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Directors Updates Newsletter
Directors Updates Newsletter
Verizon Wireless Hawai‘i presented a $5,000 Verizon Foundation grant to Le Fetuao Samoan Language Center to support their innovative work, uniting culture and language with STEM (science, technology, engineering and math). The check presentation took place during Le Fetuaoʻs open house event at the Moanalua Community Center on Friday, August 14.
Display boards lined the room and children opened the ceremonies by singing traditional Samoan songs as students exhibited the cultural and technical knowledge acquired during Le Fetuao Samoan Language Center’s first annual summer Tech Camp. The camp was a product of Le Fetuao’s collaboration with Pacific Voices—an on-island Pacific Islander organization—and was held at Leeward Community College.
Coconut sennit, a strong and versatile cord known in the SÄmoan language as ‘afa, is braided from the husk fibers of what may be the longest coconut on earth.
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More than 200 students, parents and Samoan community members filled the Moanalua Terrace Community Center for Le Fetuao Samoan Language Center’s End of School Year Celebration. The event held on Saturday, May 24, 2015 was dedicated to celebrating the Samoan language and culture. Read the full article
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Samoa News: April2015
Le Fetuao Samoan Language Center (Le Fetuao) was recognized this month by Harvard University’s Bright Ideas program for its innovative approach to perpetuate the Samoan language and culture among Samoan children and families in Honolulu, Hawaii. This year’s cohort of Bright Ideas includes 124 programs from all levels of government.…