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2020-2021 school year

Health director Motusa Tuileama Nua
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Speaking at Sunday’s government COVID-19 Task Force meeting, Health director Motusa Tuileama Nua says a three-month immunization campaign is underway for all students —  at both public and private schools — to receive their required vaccinations. Motusa says DoH wasn’t...
Nu’uuli Vocational Technical High School principal speaking to students
Nu’uuli Vocational Technical High School principal speaking during a school assembly on Tuesday morning for 11th and 12th graders. She shared with students the many changes in place for the new school year —  including the new teachers added to the faculty. The public schools began the 2020-2021...
Broken chairs in Tafuna Elementary classroom
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A mother, who dropped off her children at Tafuna Elementary School on Monday morning, at the start of the new school 2020- 2021 took photos of broken chairs at the elementary school.  The mother then shared the photos with Tualauta Rep. Larry Sanitoa, who then forwarded...
School Lunch program staff
“WISDOM AND PRUDENCE DWELL TOGETHER” — Some of the staff of the Education Department’s School Lunch Program pose for a photo before the start of the official opening of the local Education Department’s new school year 2020-2021 on Monday at Laloleva F. Polu School Gymnasium at Tafuna Elementary...
Dignataries and school principals at 2020-2021 school opening
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The local Education Department officially started the new school year 2020-2021 — under the theme “Wisdom and Prudence Dwell Together” — on Monday after a brief dedication ceremony, naming the Tafuna Elementary School gym, the Laloleva F. Polu School Gymnasium — where...
Education director Dr. Ruth Matagi-Tofiga
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Following several teachers’ workshops during the summer months, that included a focus on virtual learning — plus having on hand 30,000 face masks after a donation from C.B.T Inc., Education director Dr. Ruth Matagi-Tofiga said public schools are ready for the new school...
Teacher and students all with masks on, sitting on the floor during a learning exercise.
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Pacific Horizons School (PHS) at Ottoville started its new school year — 2020-2021— last Wednesday, Aug. 12th.  The private school is the first school in the territory to open for the new school year. PHS had put out information about its opening in advance on their...