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Parents and students are asking the Guam Department of Education to implement activities that would teach real-life lessons to benefit students after graduation.

Counseling available for those in need

The Department of Education is gearing up to provide COVID-19 testing in the schools, for school employees who are unvaccinated and eventually to randomly screen the student population, according to

Daily instruction still planned at public schools Steve Limtiaco New guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention supports the Guam Department of Education’s position that social distancing requirements can be eased on campuses next school year, said Superintendent Jon Fernandez. As it stands, only half of Guam public schools have enough space to accommodate all of the students who want to return to campus and be able to maintain at least three feet of social distancing betwee...

About 160 students receive diplomas Sunday from Skowhegan Area High School and Bloomfield Academy.

Much like the turnouts for other school districts in the area, participation was sparse for the RSU 50 district budget meeting on May 27.

The Class of 2021 will see a bit more normalcy to their graduation ceremonies this spring, but COVID-19 restrictions will still be in play for some of the larger school districts.

Hard-copy distance learning no longer will be an option next year, according to the Department of Education, which has started to register students for next school year. The education board on Tuesday passed a resolution, directing the public schools to phase out hard-copy learning by the end of the current school year, and to offer only online and face-to-face instruction next year, said Superintendent Jon Fernandez. Eliminating hard-copy instruction and distribution will free up more days for...

The Guam Department of Education continues to move forward with plans to make portable internet devices available to students and the deadline for internet providers to submit their bids is Feb. 22, according to education Superintendent Jon Fernandez. The public schools have as much as $8 million in federal pandemic funding, from the governor’s office, to lease portable “MiFi” devices through next school year to provide home internet access. The schools also have been distributing laptops...

The Guam Department of Education has finished tracking down hundreds of “missing” public school students after pandemic restrictions were eased and DOE was able to conduct home visits for the first time, according to education Superintendent Jon Fernandez. In October, two months after the school year started, DOE reported that as many as 1,750 students still were “missing” — not enrolled in either of the distance learning options and unable to be contacted using the information on fil...