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The Japan Olympiad of Indiana (JOI) was held on March 1, 2008 at DePauw University in Greencastle, Indiana. Fourteen high schools with forty-eight teams participated in the event. They were Bloomington North, Bloomington South, Chesterton, Crown Point, Elkhart Central, Elkhart Memorial, Franklin Community, Highland, Michigan City, Muncie Central, Muncie South Side, Penn, Valparaiso, and Western. Seven Japanese professors played the role of judges. They were S. Tomizawa (Ball State University), Y. Kuriya and A Kakutani (Earlham College), Y. Watt, C. Bondy, M. Matsubara, and C. Andrews (Indiana University-Bloomington). There were seventeen teams for Level 2, eighteen teams for Level 3 and thirteen teams for Level 4. Please click " Japanese Olympiad of Indiana (JOI)" or simply scroll down to see the result.
National Japan Bowl (2006) was Cancelled but please see result of Indiana Regional by clicking "Japan Bowl (Indiana Regional)" or scroll down. National Japan Bowl (2005) CHS Japan Bowl Teams Finish 1st and 2nd at National Japan Bowl and Indiana Academy has Strong Showing
The 13th Annual National Japan Bowl Competition was held on March 26th at the Capital Hilton Hotel in Washington DC and it was followed by a reception for all the participants and their teachers at the Embassy of Japan. There were 34 high schools from all over the nation which competed in the preliminary rounds of the three different levels in the morning. The final rounds of the three levels were open to the public and part of it was also broadcasted in Japan on the television. Three teams represented Indiana in the National Japan Bowl. The Chesterton High School 3rd-year Japan Bowl team captured the 3rd-level championship and the CHS 4th-year team finished in second place in their division. Indiana Academy had a strong showing in the preliminary round, but did not make it to the three-team final. Indiana Academy turned in a fine performance in its first National Japan Bowl appearance. The team was one of the higher scoring teams in a very competitive division. Stuyvesant High School of New York City was the 2nd-level champion. The Chesterton 3rd-year team won the 3rd-level title, defeating Classical High School of Providence, Rhode Island and Deerfield Beach High School of Florida in the final round. Last year the same CHS team finished fourth at the national competition. In the 4th-year competition, Chesterton finished in 2nd place, behind St. Albans School of Washington, DC and ahead of Lynbrook High School of San Jose, California. This was the first time for the three-member team to compete in the National Japan Bowl. While the students were not competing, they had the opportunity to try a variety of cultural activities including, haiku, kimono dressing, koto, origami, go, traditional games and other arts. Following the awards ceremony, all the teams were taken to the Japanese Embassy for a reception where the students, teachers and special guests ate delicious Japanese food and were greeted by the Japanese Ambassador. Once again let's give a big thank you to Noriko Kinoshita and Mike Tsugawa for putting on such a wonderful Indiana Regional Japan Bowl. And also a sincere thank you goes out to the judges, scorekeepers, timekeepers and other volunteers who did such a great job. Japan Bowl was a great success and fun for all. Reported by Fumiko Chiuini-sensei & John Sparks-Sensei National Japan Bowl (2004) Last weekend three teams from Indiana competed in the National Japan Bowl in Washington, DC. The teams arrived on Saturday and attended the Cherry Blossom Matsuri in downtown DC. The cherry blossoms were at their peak, but the weather was unseasonably cold. The Cherry Blossom Matsuri street festival featured musical performances, food, cultural activities, a parade, and martial arts performances.
The competition was held on Sunday at the Washington Hilton. In the second-year competition, Chesterton High School finished fourth, missing the final round by one question. The Woodlands High School from Texas took home the top prize.
Elkhart Central High School represented Indiana at the third-year level. They scored well, but did not make it to the final round. Phillips Academy of Andover, Massachusetts was the eventual winner.
In the fourth-year competition, Chesterton High School defeated Falls Church High School from Virginia and Lynbrook High School from California to take the fourth-year title and their second Japan Bowl championship in three years. The team won a trip to Japan this summer.
A unique aspect of this year's competition was the presence of retired sumo yokozuna Musashimaru who assisted with a sumo demonstration during the cultural activities. Several Japan Bowl participants received sumo tips from this sumo superstar. He also served as the judge for each level's sumo questions during the final rounds.
Let's give a big thanks to Sachiko Kawakubo, Jane McMurrer, Center Grove High School and the judges, scorekeepers and timekeepers from Ball State and elsewhere who helped to make our Indiana Japan Bowl such a success. We really appreciate their hard work!
Reported by John Sparks Sensei
(04/13/2004) National Japan Bowl (2002)
In the second year level competition, Brett Norris, Ali Retson and Chesarae Wheeler represented Chesterton High School. They qualified for the final round by defeating 29 teams in the preliminary round competition. Chesterton High School defeated Stuyvesant High School of New York and Ocean Lakes High School of Virginia to win the Japan Bowl championship. The Japanese ambassador to the United States, Mr. Ryozo Kato, presented the team with the first place trophy. Following the awards ceremony, the team and their teachers, John Sparks and Kanako Goto, were invited to the Japanese embassy, where a reception was held with the other teams. The Chesterton High School team received an all-expenses paid trip to Japan this summer, for winning the championship. Usually only the fourth year team wins a trip, but this year in honor of the 10th anniversary of the competition, both the 2nd and 3rd year teams also won trips. Franklin High School from Indiana; Apple Valley High School, Harding High School and Patrick Henry School from Minnesota; and Madison West High School and Riverside High School from Wisconsin were other Midwest teams present at the National competition. Japanese Olympiad of Indiana (JOI) 2008 Results: Level II 2007 Results: Level II Japan Bowl Results (Indiana Regional) The national level of the Japan Bowl was cancelled for 2006; however, a regional competition for the high schools in Indiana was held on March 4, 2006 at Michigan City High School, Michigan City, Indiana. The name of the competitioin was Mum Bowl. 2006 Results: (MUM Bowl)
2005 Results: Level II 2004 Results: Level II 2002 Results: Level II Level II Midwestern Japanese Language Speech Contest (2005) The 19th Annual Midwestern Japanese Language Speech Contest was also held on March 26th at the Consulate General of Japan in Chicago. Speeches were submitted from 10 mid western states. The results are as follows: 3rd Category : Fumiko Kishi Chiuini Midwestern Japanese Language Speech Contest (2004) News from The 18th Annual Midwestern Japanese Language Speech Contest in Chicago: Indiana Academy 2nd year Japanese language students won first and third places in the contest this year in the second level contest.
1st place: Sara Reeder (Indiana Academy) title…“Welcome Life” 3rd place: Da-In Park (Indiana Academy) title… “Love of Family”
Fumiko Kishi Chiuini Instructor of Japanese Indiana Academy (04/13/2004)
Grant Awarded! Lisa Berkson recently received an award from the Aurora Foundation, in Los Angeles, to travel to Japan and, in conjunction with Kongo High School (in Tondabayashi, near Osaka) film videotaped dialogues to accompany the Adventures in Japanese, Vol. 1. Amusing dialogues for selected chapters will be written by Berkson sensei and Hollett sensei, then acted out by students at Kongo High School in June 2004. If things go as planned, edited CDs of these dialogues will be made available to interested teachers at the IFLTA conference this fall. Lisa Berkson Awards
Indiana Foreign Language Teachers Association (IFLTA) Group Picture (November 6th, 2004)
Central Association of Teachers of Japanese Conference (CATJ)
The 16th annual conference of the Central Association of Teachers of Japanese was held on April 3rd and 4th, 2004 at Purdue University. Our Members, Dr. Guohe Zheng and Dr. Sadatoshi Tomizawa presented a paper. See the photos of them and entire program below. Pictures
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