Sakura Gakuen Japanese Language School

Often, students that are currently taking Japanese at their local high school program will opt to also take our classes to get that additional needed assistance in mastering Japanese. Our courses cover a wide variety of additional topics -- including test preparation for the JLPT, SAT-Japanese, and the AP Japanese test. We are still taking registrations now. https://sakuragakuen.org/saturday-youth-classes-are-now-en/

Fall Term 2020 Enrollment is now open! Online (Zoom-based) youth classes will be held every Saturday morning during our 17-week term. Classes taught by our native Japanese instructors will be focused on both Japanese language, as well as on Japanese culture. Classes are forming for both new and continuing students, aged 8 through high school. Register now online at: https://sakuragakuen.org/saturday-youth-classes-are-now-en/

This Saturday is the virtual Bazaar for the Buddhist Church of Sacramento. Please consider watching and supporting our host institution with a small donation. T-Shirts are available!

While the physical bazaar at the Buddhist Church of Sacramento may have been cancelled, an online FB Live version will be on August 8, 2020 to help highlight the community that enjoys the Church's facilities -- including Sakura Gakuen. Please check the event out. Thanks, all for your ongoing support!

Based on the guidance from the state regarding educational facilities and COVID-19, it looks likely that we'll be doing online classes again. Our Sensei are hard at work developing new curriculum for the upcoming Fall Term for more interactive educational opportunities. Please stay tuned.

Sakura Gakuen Announcement: Dear Sakura Gakuen Students, Sensei, and Friends, We hope you are doing well during these remarkable times. As you know, in response to health concerns, our March classes had to be suddenly cancelled and all our classes began the transition to online, distance learning using email, Zoom, and Google Classrooms as our Sensei scrambled to change their curriculum to match.... We had hoped to re-open Sakura Gakuen for in-person classes at our host institution The Buddhist Church of Sacramento in April 2020, but as you know the COVID 19 situation continues to evolve. The BCS made the decision to remain closed through June, as well as cancel their annual Bazaar and Obon festivities. In light of this, the Sakura Gakuen Board of Trustees has made the following decisions that we hope will best serve our Community during this period of social, academic, and economic challenges. All in-person adult and youth classes for the Sakura Gakuen 2020 Spring Term have been cancelled. Classes will continue to be available through the end of term for weekly, online distance learning taught by the students’ current Sensei. This is not ideal. And in recognition of this and understanding the economic impact shelter in place edicts have placed on our Community, we will extend full tuition reimbursement for the 2020 Spring Term to any student / parent that makes a request. Adult students can submit a request to Adult Dean Masako Thomas Sensei via email ([email protected]) or through Google Foms (http://bit.ly/SGHaru20Adult) Youth students / parents can submit a request to PTC President Ben Wadsworth via email ([email protected]) or through Google Forms (http://bit.ly/SGHaru20Youth) All Sensei will be paid for classes and online training through the end of the term. Sensei will be provided training to encourage a variety of different medium (e.g. Zoom, Google Classroom, email, etc.) for class. All volunteer requirements for the Spring Term will be considered fulfilled for Youth classes. Fall Term 2021 classes will be finalized in the upcoming months. Please stay tuned to our website and FB pages for more information. Thanks to everyone for your patience and consideration during this very difficult time. We appreciate the strength of our community and look forward to seeing you all back in school when classes resume. Best wishes. The Sakura Gakuen School Board of 2019-20

In cooperation with our host institution Buddhist Church of Sacramento, classes / events for the remainder of March 2020 have been suspended / cancelled. Assignments for current students will be made available via email. Please take care during the time off. See you all, soon.

Food and shopping fun here at the Buddhist Church of Sacramento. Make plans to come in for a variety of different foods and vendor booths.

Who wants to learn taiko? New group potentially starting at the Buddhist Church of Sacramento.

Our delivery this morning was a bit delayed due to the weather this week. Our mandarins from Side Hill Citrus are here at the school now for pickup. Thanks for the understanding.

Yup. This is happening.

Our website is apparently under the weather temporarily. Perhaps, too much pumpkin spice?Our website is apparently under the weather temporarily. Perhaps, too much pumpkin spice?

PTC Meeting for Youth parents on Saturday (10/5) at 9:15 AM. Please stop by to get filled in on issues of the school and raise any concerns you may have. We need your help for upcoming events.