Major accomplishments of CAJLS
- Took the initiative for legislative action to secure a stipulation in the California Department of Education Codes that would enable private school students to receive public high school foreign language credits (including Japanese), culminating in the Assembly Bill No. 202 (Elliott and Warren - in the 1965 Regular Session) that enacted the California Department of Education Codes Section 51243-51244-51245.
- Has been holding the assessment test (referred to as "the CAJLS Credit Test") annually for 40 years since 1967 to meet the requirements stipulated in the California Department of Education Codes Section 51243-51244-51245. It is estimated that easily more than ten thousands of students registered at the CAJLS member schools have received foreign language credit from their attending public high school for their studies of Japanese at their respective nihongo gakko through the "CAJLS Credit Test" procedure since its inception year of 1967.
- Has compiled and published two textbook series in Watakushitachi-no-Nihongo (10 volumes) in the 970s, and Yasashii-Nihongo (4 volumes) / Tsuzukete-Manabo-Nihongo (1 volume), with accompanying workbooks and teachers manuals in the 1980s/1990s. For more details, see the "Instruction Materials" section in the CAJLS home page.
- Held the "National Heritage Japanese Language Education Conference" (@ JACCC and Japan-America Theatre (Los Angeles, CA) in May of 1999.
- VHS Video (4 volumes, unedited), CD (unedited), and DVD (unedited) of the conference proceedings are available for review and possible purchase. If interested in either reviewing or purchasing the conference proceedings, please write to: CAJLS, 3929 Middlebury Street, Los Angeles, CA 90004.
- Held the "National Children Calligraphy and Drawing Contest in Fall 2000. Exhibit was held at the Doizaki Gallery of JACCC with cooperation of JACCC.
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