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2018 graduation season
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Four high school graduates — including two who were co-Valedictorians of their respective high schools for the class of 2018 — are the recipients of the 2018- 19 academic school year’s “Bluesky's Future of American Samoa Scholarship Awards”, which were officially...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — "Mua'i tigaina mulia'i fa'aeaina! Sacrifice comes before success” - le manulauti na fa'ataua e le vasega fa'ai'uaso a le A'oga Maualuga a Leone mo lenei tausaga i le fa’au’uuina i le taeao o le aso Faraile o le vaiaso ua te’a, i le fale ta’alo a le aoga.
Na tutula'i le...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — "O le Lumana'i e fai mo i latou e talitonu i le Matagofie o a latou Miti" - le autu lea o le aso fa'apitoa mo le vasega fa'aiuaso a le Nuuuli Vocational Technical High School (NVTHS), le Aoga Maualuga a Matata Ese’ese, i le aso Tofi na te'a nei.
O le latou aso fa'apitoa...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The University of Hawaii, Manoa College of Education proudly conducted commencement ceremonies for a historic group on Saturday, June 23 at the Gov. H. Rex Lee Auditorium.
Cohort 31, with 17 graduates, became the first-ever cohort in which all the graduates are from the...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — O le sauniga o le Fa'au'uga o le Vasega Fa'aiuaso 2018 a le Laumua o le Toa o le Vasa, na taua'aoina aloa'ia ai tipiloma mo i latou e to'a 106.
O le sini a le ‘au fa’au’u, "The Hero Within!" po'o le "Agaga o le Toa!"
Na auai le Kovana Sili Lolo Moliga fa'apea le Lutena...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Na amatalia le sauniga o le fa'au'uga a le A’oga Maualuga a Tafuna, i le taeao o le aso Gafua, Iuni 18, i le Luamua o le Toa, ma na fa’au’u mai ai fanau e 225 i latou ua fa'au'u mai ai.
"Tu'utu'u i le loloto, e tamali'i le poto" - (“Be prudent, wisdom with discern your...
Salt Lake City, UTAH (AP) — Some Utah high schools don’t allow students to wear lei and other ornamentation during graduation ceremonies, a restriction that the state’s Pacific Islander community says feels discriminatory.
The Salt Lake Tribune reports some schools around the state have sought a...
Manu'a, AMERICAN SAMOA — O le aso Faraile ua te’a na fa'ataunu'uina ai le sauniga o le fa'au'uga mo fanau fa'ai'uaso mai le Laumua o le Segaula, le Aoga Maualuga a Manu’a, i le Manu'atele. E to'a sefulu ma le lua i latou na fa'au'u mai i lenei tausaga ma ua fa'ale'ia fo'i i latou i apoapoa'iga ma...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — This past Saturday morning, the Fatu-O-Aiga Catholic Diocese Hall was crowded with families and friends of Fa’asao Marist High School who came together to bear witness to the graduating 57 Cougars and Crusaders who bid their final farewell in a commencement ceremony with...
Tafuna, AMERICAN SAMOA — The American Samoa Telecommunications Authority hosted a group of about 60 senior students from Leone High School who toured the agency's headquarters in Tafuna.
The field trip was part of the 2018 graduating class' final activities before they walk the aisle as proud...

![Bluesky Pacific Group chief executive officer Toleafoa Tiafau Douglas Creevey (left) pictured last Friday, with Pacific Horizons Schools graduate Cher Nomura, who has been accepted to Stanford University, is a recipient of one of the two $14,000 off island college scholarships from the “Bluesky's Future of American Samoa Scholarship Awards”. [photo: FS] Bluesky Pacific Group chief executive officer Toleafoa Tiafau Douglas Creevey (left) pictured last Friday, with Pacific Horizons Schools graduate Cher Nomura](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/bluesky_awardee_nomura.jpg?itok=MFqENGfC)
![A look at some of the 140 graduates of Leone High School class of 2018 during their commencement ceremony last Friday morning at the Leone High School gymnasium. Their theme — “Sacrifice Comes Before Success”. [photo: Leua Aiono Frost] A look at some of the 140 graduates of Leone High School class of 2018](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/leone_high_class_2018.jpg?itok=Wxbea3fO)
![A look at some of the 69 graduates of Nu’uuli Vocational Technical High School class of 2018 during their commencement ceremony last Thursday morning at the Tafuna High School gymnasium. Their theme is a well-known quote from Eleanor Roosevelt, “The Future Belongs to Those Who Believe in the Beauty of Their Dreams”. [photo: Leua Aiono Frost] A look at some of the 69 graduates of Nu’uuli Vocational Technical High School class of 2018](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/nvths_class_2018.jpg?itok=osdn7tRN)
![Cohort 31, with 17 graduates, became the first-ever cohort in which all the graduates are from the islands of Manu’a — marking this milestone. [Courtesy photo] Cohort 31, with 17 graduates from Manu'a](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/cohort_31_graduation_picture.jpg?itok=qSW-tBfV)
![Fagaitua High School class of 2018 [photo: Leua Aiono Frost] Fagaitua High School class of 2018 [photo: Leua Aiono Frost]](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/fagaitua_high_class_2018.jpg?itok=beT2F7eu)
![A look at some of the 225 graduates of Tafuna High School class of 2018 during their commencement ceremony Monday morning at the Tafuna High gymnasium. Their theme was "Tu'utu'u i le loloto, e tamali'i le poto”. [photo: Leua Aiono Frost] A look at some of the 225 graduates of Tafuna High School class of 2018 during their commencement ceremony Monday morning at the Tafuna High gymnasium. Their theme was "Tu'utu'u i le loloto, e tamali'i le poto”. [photo: Leua Aiono Frost]](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/tafuna_high_school.jpg?itok=ApsfFKjY)
![A FMHS graduate poses with family wearing her lei. [SN file photo]](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/fmhs_grad_2018_3260.jpg?itok=R-i68DDN)
![A look at the 12 graduates of Manu’a High School Class of 2018 at last Friday’s graduation ceremony at Manu’a High School Gym on Ta’u island in Manu’a. The class theme was “Ou te mafaia mea uma lava ona o ia ua fa’amalosi mai ia te a’u”. [photo: Leua Aiono Frost]](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/manua_high_class_2018.jpg?itok=IECYRiFl)
![The graduating class of 2018 for Fa’asao Marist High School turning to their parents, families, and friends to sing the song ‘Ua Fa’afetai’ to thank them for their support throughout their four years of high school at FMHS. [photo: TG]](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/img_3208.jpg?itok=HvEPlOH3)
![Members of the Class of 2018 of Leone HS took a tour of the ASTCA headquarters in Tafuna where they got a first-hand glimpse of the daily operations at the semiautonomous agency. [photo: courtesy]](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/astca_and_lhs.jpg?itok=Tl_qU2HK)