Education

Expansion of educational facilities and improvements in personnel capability and programs received major emphasis during the year under review.

Total appropriations for educational purposes, including support activities and capital improvement projects, amounted to $19,051,344, substantially more than the previous year's allocation for the territory's educational system. In addition, $1,575,800 in Federal 1unds was e."pended for the construction of an J 8-classroom elementary school.

The College of Guam received $1,608, 177 for its operational expenditure, and the Department of Education $10,678,533.

Because of a continuing and acute shortage of teachers and administrative personnel in the public school system, the College of Guam established a separate School of Education during the year to allow greater concentration on and a more proficient direction of the institutic:m's effort to improve and enlarge its teacher-training program. Among the graduates of J 968 were 47 baccalaureate majors in education.

The new graduate school offers programs leading to the degree of master of arts in education in the areas of art, biology, English, guidance and counseling, reading specialist, general social sciences, history, and political science.

During the year, 289 graduate students were registered and three received a master of arts degree in education.

The College of Guam adopted its university structure in September, 1967, by establishing three undergraduate schools-arts and sciences, education, and continuing educationand a graduate school. It was granted a maximum 5-year accreditation by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges in the spring of 1968.

Two new buildings were completed and occupied in September, 1967, and a third was scheduled for completion by the summer of 1968. They were the Fine Arts Building, the Library Building, and the Science Building. Cost of the three structures was $2,484,000. The new facilities increased the college's space by 76,500 square feet.

Construction of three dormitories to accommodate 300 students began in March 1968, and the first increment of a new student center is scheduled to be completed by July 1969.

Two other programs of major significance were instituted at the college--a police academy and a nursing education program. Three policy academy clasess were graduated during the year, for which 60 police officers were enrolled; and 18 students graduated from the nursing program.

A secretarial in-service training program also was conducted during the year for personnel of the government of Guam.

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ThL· r·ollrg1··, •tud1•11L po1Jul;i1io11 tdal<·d 1.761. oi 1d1on1 -~'.!Cl '"·rr fort·i!!n ·u1d1·11b. i,wluclinc: nw,L Lrrritory i,l.u1dc-r,. ·1 01.il c-nrollnwlll. including p.1n-1:mr ;-wdcnts. was :'i:178.

In June. 1%8. thr h:ichelor ,,r :in< dl'l!rt't: ,,a,; cnnf<'rrc-d on 81 ,1·11ior,. :\ 1n1:1l of 10:1 hi~h ~rhool ~Ludl'•ih ,,rre :iclrnill('(I to tl;1. l"pw.ircl Bounci p1<>!!ra1n ad,nini,;lnrd b~ thr C"nllctt<" duri11tt the >TIii'.

Till' colkt;<" :il~o c11h11i11i~11•rc<l the yr:1r-1·r-111Hl Tlc·ad Stan progran1 which •Pl n·d approxi111a1cl~ ·1no prcsrltool d1ildrL·ll cnrolll'd at , arin11s ('<'11tr1-s throuahouL 1hr r!'rritorl'.

Tlw public: l'll·111c111a·ry and ,1·r,111clary school ~rstrm i~ (·ompri,rcl of two ar:1ch:mir •wninr high :chnob. 011<• tcd1niral hi~h school. fi,·r junior high school-, nncl 10 dt111c111ary ~d1ools. Cl!otgl! \\"aihin,!!Lvn a,.d .John J'. Kcnnrdy 11 it.th Schools nrf' arrrrditrd by rhr \\·(·,tnn .\•soci:uion of Scl1uols and Colk·u;cs. The Gtia111 Trndc and l'echnical School is ~1ppron·d for \"('tC'ram, training. Tlw ~dtool ~,-~ttm had ~omc 700 rla~~romm ,l.'n inf! I I .fl 15 (·lc-111en1ary and 7:27'3 sl'condary ~C'hool stud1·nL<. Tot:11 t·nrollnw11L i11ncascd b\' more than I .JOO u1·t·1 the 1xc,·ious· school ~'l'Ul'. J'ifty-onc new cl::i•srooms at ~ix diffon·m school f:wilitic~ 11·l'l'C complctccl clnrinl{ rhc year. Tin: JJcp;irtmrnl of Ed11c:1tion emplo~ cd 890 teachers and :1rlmi11istrawrs, about lrnlf of 1\'110111 me off-i~lancl contract 1·mplt1)'t'1:s and clep1·ndrnts of contract 1·111ployccs.

Th,- S1i<'111,• Building 01 tl11• Colks•· u( C:11:1111 rH'arrcl romplr1ion al tllf' •·nd, f tht- year.

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Youngsters too young to enroll in Head Start classes arc helped by volunteer teachers and staff members of the Economic Opportunity Commission.

Governor Guerrero (at rostrum) is shown addressing police and fire recruits upon completion of training at Police Academy, College of Guam. Thirty police officers took police science courses at the college and 23 others attended training sessions sponsored jointly by the college and the Department of Public Safety.

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The cl('panmcm rccrivcd $1.108.280 in rcdcr::tl funds durinK d1<• year from l'itle~ L ll. ITL V. :rnd \'J of the El~nwntary and Scl·o11da1 r Ed11ratio11 \ct {J-:SL::.\} and fro111 Titlc:s 111 ::md \' of tlw :\':,tion:il Ddrm1· Ecl11ratio11 .\ct ':'\DE\). This a.-;:,ista11n· \'Hauled the· sdwol system tv expand prP~r:1111s for dis:irh-:intagrd :rnd h:mdir:tppccl chilclrrn. <'xp:mded <'OllllSCli11g am! liura1y scn·iccs, and pro,·ick·cl materials for ke~· subject areas. .\ proi:r:lln for tcarhing F.n!!li~h as a ~ccoud l,11t.1!.uag1· fTE L) wns expanded to nwet 1hc· ,wrds nl' (;uam·s bilingual st11clc·nt;;. Sprtial rduration, rr.11wtlial n·ading and pl'(:scl1ool progrnnis were also cxpandc-d lo stn·c morr clrifdrcn with aradrmil'. nilrural. or l'C:onomir. handicaps.

Some of the recom11w11d:1tinn~ m:iclr hy a learn nf multimedia sprcialist, who studied C ;uarn's school svstcm ,,·ere impl(•111em1·d during tlw }T~r. includinu: the cnlar_gcnH·m or Ul(' Education.ti .\lt·dia C..:c-11t1·1·, tlw 1·stablishment of :1 r<-nlt'l' for 1·1\'rrronir <·<p1ipmrm rnai11l1·1ianr1·. rn•atirn1 of a rurrirulum matcri:11 t(·11tc·r. and an i11-scn·irc centrr 1,·hirli Jffo,·i<lr-d nwdia rr:iinin~ to 130 crac-l1rrs. 'l\, u c·xtcnsion libraries wrrc completed ::ind in operation durin!! the yc:tr and plans for a third 1,·1•rc· finalized. The Nic,c ill. Flore~ ~f1·111orial Librnrr stall' concentrated effort,. on tlir sclcction of hooks and materials for the extension lihrarie~ and rhe 111ai11 librar}' in . \gana .. \ total of 15.268 hooks \\'ere pruccssccl. f.iftt·1·11 r<'pri111$ and 1hrcc 111icrotilms uf historil·al 11,ntcrinb about ( :11.1111 '"·1,· arquir<'d <1111 ing 1hr yr:ir. .\ l·niort liM of ~<'ri:11~ of du· Culkge

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n1•rl1·do nrand, l.il,raq· drdil"atinn, :--"o,·rmhcr I 967.

of Guam and the public library was compiled and bound. Work was begun on the preparation of a Union catalogue containing all the collection of the public libraries and the Micronesian Area Research Center at the College of Guam.

A government of Guam publications reference section was opened at the Agana library late in the year.

The Guam Museum continued to be the historical infonnation center for artifacts of Guam. Twenty-three items of historical significance were received from the Bishop Museum in Honolulu and were added to the museum's growing collection of historical artifacts.

Library patrons increased by 6,124 during the year, and a total of 106,268 books were circulated.

A total of 4,874 people visited the museum during the year.

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