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EPA: Pesticides - Integrated Pest Management (IPM) in Schools
As part of International Healthy Schools Day on April 18th, the Council of Educational Facility Planners offered a checklist ( PDF format , 34 KB, 1 page) for schools to consider in making their schools healthier. ...

"The Kyrene School District reduced pesticide applications by 90 percent and kept pest populations below 85 percent of their original levels by using IPM. Due to the overwhelming success, their IPM program was expanded to all the Kyrene district schools in spring 2001 (27 schools)." -- ... [Read More]

Hispanic Americans in Congress -- Underwood
Robert Underwood was born in Tamuning, Guam on July 13, 1948, and attended public schools in Guam and California. In 1969 he graduated from California State University at Los Angeles and in 1971 he received an M.A. degree from California State University. He also received a doctorate in education from the University of Southern California. From 1972 to 1976 he began a career as a high school teacher, school administrator, and curriculum writer for the Guam public schools. From 1976 to 1982, he had a notable career at the University of Guam as instructor and director of the Bilingual Bicultural Training Program from 1976 to 1981, assistant professor from 1981 to 1983, dean of the College of Education from 1988 to 1990, and academic vice president from 1990 to 1992. From 1983 to 1988, he was director of Bilingual Education Assistance for Micronesia. ... [Read More]

Guam main page
Guam has an extensive public and private education system. The public education system includes the University of Guam, a land grant college; the Guam Community College; five public high schools; six middle schools; and 24 elementary schools. The private system includes two business colleges, five high schools and several elementary schools. Most of these are affiliated with Roman Catholic and Protestant religious denominations. ...

The University of Guam has master degree programs in education and public administration; operates a marine research laboratory; and has an extensive collection of Pacific and Micronesian historical documents and material at the Micronesian Area Research Center. The University of Guam is accredited by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges. ... [Read More]

War in the Pacific National Historical Park
This was the first occurrence of the park taking staff members and resources off-site since the typhoon damage and the park has done similar visits to other local schools. For more information about the park's recovery efforts visit www.nps.gov/wapa . ...

The interpretation division is increasing its interpretive tours and outreach programs to schools, and is active in local and national events such as Earth Day and National Public Lands Day. The Cultural Resource Division will conduct a 200 acre archeology survey within the park, and will continue its commitment to maintaining and rehabilitating existing cultural resources--such as its monuments and historical structures. The park will also complete its first Administrative History in the upcoming year. The Natural Resources division is actively conducting studies to document sedimentation on the island's coral reefs and documenting the effects of wildfire on tropical savannah grasslands, so the park can establish best management practices for reducing erosion. As participants in a nation-wide coral reef monitoring program, the park is dedicated to long-term monitoring of Guam's coral reefs, and is committed to completing comprehensive inventories of the park's flora and fauna. ... [Read More]

USAJOBS - USAJobs FAQ
Washington, DC 20525 International Schools Services - Teaching in American-Sponsored, Community-Sponsored, Privately Operated, or Company-Sponsored Schools. (Some positions for guidance counselors, librarians, curriculum, specialists and administrators): International Schools Services ...

Washington, DC 20547 Peace Corps - Teaching in elementary, secondary, normal, vocational schools and universities. (No teaching experience required): Director of Recruitment, Peace Corps ... [Read More]

IAQ TfS Awards Program
The U.S. EPA initiated the Indoor Air Quality Tools for Schools (IAQ TfS) Awards Program in 2000 to recognize schools and school districts that are implementing comprehensive, sustainable IAQ management plans.  Eligible schools are those that have demonstrated a strong commitment to improve children's health and IAQ and to promote good IAQ in schools within and outside of the school.  EPA presented the first IAQ TfS awards to 10 school districts at the 2000 IAQ TfS Symposium, and has since presented awards to more than 100 schools and districts in recognition of their dedication and successes to improve IAQ and related health problems. ... [Read More]

War in the Pacific NHP: Liberation - Guam Remembers
The invasion detachment departed Guam January 14,1942, sailing to Truk (now Chuuk) with carriers and other ships ofJapan's 4th Fleet; this force would later take Rabaul and make it one ofthe empire's major military bases in the Pacific. Left to administer Guam was the keibitai, theJapanese naval militia with less than 500 men. Directly managing thepeople were the minseibu, the keibitai's cadre of policemen andinvestigators. Under the minseibu, life on island was relativelyquiet. However, there were still attempts to convince theChamorro populace of Japan's superiority over the Americans. After everyJapanese conquest in the Pacific or Far East, military parades were heldthrough the streets of Agana. When Singapore fell on February 15, 1942,sabers rattled through the narrow streets of the barrios of San Ignacioand San Nicolas; the march of soldiers would end at a Buddhist shrine ona hillside above Agana. Other shows of might by the Japanese militarywere given when General Douglas MacAr ... [Read More]

GU OVC State Wide Assistance Report
C. ACTIVITIES TO IMPROVE THE DELIVERY OF VICTIM SERVICES: Issues regarding the delivery of victim services continue to be addressedamong the VOCA Administrator, sub-grantees, victim service organizations,and government agencies, via individual and group meetings, telephoneconversations and written correspondence. The above modes are still beingused to address needs assessment, program monitoring and evaluation, andreconfirmed through progress and annual reports as well as site visits.Notable activities to improve the delivery of victim services included:- Proclamation and Resolution of Crime Victims' Rights Week (4/21/02 to4/27/02) and Family Violence Month (10/01); Radio (K-57, KPRG, Hit Radio) show interviews; Outreach presentations at island high schools; Outreach presentations at island communities (Chuukes); Presentations at the elementary (Ordot and Chalan -Pago), middle(Untalan, Piti, Agueda Johnston and Catholic (San Vicente , St. Anthony,and Bishop Baumgartener) schools for t ... [Read More]

War in the Pacific NHP: The Defense of Guam
Enrollment in Guam's schools totaled 4,775, of which 4,384 werein the elementary grades and 391 in high school. Graduates during theyear were 297 from the elementary schools, 52 in junior high, and 23 insenior high school. Valedictorian among the senior high school graduateswas Elizabeth de Leon Flores, and among junior high schoolers, SegundoC. Aguon. Salutatorians were Thomas J. Johnston and Antonia de LeonFlores, respectively. ... [Read More]