Week 9: 24th - 28th March TERM 1

Highlights

• For this week we start off with Common Test for all Levels and our program is to have all test within one hour in the morning and normal classes after.

• School had a Kasia Day (mufty day) in order to help with our ID cards for the students and the teachers for the Intercollege Sports.

• Friday held all the excitements for this week.

  • Our Classroom Inspections Levels 1 to Level 6 and Form 7. Our honorable guests were Sr. 'Alakoka smsm. and Sr. Telesia smsm. the students leave after 3 periods in the morning, the the inspections and all the teachers were invited to follow the guests starting from St. Mary campus to St. John. campus.

  • Samsung 'Solve for tomorrow' 2025, this is a competition that involves students from variety of schools aged 14-17, the purpose of this competition is for the students to acknowledge a problem within their schools and find ways to solve them as the heading mentioned. Today was the top 4 schools in for the Finals, 'Api Fo'ou students from Level 4 joined the competition and with God's grace came 2nd in this competition. Summarizing this project 'our students came up with the problem of prolonged flooded water within our school after heavy rains, and their solution is to create a windmill that will pump this water through natural filters to be reuse in the bathrooms and watering the flower gardens during dry season.' 'Api Fo'ou Lalo Kasia team named, Sipiliano Tonata, Marist Ngauamo, Lavinia Helepiko, William Fa'aoso, Zayed Ali. Form 4 students; won 2nd Price: A TV & Cheque of USD $1200 for the school and Cheque of USD $400 + 4 Tablets for the students.

  • Prefects Retreat. Our school prefects joined together with other school's prefects at Tonga High Stadium for this program aiming to empower their working together as we are closing in on our Intercollege Sports days.

• A warm welcome from our school represents by Ms. Gladys Leger and 3 of our prefects in presenting Sione Foundation's Team with garlands when they landed at Fua'amotu Airport on Saturday. They will be at school during the sport's week for update and completion of the canteen housing.

• Ki he uike ko 'eni ko e kamata'anga 'eni 'o 'emau uike sivi mei he levolo 1 ki he levolo 6 pea mo e foomu 7 foki, 'a ia ko 'emau polokalama 'oku sivi houa 'e 1 he pongiongi hili koia pea hokoatu leva 'a e kalasi pe piliote 'o e 'aho.

• 'I he uike ni na'e fakahoko ha 'Aho Kasia (teunga fakatonga) 'a e fanauako pea pehee foki ki he kau faiako ke tanaki ha seniti ke tokonia hono 'ai 'a e ID ma'ae fanauako, kau faiako mo e kau 'ofisiale ki he huu koia ki Teufaiva he uike Sipoti Fakakolisi.

• Ko e Falaite 'o e uike ni na'a ne puketu'u 'emau fiefia ka ko hono ngaahi polokalama.

  • Fuofua 'a'ahi lokiako 'a e ako'anga ki he ta'u fakaako ko 'eni na'e fakahoko ia he 'aho ni. Ko e polokalama ako piliote 1 2 3 pea malolo 'a e fanau ki 'api, ka e me'a mai 'a e kau fakaafe 'o e 'aho ki he 'a'ahi 'o kamata mei he levolo 1 ki he 3 'i he tafa'aki 'o St. Mary pea faka'osi ki he tafa'aki St. John. Ko e ongo ta'ahine taupo'ou Sr. 'Alakoka smsm. pea mo Sr. Telesia Kauhalaniua 'a e ongo fakaafe fakalangilangi pea mo e kau faiako.

  • Fe'auhi 'a e Kautaha Samsung 'o fakafou mai 'i he TNU ma'ae ngaahi ako'anga pea kau atu kiai 'a 'Api Fo'ou. Ko e taumu'a 'o e fe'auhi ke lava 'e he fanau 'i he vaha'a ta'u motu'a ko e 14-17 'o 'omai ha palopalema 'oku nau fehangahangai mo ia 'i honau 'apiako ka ko honau 'atakai pea nau fo'u ha founga ke solova'aki e palopalema. Ki'i puipuitu'a 'o e poloseki na'e kau atu e fanau mo ia ki he fe'auhi, ko e palopalema 'o e toka'anga vai 'a e ngaahi 'elia lahi hili ha 'uha lahi, pea ko hano solova ko e fakakaukau ke fokotu'u ha uinimila (windmill) ke ne fai e fatongia ko hono pamu e vai koeni 'o fakafou ia 'i ha ngaahi me'asivi fakanatula ke ala lava 'o ngaue'aki ki he faletauhi 'o e fanau (bathrooms) pea mo fu'ifu'i e ngoue 'i he taimi la'ala'aa. Ko e timi 'a 'Api Fo'ou ko e kau memipa ko Sipiliano Tonata, Marist Ngauamo, Lavinia Helepiko, William Fa'aoso, Zayed Ali, mei he levolo 4, pea ko honau pale, ko e Sieke $1200 USD pea mo e TV Samsung ma'ae 'apiako, pea Sieke $400 USD pea mo e Tablets 'e 4 ma'ae fanau fe'auhi. 'Oku 'ikai ke fai ha polepole ka koe fakafeta'i pe mo e fakamaloo ki he 'Otua he foaki ivi ma'ae fanau ni kenau lotolahi ka nau kau he fe'auhi neongo ko e kalasi lalahi na'a nau veipa he fe'auhi ni.

  • Kau atu e kau matapule 'a e ako'anga 'a ia ko e toko 20 kenau fakafofonga ma'ae ako 'i he fakataha'anga ma'ae kau matapule 'o e ngaahi ako'anga na'e fakahoko ki he Sitetiume koia 'a e Tonga High School, ko ha fakafeohi pea mo ha fakatupulaki e ngaue fakataha ki he 'amanaki koia ke fakahoko 'a e Sipoti Faka-Kolisi.

• 'I he Tokonaki na'e lava atu ai 'a Ms. Gladys Leger mo e kau matapule 'e toko 3 'a e ako ko hono fakafofonga'i 'a e Kolisi ki hono talitali 'a e kulupu koia 'a Sione 'a ia 'oku 'ilo'i 'aki 'a e Sione Foundation na'a nau tu'uta mai ki he mala'e Fua'amotu ko e taumu'a ke faka'osi 'enau tokoni koia ki hono langa faka'osi 'a e falekai ma'ae kolisi na'a nau tokoni mai ki ai he 2023 pea ko hono fakakakato mai 'eni.

Tu'a 'Ofa atu.