Nishiyamato Academy of California
Nishiyamato Academy offers its own Saturday school program, the Nishiyamato Academy Saturday School (西大和学園補習校 "Nishiyamato gakuen hoshūkō") for the children of Japanese expatriates, who are enrolled in local primary or secondary day schools in Los Angeles metropolitan area. History. Nishiyamato Academy of California was established on July 22, 1992, by Ryotaro Tanose, former chairperson of the board of trustees for "Nishiyamato gakuen", a Japanese school corporation, and former member of Japanese Diet from Nara Prefecture. With 38 students in grades six through eight for the first fiscal year, the school opened at the former Dapplegray Elementary  School in Rolling Hills Estates on April 10, 1993. In September 2000, the school relocated to the current campus in Lomita. Academics. Curriculum. NAC offers MEXT Curriculum Guideline-based curriculum mainly for the children of Japanese expatriates living in Los Angeles metropolitan area. Classes are held from Monday to Friday, with the first period of the day beginning at 8:30 AM and the last period ending at 3 PM for the kindergarten, 3:15 PM / 4:15 PM / 5 PM for the elementary school, and 4:20 PM / 6:10 PM for the middle school. Although subjects are instructed mainly in Japanese, Art / Visual  Art, Home Economics, Technology, and ELA / ELD have been instructed in English as language immersion since the curriculum reform of recent years. Extracurricular activities. Nishiyamato Academy of California offers limited extracurricular activities due to normalized supplementary classes after the last period, and only club activities called are exercised once a week or two weeks.