Samoa (cont.)

Church College of Western Samoa

(CCWS)

This is where Kuso went to school. In Samoa "college" is equivalent to what we call "high school."

The school is right next to the temple grounds and is sponsored by the LDS church. From what Kuso has explained over the years, it's kind of like a mini BYU. You have to apply to get in. When Kuso was accepted, he had to cut his hair short (used to be all the way down his back) and basically live the church standards.

Kuso is not here to tell me what these pictures are, so I'll try to go off of memory of comments he made. The school has changed since we were there last (4+ years ago.)Above: There used to be a gymnasium ahead. That is torn down and they rebuilt a new one. When we drove past the new one, it was in a weird place to take a picture of so we didn't get one.

Below: The classrooms. The building behind is what I remember walking through where the actual classrooms are. There are also signs posted that say "speak in English only please." Hence the reason why all of the Samoan guys who went to this school speak English far better than the guys who went to a regular high school (if they went at all.)

Above: That fale (house) in the back is new. I'm assuming it's for meetings, or maybe the "stage" for assemblies. I'm not sure...Kuso just kept saying that it was new.

Below: More shots of the classrooms ( I think.)

Kuso was impressed with the changes that were made. There is also a pretty big library on the other side where the gymnasium is.