TEACHERS:
Jessica Haxhi and Kazumi Yamashita
SCHOOL:
Maloney Magnet School
CLASS:
Japanese Language and Culture preK-5
SCHOOL PHONE:
203-574-8162
Jessica Haxhi teaches grades 3,4,5 and PreK.
Kazumi Yamashita teaches grades K,1, and 2.
See below for messages from the teachers:
From Kazumi-sensei:
Konnichiwa! I have been at Maloney as a full time Japanese teacher since
August 2001. I was JALEX assistant for Jessica-sensei in 1997-1998. That is
how I got to know this program for the first time.
I was an exchange student for one year in Michigan when I was in high
school. That is how I learned speaking English!
I recently had a baby girl!
I am currently a board member of National Council of Japanese Language
Teachers.
From Jessica-sensei:
Here is some personal information about me: I have enjoyed working at
Maloney since the JLC program
began in February of 1994. Before that, I spent time teaching high school
and middle school Japanese in Granby, CT.
During college, I spent a semester studying at a university in Osaka,
Japan. After completing college (and learning more Japanese there), I spent
another year in Osaka teaching English in public middle school. I've been
back to Japan many times since. Most recently, I went in 2005, with my
husband and daughter, and 19 teachers from Waterbury. My husband, daughter
and I spent this summer in Costa Rica, studying Spanish.
I enjoy working on regional organizations for the promotion of foreign
language learning, and I am currently serving on the Northeast Conference on
the Teaching of Foreign Languages board.
