Brother David Lavin has been appointed as the incoming principal to St. Joseph’s College at Alafua in Samoa.
Lavin is a member of the Marist Brothers (FMS).
He replaces Brother Siaosi Ioane.
Lavin has a bachelor’s degree in anthropology, English and history from the University of Auckland, a master’s degree in religious education from the Australian Catholic University and a bachelor’s degree in theology from the Sydney College of Divinity.
He has trained in adult education at the Manukau Institute of Technology in Auckland, New Zealand.
Lavin has been a teacher for 39 years, 21 of them spent in Samoa.
Brother Bryan Stanaway will continue as the deputy principal.
The Marist Brothers arrived in Samoa in 1871 but left six years later due to civil unrest.
They returned in 1888 and established a primary school at Mulivai, Apia.
This school celebrates 125 years in 2013.
St Joseph’s College was established as a high school in 1950 at the Mulivai property.
It transferred to Lotopa in 1960 when it became a college and moved to its present site at Alafua in 1989.
The brothers have also worked in American Samoa, beginning an elementary school in 1905 and a high school in 1969.
The brothers withdrew from American Samoa in 1991.
Source
- samoaobserver
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