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Navaro Weston, top, a third grader at Arnn Elementary School, poses for a photo wearing a helmet May 17 at the school’s sports field on Sagamihara Family Housing Area as part of Arnn’s event celebrating science, technology, engineering and math, or STEM. (Noriko Kudo)
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Arnn students’ STEM event includes visit from Black Hawk helicopter

Students at Arnn Elementary here were able to see up close a UH-60L Black Hawk helicopter, a feat of engineering and the “E” in an event that celebrated science, technology, engineering and math, or...
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VIDEO: Kurihara and Arnn Elementary School Cultural Exchange Program

Nearly 120 students from Kurihara Elementary, a local Japanese elementary school, recently visited fifth graders at Arnn Elementary School on the U.S. Army's Sagamihara Family Housing Area, giving them an in-depth look at American student life.
Sydney LeFebre, now a third grader at Arnn Elementary School, poses during a photoshoot for the Uniqlo fashion company in April 2022. Sydney and other American military youth living in Japan have seen some success in Japan's modeling world. (Photo Credit: Courtesy photo)
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American military youth strike a pose in Japan’s modeling world

When Sydney LeFebre had her first photoshoot for a large fashion retailer last year, the process became a whole new experience for her and her family.
Rodney Holloway conducts a free English lesson for Japanese students at the Oyama Community Center in Sagamihara, Japan, Dec. 22, 2022. Holloway, an English for Speakers of Other Languages teacher at Arnn Elementary School, often volunteers his time to teach English in the local community. (Photo Credit: Sean Kimmons)
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Arnn Elementary teacher aims to do his part through volunteer work in Sagamihara, Japan

Rodney Holloway, 46, now teaches English for Speakers of Other Languages to children at Arnn Elementary School.
Students from Arnn Elementary School and Kurihara Elementary draw together during a cultural exchange program held Nov. 9 at Kurihara, near Camp Zama, Japan.
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Arnn students visit local school, enhance friendship through cultural exchange event

Approximately 60 fifth graders from Arnn Elementary School visited Kurihara Elementary School, located near Camp Zama, Nov. 9 for a cultural exchange program.
Noah Mills, left, a fourth-grader at Arnn Elementary School on Sagamihara Family Housing Area, Japan, writes down answers from William Birdsall, right, Nov. 10 at the school’s library. Birdsall, an Army veteran who now works as a program assistant at the Camp Zama Youth Center, was there with five other military veterans to be interviewed as part of a Veterans Day project for teacher Jami LeFebre’s class. (Photo Credit: Dustin Perry, U.S. Army Garrison Japan Public Affairs)
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Arnn Elementary students interview veterans as part of class project tied to Veterans Day

A class project in which students at Arnn Elementary here interviewed a group of military veterans the day before Veterans Day was meant to give them a deeper understanding of, and reverence for, the holiday, their teacher said.
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VIDEO| Zama Cultural Exchange Program

Arnn Elementary School welcomed students and faculty from Kurihara Elementary School Feb. 7 for a cultural exchange program event.
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VIDEO| STEM Symposium 2020 at Arnn Elementary School, Camp Zama

Students from kindergarten to sixth grade at Arnn Elementary School attended the Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics symposium, or STEM, to gain knowledge and possibly increase their...