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Peppy Kids Club to visit Saipan
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Posted on Jul 16 2005
Japan’s Peppy Kids Club will engage local children in fun events all in the spirit of cultural exchange when they visit Saipan later this month.
The Peppy Kids Club is the English language academy of Chuoh Publishing Core Inc. In 1993 there were only five such schools in three prefectures in Japan, but because of the success of Peppy Kids Club, it currently has over 1,000 schools spread throughout 41 prefectures, with a total of over 78,000 students.
CNMI-USA Saipan Education Center Inc. and Saipan Business Language Institute will gather at least 400 kids from the CNMI and Japan on July 21 to July 24. Organization president Ikuo O. Yoshizawa said they are also working with local agencies to work on the tour.
Entitled Pacific-Peppy Weekend Summer Fun Event, the three-day event will hold cultural exchanges between the two nations at the Nauru Building in Susupe on July 21. The event will be from 9:45am to 1:45pm. Yoshizawa said they would also participate in Mini Olympic games at the Gilbert C. Ada Gymnasium from 10am to 1pm. Another cultural exchange at the Nauru Building will also take place on July 24.
Yoshizawa said the objectives of the club are to give students international awareness, provide the opportunity to communicate with children around the world, and stimulate students to formulate exciting dreams for their own future.
Yoshizawa said at the Peppy Kids Club’s schools students put into use the skills they have gained that is achieved by speaking, writing, playing games, dancing, singing, crafts and arts, and doing other activities in English.
At the Peppy Kids Club’s schools students put into use the skills they have gained using a unified system called the Total Set System. The skills are achieved by speaking, writing, playing games, dancing, singing, crafts and arts, and doing other activities in English.
