by Staff Sgt. April Quintanilla 35th Fighter Wing Public Affairs, 6/10/2011 MISAWA AIR BASE, Japan --  Since the earthquake and tsunami of March 2011, Sollars Elementary School students have looked for ways to help survivors. The students held a coin drive fundraiser to help with tsunami relief June 8. The method of fundraising was devel ...

By Staff Sgt. April Quintanilla 35th Fighter Wing Public Affairs 5/26/2011 MISAWA AIR BASE, Japan -- For the first time since the March 11 earthquake, the Mokuteki Community Center opened its doors for entertainment May 20 with a performance of "Much Ado About Nothing." The International Theater Company London from Munich, G ...

By T.D. Flack Stars and Stripes, April 30, 2011 MISAWA AIR BASE, Japan — Misawa’s Dragon-Eagle Taiko drum team celebrated its 12th anniversary with a fund-raising performance Saturday to benefit the victims of the March 11 earthquake and tsunami that hit northeastern Japan. To the delight of a packed crowd in the multi-purpose room at Sollars Elementary Sc ...

MISAWA AIR BASE, Japan April 16, 2011 Japanese and American fifth graders sprint toward the rubber balls to kick off a game of dodge ball during a cultural-exchange event here at Sollars Elementary School. Naval Air Facility Misawa's First Class Petty Officer Association hosted the event which invited 5th grade students from the loca ...

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 ...

MISAWA, Japan 4/7/2011 Aidan Robinson, a fifth grade Sollars Elementary School student, folds an origami crane April 6. The school has collected more than 7,000 cranes to help reach the goal of 100,000 as part of an art display at a reconstructed school in Sendai, Japan. Students Rebuild is a global organization that mobilizes young people to connect, ...

MISAWA, Japan 3/21/2011 Students at Sollars Elementary School walk to their respective classrooms Mar. 21. Base schools are back in session with all bus routes running and classes starting at the normal times. The schools were closed down for a week after power was knocked out due an earthquake that shook the northern coast of Japan Mar. 11. (U.S. Ai ...

MISAWA, Japan March 13th, 2011 EQ & TSUNAMI UPDATE: DoDEA Pacific schools on Misawa AB will be CLOSED to students and staff for Mon. (3/14) and Tues. (3/15). Employees at these schools are requested — if possible — to contact a school administrator or supervisor by phone or email each day to verify their status. Updates will continue as information b ...