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Wotje and Oregon students team up

By Journal on January 29, 2026 Bronwyn Greathead, Kama Almasi, Karen Earnshaw, Lokjen Enos, Oregon State University, Panda Express, Rithen Lajar, Ronnie Bungitak, Wotje Elementary School News Archive

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 […]

Wotje kids meet Santa

By Journal on December 28, 2023 Christmas Parade, EZ Price, Litokwa Tomeing, Melinda Tomeing., Rithen Lajar, Santa Claus, Wotje, Wotje Elementary School News Archive

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 […]