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Superintendent Marian Kim Phelps showed off Poway students' immersion into Japanese language and culture at the State of the District event.First- ...
Superintendent Marian Kim Phelps showed off Poway students' immersion into Japanese language and culture at the State of the District event.First- and fifth-graders from Tierra Bonita Elementary spoke in Japanese and did a dance on the stage at the Poway Center for the Performing Arts.The Japanese Language Program, which started last year at Tierra Bonita and Del Sur elementary schools, is funded by a $60,000 grant from the nonprofit Japan Foundation, Los Angeles. Phelps said at the Nov. 17 event that her goal is to have world languages in all the elementary schools — and it looks like she is close to reaching it.