The Committee on Education, Libraries and Public Broadcasting paused its regular business to present a Certificate of Recognition (No. 169-38LS) to Guam students, teachers and mentors who represented the territory at the National History Day contest at the University of Maryland on June 12, 2025.

Chairperson (name not specified), presiding over the committee’s ceremony, welcomed the students and thanked parents, teachers and mentors for preparing the delegation. The chairperson said the committee would keep the event moving by having staff call names and then take a group photograph: “Congratulations and way to represent Guam,” the chairperson said.

The certificate read on the floor lists Senator Vince Borja as introducer and names multiple senators as cosponsors. The text of the certificate commends students and teachers for demonstrating dedication to historical research and thorough preparation and specifically cites the June 12, 2025 event at the University of Maryland.

Vice Speaker Tony Atta, who said he and others were in Washington, D.C., during the competition, praised the students’ work and the event experience. “I believe they should have won first place,” Vice Speaker Atta said, noting Guam competed alongside international and U.S. schools and expressing hope the delegation will return next year.

Committee staff then read the names of student representatives and educators called to the podium for the certificate and photo. Among students named were Jermaine Gutierrez; Inatien Leon Guerrero Dunn; Rexan Caesar; Mayana Yalomar; Mariana Castro; Anya Fernandez; Aria Ujoa; Matthew Camacho; Ryan Kong; Francisco Agarolla; Christopher Tamayo; and Shane Kamaganakan. Teachers and mentors called included Lavonne Guerrero Meno; Ellen Petra; Lazaro Kanata; Joanna Payumo; Florence Camacho; Valerie Tanayan; Anthony Blas; Brian Gallang; Leah Baer; Athena Menou and others.

The committee closed the brief recognition ceremony by inviting attendees to a group photograph. No formal vote or further committee action on the certificate was recorded in the transcript.