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Samoana High School (SHS) is a prominent high school in Utulei,^[1] a community in Maoputasi County, Eastern District, American Samoa. It is a part of the American Samoa Department of Education.^[2]

It opened in 1946 as High School of American Samoa, making it the first such school in the territory.^[1] It was established through the efforts of Mr. and Mrs. Matsinger from Kamehameha Schools in Hawai'i. Success was immediate and twenty graduates went on to colleges on the mainland or Hawai'i after the first two years. New buildings for the school were dedicated on May 20, 1949.^[3]

In a 1975 hearing in the U.S. Congress the school was referred to as the "Downtown" high school of American Samoa. Around that period the enrollment was expected to increase to 800–1,000.^[4]

A fire in 1979 burned down the school.^[5]

Notable alumni

Velega Savali, politician
A. U. Fuimaono, politician
Lolo Matalasi Moliga, 57th Governor of American Samoa
Togiola Tulafono, 56th Governor of American Samoa
Faoa Aitofele Sunia, former Lieutenant Governor of American Samoa
Save Liuato Tuitele, politician
Isaac Sopoaga, football player
Marion Malena, Multiple Pageant Titleholder
Deutsch Nuuelua Puu, MMA World Champion
Tapai Alailepule Benjamin Vaivao, politician
Kurt Taufa'asau, Head Football Coach at New Mexico Highlands University

References

^ ^a ^b "History." Samoana High School at Cyberschool. Retrieved on May 12, 2019.
^ "Samoana High School". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved 2019-05-12.
^ Sunia, Fofo I.F. (2009). A History of American Samoa. Amerika Samoa Humanities Council. Page 247. ISBN 9781573062992.
^ Department of the Interior and Related Agencies Appropriations for 1975: Hearings Before a Subcommittee of the Committee on Appropriations, House of Representatives, Ninety-third Congress, Second Session, Deel 1. U.S. Government Printing Office, 1974. p. 748.
^ Department of the Interior and Related Agencies Appropriations for Fiscal Year 1982: Hearings Before a Subcommittee of the Committee on Appropriations, United States Senate, Ninety-seventh Congress, First Session, on H.R. 4035, United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Appropriations. Subcommittee on the Dept. of the Interior and Related Agencies. U.S. Government Printing Office, 1992. p. 350. "Samoana High School which was destroyed by fire in 1979."