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Vol. 61 No. 17 online at www.nctskef.navy.mil May 3, 2002
Teacher Appreciation Week thanks educators
Story by J02 Jean Ross
The better part of a school-aged child’s
day is spent with a teacher. Someone who
will help to mold, teach and guide that per-
son into adulthood.
The annual National Parent Teacher
Association seeks to honor those teachers
and show them how much their efforts are
appreciated with Teacher
Appreciation Week, May 5 -
12.
“Our teachers here do a lot,”
said A.T. Mahan Elementary
School Parent Teacher
Organization President,
Heather Hinders. “1 am very
impressed with all the great
work they do and we want to
show them how much we
appreciate them.”
According to A.T. Mahan High
School principal, Debra
Johnson, the teacher’s job
doesn’t end when the children
A.T. Mahan Elementary School First Grade Teacher Helen jeave the classroom.
Kay Vohar teaches students addition and subtraction. Vohar “When you have a smaller
is one of the thousands of teachers honored during National school many teachers cover
Teacher Appreciation Day. (Photo by J02 Stephen Sheedy) multiple subjects in the class-
room. They also sponsor extra-curricular
activities so the students can play sports and
belong to clubs. This is a great opportunity
for the community and parents to say thank
you,” said Johnson.
For Teacher Appreciation Week, the ele-
mentary school will host a luncheon for the
teachers on May 7. At the end of the week,
they will distribute ‘teacher survival bags’
containing different items with a special
meaning.
These items include; a puzzle piece to say
“without you things wouldn’t be complete,” a
Lifesaver “for when you have one of those
days,” and a Band-Aid “for when things get
rough.”
Even with these gestures from the parents
and community, Hinders hopes the children
will also take this chance to show their grat-
itude.
“If kids want to do anything nice for their
teachers, this is the week to do it,” said
Hinders.
Community honors Asian
Pacific Americans in May
Chief of Naval Personnel
Public Affairs Office
Unity in Freedom is the theme
for the 23rd observance of Asian
Pacific American Heritage
Month beginning May 1.
Since 1979, May has been pro-
claimed by the president as the
month to celebrate the contribu-
tions and achievements of Asian
Pacific Americans.
More than 11 million
Americans of Asian Pacific her-
itage (4.1 percent of the
American population) are help-
ing to build our vibrant nation
today.
Many ethnic groups are part of
the category Asian Pacific
American including those from,
Cambodia, China, Indonesia,
India, Japan, Korea, Laos,
Micronesia, Philippines,
Polynesia, Thailand, Vietnam and
many other Asian and Pacific
lands.
Four Asian Pacific flag offi-
cers have served in the Navy:
Vice Adm. Robert Kihune, Rear
Adm. Ming Chang, Rear Adm.
Gordon Chung-Hoon, and Rear
Adm. Eleanor Mariano.
Nearly 22,000 Asian Pacific
Americans are serving in today’s
Navy in the enlisted ranks and
over 2,100 serve as officers.
Almost 8.4 percent of today’s
master chiefs are Asian Pacific
Americans, of these master
chiefs, 94 percent are Filipino
Americans. This is the second
See Heritage on page 12
Farris hands over command to Stebbins
CW03 Ralph Stebbins (right) salutes Naval Computer and
Telecommunications Area Master Station Commander Capt.
Carl Norton (left) after he accepts command of NATO Satellite
Ground Terminal F-15 Keflavik (NATOSATCOM) while ormer
NATOSATCOM Officer in Charge Lt. Robin Farris looks on dur-
ing a ceremony April 26. Farris commanded NATOSATCOM
from Nov. 2000 to April 2002. According to Farris, the command’s
success was due to having quality people. “At NATOSATCOM we
had the right people at the right time,” said Farris. Her next duty'
assignment is Operations Officer at Naval Computer and
Telecommunications Area Master Station Detachment London.
(Photo by J02 Stephen Sheedy)

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