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Hinoki International School (previously known as the Japanese American School of South East Michigan or JASSEM) is a two-way Japanese-English language immersion elementary school in Farmington Hills, Michigan in Metro Detroit which opened in 2010 as a charter school. In 2014, the school's charter was withdrawn by its original authorizer, Livonia Public Schools (LPS). In February 2015, the school received a new charter from Saginaw Valley State University〔http://www.mlive.com/news/saginaw/index.ssf/2015/02/saginaw_valley_state_universit_101.html〕 and is continuing operations at a new facility in Farmington Hills. ==History== Hinoki International School was established in 2010 as the Japanese American School of South East Michigan (JASSEM, or 南東ミシガン日米学校), by Ted Delphia, co-owner of Himawari Preschool and head of the Michigan Japanese Bilingual Education Foundation (MJBEF), a 501(c)(3) public charity. The elementary school was started as a charter school with Livonia Public Schools (LPS) as charter authorizer and landlord. Using over $500,000 in Federal Charter school program grants and input from Eastern Michigan University's World Language Department, Hinoki grew from a single kindergarten class of 13 students in 2010, to 133 students in grades K-3 in 2013-14. The school was originally housed in the former McKinley Elementary School,〔Smith, Karen. "(Livonia district eyes charter school )" ((Archive )). ''The Livonia Observer''. June 18, 2010. Retrieved on March 4, 2014.〕 and later moved to the former Taylor Elementary School.〔"(New school year opens new chapter for Japanese school )" ((Archive )). ''Hometown Life''. September 3, 2014. Retrieved on October 18, 2014. (Alternate page )〕 Hinoki had 185 students enrolled for 2014-15 when it received notice that MJBEF would be withdrawing as educational service provider. Randy Liepa, the superintendent of Livonia schools, asked the board of the Hinoki school to merge with the Livonia School District. In May 2014, the Hinoki board voted to follow the recommendations of Hinoki parents and the PTO, and remain a charter school while entering into talks with LPS about possibly becoming part of that district in 2015-16.〔Minutes of Hinoki Board of Directors Meetings. "()" May 8, 2014.〕 Liepa declined to renew the lease of the Livonia school facility.〔 On July 28,〔 Livonia Public Schools (LPS) revoked the Hinoki charter since the charter school had no building.〔 LPS then opened a district-operated school-of-choice elementary school with a similar program, called the Niji-Iro Japanese Immersion Elementary School, located at the former Hinoki campus. Hinoki pursued and was granted a new charter from Saginaw Valley State University, moved to its current facility in Farmington Hills, and is now enrolling students grades K through 5 for fall 2015.〔 Hinoki receives the support of the Japanese Business Society of Detroit Foundation, Hinoki Foundation, Japan Foundation, and other organizations and individuals.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=https://sites.google.com/site/hinokiboardofdirectors/minutes )〕 Hinoki International's current growth as chartered with Saginaw Valley State University has the school serving children from grades K through 8th grade within 3 years. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Hinoki International School」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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