From hard hats to book worms: students turn construction tour into learning opportunity
Michael Thompson, Okinawa superintendent, Department of Defense Education Activity Pacific, discusses the finer points of the 21st century school concept with Brig. Gen. Jeffrey Milhorn, commander, Pacific Ocean Division, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and Col. John Hurley, commander, Japan Engineer District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, as they tour the construction site of the new Kadena Elementary School April 7, 2016, at Kadena Air Base, Japan. Leaders from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers were briefed on construction of the new facility, as well as participating in a Science, Technology, Engineering and Math learning opportunity for five elementary school students who joined on the tour. (Courtesy photo)