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DoDEA Pacific Public Affairs
Unit 35007
APO, AP 96376
DSN: 315-644-5657
From the States: 011-81-6117-44-5657
PublicAffairs@pac.dodea.edu
The DoDEA Pacific Public Affairs Office initiates and manages DoDEA's communications and outreach efforts for the Pacific to include Guam, Japan, Okinawa, South Korea. The office is responsible for media relations, internal information programs and communication with students, parents, teachers, school administrators and the public.
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DODEA's new robotics, gaming classes aren’t child’s play
Stars & Stripes
Aviano, Italy | August 26, 2011
Some high school students might prefer playing video games to doing school work.
And, a few who attend Department of Defense Education Activity schools this year might be able to make the case that they’re doing both — well, sort of.
DODEA is launching a pilot program as part of a nationwide initiative started by President Barack Obama two years ago to spur students to excel in science, technology, engineering and math. The goal of the STEM program, Obama said, is to reaffirm “America’s role as the world’s engine of scientific discovery and technological innovation.” Read article.