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Back to school: DoDEA full-time virtual school

DoDEA understands that some families may have concerns about physically returning to the brick-and-mortar school setting due to COVID-19. For the 2020-21 school year, DoDEA is offering a full-time...
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Back to school: A look at the 'new norm'

DoDEA Pacific is excited to welcome students back to school for the 2020-21 school year!
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DoDEA launches online summer learning resources

With the summer recess period just around the corner, DoDEA is launching a web-based Summer Learning Program intended to keep K-8 students and their parents connected, active, and engaged in learning.
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4 DODEA-Pacific JROTC units earn AF Distinguished Unit Awards

Ask Jesus M. Perez Jr. which he thinks is more important, winning three straight Far East marksmanship team awards or the Air Force JROTC Distinguished Unit Award, and he says he’ll need a couple of minutes to consider it.
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DoDEA students show off their creativity and dedication to philanthropy

The Combined Federal Campaign-Overseas (CFC-O) is pleased to announce that the winners of the 2019 CFC-O DoDEA Art and Public Service Announcement (PSA) Contests have been selected.
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Military teens launch website Bloom for military teens

Bloom is a website made entirely by military teens, for military teens. Military life can be uncertain, chaotic, difficult, challenging and unpredictable. Moving is especially hard for teenagers, leaving their friends, school and all that they have known behind, and starting a new life in another state or country.
Kendal Morgenweck, a fifth grader at Hohenfels Elementary School, does her daily online assignments from home, March 26, 2020, at Hohenfels Training Area. Some DODEA schools in Europe are adjusting their digital learning schedules to accommodate families with more than one school-age child and to reduce time online and workload for some students. (GARRICK W. MORGENWECK/U.S. ARMY)
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DODEA schools juggle schedules as parents, kids adjust to digital learning during coronavirus pandemic

Some military schools in Europe will adjust their digital learning schedules this month, consolidating and staggering the times students spend online for group instruction, a top school official said.
Students connect with friends outside Humphreys High School at Camp Humphreys, South Korea, Aug. 26, 2019. MATTHEW KEELER/STARS AND STRIPES
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Virtual instruction will continue after spring break for Defense Department schools in Korea

Students at Defense Department schools in South Korea will continue virtual schooling after spring break, just like their counterparts in Japan, officials announced Thursday.
A sign outside Joan K. Mendel Elementary School announces an upcoming teacher work day at Yokota Air Base, Japan, Tuesday, March 31, 2020. THERON GODBOLD/STARS AND STRIPES
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Defense Department schools in Japan, South Korea to remain shuttered beyond spring break

Defense Department schools in Japan and South Korea will remain closed beyond spring break and virtual instructions will continue “until further notice” due to ongoing coronavirus concerns, school officials announced Tuesday.
Senior L.J. Scarver and E.J. King's track and field team won't get the chance to compete in DODEA-Japan competition this spring, as the district announced Thursday it was shuttering its spring sports schedule for the rest of the school year. PHOTO COURTESY OF E.J. KING TRACK
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DODEA cancels spring sports season in Japan

Just hours after DODEA-Europe canceled its spring sports season, DODEA’s Japan district announced Thursday that it was clearing its sports calendar due to worries about the spread of coronavirus.
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Organizers of the Centum Beer Festival officially cancels this year's event

Organizers of the Centum Beer Festival have officially canceled this year’s event.
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VIDEO| Speakin’ Korean lesson: Do you have carryout?

As USFK has raised its current health protection condition from “Bravo” to “Charlie” for all areas within South Korea, getting carry-out food at a restaurant was the only option.
Photos by ChiHon Kim
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5 Korean snacks foreigners have to eat

The time has never been more right for a snack, or two. Accessing your standard go-tos from back home is sometimes not possible. Besides, living overseas gives you a great opportunity to broaden your snack routine.
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Eathai Express serves up tasty Thai food outside Humphreys

Though Eathai Express across from Camp Humphrey’s walking gate has been around since 2017, the business has years of experience bringing Thailand’s famous cuisine to the Peninsula.
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Seasonal Korean foods to eat this fall

For each of Korea’s four distinct seasons, a different set of foods takes center stage in Korea’s culinary scene.
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Cook up Delicious Korean Kimbap

Delicious Korean Kimbap (sometimes referred to as Gimbap) is very easy to make and in contrast to Japanese sushi, the ingredients are not confined to fish.