We get a fair number of inquiries asking for information about Guam's public and private schools. Certainly this is a big factor in making the decision to bring your family to Guam if you have school age children.

It's no secret, Guam's public schools leave a lot to be desired. The facilities themselves are usually pretty run down. A couple years ago, the Guam Attorney General put together a task force to determine if Guam's public schools are even safe for occupancy. The findings were pretty grim. Several schools were shut down and their students shuttled to other schools while theirs was being brought up to code. This was probably a wise move by the Attorney General, because I drew a lot of attention to the school system here. Superintendants were being changed every few months and nothing was really being accomplished. That was a couple years ago.

While some improvements have been made, there seems to be a long way to go, at least according to news reports on the subject. Probably the best way to keep up to speed on what's happening in Guam's public schools is to read our local newspaper, the Pacific Daily News.

Contact information for the Guam Home School Association (GHSA):
Guam Home School Association (GHSA)
POBox 6959
Tamuning Guam 96931
email: [email protected]
website: www.guamhsa.org

Meetings are held on the third Thursday of every month at Tamuning Christian Fellowship from 2 - 4pm. We will not have meetings during the months of June and July. A membership application must be filled out if persons desire to be a part of the GHSA yahoogroup email list where one would get notices of GHSA functions, events, field trips, extra curricular activites and more.