SOUTH PACIFIC ACADEMY
Members of the Letuli, Toalepai, and Annesley families turn out in full support to congratulate the 2026 South Pacific Academy Valedictorian, Tali'ilagi Milovale Patricia Letuli, and her cousin Tautuasamoa Annesley Toalepai (both sitting center) following their graduation last Friday. In her...
South Pacific Academy student leaders who worked with their advisor Mrs. Benjie, to put together a "Shark Tank" idea to present at the Boys and Girls Club Ocean & Coast Youth Ambassadors Summit — which had the theme: “Making Waves — Empowering the Next Generation of Ocean & Coastal...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — South Pacific Academy's Board of Directors announced yesterday the appointment of Dr Sabrina Suluai-Mahuka as principal of South Pacific Academy.
Dr Suluai-Mahuka has been acknowledged by two US Presidents for her dedication to academic excellence; she was honored by...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The Western Association of Schools and Colleges has granted a six year accreditation for South Pacific Academy, a private school founded in the late 1970s in the territory.
In a letter addressed to the school’s president Paul Michael Young, the accreditation commission...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Paramount Builders is proud to sponsor coverage of all of the 2022 American Samoa High School Graduations and wishes all graduates a successful journey into the future. Be Safe. The South Pacific Academy — ‘Home of the Dolphins’ — honored 10 Dolphins as the graduating...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Lorrina Melanie Taiaopo Lee, a student at the South Pacific Academy, will be attending the National Youth Leadership Forum [NYLF]: Law & CSI, an Envision by WorldStride Program in Washington DC this month, after she applied and was accepted by the program, which is...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Saturday morning, June 12, the “Home of the Dolphins” – South Pacific Academy hosted their 21st Commencement Exercise to bid farewell to 20 Seniors who graduated with a special theme to send them out into the real world – “Knowing how to weather a storm is important,...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A new document is circulating from several parents of students attending the South Pacific Academy has made its way to some lawmakers — suggesting that the court be petitioned to “place SPA under a receivership to allow the education of our students to continue” amid the...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — In an email letter to parents on Sunday, the South Pacific Academy board of directors made serious claims that one of the terminated teachers has “a history of violent behavior in school” and had already been warned.
But a “very concerned parent”, countered the board’s...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Thirteen teachers at South Pacific Academy who went on strike last week Monday presented a signed petition to the SPA board of directors, which met on Wednesday afternoon. The meeting was chaired by new board member, Fiti Sunia, who is also the Associate Justice of the...



![Dr Suluai-Mahuka succeeds Mr. Paul Michael Young, whose contract ended on June 30, 2023. [courtesy photo] Dr Suluai-Mahuka](https://www.samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/dr_suluai-mahuka.jpg?itok=fhMUZG-o)

![South Pacific Academy – Home of the Dolphins — Class of 2022 — 10 Dolphins graduated during a commencement ceremony held on Saturday, June 18, 2022 at the school’s gymnasium. Their theme: “We Survived”. [photo: TG] South Pacific Academy grads](https://www.samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/spa_2022_grads_img_3060.jpg?itok=1HsPuq-e)
![Lorrina Melanie Taiaopo Lee, a student at South Pacific Academy, will be attending the National Youth Leadership Forum (NYLF): Law & CSI, an Envision by WorldStride Program in Washington DC this month, after she applied and was accepted by the program, which is sponsored by the George Mason University of Virginia. [Courtesy photo] Lorrina Melanie Taiaopo Lee](https://www.samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/lorrina_melanie_taiaopo_lee_5300_n.jpg?itok=P6j3mlZV)
![The 2021 South Pacific Academy graduating class bidding their final farewell to SPA’s school, staff and faculty with their farewell song. [photo: Tony Gasu] SPA 2021 graduates](https://www.samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/spa_grads_2021-img_6616.jpg?itok=myos8X-A)
![South Pacific Academy teachers who last week submitted a petition to the SPA board pointing out, “We need improved response to teacher complaints and the relationship with the Board. We as teachers have been experiencing intimidation and harassment when we individually bring our concerns to members of the Board about management.” Now parents are circulating a petition calling for the school to go into receivership. [courtesy photo] SPA teachers on strike holding signs](https://www.samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/teacher_strike_3.jpg?itok=yVOKwJMT)
![DESPITE THE DOWN-POUR — SUPPORT OF SPA STRIKE CONTINUES Parents and others from the community stood by striking teachers at South Pacific Academy yesterday morning, despite the down-pour. “We want teachers, not baby sitters,” said one placard, referring to substitute personnel taking over the classrooms for striking teachers. Some parents have described the SPA board’s action of terminating two teachers that resulted in the strike, as “bullying”. Hence the placard, “Bullying does not equal leadership” held by one of the supporters. The strike is now in its second week. [courtesy photo] Parents join striking teachers at SPA](https://www.samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/spa_strike_004.jpg?itok=u_D36dYg)
![A CIRCLE OF PRAYER — South Pacific Academy teachers are going into the second week of a strike and were joined last week by parents who support the teachers’ move to see policies established with teacher input to address serious conflicts of interest with overseeing grades, student policies and classroom management. [courtesy photo] Striking SPA teachers with their supporters outside of the school.](https://www.samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/teacher_strike_1.jpg?itok=ZtGkU-eq)