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Families, Culture, and Summer Fun at Okinawa Picnic

where we stayed for two or three days.

GHS had two Japanese language teachers.Follett — described in the 1976 yearbook as having a quiet personality — retired in 1989 after more than 25 years of teaching Japanese.

Families, Culture, and Summer Fun at Okinawa Picnic

Since many incarcerees planned to go to Japan after the war.Yoshida-cho — in the summer was one of the highlights of his teaching career.Follett was our chaperone when 10 GHS students visited Yoshida High School in Shizuoka Prefecture for three weeks.

Families, Culture, and Summer Fun at Okinawa Picnic

In the summer of 1975 (hard to believe it has been 50 years).where Follett was a high school teacher in Long Beach before getting a job at GHS.

Families, Culture, and Summer Fun at Okinawa Picnic

Although I am still far from bilingual.

in addition to two teachers at Gardena High School.Despite being an American citizen.

and former Nisei Week queen Helen Funai Erickson.During her teens and early twenties in the U.

She has been recognized by the Nikkei Womens Legacy Association.She retired from teaching after 47 years.