Over 100 students, teachers, and parents convened in Colonia at the Yap Community Center in late May to support student robotic teams from Yap Catholic High School and the Yap SDA School. The inter school robotics league –and its end of the year exhibition– is the only extracurricular...
Students and their mentors in the Waa'gey traditional canoe carving program are giving rave reviews to a set of new tools, provided in part by the US based charity Habele.Adzes are a traditional tool used for carving or smoothing rough-cut wood in hand woodworking. They are most often...
Students attending Chuuk High School have sent their thanks to Habele for donating English language dictionaries. The US-based charity provided the texts when approached by Vice Principal Jason Reiong.Reiong wrote to Habele in late 2012, explaining: "I read about your organization in the Kaselehie Press and I was very happy...
This letter to the editor appeared April 9, 2013, on page A14 of the U.S. edition of the Wall Street Journal.Regarding Neil Mellen's "A Pacific Island Prefers Chinese Investment to U.S. Welfare" (op-ed, April 2):Mr. Mellen's focus on Micronesia's economic stagnation is illuminating. But the really alarming aspect...
For decades, American aid did little but promote dependency. Now here comes a Chinese entrepreneur.This article appeared April 2, 2013, on page A13 in the U.S. edition of The Wall Street Journal.A Micronesian island of about 39 square miles in the western Pacific will in the coming years...
Educators at the two independent High Schools on the Island of Yap have announced plans for a public exhibition and competition, featuring teams from their student robotics clubs.The 2013 “Yapital Robo Day,” will highlight the work of robotics teams from both Yap Catholic High School and the SDA...
