Kubasaki Marine Junior Reserve Officers’ Training Corps wins Far East ...
Cadets of the Kubasaki High School Marine Corps Junior Reserve Officer’s Training Corps are inspected by Staff Sgt. Junior E. Diaz during the 2012 JROTC Far East Drill competition on Kadena Air Base, March 26-2... More
Laptop program encourages interactive learning
Teachers and students input new settings into students’ laptops for the first time Feb. 14 at the Lester Middle School cafeteria.
Judges critique Matthew C. Perry High School thespians
Judges critique Matthew C. Perry High School thespians as they showcase their theatrical talents to parents and community members at the M.C. Perry Elementary School Gymnasium aboard Marine Corps Air Station Iw... More
Workers build sidewalks at the new Murray Elementary
Workers build sidewalks at the new Murray Elementary School using environmentally sustainable pervious material. The sidewalks will allows water to pass directly through them, thus reducing runoff from the site... More
Craig Walters, a civil engineer with the U.S. Army
Craig Walters, a civil engineer with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Savannah District, Fort Stewart Resident Office, talks to students at Diamond Elementary School about engineering careers with the Corps dur... More
Students from all grades participate in Bolden Elementary/
Students from all grades participate in Bolden Elementary/ Middle School's Live Wax Museum at the school aboard Laurel Bay, S.C., May 8. Throughout the museum, students portrayed various historical figures that... More
Velma Brockman, resource teacher at Barsanti Elementary
Velma Brockman, resource teacher at Barsanti Elementary School, and Spc. Anthony Amonoo, 2nd Battalion, 32nd Field Artillery Regiment, 101st Airborne Division Artillery Brigade, 101st Airborne Division, took to... More
A few Diamond Elementary School students view the makings
A few Diamond Elementary School students view the makings of an outdoor amphitheater at the construction site of the new school May 3. Thirteen contest winners of Archer Western Contractor’s poster contest tour... More
Dr. Christy Huddleston delivers a speech at the Laurel
Dr. Christy Huddleston delivers a speech at the Laurel Bay Communities opening ceremony at Bolden Elementary/Middle School Aug. 11. To illustrate how much teaching has changed she took a poll of the audience. T... More
Back to school: Making it the best year for students
Students from Ramstein Intermediate School talk at the end of the school day on Ramstein Air Base, Germany. Parents can help their children transition into the new school year by actively participating with the... More
Staff Sgt. Steven Fike, Vicenza Army Health Clinic
Staff Sgt. Steven Fike, Vicenza Army Health Clinic Orthopedic NCOIC, demonstrates how to apply a forearm cast for human anatomy students from Vicenza High School, Caserma Ederle, Jan. 24, 2017. Vicenza Army Hea... More
Volunteers from the Morale, Welfare and Recreation
Volunteers from the Morale, Welfare and Recreation center on Fort Stewart separate supplies to stuff backpacks for a back-to-school fair July 24, 2017, at Newman Gym on Fort Stewart, Ga. MWR donated backpacks t... More
Yokota High School students and guests wait for the
Yokota High School students and guests wait for the new high schools ribbon cutting ceremony to begin, Sept. 25, 2017, at Yokota Air Base, Japan. Yokota High School consists of approximately 300 students in fou... More
Ken Jankowski, Fort Campbell High School social studies
Ken Jankowski, Fort Campbell High School social studies and foreign language teacher (right) discussed the 21st century school concepts of Fort Campbell’s newest Department of Defense Education Activity school ... More
New year, new home: Fort Campbell High School staff preps to welcome s...
Kimberly Butts, principal at Fort Campbell High School, Fort Campbell, Kentucky, briefs her staff and teachers July 26, 2018, who have gathered on learning stairs in the commons area of the newly constructed 21... More
Fort Campbell High School staff welcoming to new students
Rising senior Brandon Clay takes his backpack out of his locker Aug. 6, 2018, at Fort Campbell High School, Fort Campbell, Kentucky. Brandon is new to FCHS, after recently transferring from Fort Knox High Schoo... More
CAMP HUMPHREYS, Republic of Korea— Father and son walk
CAMP HUMPHREYS, Republic of Korea— Father and son walk hand-in-hand for the first day of school at Humphreys Central Elementary School, August 27. Schools on Camp Humphreys opened their doors on August 27 for t... More
Haywood Ferguson, Fort Campbell High School alumni
Haywood Ferguson, Fort Campbell High School alumni from the class of 1974, cracks open his yearbook Sept. 21, 2018, during a class reunion at FCHS, Fort Campbell, Kentucky, to show Nathaniel Lake, FCHS junior, ... More
The Fort Campbell High School Color Guard presented
The Fort Campbell High School Color Guard presented the colors Nov. 15, 2018, during a ribbon cutting ceremony at FCHS, Fort Campbell, Kentucky. The recently completed, $59 million, 184,000-square-foot, two-sto... More
Department of Defense Education Activity
Official Logo for the Department of Defense Educational Activity (Department of Defense graphic)
Baylee Dorsey, a junior at Zama Middle High School,
Baylee Dorsey, a junior at Zama Middle High School, tests a paper device during the Kanto Plain Association of Secondary Schools Math Field Day at the school March 12, 2019.
New facilities, learning concepts help FKCS students succeed in colleg...
Fort Knox middle and high school students will be discovering a shared 21st Century school concept when classes begin in the fall.
Dr. Larry Hilgert, a licensed psychologist who has
Dr. Larry Hilgert, a licensed psychologist who has delivered PREPaRE trainings to more than 20 military installations, talks to a group of about 30 school and installation counselors, nurses, mental health prof... More
Competitors from the National Geography Bee prepare
Competitors from the National Geography Bee prepare for the competition May 20, 2019 at the National Geographic Society Headquarters in Washington D.C. Melendez won the National Geography State Bee where he ear... More
190526-N-JO245-1004 MANAMA, Bahrain (May 26, 2019)
190526-N-JO245-1004 MANAMA, Bahrain (May 26, 2019) Lt. Cmdr. Billy Green, commanding officer of the Avenger-class mine countermeasures ship USS Devastator (MCM 6), speaks with children from Department of Defens... More
Aurelia Young, a player on the Zama Middle High School
Aurelia Young, a player on the Zama Middle High School girls’ soccer team, gives a thumbs-up as she receives her team pin from Manuel Duarte, the team’s coach, at the school June 1 during the team’s end-of-the-... More
A rendering of the new Welch Elementary School/Dover
A rendering of the new Welch Elementary School/Dover Air Base Middle School is displayed on the podium during a groundbreaking ceremony June 3, 2019, in the family housing area at Dover Air Force Base, Del. Th... More
Naval Support Activity (NSA) Naples Commanding Officer
Naval Support Activity (NSA) Naples Commanding Officer Capt. Todd Abrahamson speaks at a Senior Recognition Ceremony in the Naples Middle High School gym onboard NSA Naples, June 4, 2019. Abrahamson attended th... More
New school buses feature Japanese warning sign
A row of new Department of Defense Education Activity Pacific East school buses stand ready for use at Camp Zama, Japan, Aug. 13, 2019.
New school buses feature Japanese warning sign
The Japanese warning triangle for school buses includes the silhouettes of children and the words “school bus” in Katakana.
Travel safely by observing speed limits, COVID-19 protocols on school ...
Fort Campbell Schools bus drivers and attendants, like Annie Metcalfe, will sanitize the seats of each school bus prior to every run and after every run daily. (Emily Laforme, Fort Campbell Courier )
COVID-19 precautions to protect students, staff
Alberto Gonzalez, security specialist for Fort Campbell High School, hangs posters, Aug. 18, reminding students and staff to social distance in preparation for Aug. 24, the first day of school. (Emily Laforme, ... More
190822-N-JO245-1084 MANAMA, Bahrain (Aug. 22, 2019)
190822-N-JO245-1084 MANAMA, Bahrain (Aug. 22, 2019) Teachers and faculty members sell Department of Defense Education Activity (DoDEA) Bahrain spirit shirts to parents and children during the school’s back-to-s... More
A youth member of the Naval Support Activity (NSA)
A youth member of the Naval Support Activity (NSA) Naples community reaches for a fruit cup during the Back 2 School Block Party onboard NSA Naples Support Site, Aug. 23, 2019. NSA Naples is an operational asho... More
Parents and children had a great time while being welcomed
Parents and children had a great time while being welcomed at the Vicenza Elementary School Aug. 23 during Sneak Peak, which gave the opportunity to get familiar with the facility, visit the classrooms and talk... More
HPS officially opened during ribbon-cutting ceremony
Col. William Conde, from left, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers New England District commander; Jonathan Braley, J & J Contractors president; Stephen Donley, Department of Defense Education Activity facilities chie... More
191217-N-TC708-0002 SHAPE, Belgium (Dec. 17, 2019)
191217-N-TC708-0002 SHAPE, Belgium (Dec. 17, 2019) U.S. Navy Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Christopher Snider, lower right, from Emmitsburg, Md., Public Affairs Officer assigned to U.S. Naval Support ... More
Michael Pope, math and science teacher at Zama Middle
Michael Pope, math and science teacher at Zama Middle High School and 2021 Pacific East Teacher of the Year, works on his computer at home April 10, 2020.
Camp Zama teacher selected for CDC fellowship
Mari Jones, a science, social studies, health and physical education teacher at Zama Middle High School, Camp Zama, Japan, poses for a photo in her classroom May 6, 2020. Photo by Katelyn Jones
Fumi Marquez, right, a kindergarten teacher at John
Fumi Marquez, right, a kindergarten teacher at John O. Arnn Elementary School, and Reynalda Espinoza, her classroom aide, greet a parent and student during an item exchange on the school’s last day at Sagamihar... More
Lucinda Ward, school liaison officer for U.S. Army
Lucinda Ward, school liaison officer for U.S. Army Garrison Japan, poses for a photo at Dewey Park, Camp Zama, Japan, Aug. 5.
A Department of Defense Education Activity virtual
A Department of Defense Education Activity virtual town hall is held at Caserma Ederle on Aug. 5, 2020. The pre-recorded town hall meeting focused on back to school and COVID-19 mitigation measures and will be ... More
WIESBADEN, Germany – Dr. Tonya Laliberte demonstrates
WIESBADEN, Germany – Dr. Tonya Laliberte demonstrates how students at Hainerberg Elementary School will utilize markings around the school to encourage physical distancing Aug. 13, 2020. Students will have to w... More
Third-Grade teachers from Kingsolver Elementary School
Third-Grade teachers from Kingsolver Elementary School wasted no time getting into instruction Aug. 24, 2020, for children attending in-school instruction.
Hiroto “ET” Mizukabo cleans a machine in the weight
Hiroto “ET” Mizukabo cleans a machine in the weight room at the Yano Fitness Center at Camp Zama, Japan, Aug. 27.
Colonel Jeremy D. Bell, Fort Campbell garrison commander
Colonel Jeremy D. Bell, Fort Campbell garrison commander (center), talks with Andre Lucas Elementary School students about their first week of school experiences. Bell joined Christy Huddleston, Department of D... More
WIESBADEN, Germany – Julie Davis, mother to a high
WIESBADEN, Germany – Julie Davis, mother to a high school student with an Individualized Education Plan, gathers resources for the “Make and Take IEP Binder Workshop” offered by Army Community Service’s Excepti... More
Maxwell Air Force Base hosts a Department of Defense
Maxwell Air Force Base hosts a Department of Defense Education Activity table-top exercise regarding COVID-19 Sept. 30, 2020, at Maxwell Elementary/Middle School on Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama. Attendees co... More
Aaron Alaniz, fifth grade student, recently tapes up
Aaron Alaniz, fifth grade student, recently tapes up a poster onto a wall at Barsanti Elementary School promoting the school’s canned food drive. Members of the school’s student government will collect canned f... More
Rodney Holloway, Nightclub Cardio fitness instructor,
Rodney Holloway, Nightclub Cardio fitness instructor, leads his fitness class at the Yano Fitness Center, Camp Zama, Japan, Jan. 16.
Dennis Campbell, Corps quality assurance representative,
Dennis Campbell, Corps quality assurance representative, and Tracy Robillard, public affairs specialist, discuss how brightly colored pipes show children how hot and cold water circulates through the new Murray... More
Civil Engineer Craig Walters (left) and Mechanical
Civil Engineer Craig Walters (left) and Mechanical Engineer Matt Kilmer with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Savannah District, Fort Stewart Resident Office, talk to students at Diamond Elementary School about... More
Students from all grades participate in Bolden Elementary/
Students from all grades participate in Bolden Elementary/ Middle School's Live Wax Museum at the school aboard Laurel Bay, S.C., May 8. Throughout the museum, students portrayed various historical figures that... More
A trio of Panamanian dancers, Elisabeth Adamski, Shanida
A trio of Panamanian dancers, Elisabeth Adamski, Shanida Hatcher and Vicky Shuler, performed a couple of traditional dances for the students at Barsanti Elementary School March 24, 2017, during their Internatio... More
An Archer Western official answers a question from
An Archer Western official answers a question from a Diamond Elementary School first-grader at the construction site of the new school May 3. Thirteen contest winners of Archer Western Contractor’s poster conte... More
Staff and faculty members attend the Laurel Bay schools
Staff and faculty members attend the Laurel Bay schools community opening ceremony at Bolden Elementary/Middle School Aug. 11. The keynote speakers at the opening stressed the importance of team work. According... More
Capt. Jason Auchincloss, U.S. Army Africa Physician
Capt. Jason Auchincloss, U.S. Army Africa Physician Assistant, assists a Vicenza High School student applying a forearm cast during a trip to the Vicenza Army Health Clinic orthopedic and radiology wing Jan. 24... More
Adam Collazo, a student at Murray Elementary School
Adam Collazo, a student at Murray Elementary School on Fort Stewart, Ga., admires Kirby, the talking recycle bin provided by the environmental division for Fort Stewart and Hunter Army Airfield, at a back-to-sc... More
Yokota High School Junior Reserve Officer Training
Yokota High School Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps members wait to present the colors during the new high school ribbon cutting ceremony, Sept. 25, 2017, at Yokota Air Base, Japan. The Yokota High School’... More
Suzy Yates (left) and Charlie Koon discuss the Parrish
Suzy Yates (left) and Charlie Koon discuss the Parrish House landscaping project, home of Army Community Service-Survivor Outreach Services, Fort Campbell, Kentucky, July 10, 2018, with Leah Esper, wife of Secr... More
CAMP HUMPHREYS, Republic of Korea— Students, family
CAMP HUMPHREYS, Republic of Korea— Students, family and the Eighth Army Band fill the hallway of Humphreys Central Elementary School for the first day of school, August 27. Schools on Camp Humphreys opened thei... More
About 70 alumni whooped and shouted during the homecoming
About 70 alumni whooped and shouted during the homecoming pep rally Sept. 21, 2018, at Fort Campbell High School, Fort Campbell, Kentucky. The group of alumni attended the pep rally as part of their reunion. Th... More
U.S. Army Brig. Gen. K. Todd Royar, acting senior commander
U.S. Army Brig. Gen. K. Todd Royar, acting senior commander of the 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) and Fort Campbell, Kentucky, addressed an audience of students, faculty, staff, administration, Departmen... More
Jarred Green, a student at Zama Middle High School,
Jarred Green, a student at Zama Middle High School, ponders a math problem during the Kanto Plain Association of Secondary Schools Math Field Day at the school March 12, 2019.
Dr. Melissa Rivers, one of the core authors of the
Dr. Melissa Rivers, one of the core authors of the PREPaRE School Crisis Prevention & Intervention curriculum and an associate professor at Winthrop University, talks about psychoeducational support during a wo... More
Eddy Melendez, an eighth-grader at Lester Middle School,
Eddy Melendez, an eighth-grader at Lester Middle School, represented all of the Department of Defense Education Activity at the National Geography Bee in Washington D.C, smiles for a photo May 23, 2019 at the N... More
190526-N-JO245-1009 MANAMA, Bahrain (May 26, 2019)
190526-N-JO245-1009 MANAMA, Bahrain (May 26, 2019) Children and chaperones from Department of Defense Education Activity Bahrain take a tour of the Avenger-class mine countermeasures ship USS Devastator (MCM 6)... More
Amaya Peruccio, a player on the Zama Middle High School
Amaya Peruccio, a player on the Zama Middle High School girls’ soccer team, places her handprint on the team’s championship banner at the school June 1. The team won the Department of Defense Education Activity... More
A rendering of the new Welch Elementary School/Dover
A rendering of the new Welch Elementary School/Dover Air Base Middle School is displayed on the podium during a groundbreaking ceremony June 3, 2019, in the family housing area at Dover Air Force Base, Del. Th... More
Naval Support Activity (NSA) Naples Commanding Officer
Naval Support Activity (NSA) Naples Commanding Officer Capt. Todd Abrahamson recognizes high school senior Sophia Adams as a member of the 55th class of U.S. Presidential Scholars during a Senior Recognition Ce... More
190822-N-JO245-1128 MANAMA, Bahrain (Aug. 22, 2019)
190822-N-JO245-1128 MANAMA, Bahrain (Aug. 22, 2019) Children and volunteers play with a science display during a back-to-school bash event at Department of Defense Education Activity Bahrain. NSA Bahrain enable... More
A youth member of the Naval Support Activity (NSA)
A youth member of the Naval Support Activity (NSA) Naples community gets her face painted during the Back 2 School Block Party onboard NSA Naples Support Site, Aug. 23, 2019. NSA Naples is an operational ashore... More
Parents and children had a great time while being welcomed
Parents and children had a great time while being welcomed at the Vicenza Elementary School Aug. 23 during Sneak Peak, which gave the opportunity to get familiar with the facility, visit the classrooms and talk... More
191217-N-TC708-0005 SHAPE, Belgium (Dec. 17, 2019)
191217-N-TC708-0005 SHAPE, Belgium (Dec. 17, 2019) U.S. Navy Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Christopher Snider, lower right, from Emmitsburg, Md., Public Affairs Officer assigned to U.S. Naval Support ... More
Lucinda Ward, far left, school liaison officer for
Lucinda Ward, far left, school liaison officer for U.S. Army Garrison Japan, gets ready to slingshot Easter eggs during the Easter Egg Sling at the Zama Middle High School football field, Camp Zama, Japan, Apri... More
Catherine Russell, a counselor at Zama Middle High
Catherine Russell, a counselor at Zama Middle High School, works from home April 13, 2020.
Yeritza Padin, kindergarten teacher at John O. Arnn
Yeritza Padin, kindergarten teacher at John O. Arnn Elementary School, greets a parent and student during an item exchange on the school’s last day at Sagamihara Family Housing Area, Japan, June 8.
Dr. Michelle Brahaney, Europe District Superintendent,
Dr. Michelle Brahaney, Europe District Superintendent, answers questions in a Department of Defense Education Activity virtual town hall at Caserma Ederle on Aug. 5, 2020. The pre-recorded town hall meeting foc... More
Many measures have been implemented to cut down on
Many measures have been implemented to cut down on COVID-19, including Plexiglas barriers, masks, social distancing, and sanitizing efforts.
A social distancing sign and hand sanitizer greet patrons
A social distancing sign and hand sanitizer greet patrons at the entrance to the Yano Fitness Center at Camp Zama, Japan, Aug. 27.
Christy Huddleston, Department of Defense Education
Christy Huddleston, Department of Defense Education Activity Americas Southeast District superintendent (left), talks with an Andre Lucas Elementary School student, Aug. 28, about his experiences during the fir... More
A speaker from the Maxwell Elementary/Middle School
A speaker from the Maxwell Elementary/Middle School conference shows off a coin presented to her by Col. Eries Mentzer, 42nd Air Base Wing commander, Sept. 30, 2020, on Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama. Among th... More
WIESBADEN, Germany – Martiza Marin, systems navigator
WIESBADEN, Germany – Martiza Marin, systems navigator for the Exceptional Family Member Program and workshop leader, begins the “Make and Take IEP Binder Workshop” Sept. 30 at U.S. Army Garrison Wiesbaden by ex... More
Delilah Alaniz, fourth grade student, recently collects
Delilah Alaniz, fourth grade student, recently collects canned food items outside a classroom at Barsanti Elementary School. Members of the school’s student government will collect donations through Dec. 10, 20... More
Rodney Holloway, Nightclub Cardio fitness instructor,
Rodney Holloway, Nightclub Cardio fitness instructor, leads his fitness class at the Yano Fitness Center, Camp Zama, Japan, Jan. 16.
Tenacity Clayton, left, and Dina Roman reenact “Cinderella,”
Tenacity Clayton, left, and Dina Roman reenact “Cinderella,” by Rodgers and Hammerstien, a duet, at the M.C Perry Elementary School Gymnasium aboard Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, Feb. 8, 2014, as a r... More
Brightly painted pipes show children how hot and cold
Brightly painted pipes show children how hot and cold water circulate in and out of the building at the new Murray Elementary School. The design functions as a teaching aid for children to learn about environme... More
Matt Kilmer, a mechanical engineer with the U.S. Army
Matt Kilmer, a mechanical engineer with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Savannah District, Fort Stewart Resident Office, demonstrates the importance of safety on a job site during a school-wide "STEMposium" at... More
Students from all grades participate in Bolden Elementary/
Students from all grades participate in Bolden Elementary/ Middle School's Live Wax Museum at the school aboard Laurel Bay, S.C., May 8. Throughout the museum, students portrayed various historical figures that... More
Students in Amanda Tejkowski’s kindergarten class at
Students in Amanda Tejkowski’s kindergarten class at Barasanti Elementary School huddled under their handmade Chinese dragon in preparation for the school’s fashion show during International Day March 24, 2017.... More
Thirteen contest winners of Archer Western Contractor’s
Thirteen contest winners of Archer Western Contractor’s poster contest toured the site of the new Diamond Elementary School currently under construction at Fort Stewart, Georgia May 3. Diamond students from kin... More
Vicenza High School anatomy class students show off
Vicenza High School anatomy class students show off their newly applied forearm casts alongside Vicenza Army Health Clinic orthopedic NCOIC Staff Sgt. Steven Fike, VHS teacher Kelly York, and U.S. Army Africa p... More
Students from Kessler Elementary School on Fort Stewart,
Students from Kessler Elementary School on Fort Stewart, Ga. spin a wheel to learn exercise tips with a representative from Winn Army Community Hospital at a back-to-school fair July 24, 2017, at Newman Gym on ... More
Thomas Brady, Department of Defense Education Activity
Thomas Brady, Department of Defense Education Activity director, leads the crowd in applause during the Yokota High School ribbon cutting ceremony, Sept. 25, 2017, at Yokota Air Base, Japan. Brady spoke to Yoko... More
Leah Esper, wife of Secretary of the Army Mark T. Esper,
Leah Esper, wife of Secretary of the Army Mark T. Esper, reads Dr. Seuss’ “Yurtle the Turtle” July 10, 2018, to children at Watters Child Development Center 2 while visiting Fort Campbell. Kentucky. (U.S. Army ... More
CAMP HUMPHREYS, Republic of Korea— Sgt. Courtney Davis,
CAMP HUMPHREYS, Republic of Korea— Sgt. Courtney Davis, a public affairs specialist assigned to 2nd Combat Aviation Brigade, and her husband, walk their daughters to their first day of school at Humphreys Centr... More
Wayne Carter, principal of Zama Middle High School
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Ann Kerr (left), spouse of Bob Kerr, who graduated
Ann Kerr (left), spouse of Bob Kerr, who graduated from Fort Campbell High School in 1967, and Greg Markley, alumnus from the class of 1970, look at dozens of graduating class photos together Sept. 21, 2018, du... More
Royce Brown, a junior Zama Middle High School, tests
Royce Brown, a junior Zama Middle High School, tests a paper device during the Kanto Plain Association of Secondary Schools Principals Math Field Day at the school March 12, 2019.
Col. Pat Kaune, Fort Knox garrison commander, injects
Col. Pat Kaune, Fort Knox garrison commander, injects some personal knowledge into the table top discussion April 26, 2019, as members discuss the role of an emergency operations center during a crisis.