DoDEA Operations in a "Government Shutdown"

In the event of a lapse in appropriations after September 30, 2023 leading to a “government shutdown”, DoDEA schools will remain open for normal operations, except for sports (including practices) and extracurricular activities which will pause during a shutdown.

Tarawa Terrace Elementary School is part of Camp Lejeune Schools in the DoDEA Americas Mid-Atlantic District. Tarawa Terrace ES serves students in Pre-K to grade 5. Read More

The U.S. Department of Education Green Ribbon Schools (ED-GRS) is a public engagement initiative for school sustainability that is structured as a federal recognition award. By highlighting schools, districts, postsecondary institutions, and early learning centers’ cost-saving, health promoting, and performance-enhancing sustainability practices, ED-GRS celebrates these institutions and brings more attention to their work.

The U.S. Department of Education Green Ribbon Schools (ED-GRS) Program, which was launched in 2011, is an awards program that recognizes the most innovative schools in the Nation based on three achievement areas.

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School Hours

Grade Regular Hours Wednesday Hours
Pre K - 5 8:30 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. 8:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
Pre-K AM Session 8:30 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. 8:30 a.m. - 10:25 a.m.
Pre-K PM Session 12:30 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. 11:05 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.

Students who are eating breakfast may enter building beginning at 8:00. All other students arrive between 8:15-8:25.