Rosa Parks Elementary School JBBP 2024 Performing Arts Showcase
2024/12/18
Principal Laura Schmidt-Nojima gives opening remarks
SFUSD Superintendent Maria Su gives opening remarks
On Friday, December 6, Consulate staff attended the Rosa Parks Elementary School’s Performing Arts Showcase, one of the major school events for the teachers and students of the school’s Japanese Bilingual Bicultural Program (JBBP).
The Performing Arts Showcase is an annual event where Rosa Parks JBBP students of all grades perform songs, dances and skits. The event opened with remarks from Principal Laura Schmidt-Nojima and San Francisco Unified School District Superintendent Maria Su.
This year, students from Rosa Parks Elementary’s Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, And Math (STEAM) Program participated in on some of the performances such as the taiko performance. It was a wonderful show of the JBBP and STEAM students blending together and enjoying cultural song and dance.
Last year marked the 50th Anniversary of the JBBP program at Rosa Parks Elementary School. 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 Rosa Parks Elementary School’s JBBP, please see their website: https://www.jbbpsf.org/
The Performing Arts Showcase is an annual event where Rosa Parks JBBP students of all grades perform songs, dances and skits. The event opened with remarks from Principal Laura Schmidt-Nojima and San Francisco Unified School District Superintendent Maria Su.
This year, students from Rosa Parks Elementary’s Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, And Math (STEAM) Program participated in on some of the performances such as the taiko performance. It was a wonderful show of the JBBP and STEAM students blending together and enjoying cultural song and dance.
Last year marked the 50th Anniversary of the JBBP program at Rosa Parks Elementary School. 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 Rosa Parks Elementary School’s JBBP, please see their website: https://www.jbbpsf.org/
Student emcees introduce the program in English and Japanese
1st grade students perform “Nanchu Soran,” a famous traditional song and dance
3rd grade students sing a Japanese pop song
5th grade students perform a play
