Japanese School of Detroit

The Japanese School of Detroit (JSD) (デトロイトりんご会, Detoroito Ringo Kai Hoshū Jugyō Kō^?) is a Saturday-only Japanese supplementary educational school in Metro Detroit. It is often called "Ringo Kai." As of December 2011 it has almost 800 students. The school office is in the Novi Community School District headquarters in Novi, Michigan, and the classes are held at Novi Meadows Elementary School.

The purpose of the Japanese School of Detroit is to provide Japanese children with opportunities to learn the supplementary curricula of the Japanese education in the Japanese language while they stay in the U.S., so that children will adapt themselves back into the Japanese educational environment without much difficulty when they return to Japan. Japanese families stay in the U.S. for 3–5 years on average.

As of 2015 it is the world's third largest hoshuko.

It was founded in 1973 by the local Japanese companies, with the first classes being held at Cranbrook Schools Brookside. At first only 23 children were enrolled Volunteers established the Japanese Society of Detroit to operate the school.

It moved to Kensington Academy in October 1981, and in April 1987 it opened its classes at Seaholm High School in Birmingham, and in April 1989 it opened classes at Covington School in Birmingham. In 1990 it offered Japanese culture and Japanese language classes on Saturdays. In 1999 the executive office moved from International Academy to the former Oakland Steiner School in Rochester Hills.

In 2008 the JSD had 1,012 students, with 115 being in Kindergarten, 690 being in elementary school (grades 1-6), 158 being in junior high school (grades 7-9) and 49 being in high school (10-12). Prior to the move, students of the JSD in Kindergarten through 3rd grades took their JSD classes at West Maple Elementary School in Birmingham while students in grades 4 through 12 took their classes at Seaholm High School in Birmingham. At the time the school offices were in the former Kensington Academy campus in Bloomfield Township, and later in Birmingham.

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