By Dustin Perry, Torii Editor Drawing attention to the importance of physical education for all children was the primary purpose of the Field Day event held Friday at Arnn Elementary, the school’s P.E. coach said. The students at Arnn, grades kindergarten through sixth, spent half the day outside on the school’s athletic and recreational grounds comp ...

By Dustin Perry Torii Editor Parents of students at Arnn Elementary School got a glimpse of the progress their children made throughout the past nine months during an end-of-year showcase held Thursday at the school. Projects exhibiting the Sure Start through sixth-grade students’ skills in writing, illustrating, critical thinking and compute ...

By Tim Wightman Stars and Stripes, May 25, 2011 TOKYO — Parents and teachers sat silently in chairs set up against the walls of the New Sanno ballroom Wednesday. Their demeanor said they were taking the proceedings seriously, even as many of them couldn’t tell you exactly how a soroban works. Sitting in the middle were 78 elementary and middle school stude ...

By Dustin Perry Torii Editor Valerie R. Garza, a first-grade teacher at Arnn Elementary School, was described as “genuine,” “dedicated” and “memorable” by fellow faculty members, students and parents who paid tribute to her memory during a ceremony Friday. Following the many heartfelt anecdotes that recalled the life and career of Garza, a pair of do ...

By Tetsuo Nakahara, Torii Staff The students at John O. Arnn Elementary School celebrated their annual observance of Earth Day last week via a two-day showcase of themed science fair projects that promoted environmental consciousness. Flower planting, informative presentations from local guest speakers, and of course the students’ scientific resea ...

CAMP ZAMA, Japan Michael Carter, a member of Camp Zama’s Boy Scout Troop 34, gives a hand to Timothy Armstrong, a preschool child at the Zama Child Development Center, planting flowers in the CDC garden Tuesday as part of an Earth Day event. Flower planting will be held at John O. Arnn Elementary School, Zama American High School, the Sagamihara Hous ...

By Tetsuo Nakahara, Torii Staff More than 70 Camp Zama community members came together to raise awareness for autism during the second annual “Strike Out Autism” event coordinated by Army Community Service and held Thursday at the Camp Zama Bowling Center here. April is National Autism Awareness Month, and the event gave the community here an ...

By T.D. Flack, Stars and Stripes, April 13, 2011 MISAWA AIR BASE, Japan – In the week before the school’s spring break, students at Misawa labored through a project to raise money for the Japanese communities hardest hit by last month’s deadly earthquake and the tsunamis it spawned. Children worked at home, gave up recess and spent hours in after-school ca ...