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26-921: CGCC was founded in 1985 as an extension of Mesa Community College . It was later independently accredited in 1992. The college operates from four locations including the Pecos campus, Williams campus, Sun Lakes center and Communiversity in Queen Creek. The college is divided into divisions, which are Aviation and Applied Technology Division, Biological Sciences Division, Business and Computing Studies Division, Communication and Fine Arts Division, Composition, Creative Writing and Literature Division, Modern Languages and Humanities Division, Social and Behavioral Sciences Division, Mathematics Division, Nursing Division, and Health Sciences Division, Physical Sciences and Engineering Division, and Library, Learning Center, and Counseling Division. The college athletics teams are nicknamed

52-475: A Changing Population", stated in 2011 that the supplementary schools were dominated by "a monoglossic ideology of protecting the Japanese language from English". The Japanese government sends full-time teachers to supplementary schools that offer lessons that are similar to those of nihonjin gakkō , and/or those which have student bodies of 100 students each or greater. The number of teachers sent depends upon

78-470: A total of 1,144 teachers, most of them Japanese nationals, and 15,086 students. The number of supplementary schools increased to 120 by 1987. As of April 15, 2010, there are 201 Japanese supplementary schools in 56 countries. These schools, which usually hold classes on weekends, are primarily designed to serve the children of Japanese residents temporarily residing in foreign countries so that, upon returning to their home country, they can easily re-adapt to

104-603: Is accredited by the Higher Learning Commission . The college athletics teams are nicknamed the Thunderbirds. Hoshuko Hoshū jugyō kō ( 補習授業校 ) , or hoshūkō ( 補習校 ) , are supplementary Japanese schools located in foreign countries for students living abroad with their families. Hoshū jugyō kō educate Japanese-born children who attend local day schools. They generally operate on weekends, after school, and other times not during

130-403: Is one of the largest transfer providers to ASU, while many programs prepare students for immediate entry to the job market. Traditional, online and hybrid courses provide flexibility for students. Additionally, MCC Community Education offers hundreds of non-credit classes providing opportunities for lifelong learning in the arts, technology, fitness and personal development for all age groups. MCC

156-870: The Japanese educational system . As a consequence, students at these schools, whether they are Japanese nationals and/or permanent residents of the host country, are generally taught in the age-appropriate Japanese curriculum specified by the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT). Article 26 of the Constitution of Japan guarantees compulsory education for Japanese children in grades one through nine, so many weekend schools opened to serve students in those grades. Some weekend schools also serve high school and preschool/kindergarten. Several Japanese weekend schools operate in facilities rented from other educational institutions. The majority of

182-1028: The Washington, DC metropolitan area . The MEXT has eight Saturday Japanese supplementary schools in operation in the UK. As of 2013, 2,392 Japanese children in Canterbury , Cardiff , Derby , Edinburgh (school is in Livingston ), Leeds , London, Manchester (school is in Lymm ), Sunderland (school is in Oxclose ), and Telford attend these schools. In 2003, 51.7% of pupils of Japanese nationality in North America attended both hoshūkō and local North American day schools. As of 2013, in Asia 3.4% of children of Japanese nationality and speaking Japanese as

208-489: The 1990s, weekend schools began creating keishōgo, or "heritage education", classes for permanent residents of the U.S. The administrators and teachers of each weekend school that offers "heritage classes" develop their own curriculum. In the years prior to 2012, there was an increase in the number of students who were permanent residents of the United States and did not plan to go back to Japan. Instead, they attended

234-614: The Coyotes. Mesa Community College Mesa Community College ( MCC ) is a public community college in Mesa, Arizona . It is the largest of the 10 community colleges in the Maricopa County Community College District , the largest community college district in the United States in terms of enrollment. MCC was launched by Mart Godinez in 1963 as an extension branch of Phoenix College and

260-523: The Ironwood Building. (central plant). A groundbreaking ceremony was held in April, 2000. In 2004 MCC was visited by then President George W. Bush who discussed his proposal for $ 250 Million federal grant for job training across the United States. In 2008 Dr. Shouan Pan became the sixth president of MCC. A new physical science building was added to the main campus in 2008. This was followed by

286-556: The United States, or kikokushijo , and second-generation Japanese Americans . The latter may be U.S. citizens or they may have dual U.S.-Japanese citizenship. Because few Japanese children with Japanese as a first language in North America attend full-time Japanese schools, the majority of these children receive their primary education in English, their second language . These supplementary schools exist to provide their Japanese-language education. Rachel Endo of Hamline University ,

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312-436: The author of "Realities, Rewards, and Risks of Heritage-Language Education: Perspectives from Japanese Immigrant Parents in a Midwestern Community", wrote that these schools "have rigorous academic expectations and structured content". As of 2012 the most common education option for Japanese families resident in the United States, especially those living in major metropolitan areas, is to send children to American schools during

338-503: The campus was able to expand. On April 12, 1965, the Maricopa Junior College District Board named Mesa Community College and Glendale Community College as separate institutions from Phoenix College. Mesa Community College graduated its first class on its new campus in ceremonies May 29, 1968. The library and classroom building was completed in 1968. In 1969 Tibschraney Bros. completed construction of

364-429: The campus with completion of the gymnasium, athletic fields, technology building, social science building, faculty office building and business education building. The music building was completed in 1970 followed by the nursing building in 1974. That same year, MCC's mascot changed from Hokam to Thunderbird, also at this time Helena Howe was appointed president. A liberal arts building was added in 1976. The Outback Theater

390-613: The enrollment center in 2015 and the art museum in 2016. The college has two comprehensive campuses and additional locations to serve students. The Arizona Gakuen School (アリゾナ学園 Arizona Gakuen ), a weekend supplementary Japanese school , holds its classes at the Mesa Community College Southern and Dobson campus. The school office is in Tempe . August 2016, Sasan Poureetezadi was named interim president of Mesa Community College. On April 2, 2018, Richard Haney

416-581: The enrollment: one teacher is sent for a student enrollment of 100 or more, two for 200 or more students, three for 800 or more students, four for 1,200 or more students, and five for 1,600 or more students. MEXT also subsidizes those weekend schools that each have over 100 students. In North America, the hoshūkō are usually operated by the local Japanese communities. They are equivalent to hagwon in ethnic Korean communities and Chinese schools in ethnic Chinese communities. These Japanese schools primarily serve Japanese nationals from families temporarily in

442-487: The hours of operation of the day schools. The Ministry of Education, Science, Sports and Culture (Monbusho), as of 1985, encouraged the opening of hoshū jugyō kō in developed countries . It encouraged the development of full-time Japanese ("person", not "language") day schools, in Japanese nihonjin gakkō , in developing countries . In 1971, there were 22 supplementary Japanese schools worldwide. By May 1986, Japan operated 112 supplementary schools worldwide, having

468-513: The instruction is kokugo ( Japanese language instruction). The remainder of the curriculum consists of other academic subjects, including mathematics, social studies, and sciences. In order to cover all of the material mandated by the government of Japan in a timely fashion, each school assigns a portion of the curriculum as homework, because it is not possible to cover all material during class hours. Naomi Kano ( 加納 なおみ , Kanō Naomi ) , author of "Japanese Community Schools: New Pedagogy for

494-537: The library's collection, and appeared on student ID cards for the first time. From 1986 to 1987 the Business/Psychology building, Social/Cultural Science building and testing center were built. In 1988 Larry K. Christianson became president. The Kirk Student Center was expanded in 1988 and a clock tower was added at the entrance in 1990. In 1999 the Paul A. Elsner Library a new larger library opened adjacent to

520-480: The new campus at Dobson and Southern Roads in Mesa. The three building campus included a science building, student center and maintenance building. The buildings were designed by Mesa architects Horlbeck, Hickman & Associates and Tempe architect Kemper Goodwin , and built by Tibschraney Bros. Construction Company. In addition to the three permeate buildings portable buildings were used for the first several years, until

546-550: The old, the old library building was subsequently remodeled and is now the academic support building. A new life science building was also added at this time. Phase I construction began for Red Mountain Campus in 2000, which included four buildings: the Desert Willow Building (library & commons), Mesquite Building (student & administrative services), Palo Verde Building (classrooms & laboratories), and

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572-641: The schools "to maintain their ethnic identity". By that year, the majority of students in the Japanese weekend schools in the United States were permanent residents of the United States. Kano argued that the MEXT curriculum for many of these permanent residents is unnecessary and out of touch. The oldest U.S. Japanese weekend school with Japanese government sponsorship is the Washington Japanese Language School ( ワシントン日本語学校 , Washington Nihongo Gakkō ) , founded in 1958 and serving

598-410: The week and use weekend Japanese schools to supplement their education. As of 2007 there were 85 Japanese supplementary schools in the United States. Some 12,500 children of Japanese nationality living in the United States attended both Japanese weekend schools and American day schools. They make up more than 60% of the total number of children of Japanese nationality resident in the United States. In

624-460: Was built in 1978 That same year Theo J. Heap became president of the college. In 1982 a health improvement center was built near the gymnasium. The technology building opened in 1984 and was designed by architects Hickman, Schafer & Truley, that same year Wallace A. Simpson became president. The east gymnasium was added in 1986. Bar code technology came to the library in 1987 as part of a new automation system. Bar codes were assigned to every item in

650-481: Was located at 809 W. Main Street in Mesa. There were 330 students registered for classes the first semester at Mesa Extension on September 11, 1963. John Riggs was appointed as the first president. Mesa students voted Hokams as the nickname for their athletic teams in 1964. Capital funds from the bond election in 1964 enabled Mesa Community College to purchase 120 acres, with an option to purchase an adjoining 40 acres, for

676-457: Was named president. He assumed office on July 1, 2018. As of January 2020, Lori Berquam was named interim president. Lori Berquam was succeeded by Tammy Robinson July 1, 2022 MCC offers more than 200 degrees, transfer, career and certificate programs. Areas of study include Agribusiness , Business, Bio Technology, Computer Science, Dental Hygiene, Electronics, Engineering, Fire Science, Mortuary Science, Nursing, Urban Horticulture and more. MCC

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