Guam Department of Education
The Guam Department of Education, 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. Its headquarters were formerly at the Manuel F. L. Guerrero Administration Building at 312 Espinall Avenue, Hagåtña.
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.
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.Schools
Elementary schools
- Adacao Elementary School
- Agana Heights Elementary School
- Astumbo Elementary School
- B.P. Carbullido Elementary School
- Chief Brodie Memorial Elementary School
- C.L. Taitano Elementary School
- Daniel L. Perez Elementary School
- * Formerly Yigo Elementary School
- F.Q. Sanchez Elementary School
- Finegayan Elementary School
- Harry S. Truman Elementary School
- Inarajan Elementary School
- J.Q. San Miguel Elementary School
- Juan M. Guerrero Elementary School
- Lyndon B. Johnson Elementary School
- Liguan Elementary School
- Maria A. Ulloa Elementary School
- Machananao Elementary School
- Marcial Sablan Elementary School
- Merizo Martyrs Elementary School
- Manuel Ulloa Lujan Elementary School
- Ordot/Chalan Pago Elementary School
- Pedro C. Lujan Elementary School
- Captain Henry B. Price Elementary School
- Talofofo Elementary School
- Tamuning Elementary School
- Upi Elementary School
- * Formerly Andersen Elementary
- Wettengel Elementary School
Middle schools
- Astumbo Middle School
- Agueda Johnston Middle School
- F.B. Leon Guerrero Middle School
- Inarajan Middle School
- Jose Rios Middle School
- Luis P. Untalan Middle School
- Oceanview Middle School
- * Originally Oceanview High School; became Oceanview Middle School in 1997.
- Vicente San Agustin Benavente Middle School
- * Originally known as Dededo Middle School or Dededo Junior High; became VSA Benavente Middle School in 1999.
High schools
- John F. Kennedy High School
- * Originally called Tumon High School
- Okkodo High School
- Simon Sanchez High School
- * Founded as a junior high school in 1974, became a high school in 1981.
- Southern High School
- Tiyan High School
- George Washington High School