| Beulah College | |
|---|---|
| Address | |
Vaini Seventh Day Adventist Tonga | |
| Information | |
| School type | Private, Co-educational, Day school |
| Denomination | Seventh-day Adventist |
| Established | 1938 |
| Area trustee | Australasian Conference Association Limited |
| Chairperson | Manu Latu |
| Administrator | Mereseini Williams |
| Principal | Linita Manuofetoa |
| Chaplain | Lolohea Misinale |
| Teaching staff | 17 |
| Gender | Mixed |
| Age | 11 to 18 |
| Colour(s) | maroons/white |
| Accreditation | Adventist Accrediting Association[1] |
| Website | beulahcollege |
Beulah College is a coeducational Christian secondary school in Tongatapu, Tonga, established in 1938. It was formally opened by Sālote Tupou III in February 1939.[2] The SDA Annual Statistics first report on Beulah College in 1941. It lists 109 students and five teachers for only grades 1–8. Four students graduated.[3] The 2009 report lists 202 students, 97 of which were Seventh-day Adventists. The school provided a complete secondary school education. There were 16 graduates.[4]
In October 2015 boarders at the school were sent home after a girl in the village was diagnosed with typhoid.[5][6]
See also
References
- ↑ "Adventist Yearbook". General Conference Office of Statistics & Archives. Retrieved 2009-07-19
- ↑ "NEW SCHOOL IN TONGA Formally Opened By Queen". Pacific Islands Monthly. Vol. IX, no. 9. 17 April 1939. p. 8. Retrieved 28 March 2023 – via National Library of Australia.
- ↑ Concord, Claude (Compiler). "The Seventy-Ninth Annual Report Year Ending December 31, 1941" (PDF). Statistical Report of Seventh-day Adventist Conferences, Missions, and Institutions. Washington, D. C.: The General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists: 21. Retrieved July 30, 2011.
- ↑ Jones, Kathleen; Proctor, Carole (Compilers). "147th Annual Statistical Report — 2009" (PDF). Statistical Report of Seventh-day Adventist Conferences, Missions, and Institutions Throughout the World. Silver Spring, Maryland: The General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists: 45. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 10, 2011. Retrieved July 30, 2011.
- ↑ "Tongan teenager diagnosed with typhoid". RNZ. 23 September 2015. Retrieved 28 March 2023.
- ↑ "Tonga school sends boarders home after typhoid scare". RNZ. 12 October 2015. Retrieved 28 March 2023.
Further reading
- Garret, John (1992). Footsteps in the sea: Christianity in Oceania to World War II. Institute of Pacific Studies. Suva, Fiji: World Council of Churches Publications. ISBN 982-02-0068-7. Page 150 relates a brief account of Adventists on Tonga.
External links
- Beulah College - Adventist Yearbook
- "Piula College". Tonga on the Net. Archived from the original on July 18, 2011. Retrieved July 30, 2011. This site gives a brief, yet comprehensive, history of Tongan SDA education
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