Schools

Photos by Airman 1st Class Larissa Greatwood

Lilanni Alvarado, 7, reads to 6-year-old Umka, who’s owned by Red Cross volunteer Nina Dorris, during the U.S. Army Garrison Rheinland-Pfalz Family and Morale, Welfare and Recreation Paws & Pals program Jan. 21 at the Rheinland-Pfalz Main Library on Wilson Barracks in Landstuhl. Umka, which is Russian for “smart,” has […]

Scout racers negotiated hairpin turns, “spinouts” and heaping spoonfuls of applesauce, dodged plastic crustaceans and stuffed animals, and, occasionally, grass-skirted Boy Scouts or leaders en route to the checkered flag and plenty of good, mostly clean fun during the Pack 69 “Cub-Annapolis” held Dec. 7 at Vogelweh Elementary School.

In a small corner of the world, there is a school that resides in the poorest country in Europe — the Republic of Moldova. This particular school is a special needs school that accommodates students from the ages of kindergarten through high school. In Chisinau, Moldova, more than 150 students, who are to some degree deaf or blind, learn how to become active and functional members of society.

Active-duty Airmen who want to take advantage of military assistance programs for voluntary education in the coming academic year will experience several changes.