Kauma Adventist High School is a

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located on the island of

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, established in 1957. It is a

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operated by the

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. The Adventist mission headquarters for Kiribati, formerly the Gilbert Islands, have been located on Abemama since the late 1940s. An

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began there in 1955 shortly after the organizing of the first congregation in the mission.

History

Adventist church worker John T. Howse began the Gilbert and Ellice Islands Mission in 1947. He arrived via the church's newly appointed mission boat, the ''Fetu Ao'', or the "''Day Dawn''". The mission's first church was organized in 1954. The next year a school began. By 1957, a boarding high school was established. The ''Fetu Ao'' traveled among the islands and brought students to the school. It did this up to the early 1970s.

Geography

The islands of the Gilbert chain consist of

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rather than soil. The highest point on most of these islands is less than above

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. Agriculture is quite limited. The main crop is

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s. Abemama is a small "C"-shaped island which encircles a

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. The school is located in view of the ocean and the pounding of the surf is part of school life.

References

External links

Kauma Adventist High School - Adventist Yearbook
1957 establishments in the Gilbert and Ellice Islands Co-educational boarding schools Day schools Educational institutions established in 1957 Christian schools in Kiribati Private schools in Oceania Secondary schools affiliated with the Seventh-day Adventist Church {{SeventhdayAdventist-stub

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