Rithen Lajar

Wotje and Oregon students team up

Wotje and Oregon students team up

KAREN EARNSHAW The seventh and eighth graders at Wotje Elementary School are starting to prepare their introductory words that they will use to welcome virtually the Oregon students who created the miniboat Panda Express which sailed into their atoll a couple of days after Christmas. Principal of the school, Lokjen Emos, told the Journal that […]

BA a first on Wotje

BA a first on Wotje

A graduation ceremony was held in Wotje on May 27 in honor of six individuals who completed their diplomas and degrees from the College of the Marshall Islands — including the first student on Wotje to receive her BA degree. College President Dr. David Newnham, in his address, referred to graduates as the heart of […]

Wotje kids meet Santa

Wotje kids meet Santa

WILMER JOEL A plea from a child to her father to see Santa made a Christmas parade on Wotje Atoll a reality last week. Mayor-elect Rithen Lajar narrated the story to the Journal.   Before Wotje Elementary School went into vacation mode, the principal instructed students to tidy up the campus in preparation for Santa’s […]

Rubuki wins basketball clash

Rubuki wins basketball clash

ISAAC MARTY An intense basketball clash between Team Letao and Team Rubuki fired up pay-per-view-like entertainment during The Salvation Army (TSA) Fit For Life basketball tournament championship last week. Scratching, pushing, elbowing, shaking, wiggling, breaking ankles with crossover moves, attacking the basket with various offenses, and firing long range shots from downtown were a few […]