parents will elect the board of directors Zwick said tuition will cover 80 per cent of the school finances with the other 20 per cent paid by Japanese corporate donations The committee will pay the school system rent for use of the Fairchild classrooms For registration information contact Mr Zwick at 940-7577 these children enroll in American schools nearly impossible for them to reenter the Japanese school program unless they have some sort of continuing education in the United Zwick said Japanese executives have refused overseas assignments because they do not want to jeopardize their Zwick has been involved in the committee for the past year when he was part of a task force including Gov Bob Graham that visited Japan to woo corporations to Florida we have over 30 Japanese corporations in said Zwick thought we needed to offer something to these overseas executives to make Florida even more attractive" On Saturday the committee gathered at the University of Miami to organize their school program More than 40 parents and children listened to Mamoru Nakagawa principal of the Nihongo Gakko of Atlanta and an official with the Japanese Ministry of Education school is an excellent Nakagawa said in Japanese "because Japanese children will maintain their language and learn English while American children can learn Two separate courses will be offered One designed for children who will return to Japan will feature six hours of classes in Japanese language grammar and writing The second for children who will not return to Japan or for non-native speakers will include three hours of conversational Japanese and Japanese culture The tuition will be $30 per month econoasc) By ANNE RODRIGUEZ Herald Writer Japanese families living in South Dade say they are afraid their children will lose touch with their culture and language as they adapt to the American way of life To keep their heritage alive they are establishing a Japanese language school Nihongo Gakko where their children will learn to speak write and read Japanese The school scheduled to open April 2 at David Fairchild Elementary School 5757 SW 45th St will conduct classes on Saturdays enrolled our children at Sunset Park elementary but they are so young we do not want them to forget their Japanese said Norikazu Kawamura a member of the Committee to Establish a Japanese Language School Metro delays water plant expansion OK By LISA HOFFMAN Herald Staff Writer Air pollution tests at Alexander Orr Jr Water Treatment Plant show the facility is operating well within acceptable standards the Metro Commission was told Tuesday But after one resident in the area near the plant complained that the tests were not accurate commissioners delayed approval of a new expansion at the Miami-Dade Water and Sewer Authority (WASA) plant at SW 87th Avenue and 64th Street Commissioners unanimously referred request to build two additional water softening units to Environment and Land Use Policy Committee for more study In January a series of tests of the diesel-fired lime kiln showed the level of emissions to be below all state and federal air pollution said Anthony Clemente director of Department of Environmental Resource Management (DERM) Claire Jacobson who lives within two blocks of the plants challenged the results She said emissions from the plant were endangering area health In September several home-owners near the plant complained of odors similar to rotten eggs coming from the kiln The stack was shut down for six weeks Clemente said the smell came from a malfunctioning diesel engine that has been repaired The plant provides drinking water to 650000 residents who live between the Miami River and Cutler Ridge In other action commissioners gave unanimous approval for the privately owned St Day Nursery to run the' South Miami Day Care Center 6060 SW 60th St The 70-child center lost its $350-000 county 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