The Public School System is observing May as Mental Health Awareness Month. On Monday, May 3, 2021, on Rota, a proclamation was signed by Board of Education Chairman Andrew L. Orsini and Vice Chairman Herman Atalaig, who is the island’s elected BOE member. The signing ceremony was witnessed by Rota Mayor Efraim Atalig, Commissioner of Education Dr. Alfred B. Ada, the PSS Mental Health/Project Haligi team, and municipal officials. The ceremony was held at the newly inaugurated Amot Hatdin Chamorro at the foot of Rota’s Sabana mountain range in Sinapalo.
