Beulah College Explained

Beulah College
Streetaddress:	Vaini
Region:	Seventh Day Adventist
Country:	Tonga
Denomination:	Seventh-day Adventist
Trustee:	Australasian Conference Association Limited
Chairperson:	Manu Latu
Principal:	Linita Manuofetoa
Administrator:	Mereseini Williams
Chaplain:	Lolohea Misinale
Teaching Staff:	17
Gender:	Mixed
Lower Age:	11
Upper Age:	18
Schooltype:	Private, Co-educational, Day school
Accreditation:	Adventist Accrediting Association^[1]
School Colours:	maroons/white
Established:	1938

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

• List of Seventh-day Adventist secondary schools

Further reading

• Book: Garret , John . Footsteps in the sea: Christianity in Oceania to World War II . World Council of Churches Publications . Institute of Pacific Studies . 1992 . Suva, Fiji . 982-02-0068-7. Page 150 relates a brief account of Adventists on Tonga.

External links

• Beulah College - Adventist Yearbook
• Web site: Piula College . Tonga on the Net . July 30, 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110718223119/http://www.tongatapu.net.to/tonga/convictions/schools/tbu/piula/piula.htm . July 18, 2011 . dead . This site gives a brief, yet comprehensive, history of Tongan SDA education

Notes and References

1. http://www.adventistyearbook.org/default.aspx?&page=ViewEntity&EntityID=13278&Section=General "Adventist Yearbook"
2. News: NEW SCHOOL IN TONGA Formally Opened By Queen . Pacific Islands Monthly . IX . 9 . 8 . 17 April 1939 . 28 March 2023 . National Library of Australia.
3. Concord . Claude (Compiler) . The Seventy-Ninth Annual Report Year Ending December 31, 1941 . Statistical Report of Seventh-day Adventist Conferences, Missions, and Institutions . 21 . The General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists . Washington, D. C. . July 30, 2011.
4. Jones . Kathleen . Proctor . Carole (Compilers) . 147th Annual Statistical Report — 2009 . Statistical Report of Seventh-day Adventist Conferences, Missions, and Institutions Throughout the World . 45 . The General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists . Silver Spring, Maryland . July 30, 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110910040114/http://www.adventistarchives.org/docs/ASR/ASR2009.pdf#view=fit . September 10, 2011 . dead .
5. Web site: Tongan teenager diagnosed with typhoid . RNZ . 23 September 2015 . 28 March 2023.
6. Web site: Tonga school sends boarders home after typhoid scare . RNZ . 12 October 2015 . 28 March 2023.