FROM CHUUK TO HAWAII: High school students came from Micronesia to take part in the Close Up Student Forum on Thursday at the Pacific Educational Conference at McKinley High School. Working on a presentation were students from Chuuk, from left, Tayuri Dungawin, 15, Beatrice Martin, 17, Corrine Risin, 17, and Russlean Akira, 16.
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