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Long Island City YMCA Japanese After-School Program 
Institution name: Long Island City YMCA
Address: 32-23 Queens Blvd
Queens, NY 11101
Telephone: (212) 912-2576
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Web address: http://ymcanyc.org/lic
 
Name: Tomonori Nagano
Title: Associate Professor of Japaense
Address: LaGuardia Community College / 30-10 Thomson Avenue
Long Island City,  NY  11101
Email: tnagano@lagcc.cuny.edu
Telephone: (718) 482-5484
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Purposes and goals of the program:
The Japanese Language After School Program at the Long Island City YMCA is run in coordination with the LIC YMCA's UPK Program (for 4-year-old children). Following the YMCA's mission, the curriculum will be conducted in Japanese, offering children between age of 3 and 6 a fun learning environment that includes not only spoken Japanese, but also reading/writing hiragana, and learning about Japanese culture. The classroom experience, following monthly themes based on Japanese annual events/holidays, will include Japanese songs and dances, reading aloud stories in Japanese, playtime using Japanese toys, etc.
Program origin:
The program started in October 2017, with support from the YMCA and a grant from the Japan Foundation, Los Angeles. We are currently recruiting students for 2018-2019.
Program funding:
The program is supported by the YMCA LIC.
 
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  • Japanese
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    Program type:  Organization-Based
    Average enrollment: 7
    Total contact hours per week: 15
    Times per week classes meet: 5
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    This is an after school program for the Universal Pre-K program. The after school program begins at 2:50pm until 6:00pm.
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    YMCA Long Island City (classroom)
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    Comments:
    Added 11/29 AED