SHS science teacher sets sail with Nautilus team exploring waters of Palau
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Selected from a worldwide pool of applicants to join a cohort of 13 from across Oceania and North America, Samoana High School Earth & Space and Physical sc

![Explore the deep sea with Samoana High School science teacher Lottie Haleck aboard Ocean Exploration Trust’s expedition with connections in English or Samoan or streaming live at NautilusLive.org! [courtesy photo] Lottie Haleck](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/jlf04319_1.jpg?itok=5mIfI_8_)
![The champions of the American Samoa Annual Moso'oi International Volleyball Tournament 2024, Laumua o Tumua from Afega, Samoa with their manager/coach Maualaivao Fatu Banse after defeating Mikasa, also from Samoa, in the grand final last Saturday at the DYWA Gym in Tafuna. [photo: Asi A. Fa'asau]
The champions](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/img_9895.jpg?itok=W6ThSEZQ)
![Community members earlier this year measured the circumference of a tree in the Naumati Lava Lowland Rainforest which is an invaluable natural and cultural treasure for future generations. The forest is said to be the only one of its kind left in the Pacific. [SN file photo] Community members earlier this year measured the circumference of a tree](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/naumati_forest_tree_0.jpg?itok=BM8hqQk1)






