The Far East Drama festival, which DODEA-Pacific has sponsored since the mid-1980s, returned for its first in-person incarnation on Monday, after it was canceled in 2020 and done virtually the past two years, due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
High schools in the Department of Defense Education Activity’s Pacific region started their first esports season in November. A pilot season in 2020 involving esports clubs at four high schools showed the sport’s viability.