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Teacher Appreciation Week

Lafaele Mateo-Gasolo
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Mr. Lafaele Mageo-Gasolo, the final teacher highlighted in our National Teacher Appreciation Week profiles that celebrate teachers of the Territory, has been an educator for the American Samoa Department of Education for nearly 9 years. After graduating with his bachelor...
 Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata i
Washington, D.C. — Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata is thanking teachers during Teacher Appreciation Week as well as sending appreciation to American Samoa’s nurses on National Nurses Day, Friday, May 6. TEACHER APPRECIATION WEEK “Thank you to all of our teachers, as you invest your time and energy...
DOE admin holding up Teacher Appreciation Week banner
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Gov. Lemanu Peleti Mauga last Friday released his official Teacher Appreciation Week message, which was published in Samoa News as a paid Congratulatory & Celebration advertisement. “These are challenging times, yet teachers have gone to incredible lengths to ensure...
It’s Teachers Appreciation Week, May 2 to May 6, and I think we should all give it a “good thinking to” — aside from wearing different colors everyday to celebrate their role in our community. It’s said that it takes a village to raise a child — and I add that teachers are a cornerstone of the...
Lt. Governor Talauega Eleasalo Ale (right) with TED Program Director Shirley De la Rosa
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — As the Territory celebrated Teacher Appreciation Week at the beginning of this month, the Teacher Education Department (TED) at the American Samoa Community College (ASCC) hosted Educators Night, which over the last few years has become a regular semester event....
Educators from American Samoa with Amata
Washington, D.C. — Tuesday, Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata thanked teachers for Teacher Appreciation Week (May 3-7):  “This week is a great time to let a teacher know they are truly appreciated. Our teachers care about our children, teens, and young people in college or vocational school. Teachers...
Some Nu’uuli Vocational Technical High School teachers
Some of the teachers at Nu’uuli Vocational Technical High School pose for a Samoa News photo, as they and other educators in the territory are honored during Teacher Appreciation Week in American Samoa.  [photo: Leua Aiono Frost]
Leatele Elementary School teachers
O se va'aiga i le vasega o Faia'oga i Leatele Elementary ma o latou foliga ona o amioga a le fanau a'oga. O nisi ua ok lava, o nisi taimi ua tafefe lava, o nisi fo'i taimi, se ua ta ofo, a'o nisi taimi, se ua na'o lota fa'amaga i luga. [ata: Leua Aiono Frost]
Special Education teacher Gretchen Pauulu with one of her students at Masefau Elementary School earlier this week, which is being celebrated around the island as Teacher Appreciation Week to honor and recognize all instructors in public and private schools.  [photo: BC]