December 16, 2021Dr. Judy Allen, DoDEA Pacific East District Superintendent, is pleased to announce the selection of Ms. Erin Grazak as the district’s Chief of Staff.
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December 15, 2021Ms. Lois Rapp, DoDEA Pacific Director for Student Excellence, is pleased to appoint Dr. Christopher Marczak as Acting Superintendent of the Pacific West District, effective January 18, 2022
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December 15, 2021DoDEA Director Tom Brady announced today that Mr. Kent Worford has been selected as the new DoDEA Superintendent for the Mid-Atlantic District.
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December 08, 2021DoDEA Director Tom Brady announced today that Ms. Kelisa Wing has been selected as the new DoDEA Chief of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion.
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December 07, 2021Donato Cuadrado, the Department of Defense Education Activity Mid-Atlantic District superintendent, will retire Dec. 31, after working as an educator for 36 years, 33 of them in service to military children.
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December 01, 2021DoDEA-Europe West District was 1 of 80 institutes out of 1,233 Engagement Reviews conducted in 2020-2021 recently recognized with a 2021 Cognia System of Distinction Award. The award recognizes the district’s pursuit of continuous improvement demonstrated during their 2020–21 Accreditation Engagement Review.
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November 29, 2021DoDEA Director Tom Brady has named Dr. Michelle Howard-Brahaney as the DoDEA Europe Director for Student Excellence, effective December 19, 2021. She will be responsible for DoDEA’s 64 schools and nearly 4,000 employees that serve 25,000 military-connected students across Europe. The selection was made through a competitive process.
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November 29, 2021DoDEA Director Tom Brady has named Dr. Jeff Arrington as the DoDEA Europe South District Superintendent. He will be responsible for DoDEA’s 16 schools and approximately 5,675 students across 4 countries in the Europe South District.
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November 22, 2021DoDEA Pacific Announces Pacific South District (Okinawa) Acting Superintendent, Acting Community Superintendent Dr. Jacqueline Ferguson and Ms. Kathleen Smith
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November 22, 2021The Department of Defense Education Activity - Pacific Region is pleased to announce the results of the first-ever virtual Far East Drill Meet.
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November 10, 2021Ryan Smith, the Department of Defense Education Activity community superintendent for Camp Lejeune, is pleased to announce Todd Carver as the new principal for Bitz Intermediate School at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina. Carver will assume his duties in mid-December.
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October 10, 2021The Department of Defense Education Activity (DoDEA) celebrates its 75th anniversary during the 2021-2022 School Year, continuing a tradition of excellence in education that began on October 14, 1946.
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October 06, 2021Mr. Kent Worford, DoDEA Europe West District Superintendent, is pleased to announce the selection of Mrs. Leigh Johnson as the new Europe West Chief of Staff
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September 23, 2021Five Department of Defense Education Activity (DoDEA) students were named among 2022 National Merit Scholarship Program Semifinalists this year by the National Merit Scholarship Corporation (NMSC).
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September 22, 2021The U.S. Department of Education recognized 325 schools as National Blue Ribbon Schools for 2021. The recognition is based on a school’s overall academic performance or progress in closing achievement gaps among student subgroups.
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September 15, 2021Mr. Jimmy Journey, District Superintendent for DoDEA Pacific South, will retire on December 30, 2021, after 32 years of service to the Department of Defense Education Activity (DoDEA).
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September 14, 2021Dr. Judy Allen, DoDEA Pacific East District Superintendent, is pleased to announce the selection of Mrs. Hoai-My T. Winder as Acting Principal for Yokota West Elementary School.
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September 09, 2021Helen Balilo, the Department of Defense Education Activity community superintendent for New York and Virginia, is pleased to announce Angelo Barcinas as the new principal for West Point Elementary School at West Point, New York.
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August 26, 2021The Department of Defense Education Activity will celebrate a new elementary school at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, New York on September 1.
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August 25, 2021Dr. Jacob Sherwood, the Department of Defense Education Activity community superintendent for Fort Buchanan and Ramey, is pleased to announce Jared Collins as the new principal for Antilles Middle School at Fort Buchanan, Puerto Rico.
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August 23, 2021The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the U.S. Department of Defense Education Activity – Pacific (DoDEA), with support from U.S. Embassy and consulates in Japan and U.S. Forces Japan (USFJ), are excited to continue building upon a partnership which allows local Japanese students and DoDEA students to participate in educational and cultural exchanges.
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August 23, 2021Dr. Judy Allen, DoDEA Pacific East District Superintendent, is pleased to announce the selection of Dr. John Rivers as the Acting Assistant Principal for the Iwakuni and MC Perry Elementary Schools.
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August 17, 2021Fort Knox is getting a new school! The Department of Defense Education Activity will replace its 63-year-old Van Voorhis Elementary School with a state-of-the-art, 21st-century school.
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August 16, 2021Kathy Downs, the Department of Defense Education Activity community superintendent for Fort Bragg and Cuba, is pleased to announce Brad Burgess as the new principal for Shughart Middle School at Fort Bragg, North Carolina.
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August 13, 2021Dr. Judy Allen, DoDEA Pacific East District Superintendent, is pleased to announce the selection of Ms. Deborah Connolly as Assistant Principal for Yokosuka Middle School.
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August 11, 2021The U.S. Department of Agriculture says student meals are free through June 2022. DoDEA Americas served 4 million meals during pandemic
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August 10, 2021Joshua Adams, the Department of Defense Education Activity Kentucky community superintendent, announces Andrea Marr as the new principal for Fort Campbell High School at Fort Campbell, Kentucky.
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August 09, 2021Dr. Donato Cuadrado, the Department of Defense Education Activity mid-Atlantic district superintendent, is pleased to announce Ryan Smith as the new community superintendent for Camp Lejeune, North Carolina.
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August 05, 2021Dr. Judy Allen, DoDEA Pacific East District Superintendent, is pleased to announce the selection of Mr. James Goodwin as Assistant Principal at Yokota High School.
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August 05, 2021Dr. Judith Allen, DoDEA Pacific East District Superintendent, is pleased to announce the selection of Ms. Amy Phillips as assistant principal of Sollars Elementary School, located at Misawa Air Base, Misawa, Japan.
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August 02, 2021Nearly 19,000 students are headed back to schools at the Department of the Department of Defense Education Activity in the Americas.
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July 29, 2021Dr. Judy Allen, DoDEA Pacific East District Superintendent, is pleased to announce the selection of Ms. Mary Fisk as Principal for Ikego Elementary School.
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July 27, 2021DoDEA Pacific South District Superintendent, is pleased to announce the selection of Mr. Scott Tefft as principal of Bechtel Elementary School, located in Okinawa, Japan.
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July 16, 2021DoDEA Pacific Region coordinates with military installation commands and public health officials in preparation for 2021-22 Far East academics and athletics.
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July 09, 2021Dr. Judith Allen, DoDEA Pacific East District Superintendent, announced the selection of Dr. Lashaunda Norman as principal of Iwakuni Elementary School.
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July 09, 2021Dr. Judith Allen, DoDEA Pacific East District Superintendent, is pleased to announce the selection of Ms. Hilary Simmons as principal of Yokota Middle School, located at Yokota Air Base, Japan.
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July 09, 2021Dr. Judith Allen, DoDEA Pacific East District Superintendent, is pleased to announce the selection of Ms. Mary Mullins as principal of Matthew C. Perry Elementary School, located at Marine Corps Air Station (MCAS) Iwakuni, Japan.
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June 24, 2021Dr. Judith Allen, DoDEA Pacific East District Superintendent, is pleased to announce the selection of Mr. Jason Sheedy as principal of Edgren Middle High School, located at Misawa Air Base, Misawa, Japan.
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June 24, 2021DoDEA Pacific welcomed more than 2,500 students back to school June 15 as the three-week Jumpstart to Success Summer Program launched across the region.
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June 17, 2021Todd Cobb, a teacher at Ramey School in Puerto Rico, has been named the Department of Defense Education Activity History Teacher of the Year, an award presented annually by the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History.
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June 10, 2021Dr. Judith J. Allen, DoDEA Pacific East District Superintendent, is pleased to announce the selection of Ms. Latressa T. (Renée) Cobb as principal of Matthew C. Perry High School, located at Marine Corps Air Station (MCAS) Iwakuni, Japan.
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June 08, 2021Dr. Michelle Howard-Brahaney, DoDEA Europe South District Superintendent, is pleased to announce the selection of Mr. Mark Villarreal as Principal for Sigonella Middle High School.
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June 07, 2021Todd Curkendall, community superintendent for Camp Lejeune, will retire Wednesday, June 30, after 29 years of service to the Department of Defense Education Activity.
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June 07, 2021Dr. Michelle Howard-Brahaney, DoDEA Europe South District Superintendent, is pleased to announce the selection of Dr. Tynia Hopkins as Assistant Principal for Naples Elementary School.
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June 06, 2021Dr. Judy Allen, DoDEA Pacific East District Superintendent, is pleased to announce the selection of Dr. Rebecca Villagomez as Principal for Yokota High School.
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June 03, 2021The Department of Defense Education Activity approved Maxwell Elementary Middle School as the first site for a four-year pilot program to open enrollment to children of full-time, active duty military living off base.
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June 02, 2021The National Merit Scholarship Corporation (NMSC) announced scholarship winners in the 66th annual National Merit Scholarship Program. Among the selectees are three DoDEA Scholarship recipients.
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June 01, 2021Nicolas Taj Proskauer Valerio, a student of Ramey School in Puerto Rico, has been named a U.S Presidential Scholar in Career and Technical Education. The U.S. Presidential Scholars Program is one of the nation's highest honors for high school students.
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May 27, 2021DoDEA-Europe’s Neissa St Jean has been selected as DoDEA’s inaugural Dr. Linda L. Curtis Educator of Promise. St Jean is a fourth-grade teacher at Ramstein Intermediate School in Ramstein, Germany, with over 14 years of teaching experience.
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May 25, 2021Dr. Donato Cuadrado, the Department of Defense Education Activity Mid-Atlantic District superintendent, is pleased to announce Lorien Gustafson as the new assistant principal of Lejeune High School at Camp Lejeune, NC.
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May 17, 2021The Department of Defense Education Activity - Pacific Region is pleased to announce the results of the first-ever virtual Far East Marksmanship Match.
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May 13, 2021The Department of Defense Education Activity is pleased to announce the DoDEA State Selection Committee for the 2021 Presidential Awards for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching (PAEMST) Program has selected four state-level finalists for 7-12th grade teachers of science and mathematics
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May 13, 2021DoDEA-Europe’s Charlotte Geehreng has been selected as Overseas School Health Nurses Association (OSHNA) 2021 Nurse of the Year.As the nurse at DoDEA's Brussels American School (BAS) in Brussels, Belgium, Ms. Geehreng has provided care for students from pre-kindergarten through twelfth grade students at BAS for the last three years.
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May 08, 2021DoDEA Pacific South is pleased to announce Bob Hope Primary School will be renamed and known as Ralph F. Stearley Primary School beginning with the 2021-22 school year.
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April 19, 2021The Department of Defense Education Activity (DoDEA) proudly announces Mr. James Strait, Kubasaki High School principal, has been selected as the 2021 DoDEA Principal of the Year.
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April 12, 2021RAF Lakenheath, United Kingdom – April 12, 2021 - Mr. Kent Worford, Superintendent Europe West District announces that Mr. David Ballesteros-Burkett has been selected as Principal for Lakenheath Elementary School, RAF Lakenheath, United Kingdom.
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April 08, 2021Dr. Michelle Howard-Brahaney, DoDEA Europe South District Superintendent, is pleased to announce the selection of Mrs. Bernadine “Bernie” Camuso as Assistant Principal for Bahrain Middle High School (MHS).
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April 06, 2021Dr. Judy Allen, DoDEA Pacific East District Superintendent, is pleased to announce the selection of Dr. Justin Treisch as Principal for Mendel Elementary School.
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April 05, 2021The Department of Defense Education Activity (DoDEA) Pacific South District will open a brand-new, 21st century elementary school on Kadena Air Base for the 2021-22 school year.
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March 30, 2021Pacific Air Force JROTC cadets Tiffany Eddy, of Yokota High School, and Aiden Toole, of Kadena High School have received scholarships to participate in the Air Force JROTC Flight Academy Chief of Staff Private Pilot Scholarship program.
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March 12, 2021The United States Senate Youth Program has announced that DoDEA-Europe high school students Mr. Caden Richard Burkman and Ms. Amanda Marie Wills will represent DoDEA during the 59th annual USSYP Washington Week, to be held March 14-17, 2021.
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March 09, 2021The Department of Defense Education Activity (DoDEA) Americas Region is pleased to announce Leigh Anne Kapiko Faulkner, principal of Tarawa Terrace Elementary School on Camp Lejeune, NC, as the 2021 DoDEA Americas Principal of the Year.
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March 07, 2021DoDEA Pacific East world language learners engage in virtual exchange. Yokota Middle School students in Mr. Anjo’s Japanese II class recently took part in a virtual exchange program
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March 05, 2021The Department of Defense Education Activity (DoDEA) – Europe proudly announces that Vicenza Elementary School Principal, Ms. Allison L. Peltz, has been selected as the 2021 DoDEA-Europe Principal of the Year.
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March 02, 2021The Department of Defense Education Activity Pacific region is pleased to announce the 2022 District Teachers of the Year for the Pacific East, Pacific South, and Pacific West districts. As District Teacher of the Year, each of the below selectees is now the running for DoDEA’s 2022 Teacher of the Year.
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March 01, 2021The Department of Defense Education Activity (DoDEA) Pacific region is pleased to announce Mr. James Strait, principal of Kubasaki High School School in Okinawa, Japan, as the 2021 DoDEA Pacific Principal of the Year.
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February 23, 2021Of the four million students expected to graduate high school this year, nation-wide, only about 10,000 will qualify for the prestigious National Merit Scholarship Program (NMSC). This year, two of these students hail from Stuttgart High School.
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February 22, 2021Department of Defense Education Activity (DoDEA) Europe South Superintendent, Dr. Michelle Howard-Brahaney announced the selection of Cheryl Williams as the DoDEA Europe South District 2022 Teacher of the Year.
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February 18, 2021In coordination with military leadership and public health experts, all DoDEA schools in Germany – with the exception of Baumholder-area schools – will return to in-person instruction on Monday, February 22nd, 2021.
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February 11, 2021In accordance with host nation guidance and in coordination with military leadership and public health experts, all DoDEA schools in Germany will remain in remote instruction through at least Friday, February 19th, 2021.
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February 09, 2021The Department of Defense Education Activity announced today the selection of a new Communications Chief to oversee public affairs and related communications operations across the DoDEA enterprise. Mr. William J. Griffin (APR), a public relations professional with both military and civilian experience has been selected.
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February 08, 2021Due to the extended state of emergency in areas of mainland Japan, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan (MOFA) and Department of Defense Education Activity (DoDEA).
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February 08, 2021Dr. Judy Allen, DoDEA Pacific East District Superintendent, is pleased to announce the selection of Ms. Kira Hurst as Principal for Kinnick High School.
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January 28, 2021In accordance with host nation guidance and in coordination with military leadership and public health experts, all DoDEA schools in Germany - with the exception of the schools on Spangdahlem Air Base - will remain in remote instruction through at least Friday, February 12th, 2021.
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January 19, 2021The 2021 Presidential Inaugural Committee (PIC) has invited Sigonella Middle School (Sicily, Italy) students to represent DoDEA in a virtual parade, one of many Presidential Inauguration events.
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January 18, 2021The Department of Defense Education Activity - Pacific Region is pleased to announce the results of the first-ever virtual Far East Drill Meet.
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January 11, 2021The Department of Defense Education Activity - Pacific Region is pleased to announce the results of the first-ever virtual Far East Cross Country Championship.
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January 11, 2021The Department of Defense Education Activity - Pacific Region is pleased to announce the results of the first-ever virtual Far East Cheer Competition
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January 05, 2021Congratulations again to DoDEA's 2021 Teacher of the Year, Ms. Lachanda Garrison, 2nd grade teacher at Bahrain Elementary School, as we start off the new year!
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