Leifiifi College’s Head Girl, Tina Mareko, has been named as the Dux for this year.
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Her award was announced at a prize giving held at the E.F.K.S Hall last week. The 18-year-old is the second of Tina and Pale Mareko’s five children, from Vaitele Fou and Vailele.
Speaking to the Samoa Observer, Miss Mareko said she is thrilled with her achievements this year.
“I am thankful with what I achieved this year...I have made my family and my parents so proud. “It’s a good feeling, when at the end you reap [what you sow] with joy, knowing that you really struggled and faced a lot of temptations from the start.”
The Dux had not decided on a future path just yet, and said she would leave it up to God. “He will show me the path to go, because I believe our ways are not God’s way, so whatever he [has planned] for me in the future, that’s where I am going to go,” she said.
“As for now, I will be praising God for all that He has done for me, because I owe it to him, for broadening my knowledge and for gifting me with His wisdom.”
Balancing her Head Girl duties with her studies throughout 2015 was a big challenge. “It wasn’t easy because I have the teachers depending on us (head girl and head boy) to be their eyes and ears in school and also my family, on the other hand, to be able to make them proud,” she said. “It was complicated but we (Miss Mareko and the head boy) worked together and that made it easy for us to get to where we are now.” The top student’s father said, in tears, that first and foremost he gives God all the glory and the honour for being with his daughter throughout her journey.
“I see her struggle in trying to balance her duties and finding the time to study,” he said. “I always tell [her] that if it’s too much for her she can always let the teachers know so they can help out, but she always says that she can do it. “Today she has proven it to us, that she did it and that she can handle anything that life can throw at... her. “I cannot find the right words to tell you how [I am] feeling right now, and it’s just amazing [that] He answers your prayers through your children.”
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