School Lunch Program
Earlier this month, the School Lunch Program held a meeting with all area farmers to discuss ways to improve their services for the safety and health of school children. This is a look at Helen Young (seaated with microphone), as she tries to translate the topics discussed at the meeting into...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A look at the sample of the meal package from the school lunch program distributed at the Fagaima Methodist Church Hall on Monday morning for older students (left) and younger students (right), who are attending classes through virtual learning — for either public or...
Breakfast packages are seen after they were delivered for students in one of the public school classrooms. Education officials announced last week that to combat the spread of COVID upon reopening of public schools this week, school lunch program meals would be delivered directly to the classrooms...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — While parents are very thankful to the American Samoa Government (ASG) for handing out food coupons for their children this week as they face financial hardship, some teachers are questioning why there are parents who find it so very hard to pick up their children’s...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Despite claims by Manu’a #1 Representatives that students of the Manu’a High School (MHS) did not receive food for either breakfast or lunch Wednesday thru Friday during the first week of school, a report from MHS, which was distributed to faipule during a House...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Manu’a District #1 Representative Fetu Fetui Jr who is also Vice Speaker of the House strongly believes that the American Samoa Government (ASG) has failed to keep the many promises for the services ASG should be providing for the people of Manu’a.
As one example Rep....
Washington, D.C. — Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata is urging the federal government to uphold the important Buy American policy when purchasing tuna. Tuna that is canned in American Samoa is American made, and Amata urged the Biden Administration not to make an exception to the U.S. government’s Buy...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Chicken of the Sea International (COSI), a major competitor for StarKist Samoa cannery, contends that application of the Buy American provisions to tuna purchased for the National School Lunch Program (NSLP) has resulted in higher costs and is not in the best interest...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Education Department (ASDOE) staffers participated at the School Lunch Program weeklong training, before staffers reported to their school assignments. The training ended last week Friday.
Private schools began their school year on Monday, and since the SLP is government...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — More COVID-19 benefits will soon be distributed by Department of Human and Social Services (DHSS) to children who lost access to free meals at school due to schools being closed, reduced attendance hours or as well as when virtual learning was being done.
The program is...