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February | March 2025 | Issue #30 |
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Talofa*Aloha*Alii*Bula*Fakaalofa lahi atu*Hafa adai*Iokwe*Ia orana*Kia orana*Kia Ora*Ko na Mauri*Malo e lelei*Mogethin*Hello!
(These are various greetings in different Pacific Islander languages)
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2025 | Fa'aSamoa Initiative Announcements
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Happy Black History Month!
In honor of Black History Month, Fa'aSamoa Initative team would like to send a huge shout out and Congratulations to Laticia Erving, Director of African American Achievement & Leadership Initiative (AAALI), for receiving this year's SF NAACP Educator Award at the 2025 Freedom Fund Gala! Thank you so much in all you do in service of our students, families, staff and community! Thank you for providing visibility and voice in every single space you are in education and in community! We honor your team and your leadership! For more information about the amazing work of AAALI and AAPAC and Each & Every Student by Name Initiative in SFUSD, please visit https://www.sfusd.edu/african-american-achievement-leadership-initiative |
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Elementary & Middle School Sites! Please sign up your rising 6th and 9th graders to the 2nd Annual Lalaga Le Ato Workshop Summit. During this day, students will get information about navigating and ways to prepare for the next grade! Parents/Guardians can also sign their student up using the link www.tinyurl.com/LALAGAsignup! More information, please contact: Herbert "Coach" Wylie Ilalio - ilalioh@sfusd.edu OR 415.260.3148! |
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Tuesday, February 25th at 5pm-8pm! The Talanoa Series presents....
Dr.Lana Lopesi, "Oceanic Edges: From Aoteraroa to Turtle Island!
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Wednesday, March 5th, 2025, 6pm - 7:30pm. Matua Advisory Council is inviting you to join their General Meeting in person!
Location: Virtual - Online Meeting
For more information contact,
Herbert "Coach Wylie" Ilalio at matua@sfusd.edu or (415) 260.3148
www.sfusd.edu/mac |
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APRIL 18 - SAVE THE DATE!
8th Annual VASA High School Conference @CCSF Ocean Campus -
This year's conference Theme,
Matamai!
Registration link will be given to all High School Counselors and emailed to High School Students in March 2025! |
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Spring 2025 | In case you missed it... |
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On February 13, 2025 - SFUSD, Ms.Epenesa Taylor (PreK Samoan Dual Teacher), Herbert "Coach" Wylie Ilalio (NH&PI Coordinator), and UrsulaAnn Siataga (Sp.Assist.Sup') were on AOGA AMATA 3rd International Webinar presenting on the journey of launching a Samoan Dual Language Learner Pathway.in Early Education at SFUSD. 4.6K views for their first webinar together, and many who joined in to listen were Early Education teams from Australia, Samoa, Aotearoa New Zealand, Hawaii and California. The webinar was conducted in both Samoan and English and our Fa'aSamoa Initiative team was honored to take part and share brightspots of the program. [photo cred: Faye Ia] |
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2025 | SFUSD Announcements
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Stay INFORMED of the happenings with SFUSD, listen into SFUSD Board of Education Meetings and/or Read updates in the Superintendent's Column and/or Subscribe to Districtwide Family Newsletters for announcements. Below are links to all three! |
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Click above button and READ Superintendent's Column.
This month she writes about:
*2/5/2025 - Celebrating Black History Month in SFUSD
*2/12/2025 - School Counseling Week in SFUSD |
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The Information and Resource Conference is a FREE conference for families of children with disabilities, the professionals who work with them, and community members.
Our location this year will be
John O’Connell Technical High School,
2355 Folsom St, San Francisco, CA 94110
Check out website for more information about conference agenda:
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Spring 2025 | In Community... |
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Thursday,
February 27th
5:30pm-8pm
SALT | Pacific Islander Cultural District is hosting
First TOWN HALL MEETING of the Spring! Pacific Islander Cultural District is the 11th Cultural District in San Francisco covering Visitacion Valley.
Be Part of Shaping Our Community's Future!
Location:
SALT | The Village Office
150 Executive Park Blvd.
Suite #2200
San Francisco, Ca 94134
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FREE, Drop in, Walk in and jam with us! For Adults and Youth!
Every Tuesday
6:30p-7:30p: Ukulele Class
7:30p-8:30p: Hula Class
Ukulele & Hula Classes!
Join the instructors from Legacies of the Pacific!
Bring your uke or you can borrow, No worries, we got you covered!
Location: SALT | The Village Office150 Executive Park Blvd.Suite #2200San Francisco, Ca 94134 |
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Rock Your Resume!
by Aloha 'Aina NHPI Employee Network Group
Tuesday, February 25th, 2025
4:00p-5:00p PST
Location: Zoom
What Can I Expect?
Resume tips and best practices.
Click on the link below to Register!
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These monthly newsletters are to support and share information about Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander Events, Collective work in Education and Community, SFUSD resources and more!
Thank you for reading!
To check out previous Monthly Newsletters or to subscribe to this newsletter - please visit www.sfusd.edu/fasi.
If you are interested in sharing content on this monthly newsletter, please contact: UrsulaAnn Siataga, siatagau@sfusd.edu.
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