Vaiala Beach School - Samoa: The end of 2015!

The end of 2015!

The end of the year if fast approaching. Here a few events coming up.

Week 8: WACKY WEEK

Monday 23 Nov	Crazy Hat Day – Create a hat or decorate one you have.
Tuesday 24 Nov	Turbo Tuesday – Bring something with wheels.
Wednesday 25 Nov	Weird Wednesday – Wear something a little weird and odd.
Thursday 26 Nov	Funky Hair Thursday – Funk up your hairstyle!
Friday 27 Nov	International Day – Find something international to wear and we can guess the country you represent!

Week 9:

· Tuesday 1^st December, VBS Has Talent – A fun show to watch. 10.45am start.

Week 10:

· Last week of school.

· Reports are sent home.

· Tuesday 8^th December, Class Parties and Mufti Day (no Gold Coin)

We finish at 12pm, Friday the 11^th December.

Introducing Lorraine Williams, Principal.

Lorraine is the reason Vaiala Beach School is what it is today. She first arrived in Samoa back in 1981 with the idea she would be staying a year or two. Instead she is still here and Vaiala Beach School is the result of her hard work.

When Lorraine was asked if she could teach a couple’s son she had no idea one student would lead to five students then ten and then fifty. Before she knew it, the Lorraine Williams School had started and the journey was just beginning. The first location of her school was at Vaiala Beach.

What followed was a series of events that would have seen some people give up. But not Lorraine, even after two cyclones that wiped out the school and its resources, she started again and rebuilt the school in Vailima where it is today. Lorraine speaks her mind and she used this skill to convince the bank that this solo-mother was the right choice to lend to so she could build a new school.

The school slowly grew in classrooms and in students.

Thousands of students have benefitted from one women’s vision – Lorraine Williams.