High school in American Samoa, United States
Leone High School
is a senior high school in
Vailoatai
and
Leone
, in the
Western District, American Samoa
.
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It is operated by the
American Samoa Department of Education
. It is the second-largest high school on Tutuila Island.
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It was opened in September 1965.
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It was designed for students from the
Western District
and transfer students from Manua. Central island and Eastern District students attended the
High School of American Samoa
at
Utulei
, later to be known as Samoana High School.
[4]
Leone High School was the second structure in American Samoa to receive an honor for its design. The same architects,
Wimberly, Whisenand, Allison, and Tong
of Hawai'i, received their first award for the
Governor H. Rex Lee Auditorium
. They have also designed
Rainmaker Hotel
and Pacific Coconut Processing (now part of
StarKist
).
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Notable alumni
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- Malaetasi Tog?fau: First Valedictorian, Former Fono Representative (It?’au District) & Former Judge (Class Of 1966)
- Savali Talavou Ale: Fono Representative (Al?taua District) Longest & Current Speaker Of The House (Class Of 1971)
- Fagaoatua Dorian Sal?ve’a: Former Educator & Principal of Leone High School & Former Fono Representative (Fof? District) (Class of 1993)
- Shalimar Seiuli
: Former Beauty Queen? Miss SOFIAS 1993 & Entertainer (Class Of 1994)
- Gabe Reid
: Former NFL Player (Class Of 1995)
- Jaiyah Saelua
: International Football Player (Soccer) & the First
transgender
player to compete in a
FIFA World Cup
Qualifiers (Class Of 2006)
References
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External links
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