2020- 2021 school year
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — While the local Education Department was well prepared for classroom instruction when public schools opened yesterday for the new school year 2020-2021, Education director Dr. Ruth Matagi-Tofiga says the department is still waiting for supplies that were ordered in...

![The American Samoa Department of Education banner during the official opening of the new school year ceremony on Aug. 24th, outlining the 2020-2021 school year theme — Wisdom and Prudence Dwell Together” — along with the Samoan translation. [photo: Gov’s Office] The American Samoa Department of Education banner](https://www.samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/asdoe_banner.jpg?itok=xIfHW6Mf)