Local educator represents the territory at Our Ocean Youth Leadership Summit
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Sabrina Suluai-Mahuka, the principal of South Pacific Academy, emphasized the urgency of addressing ocean literacy, particularly for American Samoa, as the sole

![American Samoa educator and environmentalist, Sabrina Suluai-Mahuka (left), who represented American Samoa at Our Ocean Youth Leadership Summit in Athens, Greece, along with a youth delegate from Aotearoa and Sheila Babauta (center), who is a Northern Mariana Islands Environmental Advocate and is a member of the Northern Mariana Islands House of Representatives. [courtesy photo] Sabrina Suluai-Mahuka with others in Athens, Greece](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/flag_in_athens.jpg?itok=EYSglvxx)
![Leone High School’s NOAA Planet Stewards and LHS Forestry posing for a photo with Alataua Elementary students after planting local trees to celebrate Arbor Day and Earth Day. [courtesy photo] Leone High School’s NOAA Planet Stewards with Alataua Elementary students](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/alataua_elementary_photo.jpg?itok=oyUeP0hh)





![Chief Vincent Moody of the US Pacific Fleet Band during an ava ceremony. The US Pacific Fleet Band will also be in the territory from Apr. 30- May 2, and will be featured in several events organized by the Samoana Jazz and Arts Festival- American Samoa, celebrating International Jazz Day 2024. [photo: Samoa Observer Facebook] Chief Vincent Moody](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/pac_fleet_band_ava_.png?itok=ZcYRcCfe)
![Most vaccines require injection so that the maximum stimulation of the immune system is achieved. Some vaccines are injected subcutaneously (just under the skin) and others are injected intramuscularly (into the muscle). [courtesy photo] Dog getting vaccinated](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/dog_getting_vax.png?itok=NoXOKMFG)
![Corals in Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii during 2014 and 2015 warming events in which over 80% of corals were affected. Some species and individuals, like the coral at left, were resistant to warming. Similarly resistant corals have been found in American Samoa waters. [Claire Lager, Smithsonian, CC BY-ND] Corals in Kaneohe Bay](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/coral_in_kaneohe_bay.png?itok=sXVroB-B)