Clarendon Elementary School JBBP 50th Anniversary Performing Arts Night (PAN)
2023/12/20
Consul General Osumi gives congratulatory remarks
Clarendon JBBP students present a bouquet of flowers to Consul General Osumi
On Thursday, December 14, Consul General and Mrs. Osumi attended Clarendon Alternative Elementary School’s Performing Arts Night (PAN), celebrating the 50th anniversary of its Japanese Bilingual Bicultural Program (JBBP). Consul General expressed his heartfelt gratitude for the dedicated teachers, parents, and members of the Clarendon community. In recognition, the Consul General presented a certificate of appreciation to acknowledge Clarendon’s efforts to promote friendly relations between Japan and the United States through its education of Japanese language and culture to the local community over the past five decades. Principal Carrie Maloney accepted the certificate on the school’s behalf.
The PAN event is an annual event where Clarendon JBBP students of all grades play the taiko drums and perform Japanese songs chosen by the program’s music teacher. Clarendon JBBP began its 50th anniversary celebrations with the 2022 PAN event and is closing out the anniversary year with the 2023 PAN event.
San Francisco’s JBBP began in 1973 with an original goal of preserving Japanese language and cultural education for the city’s Japanese American community and has since evolved to serve a diverse student body reflective of the current community.
For more information on Clarendon Alternative Elementary School’s JBBP, please see their website: https://www.clarendonjbbp.org/
The PAN event is an annual event where Clarendon JBBP students of all grades play the taiko drums and perform Japanese songs chosen by the program’s music teacher. Clarendon JBBP began its 50th anniversary celebrations with the 2022 PAN event and is closing out the anniversary year with the 2023 PAN event.
San Francisco’s JBBP began in 1973 with an original goal of preserving Japanese language and cultural education for the city’s Japanese American community and has since evolved to serve a diverse student body reflective of the current community.
For more information on Clarendon Alternative Elementary School’s JBBP, please see their website: https://www.clarendonjbbp.org/
Clarendon JBBP honors past school staff
Students wearing Clarendon JBBP happi coats play the taiko drums
Consul General Osumi presents the certificate to Principal Maloney
