Kazue Schmitz sensee from Columbus High School and Noriko Takeda sensee from Emory University were awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award by the Japan-America Society of Georgia and GATJ.
They are both one of the pioneer Japanese teachers in Georgia and have taught Japanese for over 30 years.
Kazue Schmitz sensee has taught at Columbus High School, Hardaway High School and Columbus State University. We are particularly grateful for her contributions to JASG/GATJ activities, Japanese Speech Contest, FLAG Spoken Language Competition, National Japanese Exam team member, AP Japanese team member, and taking the lead with a variety of study abroad programs to Japan. Having so many of her students participate and do so well in the Japan Academic Challenge, Japanese Speech Contest, and New Year’s Card Nengajo Contest, is a testament to how much her students appreciated your dedication as a language teacher and wanting to showcase their knowledge about Japan and Japanese.
Noriko Takeda sensee has taught at Emory University.
Takeda sensee is one of the founders of GATJ and served as a president of GATJ for many years. Not only has she established the Japanese program at Emory University, she helped other Asian languages' programs get started. Her strong leadership led the Japanese Speech Contest, Japanese Academic Challenge and New Year's Card Nengajo Contest success. Many of her students are now working on a global scale.
Without Schmitz sensee and Takeda sensee's hard work, we wouldn't have such a wonderful community now. Thank you and Congratulations, Schmitz sensee and Takeda sensee!
They are both one of the pioneer Japanese teachers in Georgia and have taught Japanese for over 30 years.
Kazue Schmitz sensee has taught at Columbus High School, Hardaway High School and Columbus State University. We are particularly grateful for her contributions to JASG/GATJ activities, Japanese Speech Contest, FLAG Spoken Language Competition, National Japanese Exam team member, AP Japanese team member, and taking the lead with a variety of study abroad programs to Japan. Having so many of her students participate and do so well in the Japan Academic Challenge, Japanese Speech Contest, and New Year’s Card Nengajo Contest, is a testament to how much her students appreciated your dedication as a language teacher and wanting to showcase their knowledge about Japan and Japanese.
Noriko Takeda sensee has taught at Emory University.
Takeda sensee is one of the founders of GATJ and served as a president of GATJ for many years. Not only has she established the Japanese program at Emory University, she helped other Asian languages' programs get started. Her strong leadership led the Japanese Speech Contest, Japanese Academic Challenge and New Year's Card Nengajo Contest success. Many of her students are now working on a global scale.
Without Schmitz sensee and Takeda sensee's hard work, we wouldn't have such a wonderful community now. Thank you and Congratulations, Schmitz sensee and Takeda sensee!