Stephen Whitmee High School

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Stephen Whitmee High School is a senior high school in Morikao, Abaiang Island, Kiribati. [1] It is affiliated with the Kiribati Uniting Church (formerly the Kiribati Protestant Church). [2]

It opened in 1900. Circa 2012 the Japanese government funded the construction of a new 500 seat cafeteria because the former one was old and had asbestos problems. [3] The Japanese government paid $97,087 U.S. dollars, about $94,583 Australian dollars. [4]

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References

  1. "REPUBLIC OF KIRIBATI ISLAND REPORT SERIES 4. Abaiang." Government of Kiribati, 2012. Retrieved on 8 July 2018. p. 4 (PDF p. 7).
  2. "TABITEUEA NORTH 2008 Socio-Economic Profile" Part 2 of 4. Strengthening Decentralized Governance in Kiribati Project , Ministry of Internal and Social Affairs (Kiribati). p. 48 (PDF p. 13/15). Part 1 is here.
  3. "Speech for the Occasion of Handing Over Ceremony for Upgrading of Dining Hall at Stephen Whitmee High School By: Mr. Hideaki Kuroki, Second Secretary, Embassy of Japan ." Embassy of Japan in the Republic of Fiji (在フィジー日本国大使館), accredited to Kiribati. 1 March 2012. Retrieved on 8 July 2018.
  4. "Japan Assists Stephen Whitmee High School in Abaiang, Kiribati." Embassy of Japan in the Republic of Fiji (在フィジー日本国大使館), accredited to Kiribati. 28 February 2012. Retrieved on 8 July 2018.

Coordinates: 1°51′N173°00′E / 1.850°N 173.000°E / 1.850; 173.000