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Yokota Exchange kicks off back-to-school with extra savings

Military families at Yokota can earn an A+ in savings with the Army & Air Force Exchange Service’s exclusive deals and offers on school supplies, clothing, electronics and more in-store and at ShopMyExchange.com during the back-to-school shopping season.

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Camp Zama Religious Support Office hosts Vacation Bible School Aug. 5-9

CH (LTC) Damon Saxton (Garrison Chaplain) invites all families and children to the program.

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Apply now for Waggle Human-Pet Bond Scholarship  

Many full-time students are financially strained. This, coupled with the high cost of veterinary care, can be extremely stressful. Waggle created this scholarship to help ease that stress. 

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Schools across Pacific select their top athletes

While most DODEA-Pacific schools’ Athletes of the Year are selected for their achievements in Far East tournament sports, that is not always the case.

Photo Of Lt. Col. Damon Saxton, right, the U.S. Army Garrison Japan chaplain, hands out donated gifts to children at the Seiko Gakuen Children’s Home in Zama City, Japan, May 30, 2024. The gifts were mainly donated by religious followers from Camp Zama and Naval Air Facility Atsugi as part of an effort to support local youths in the community.

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Camp Zama community members donate toys to children’s homes

The U.S. Army Garrison Japan chaplain and other community members brought smiles to the faces of local youths Thursday after they donated several gifts to two nearby children’s homes.

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Some DODEA-Pacific athletes will play at next level

Back in April, an athletic scholarship, partial or full, wasn’t even on Brodie Romnek’s radar. He had been looked at by college scouts during his first two years of playing high school baseball in Temecula, Calif.

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Softball: Appleton’s presence behind plate steadied Panthers

If DODEA high school sports teams cycle through players and coaches on a 33- to 50-percent annual basis, Kadena’s softball team might stand as a poster-child example.

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Baseball: Schmiedel’s all-around play, leadership kept Zama on track

A silence fell over Zama’s baseball team, every eye of every player glued to the ball as it sailed off the bat of E.J. King’s Colin Schrader over the fence for a grand slam home run.

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Track and Field: Perry’s Williams will leave DODEA with a slew of records

Jane Williams was “just an average runner,” her cross country coach said, when she arrived at Matthew C. Perry as a junior transfer from Oak Harbor, Wash., in summer 2022.

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Track and Field: St. Mary’s Beardsley striving towards unreachable goal

Many a track or cross country runner might be satisfied merely coming in first place in their most recent race. If they happen to set a record in the process, so much the better.

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Girls Soccer: Yokota’s Oh gave team the boot it needed

Aubrey Oh was a bundle of nerves and a bit homesick when leaving her beloved Vienna, Va., to return to her birthplace, Yokota, for her freshman school year.

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Online survey provides clearer picture of what programs Camp Zama youths want

An online survey conducted last month was meant to give youths in the community here a say in developing programs and services that will benefit them, the director of the Camp Zama Youth Center said.

Photo Of A Zama Middle High School student, front, works on an essay while Brian Spivey, rear, an instructional assistant specialist, gives writing tips during a workshop April 27 at ZMHS on Camp Zama, Japan.

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Camp Zama students, parents prepare for post-secondary future together

A pair of workshops offered to high school students and their parents here were aimed to help prepare them for the college application process and other post-graduation options.

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Fresh Ink: Kitagawa Chiyo, proletariat girls’ literature

Kitagawa Chiyo (1894-1965) was more than just a writer. She was an early feminist and a prominent member of the socialist women’s organization Sekirankai, which was a leading voice in spreading socialist ideals, condemning industrial capitalism, and opposing war.

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