http://hqcomspota1.hq.ds.dodea.edu/Pacific NewsroomFri, 24 May 2013 15:33:43 +0000CommonSpot Content ServerTOKYO, Japan — The sounds of rapid ticking filled a large room in the New Sanno Hotel May 15 as 119 students quickly moved counting beads on a Japanese soroban necessary to perform complicated math calculations.http://www.dodea.edu/Pacific/newsroom/pressreleases/22052013.cfmhttp://www.dodea.edu/Pacific/newsroom/pressreleases/22052013.cfmWed, 22 May 2013 05:54:36 +0000For the third straight year, Osan Middle School eighth-grade student Jonas Knudsen earned the opportunity to compete on a National stage after finishing third in the 2013 Department of Defense Dependent Schools MATHCOUNTS State Competition.http://www.dodea.edu/Pacific/newsroom/pressreleases/05032013.cfmhttp://www.dodea.edu/Pacific/newsroom/pressreleases/05032013.cfmFri, 03 May 2013 07:27:11 +0000Elementary school students in the Department of Defense Education Activity Okinawa District put their calculating skills to the test during the 14th Annual Soroban Contest April 29 in the Surfside Ballroom on Camp Kinser.http://www.dodea.edu/Pacific/newsroom/pressreleases/05012013.cfmhttp://www.dodea.edu/Pacific/newsroom/pressreleases/05012013.cfmWed, 01 May 2013 06:26:17 +0000More than 5,500 DoDEA Pacific elementary school students danced, sang and reflected on military family life April 16-26 during “The Little C.H.A.M.P.S.” book tour with author Debbie Fink.http://www.dodea.edu/Pacific/newsroom/pressreleases/04292013.cfmhttp://www.dodea.edu/Pacific/newsroom/pressreleases/04292013.cfmMon, 29 Apr 2013 04:50:05 +0000OKINAWA, Japan — Department of Defense Education Activity Okinawa District is proud to announce that Patrick Lewallen, a 7th grade student at Ryukyu Middle School, obtained the highest score in the National Geographic Bee for the Department of Defense Dependents Schools worldwide.http://www.dodea.edu/Pacific/newsroom/pressreleases/04252013.cfmhttp://www.dodea.edu/Pacific/newsroom/pressreleases/04252013.cfmThu, 25 Apr 2013 05:34:29 +0000