00:00:08:20	00:00:10:03	>> Lots of travel.
00:00:10:03	00:00:11:14	I've been very, very privileged.
00:00:11:14	00:00:12:13	>> Climbing through
00:00:12:13	00:00:13:10	the mountains of Japan
00:00:13:10	00:00:14:11	or the Swiss Alps.
00:00:14:11	00:00:15:11	>> Costa Rica twice.
00:00:15:11	00:00:16:14	>> Hiking in Bosnia.
00:00:16:14	00:00:17:14	>> Morocco.
00:00:17:14	00:00:18:14	>> United Nations.
00:00:18:14	00:00:19:14	>> Peru.
00:00:19:14	00:00:20:13	>> Tokyo.
00:00:20:13	00:00:21:22	>> Studying abroad in Spain.
00:00:21:22	00:00:23:12	>> Internships in Ireland.
00:00:23:12	00:00:24:13	>> Kate and Nick are college
00:00:24:13	00:00:25:17	graduates who went
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00:00:27:03	00:00:28:05	where they took Japanese
00:00:28:05	00:00:30:14	and Spanish, respectively.
00:00:30:14	00:00:31:16	But they began learning
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00:00:32:18	00:00:34:27	long before high school.
00:00:34:27	00:00:35:27	>> We started the program
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00:00:37:01	00:00:38:02	>> My class was actually
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00:00:40:24	00:00:41:23	>> After the 12 years of
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00:00:45:17	00:00:46:22	>> I may want to travel
00:00:46:22	00:00:48:05	to Japan some time.
00:00:48:05	00:00:49:09	>> We absolutely love that
00:00:49:09	00:00:51:01	they begin foreign language
00:00:51:01	00:00:52:21	at kindergarten.
00:00:52:21	00:00:57:05	(all reciting Japanese)
00:00:57:05	00:00:58:11	>> This is Clovis Grove
00:00:58:11	00:00:59:20	Elementary School.
00:00:59:20	00:01:00:22	We're one of five elementary
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00:01:01:20	00:01:03:13	Menasha Joint School District.
00:01:03:13	00:01:04:21	All of our elementary schools
00:01:04:21	00:01:06:19	focus on one language.
00:01:06:19	00:01:07:27	All of our students are required
00:01:07:27	00:01:09:05	to take world languages
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00:01:11:07	00:01:12:26	(teaching in Japanese)
00:01:12:26	00:01:14:04	So, this school is a Japanese
00:01:14:04	00:01:15:13	school, so all of our students
00:01:15:13	00:01:17:05	learn Japanese here.
00:01:17:05	00:01:19:07	(reciting in Japanese)
00:01:19:07	00:01:21:08	>> I remember in first grade,
00:01:21:08	00:01:22:13	Lynn Sessler actually came into
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00:01:28:12	00:01:30:09	>> Ichi, ni, san...
00:01:30:09	00:01:31:17	>> We teach the regular
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00:01:35:02	00:01:36:06	>> I'm a fifth grade teacher
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00:01:39:29	00:01:41:09	Japanese is woven into
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00:01:42:27	00:01:43:26	>> I've been in it
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00:01:44:28	00:01:46:15	so it's not that hard anymore.
00:01:46:15	00:01:47:20	>> If we're talking about
00:01:47:20	00:01:49:04	social studies, we talk about
00:01:49:04	00:01:51:02	where is that country?
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00:01:52:21	00:01:54:09	>> I like Japanese, because
00:01:54:09	00:01:56:03	it kind of gives you a way
00:01:56:03	00:01:57:10	to learn about a different
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00:01:58:13	00:02:00:05	really never learned about.
00:02:00:05	00:02:01:10	>> If you would be a business
00:02:01:10	00:02:02:20	person going to Japan, it would
00:02:02:20	00:02:04:05	be good to know part of their
00:02:04:05	00:02:05:28	culture and the language.
00:02:05:28	00:02:07:03	>> We think it's vitally
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00:02:08:08	00:02:09:09	of our students develop
00:02:09:09	00:02:10:21	a global awareness and develop
00:02:10:21	00:02:12:09	that during their time with us.
00:02:12:09	00:02:13:13	We have to have multicultural
00:02:13:13	00:02:14:26	learners that have an ability
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00:02:17:14	00:02:19:15	society of the 21st century.
00:02:19:15	00:02:21:18	(teaching in Japanese)
00:02:21:18	00:02:23:02	>> This school is the only
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00:02:25:01	00:02:27:14	K-12 Japanese education in
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00:02:32:22	00:02:33:24	>> I've been studying it
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00:02:34:25	00:02:36:02	I'm now in 12th grade.
00:02:36:02	00:02:37:02	I feel really good.
00:02:37:02	00:02:38:05	It feels like
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00:02:39:06	00:02:40:07	>> I've been in it since
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00:02:41:08	00:02:42:22	and now it just feels natural.
00:02:42:22	00:02:44:06	I really like being able to know
00:02:44:06	00:02:45:24	that I can use it.
00:02:45:24	00:02:47:26	(speaking Japanese)
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00:02:49:12	00:02:50:18	>> For our kids to have that
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00:03:00:02	00:03:01:15	and then carry that forward.
00:03:01:15	00:03:02:19	>> I just like speaking
00:03:02:19	00:03:03:22	Japanese.
00:03:03:22	00:03:04:24	It was different.
00:03:04:24	00:03:06:01	It opened me up to different
00:03:06:01	00:03:07:12	areas of the world.
00:03:07:12	00:03:09:05	(speaking Japanese)
00:03:09:05	00:03:10:25	>> They are very, very curious
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00:03:12:15	00:03:13:20	and what's going on
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00:03:19:22	00:03:21:03	>> We want our students
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00:03:22:13	00:03:23:17	to different cultures
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00:03:25:21	00:03:26:28	that those aren't weird,
00:03:26:28	00:03:28:03	they're just different.
00:03:28:03	00:03:29:11	They can be interesting.
00:03:29:11	00:03:30:25	They can be engaging.
00:03:30:25	00:03:33:01	(teaching in Japanese)
00:03:33:01	00:03:34:12	And you can learn so much from
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00:03:37:17	00:03:41:07	(speaking Japanese)
00:03:41:07	00:03:42:12	>> It just made the world
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00:03:48:02	00:03:49:22	and just experienced it,
00:03:49:22	00:03:51:03	I'd get a lot out of it.
00:03:51:03	00:03:52:08	I feel very lucky to have
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00:03:54:03	00:03:56:03	and learned what I did here.