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@BetsyDeVosED
is visiting our Hampton Primary School at
@FtBraggNC
to kick off
#MonthOfTheMilitaryChild
!
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April is the Month of the Military Child! This month, and every month, DoDEA applauds the resiliency and contributions of our military-connected students around the world. Learn more about how DoDEA is celebrating
#MonthoftheMilitaryChild
at
#MOMC
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Two seniors from Quantico Middle/High School will be shadowing
@DeptofDefense
as they cover military officials speaking at
#MCECNTS2017
!
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.
@HamillHimself
visits his
@DoDEA
alma mater, Kinnick High on a promo tour for
@starwars
.
#MayTheFourthBeWithYou
#TBT
📸:
@starsandstripes
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Session 1 in the books as our Cub Reporters learn about the art of capturing video content with
@DefenseMediaAct
at the
#MCECNTS2017
!
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We are proud to announce the winner of DoDEA’s 2020 Teacher of the Year: Antoine Sharpe! Mr. Sharpe is a former DoDEA student himself, and now teaches math at Humphreys Middle School in Korea. Congratulations, Mr. Sharpe! Learn more:
#DoDEAProud
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We're excited that DoDEA students led the nation in scoring on the 2019 NAEP's 4th and 8th grade Reading Assessment and 4th grade Mathematics Assessment! Well done, DoDEA staff and students! 👏👏👏
#NAEP
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A
@DoDEA
school has been selected as a 2017
@EDGreenRibbon
recipient
Congratulations to Tarawa Terrace ES in
@camp_lejeune
!
#EDGreenRibbon
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During Month of the Military Child, we celebrate our amazing military-connected children for the sacrifices they make and the challenges they overcome.
#DoDEAMilKids
are at the heart of all we do!
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On Wednesday DoDEA is celebrating Purple Up! for Military Kids Day, when we'll wear purple to thank military youth for their strength and sacrifices! How are you celebrating
#PurpleUp
Day? Tag
#PurpleUpDODEA
when you share your photos and stories!
#MOMC
#MonthoftheMilitaryChild
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We want to give a big "THANK YOU!" to our amazing DoDEA educators. You have shown remarkable flexibility and resilience. Because of you, we continue our important mission to military-connected students and their families. Happy
#WorldTeachersDay
! Stay
#DoDEAProud
.
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We honor the military women and men who keep going in spite of adversity, endure separations from loved ones, and sacrifice so the rest of us can remain safe. “We sleep peaceably in our beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on our behalf.”-George Orwell
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In honor of Month of the Military Child, DoDEA Director Tom Brady reminds us of the challenges military-connected kids face and the unparalleled resilience and grit they show every day.
#MoMC
#DoDEAMilKids
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Ramstein High grad, Kelly Conrad, is part of the new PBS children's show, "Albie's Elevator". Kelly said that growing up in DoDEA schools helped her adapt to different situations and be comfortable interacting with new people. Read more about Kelly here:
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It's Month of the Military Child! Here at DoDEA, we've celebrated and supported military children for 75 years and counting! How are you celebrating
#DoDEAMilKids
this month? 💜
Need help coming up with ideas to celebrate? Visit our
#MoMC
page:
#DoDEA75
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🦸♀️ May 7 is School Lunch Hero Day! 🦸♂️
Our DoDEA crew works so hard, especially over this last year of serving meals at our schools under new guidelines. Thank you DoDEA food service staff for being our School Lunch Heroes! 🍎🥪🥦🌮
#DoDEAinAction
#SchoolLunchHeroDay
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November is
#MilitaryFamilyAppreciationMonth
! Join us in celebrating the vital role military families play in the armed forces community, and recognizing their sacrifices and strength. Learn more about Military Family Appreciation Month: .
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#DoDEA
Headquarters is celebrating
#PurpleUp
for Military Kids Day! This
#MonthoftheMilitaryChild
, and every month, we applaud the resiliency and contributions of our military-connected students around the world. Learn more at
#MOMC
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The color purple symbolizes all branches of the military. Air Force blue, Army green, Navy blue, Marine red, and Coast Guard blue all combine for the mutual benefit of all into the color purple.
We can't wait to see all the purple tomorrow!
#PurpleUpDoDEA
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Congratulations to our winners of Presidential Awards for Excellence in Mathematics & Science Teaching! Recognized this year: Michael Pope, Zama MS, Japan; Amy Dougherty, Aukamm ES, Germany; Deborah Young, Garmisch ES/MS; and Patrick McDonald, formerly of Yokota MS, Japan.
#STEM
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Month of the Military Child message from Antoine Sharpe, DoDEA's 2020 Teacher of the Year
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On
#PurpleUp
Day, join
#DoDEA
Director Tom Brady in applauding our military-connected students! Learn more about how we are celebrating
#MonthoftheMilitaryChild
:
#MOMC
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Join
#DoDEA
Director Tom Brady in celebrating our teachers, teaching assistants, guidance counselors — everyone in our schools who works to create exceptional opportunities for military-connected students!
#TeacherAppreciationWeek
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Why I
#LoveTeaching
: "My love for teaching comes from working with elementary students and celebrating their learning as they gain understanding in math..." — Angie Fino, Okinawa, Japan,
@dodea_pac
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Keep an eye on our page! This week, DoDEA educators share why they love to teach in honor of
#LoveTeaching
Week 😍 — a campaign that celebrates teaching, leading and learning in a way that unites and invigorates educators and those they inspire all around the world.
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🎉 April is Month of the Military Child! 🎉 At DoDEA, we're proud to celebrate the resilience, strength, and sacrifices of our military-connected students. Let's honor their unique experiences and support their educational journey. 💜
#MoMC
#DoDEAMilKids
#MilitaryChild
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Director's Message to Teachers - DoDEA Director Tom Brady thanks teachers and support staff for their extraordinary response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Our 2019 Cub Reporters share how it feels to interview interview leaders like Lt. Gen. Darrell K. Williams,
@GenDaveGoldfein
, Medal of Honor recipient Melvin Morris and Former Sec of Ed.
@arneduncan
! Thanks to
@MilitaryChild
for organizing
#MCECNTS2019
!
#DoDEAProud
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Congratulations to two DoDEA team members, Denise Harrison and Kelisa Wing! They are joining
@the_equitylab
's Nexus Fellowship, a cohort of leaders to drive change and address issues of race and equity.
#DoDEAinAction
Read about the fellowship:
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We are excited to announce Daegu Elementary School teacher Ms. Rachel Guilfoyle has been selected as the 2022 Department of Defense Education Activity Teacher of the Year. 🎉🌟👍
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This
#APAHM
we are excited that our military-connected students in
@dodea_pac
schools are learning more about the vibrant cultures of their host countries. Watch DoDEA AEIS Firebird Drummers celebrate Kodomo no Hi, or Children's Day!
#AAPI
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What’s amazing about military families? Everything! Your sacrifice and resilience, but also your letters, your calls and your homecoming hugs. Thanks for everything – this month is for you. Learn more about Military Family Appreciation Month: .
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Juneteenth (a blending of the words June and nineteenth), also known as Freedom Day, is an American holiday and is the oldest known celebration of the end of slavery in the United States.
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🎉 Welcome Dr. Beth Schiavino-Narvaez as DoDEA's new Director! With 30 years in education, she's focused on teacher hiring, MTSS, and universal pre-K. Exciting times ahead! 🌟📚
#DoDEA
#Leadership
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First Lady Dr. Jill Biden
@FLOTUS
visited Naples Middle/High School at U.S. Naval Support Activity Naples, Italy today to meet with some of the students and staff.
#DoDEAinAction
🌟🌏
(Photos -
@AssociatedPress
)💜
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More DoDEA schools welcomed back students to our hallways and classrooms today! Happy
#firstdayofschool
!
To make our first day a memorable one, please share your child's
#backtoschool
picture along with a special message using
#DoDEA1stDay
.
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Today marks the end of
#DoDEAMilKids
Appreciation Week, but we will still celebrate these outstanding military connected children throughout
#MoMC
and each and every day following. Military kids are at the heart of all we do! 💜💜💜
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We applaud the work of military spouses, who show up every day to support and strengthen our
#DoDEA
families. Your strength and resiliency is an inspiration to us all!
#MilitarySpouseAppreciationDay
When service members are deployed, someone has to take care of the family.
Thank you military spouses for playing an essential part in the military.
#MilitarySpouseAppreciationDay
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At DoDEA we believe in educating, empowering and engaging all of our students: we want every girl in our classrooms to chase her dreams toward her fullest potential! Happy
#DayOfTheGirl
! 👩⚕️👩🌾👩🍳👩🔧👩⚖️👩🏭👩🔬👩💼👩💻👩🎤👩🚀👩🚒👷♀️
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DoDEA teachers from around the system miss their students and have created innovative ways of staying connected with their students during the global pandemic.
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DoDEA wants military-connected kids, and ALL kids, to feel safe during emergencies and natural disasters. Involving young people in preparedness efforts can help youth, families and communities be ready and able to respond when faced with disasters!
#PreparedNotScared
#BeReady
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We are proud to announce the 2021 DoDEA Teacher of the Year is Bahrain Elementary's Ms. Lachanda Garrison! She's been with DoDEA for 13 years, and we are excited for many more. Congratulations
@Educationoflife
!
#DoDEAProud
#DoDEAinAction
@CCSSO
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"Attending Educator Space Camp with the other State Teachers of the Year was both humbling and inspiring- it was incredible to hear from NASA engineers about their vision for future space exploration!"-
#DoDEA
Teacher of the Year, Anna Sansone
@Sansonesan
@SpaceCampUSA
#NTOY2019
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Happy Teacher Appreciation Week to all of our DoDEA educators that are building the future one classroom at a time. Your dedication does not go unnoticed, and your impact is immeasurable - thank you to all of our incredible DoDEA teachers around the world!
#ThankATeacher
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For the 50th anniversary of the
#Apollo11
landing, DoDEA's amazing teacher
@ExplorerNancy
organized Splashdown from the Moon: “From Earth observations to explorations of other worlds, I am energized to share the science that inspires and benefits us all!"👩🚀🚀🌕
#DoDEAProud
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Today, we celebrate Indigenous Peoples’ Day and honor the invaluable contributions and resilience of American Indians, Alaska Natives and Native Hawaiian peoples. How are you celebrating
#IndigenousPeoplesDay
?
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This summer, motivate your children by reading and exploring new books and authors together as a family. Find great book suggestions for the summer here:
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Join our celebration of military-connected students during DoDEA’s Military Kids Appreciation Week, April 12-16! Post your pictures each day using
#DoDEAMilKids
and tagging
@DoDEA
.
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We welcome students enrolled in the DoDEA Virtual School! Be on the lookout for an email in the next 72 hours containing information about accessing Monday's orientation.
#VirtualLearning
#DoDEAProud
#ReturntoSchool
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#DoDEAintheNews
: 50 DoDEA grant professionals had the opportunity to attend a DoDEA grant-funded regional STEM makerspace event with
@YCSD
. See the full story:
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Today, we honor those who lost their lives or were injured in the attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii on December 7, 1941. The memory of their courage and sacrifice will never be forgotten.
#daythatlivesininfamy
#weremember
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Our DoDEA educators
#LoveTeaching
! 💜😍 "I love teaching because I see the wonder in their eyes, and it keeps me young."
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Veterans Day is a day to honor and thank all those who have served and are still serving in our military. We celebrate America's veterans for their patriotism, love of country and willingness to serve and sacrifice for the common good.
#VeteransDay2020
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WELCOME BACK! While this year's
#FirstDayOfSchool
might feel and look a little different, we can't wait to see your smiling faces again!😁
Lets see your back to school pics! 📸
#DoDEAProud
#DoDEAFirstDay
@DoDEA_Americas
@DoDEA_Europe
@dodea_pac
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Two cadets from the Kubasaki High School Dragon Battalion headed to Aviation STEM this weekend. Good luck Cadet Pacatte and Cadet Potter!
#DoDEAinAction
✈️
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Congratulations to Alysia Durham and Anna Sansone for being selected as recipients of the Presidential Awards for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching!
@DoDEA_Americas
@DoDEA_Europe
@dodea_pac
#DoDEAProud
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We have concluded 42 graduation ceremonies across DoDEA, celebrating
the success of well over 2800 graduating seniors!
#DoDEAClassof17
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Thank you,
@MilitaryChild
, for your support of
#DoDEA
's passionate and committed teachers - they truly make a difference in the lives of our military-connected students!
#MonthoftheMilitaryChild
.
@MilitaryChild
salutes this teacher & all
@DoDEA
educators for what they do for
#milkid
's education around the world.
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Meet the DoDEA Chief of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion! Kelisa Wing, a
@USArmy
veteran, has led
#diversity
,
#equity
and
#inclusion
efforts for students and schools, authoring several books on the topic, and was named a 2021
@the_equitylab
Nexus Fellow.
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DoDEA's Summer Learning Program - Who's excited for summer? We are! 🙋♀️🙋♂️Check out the awesome resources on our website designed to keep K-8 students and parents connected, active, and engaged in learning throughout the summer months!
Learn more:
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Danielle Massey, Teacher at DoDEA Virtual High School, says that by giving military-connected students a choice in how they are engaged in the learning experience, she can help showcase their unique excellence - so they can go forward and change the world!
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Today, June 14, 2019, is the last-ever, last day of school for Seoul American Elementary School and Seoul American Middle High School. One way we’re marking the end of this era is by flipping the pages back to the day it all began, 60 years ago, in Yongsan!
#DoDEAProud
#LastDay
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Happy Teachers Appreciation Week! We have some of the BEST teachers in the WORLD! Thank you
#DoDEAteachers
for all you do each and every day for our students and military-connected families.
#ThankATeacher
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Return to School SY 2020-21 - July 06, 2020
As parents and students prepare for the start of the 2020-2021 school year, the DoDEA Americas Director wanted to provide an update on the progress DoDEA has made.
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Thank you,
@MilitaryChild
, for providing such an excellent opportunity for our 2019 Cub Reporters- and stand by for stories of what they learned from the amazing individuals they interviewed!
#MCENTS2019
.
@DoDEA
cub reporters interview LTG Darrell K. Williams, Ellyn Dunford,
@GenDaveGoldfein
and
@arneduncan
at
#MCECNTS2019
!
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We are excited to announce Angela Stephens, principal of Bolden Elementary Middle School at Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort, has been selected as the DoDEA’s 2022 Principal of the Year. Congratulations, Principal Stephens! 😍🏆
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Watch our 2019 Cub Reporters interview leaders who serve and support military-connected children! Thanks to
@MilitaryChild
our students met Lt. Gen. Darrell K. Williams,
@GenDaveGoldfein
, Medal of Honor recipient Melvin Morris and Former Sec of Ed.
@arneduncan
at
#MCECNTS2019
!
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To honor the 75th anniv. of the D-Day landings at Normandy, the 9th JROTC Battalion of Ansbach MHS visited the Brittany American Cemetery. An 11th-grader:“The entire experience was life-changing; I felt like I was walking through history the entire trip.”
@GarrisonAnsbach
@VFWHQ
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We applaud student Sophia Adams of
#DoDEA
’s Naples MS/HS for being a 2019
#PresidentialScholar
! Sophia's one of 161 HS seniors recognized for excellence in academics, the arts, and the career and technical education fields. Excellent work Sophia!
#DoDEAProud
👏👏👏
A massive congrats to Sophia Adams of Naples MHS for being selected as a 2019 U.S. Presidential Scholar!
It's one of the nation's highest honors for high school students.
Out of 3.6m graduating seniors, she was 1 of the 161 selected nation-wide. And the only
@DoDEA
student!
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Astronaut Anne McClain tells our students to always follow their dreams!
#SXSL
@DoDEA_Europe
@dodea_pac
@
@AstroAnnimal
#mondaymotivation
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Students from Zukeran Elementary School and their art teacher, Mrs. Ruksc, collaborated on a dandelion art project in honor of Month of the Military Child. Great work, team!
#DoDEAMilKids
#MoMC
#DoDEAinAction
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Last chance to nominate your favorite math or science teacher (grades 7-12). Visit to nominate before the March 1 deadline!
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Today is World Autism Acceptance Day! Take time today to spread acceptance around autism and the autism community.
#WorldAutismAcceptanceDay
🌈🧩
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Congratulations to Dr. Judith Allen, who is being presented with the Meritorious Civilian Service Medal this week! Next, Dr. Allen will serve as the new Superintendent of schools for the Pacific East District. We know she will continue to make us all
#DoDEAProud
!
COL Scott Taylor, 8th Army chief of staff, pins the Meritorious Civilian Service Medal on Dr. Judy Allen for her work as superintendent for
@DoDEA
schools in Korea.
She is leaving after 8 yrs for another assignment in DODEA, but not after making schools here tops in the world!
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Educators are R.I.S.E.-ing in the Americas Mid-Atlantic District.
#LeadershipSummit
#DoDEAinAction
📸:
@cnfields
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We honor the individuals who lost their lives on September 11, 2001, by recognizing the National Day of Service & Remembrance. “If we learn nothing else from this tragedy, we learn that life is short and there is no time for hate.” —Sandy Dahl, wife of Flight 93 pilot Jason Dahl
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🌟 Exciting News from DoDEA! 🌟 Announcing the Universal Prekindergarten Program for the school year 2024-2025! 🎉 Thanks to the President's budget passage, Phase I is set to begin. Read More! 🏫✨
#DoDEA
#UniversalPreK
#EducationMatters
📚
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Happy Pi Day! 3.14159 reasons to celebrate the ratio of a circle's circumference to it's diameter. 😅
#PiDay
#piday2017
#einsteinbirthday
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DoDEA celebrates CTE Month to remind students that Career and Technical Education can help them explore careers and give them the skills they need for college, the military, or the workforce. Visit for details.
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DoDEA Digital Learning: Pathway to Graduation - DoDEA Teachers and students adapted to extraordinary circumstances in 2020 as a result of the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Check out a DoDEA student’s tips to ease from a lazy summer into a successful new school year! 🌎 🏫 🚸
#BackToSchool
#DoDEAProud
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#PiDay
at
@VogelwehES
!
Way to celebrate the ratio of a circle's circumference to it's diameter! 😁
GOOOO Eagles!
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