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__________RELIGIOUS SERVICES

_____________Protestant and Catholic chaplains are assigned to the station.
__________They administer the religious activities of the station and are
__________available for counseling and guidance of military personnel and
__________dependents. A Jewish chaplain from Clark Air Base makes periodic
__________trips here for the station’s Jewish personnel.

__________SCHOOL

_____________Oliver Hazard Perry Elementary School is located at San Miguel
__________for children in grades Kindergarten through 8. The teaching staff
__________of 12 teachers and a principal are hired by the Air Force through
__________the Department of Defense. A limited number of substitute teach-
__________ing opportunities are available for qualified dependent wives. To
__________enroll in kindergarten, a child must be five years old on or be-
__________fore December 31 of the current year.

_____________High school students (grades 9 through 12) attend air-condi-
__________tioned George Dewey High School at Subic Bay, with bus transpor-
__________tation furnished. For enrollment in either elementary school or
__________high school, a letter, report card, or other evidence of previous
__________education must be presented.

_____________There is at present, a USAFI group study program functioning
__________on the base. Civilian colleges and universities are located in
__________Manila. Extension courses administered by the University of the
__________Philippines are offered at Subic.

_____________College board exams are given at George Dewey High School for
__________interested juniors and seniors. NROTC exams are also given.

__________COMMUNITY CENTER

_____________The Blain Community Center, completed in August, 1969, con-
__________tains the station’s first indoor theater. This $350,000 center is
__________air-conditioned throughout and includes two libraries (one tech-
__________nical and one comprehensive.) Besides the 385-seat theater and
__________libraries the center includes a reading room, a multi-purpose
__________room, music room and a lounge-lobby with a snack bar. Surrounding
__________the Community Center there are tennis and volleyball courts,
__________horseshoe and shuffleboard areas.


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