Samoana High School (SHS) is a prominent high school in

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" Samoana High School at Cyberschool. Retrieved on May 12, 2019. a community in Maoputasi County, Eastern District,

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. It is a part of the American Samoa Department of Education. It opened in 1946 as High School of American Samoa, making it the first such school in the territory. It was established through the efforts of Mr. and Mrs. Matsinger from Kamehameha Schools in

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. 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. In a 1975 hearing in the

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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. A fire in 1979 burned down the school.''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
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"Samoana High School which was destroyed by fire in 1979."

Notable alumni

* Velega Savali, politician * A. U. Fuimaono, politician *

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, 57th Governor of American Samoa * Togiola Tulafono, 56th Governor of American Samoa * Faoa Aitofele Sunia, former Lieutenant Governor of American Samoa *

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, politician *

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, football player * Marion Malena, Multiple Pageant Titleholder * Deutsch Nuuelua Puu, MMA World Champion

References

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