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Clarkston students and teachers recount decade-long Japan exchange; program to resume this summer
Summary
Japanese language teacher Faye Valtadors and several students described a long-running exchange with Chiba Higashi High School in Japan, the shift from two-week to one-week visits, and planned travel and activities for summer 2025.
Faye Valtadors, who leads the districts Japanese program, updated the board on Clarkston Community Schoolss sister-school exchange with Chiba Higashi High School in Japan and said the program will resume full exchanges this summer.
Valtadors said the program began in 2006 and has grown from an initial 10 visiting students to a regular exchange of about 16 students. She described logistics changes: the program moved…
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