Principal's Corner

Welcome to Yokota West Elementary School!

It is an honor to serve the Yokota West Elementary School community as the principal, and on behalf of the faculty and staff, we look forward to working with you all as we partner for the continued success of our students. Our certified, experienced, and highly motivated educators provide innovative 21st century teaching and learning strategies that will help empower students for success!

We will continue to focus on DoDEA’s Blueprint for Continuous Improvement.

Goal 1 - Student Excellence: Challenge and prepare each student to maximize his or her academic growth and well-being for college, career, and life.

Goal 2 - School Excellence: Develop and sustain each school to be high performing within a culture of innovation, collaboration, continuous improvement, and caring relationships.

Goal 3 - Talent Excellence: Recruit, develop, empower, and retain a high performing workforce that reflects all of our students.

Goal 4 - Organizational Excellence: Build an enduring, accountable, and responsive organization that provides appropriate resources, direction, and support to accomplish the mission.

Goal 5 - Outreach Excellence: Partner with internal and external stakeholders and industry leaders to advance student and organizational success.

For more information about the goals, please visit https://www.dodea.edu/blueprint

Students are at the heart of what we do, and we will continue to work with you to build strong partnerships in order to support DoDEA’s mission: To Educate, Engage, and Empower military-connected students to succeed in a dynamic world.

Respectfully,

Principal, Yokota West Elementary School

School News

Published on April 14, 2026
In April 2025, an executive order directed the establishment of the Presidential AI Challenge to expand artificial intelligence education for America’s youth. DoWEA is proud to recognize 2026 Presidential AI Challenge State Champion teams in nine DoWEA schools.
Published on April 10, 2026
DoWEA Director Paul Craft shares his gratitude for the opportunity to lead the organization and highlights the vital mission of serving more than 66,000 military‑connected students and their families.
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