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Guampedia Newsletter, October 2019
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The Guam Department of Education Officially Endorses Guampedia 3 5
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(1), (2), (5): Pictures from the Guampedia Teacher Workshop at the Guam Museum (3): Guampedia’s Educators Portal (4): Guampedia Team with Dr. Anita Enriquez (Guampedia Board President) and Rufina Mendiola (GDOE CHamoru Studies Dept. Administrator) outside the Education Board Meeting.
This past September, Guampedia became officially endorsed as an educational resource by the Guam Department of Education during their monthly Guam Education Board Meeting. As an officially endorsed resource, Guampedia will be working dilligently with the Guam Department of Education by providing teachers and administrators with professional development training, a continued
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development of content and lesson plans for the classroom, and to support culturally sustaining pedagogies within our region. This endorsement serves as the culminiation of over 11 years of continuous dedication to the education of teachers, children, visitors to our island, and those curious about Guam about the unique CHamoru heritage and history of the people of Guam and the Mariana Islands. Check out our Educators Portal: home to lesson plans, workbooks, fact sheets, and more, here.
Guinahan Guampedia October in the CHamoru Lunar Calendar is Fanggualo’, which means the season of planting. Click to know more about the Ancient CHamoru Calendar! Illustrated by J.A. Pellion for Freycinet’s 1824 collection Photo courtesy of the Guam Public Library System
VILLAGE FILES
Umatac
Humåtak
Derives from uma, meaning to carry something on the back or shoulders
Fiesta Date:
Celebrated on Oct. 5 Village Saint: San Dionisio
Yona
Iyo-ña
To possess something material, personal or spiritual
Fiesta Date:
Celebrated on Oct. 5
Village Saint:
St. Francis of Assisi
Sinajana
Chinahån-ña
His or her cooking ground Fiesta Date: Oct. 26
Village Saint:
St. Jude Thaddeus
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