Guam Department of Education explained

Agency Name:	Guam Department of Education
Type:	Department
Jurisdiction:	Guam
Headquarters:	501 Mariner Avenue, Barrigada, Guam
Employees:	4,000 (2024)
Chief1 Name:	Erik Swanson
Chief1 Position:	Superintendent

The Guam Department of Education (GDOE), formerly the Guam Public School System, is a school district that serves the United States territory of Guam. The school district can be thought of as analogous to the school districts of other cities and communities in the United States, but in some manners, it can also be thought of as analogous to the state education agencies of other states and territories.

The district is headquartered at the GDOE Headquarters on 500 Mariner Avenue Barrigada, Guam.^[1] Its headquarters were formerly at the Manuel F. L. Guerrero Administration Building at 312 Espinall Avenue, Hagåtña.^[2]

The Guam Department of Education is a single unified school district consisting of grades kindergarten through 12th grade, with 26 elementary schools, eight middle schools, six high schools and alternative school serve over 30,000 students. In 1998, the U.S. Department of Defense opened schools for children of American military personnel. DODEA schools had an attendance of 2,500 in 2000.^[3]

School uniforms

In the fall of 2008, the district required all schools to have school uniform policies for students. Any new schools opening must have policies in place after one year of opening. Students eighteen years of age or older may opt out of the uniforms for medical, religious, or other reasons as approved by the building principal.^[2]

Schools

Elementary schools

• Adacao Elementary School (Mangilao, opened 2009)
• Agana Heights Elementary School (Agana Heights, opened 1958)
• Astumbo Elementary School (Dededo, opened 1997)
• B.P. Carbullido Elementary School (Barrigada, opened 1965)
• Chief Brodie Memorial Elementary School (Tumon, Tamuning, opened 1965)
• C.L. Taitano Elementary School (Sinajana, opened 1958)
• Daniel L. Perez Elementary School (Yigo, opened 1968)
  • Formerly Yigo Elementary School (name changed in 1998)
• F.Q. Sanchez Elementary School (Umatac, opened 1953)
• Finegayan Elementary School (Dededo, opened 1972)
• Harry S. Truman Elementary School (Santa Rita, opened 1966)
• Inarajan Elementary School (Inarajan, opened 1953)
• J.Q. San Miguel Elementary School (Mongmong-Toto-Maite, opened 1971)
• Juan M. Guerrero Elementary School (Dededo, opened 1971)
• Lyndon B. Johnson Elementary School (Tamuning, opened 1974)
• Liguan Elementary School (Dededo, opened August 21, 2008)^[4]
• Maria A. Ulloa Elementary School (Dededo, opened 1965)
• Machananao Elementary School (Yigo, opened 1998)
• Marcial Sablan Elementary School (Agat, opened 1998)
• Merizo Martyrs Elementary School (Merizo, opened 1966)
• Manuel Ulloa Lujan Elementary School (Yona, opened 1971) (https://web.archive.org/web/20060901231221/http://www.doe.edu.gu/mules/index.htm)
• Ordot/Chalan Pago Elementary School (Chalan-Pago-Ordot, opened 1997)
• Pedro C. Lujan Elementary School (Barrigada, opened 1962)
• Captain Henry B. Price Elementary School (Mangilao, opened 1958)
• Talofofo Elementary School (Talofofo, opened 1965)
• Tamuning Elementary School (Tamuning, opened 1965)
• Upi Elementary School (Yigo, opened 1958)
  • Formerly Andersen Elementary (name changed in 1990)
• Wettengel Elementary School (Dededo, opened 1968)

Middle schools

• Astumbo Middle School (Dededo, opened on August 21, 2008^[4])
• Agueda Johnston Middle School (Chalan Pago-Ordot, opened 1966)
• F.B. Leon Guerrero Middle School (Yigo, opened 1974)
• Inarajan Middle School (Inarajan, opened 1973)
• Jose Rios Middle School (Piti, opened 1973)
• Luis P. Untalan Middle School (Barrigada, opened 1958)
• Oceanview Middle School (Agat, opened 1959)
  • Originally Oceanview High School; became Oceanview Middle School in 1997.^[5]
• Vicente San Agustin Benavente Middle School (Dededo, opened 1966)
  • Originally known as Dededo Middle School or Dededo Junior High; became VSA Benavente Middle School in 1999.

High schools

• John F. Kennedy High School (Tumon, Tamuning, opened 1959)
  • Originally called Tumon High School^[6]
• Okkodo High School (Dededo, opened on August 21, 2008)^[4]
• Simon Sanchez High School (Yigo, opened 1974)
  • Founded as a junior high school in 1974, became a high school in 1981.^[7]
• Southern High School (Santa Rita, opened 1997)
• Tiyan High School (opened 2014)
• George Washington High School (Mangilao, opened 1965)

Schools to be opened

https://web.archive.org/web/20070607221137/http://www.fgtoolbox.com/guam/asp/Home.asp

Former schools

• Inarajan High School (Inarajan) (Closed in 1997 and reopened as Inarajan Middle School)^[5]

See also

• List of schools in Guam

External links

• Guam Public School System
• Document regarding reconstruction of damaged buildings, including schools, after a typhoon

Notes and References

1. " Contact Us Office of Supply Management Guam Department of Education." Guam Department of Education. Retrieved on December 28, 2017. "Guam Department of Education 500 MARINER AVE BARRIGADA GU 96913-1608" - Map and Driving Directions
2. "SCHOOL UNIFORM'S." Guam Public School System. May 6, 2008. ""Manuel F.L. Guerrero/ Administration Building 312 Aspinall Avenue[...]Hagatna, Guam 96910"
3. Web site: DDESS Guam - Welcome . 2011-06-28 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110814140342/http://www.guam.pac.dodea.edu/ . 2011-08-14 .
4. http://www.guampdn.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080821/NEWS01/808210301/1002/rss{{dead link|date=March 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
5. Web site: Guam Department of Education.
6. Web site: Guam Department of Education.
7. "Guam's Public High Schools." Guam Public School System. Accessed September 8, 2008.