WORDS FROM THE WEBMASTER & OUR NEWSLETTER EDITOR:

2002 - THE YEAR THAT WAS!

Welcome to the THSESWS monthly newsletter for the month of December 2002. This year has been an interesting year for all Tonga High School Ex-students; the birthday celebration in Auckland, New Zealand was the highlight of the year. The confirmation that San Francisco will host the celebration for 2003 is also a landmark for those ex-students in the USA. There were also other celebrations taking place at different places around the globe from Tonga to the USA and down to the "Land Down Under - Australia". In All, every chapter must testify that we have become closer and closer due to the use of the internet. In fact, the THSESWS has continued to play its role in bringing us together each day. Therefore, it is fitting enough for the THSESWS to take this opportunity to thank each one of you for your contribution in making our site a gathering and an enjoyable place for us all. Thank you so much!

There had been so many achievements by our ex-students and current students in just about every field. It is not possible for the THSESWS to give you a list of all the achievements associated with Tonga High School for there are too many of them. However, it is important that we as a community must continue to acknowledge and encourage our fellow ex-students and current students to keep on striving for the best and thereby reinforces the motto of our school - "Ki He Lelei Taha".

It was during the year that 'Evaloni Puniani came to our attention, this young lady is not only an intelligent one but a servant of God. Her articles on spiritual thoughts have inspired most of us. It was then decided that 'Evaloni's spiritual knowledge and ideas may benefit all Tonga High School communities around the globe. The THSESWS saw this opportunity and grapped it with both hands. 'Evaloni was formally asked to be "in-charge" of our Spiritual Section on our forum and writes articles to appear on the THSESWS for everyone to access. This was perhaps one of the most important "catch" of the year. Since then, 'Evaloni has continued to take care of our spiritual needs right from day 1. Thank you 'Evaloni!

Finally, the THSESWS is very proud to be associated with the development of the "Graduating class of '87 website". The idea first emerged at the start of the year by informal conversations among the members of this class. In September, the idea became a reality when certain members decided that a website for this class has to be created. Among other things, work regarding this website was underway. It was just before Christmas day that the final product was ready to be implemented and on the Christmas day in USA, the site was launched. This class has pioneered something that other classes must follow. Lead by a strong and enthusiastic team (see below), the site was online as stipulated by the Page Master and his assistants. Well done guys, we all hope that others will follow your footsteps.

Surely, there have been so many other incidents regarding Tonga High School that have slipped our attention but we can only report what has been available to us. So, 2002 has come and just about gone and we look forward for a fruitful year next year in terms of communication, team work, initiatives, motivational ideas and peace and harmony among us all. Thank you!

Faka'apa'apa atu

Loseli M Hafoka and Miss 'Amelia Piutau

NEWS FROM SAN FRANCISCO:

Tefua 'a Vakalautala:  San Francisco Edition:

i.  Hulohula Kilisimasi.

Ne lava lelei foki ha hulohula kilisimasi 'ae Kautaha ni 'aia ne fakahoko 'ihe po Falaite, 20 'o Tisema.  Koe hulohula ko eni ne makatu'unga ia 'ihe anga'ofa 'ae kau memipa 'oe kalasi 'oe 1972.  Koe ni'ihi eni 'oe kalasi koia.

Siosi'ana Folaumoetu'i Katoa, Litia Tu'ipulotu Mapa pea mo Mafi Havili.  Fakatatau kihe fakamatala na'e a'utaki mai, koe lau mai e hulohula  moe hulohula kae 'oua ke tau hulohula ha fu'u po 'uha mo hakohako.., talatala atu 'oku kehenga atu e tonu 'ae sino ia mo 'ene ngaahi mio!  He 'oku te puna, hopo pea toe vilo, kae mole pe ke mama'o ke fai ha to.  Pea koe ha leva 'ae 'uhinga?  'Isa!  Ko hai 'e ofo?  'Ia Mafi Havili mo 'ene D.J mana!!  'Ene ngaahi fasi 'oku fakavale loto, vanaiki mai kae lolo hifo 'ete ninimo, 'ote loto ai kita kete tau tau'olunga pe kihe ma'a 'ae 'aho...!  'Io koe hulohula kilisimasi ia..na'e 'fakarata', tootoo mai pea toe tootoo atu..!  Pea koe ngaahi 'ata 'eni 'oe hulohula ke mou toki me'a pe kiai.

ii.  Fakataha 'ae Komiti.  Na'e fakahoko foki 'ae fakataha fakamahina 'ae Komiti 'ihe 'aho Tokonaki 21 'o Tisema ai pe.  Na'e alea'i 'ihe fakataha ko eni ha ngaahi fokotu'utu'u fo'ou  'ae kau Palesiteni 'o fekau'aki pea mo hono fakalele 'oe polokalama kihe ta'u fo'ou.  'Oku 'iai 'ae 'amanaki 'e lelei, vave mo faingofua ange 'a hono fakalele 'oe polokalama kihe ta'u kaha'u ihe ngaahi fokotu'utu'u fo'ou ko eni ne fai.  Na'e tali 'ehe Fakataha 'ae ngaahi fokotu'utu'u ko eni, pea koe fakaikiiki 'e lava ke toki ma'u atu pe ia meihe Sekelitali 'oe vahenga,'Amelia Piutau.

iii.  Ngaahi fetu'utaki mei muli.  Kou kamata foki ke a'utaki mai 'ae ngaahi fetu'utaki meihe ngaahi vahenga 'i muli 'o fekau'aki pea moe tokolahi 'o 'enau kau folau 'oku teuaki ke folau mai.  Koe 'uluaki 'ihe ngaahi fetu'utaki ko eni, koe lisi koia 'oe kau folau mei Sydney, 'Aositelelia, 'aia ne fakahoko mai 'e Tevita Tapa.  Pehee 'e Tevita Tapa 'oku 'iai e 'amanaki 'e toe tokolahi ange 'ae kau folau  ia 'ihe lisi ko eni ne 'omi.  Ne ma'u foki ha fetu'utaki mei Auckland mo Wellington mei Nu'u Sila 'oku nau kei ngaue kihe lisi 'enau kau folau pea toki fakahoko mai.  Fakahoko mai pea meia Sione Kava mei Ha'amoa 'Amelika, 'oku 'amanaki kene folau mai moe Kalapu Fofo'anga ke kau kihe polokalama 'oe ta'u kaha'u.  Pea mei Tonga foki, ne 'osi fakahoko mai 'e Uili Fukofuka 'e maau mai e lisi 'enau kau folau 'i Sanuali.  'Oku 'ikai foki ngata pe 'ihe ngaahi fetu'utaki fakavahenga mai ko eni, ka kuo kamata foki moha ngaahi fetu'utaki fakafo'ituitui hifo kihe Sekelitali ke hiki honau hingoa 'ihe kau 'a'ahi 'oe ta'u fo'ou.  'Oku fakamanatu atu foki ka 'iai ha ngaahi fehu'i 'o fekau'aki moe fakaikiiki 'oe polokalama kihe ta'u fo'ou, ke mou kataki fakafetu'utaki mai kihe Sekelitali, 'Amelia Piutau pea pehee foki kihe Palesiteni, Ma'ata Misinale 'iha fa'ahinga taimi pe.  Koe ngaahi fika moe tu'asila fetu'utaki 'oku ha atu 'ihe ngata'anga 'oe tohi ni.  'E kamata foki 'i Sanuali 'a hono fakahoko atu ha ni'ihi 'oe ngaahi fakaikiiki kihe ngaahi polokalama 'oe katoanga 'aia 'e kamata 'ihe 'aho Pulelulu 4 kihe 'aho  Sapate 8 'o Sune, 2003.

iv.  Tikite Lulu.  'Oku tu'ulaahoko ai pe foki 'ae polokalama fakatau tikite lulu 'ae kautaha ni.  Koe lulu ko eni koe tefito'i founga kumi pa'anga eni 'ae Kautaha ki hono fakapa'anga 'oe Katoanga 'ihe ta'u fo'ou.  Koe ngaahi tikite lulu ko eni 'oku 'ikai ngata pe 'i hono fakatau atu 'ihe Bay Area, ka 'oku lava foki ke fakatau atu ia kihe ngaahi vahenga kehe, 'o tatau pe 'i 'Amelika ni mo tu'a pule'anga.  Na'e lava foki ke folau atu 'a Uili Fukofuka 'i 'Okatopa pea moha tikite 'e 1000 ke tufa mo fakatau atu 'i Tonga.  Koia kau N.Z moe  kau 'Aositelelia, fakatau leva ha'o mou tikite, na koha faingamalie eni keke ma'u ai ha'o fu'u veeni fo'ou, 'Durango' 2003 kihe ki''i pa'anga pe 'e taha!!!  'Oku fe'unga pea moe pale 'e 13 fakakatoa 'ae lulu, pea 'e fakahoko ia 'ihe 'aho 26 'o 'Epeleli, 2003. Ko kimoutolu kau memipa 'oe ngaahi va'a 'i muli 'e lava pe kemou fetu'utaki mai kihe Sekelitali, 'Amelia Piutau email pe telefoni ke 'oatu ha'o tikite.  Pea kihe kau memipa 'oe Bay Area, ke mou fetu'utaki mai pe kiha taha 'oe kau Komiti 'iha fa'ahinga taimi pe 'oka mou ka fiema'u ha'o mou tikite.

v.  Ako Lakalaka.  Kuo 'osi fakapapau'i foki eni koe lakalaka 'ae Kautaha 'e ako kihe katoanga.  Koe advisor foki 'ae kautaha 'oku ne tokanga'i 'ae tafa'aki ko eni , pea ko eni kuo 'osi maau 'ae punake kene ako 'ae faiva.  Koe 'uluaki ako faiva 'e kamata ia 'ihe 'aho Tokonaki, 'uluaki 'o Fepueli.  Koe feitu'u 'oku te'eki ke mahino ka 'e fetu'utaki kiai 'ae Advisor, Leafa Taumoepeau pea 'e toki fanongonongo atu 'ihe'etau ngaahi polokalama letio moe 'newsletter'.

vi.  Ngaahi Fanongonongo. 
a.  Fakataha. Koe Fakataha hoko 'ae Komiti 'e fakahoko ia 'ihe 'aho Tokonaki 18 'o Sanuali kihe 'api nofo'anga pe 'oe Palesiteni 'i Hayward.
e.  Polokalama letio. Koe Polokalama letio hoko,  'e fakahoko ia 'ihe po Tokonaki 4 'o Sanuali 'ihe taimi 10:00 po'uli 'ihe letio Shofa 'ae Tonga, 1450 A.M.
f.  Hulohula Valentine. 'Oku fakaangaanga foki ke fakahoko ha hulohula 'Valentine' 'ihe po'uli hifo 'oe po Falaite 14 'o Fepueli. Koe ngaahi fakaikiiki ke toki 'oatu.
h.  Ako Faiva. Koe 'uluaki ako lakalaka 'ihe 'aho Tokonaki 1 'o Fepueli.  Feitu'u ke toki fakamahino'i atu.

vii.  Popoaki Fakamalo & Talamonu.   'Oku 'oatu 'ae fakamalo 'ae Palesiteni pea mo 'ene Komiti Ngaue mo Fale'i kiate kimoutolu kotoa pe kau memipa moho mou ngaahi famili takitaha 'ihe ngaahi ngaue kotoa pe ne lava ke tau fakahoko.  Fakamalo atu 'iho'o mou ngaahi taliangi loto 'aufuatoo 'o lava ai ke fakakakato ho tau ngaahi fatongia kihe ta'u 'oku 'amanaki ke tau situ'a mei ai.  Pehee foki 'ae fakamalo loto hounga'ia mo'oni kihe ngaahi vahenga kotoa 'i 'Amelika ni mo tu'apule'anga ne tau fengaue'aki fakataha 'ihe ta'u ko eni.  Fakamalo makehe kihe kautaha Atoll Topui Island Incorporated, A.T.I Inc. 'i ho'o mou anga'ofa 'o fakapa'anga 'ae polokalama letio, "Tefua 'a Vakalautala".  Malo mu'a 'ae 'ofa moe fie tokoni.

'Oku 'ikai foki fie fakangaloki 'ae fakamalo kihe pule(Webmaster) 'oe 'website' 'ae Tonga High School, Loseli Hafoka, kae pehee foki kihe kau ngaue kotoa 'ae 'Planet Tonga' 'ihe loto lelei moe tokoni ki hono tu'uaki atu 'ae ngaahi polokalama 'ae Kautaha.  Mo'oni 'ae tala, "'Oku 'ikai ha to'a 'e tu'u tokotaha".  Ko ho'o mou ngaahi tokoni moe fie pikipikiuma mo kimautolu ne malava ai ke tau ikuna'i lelei 'ae ta'u fakangaue ko eni 'oe 2002.

'Oku 'oatu 'ae talamonu kiate kimoutolu hono kotoa, fakatauange kihe 'Otua Mafimafi kene kei hifoaki mai ha ngaahi tapuaki ke tau ma'u kelesi ai.  Pea kene fai ho tau tataki 'o mu'omu'a 'ihe fononga 'oku tau fai koe'uhi kae lava ke tau fonua 'ae folau te tau fai 'ihe ta'u fo'ou na. Tu'a 'ofa atu!

Malo e me'a mai, ka mou me'a aa.

Publicity Co-ordinators:
Lucia Mateialona-'Olive & Kaneisi V. Cambridge.

Palesiteni: Ma'ata F. Misinale Tel: (510)247-1904  Email: marthp255@cs.com
Sekelitali: 'Amelia Piutau Tel: (408)226-7087  Email: apiutau@yahoo.com
 

OTHER LINKS:

There are a number of things regarding this month's newsletter and it is better to create links to them rather than having them all in here. It would make this newsletter long for everyone. So, other links regarding this newsletter can be accessed via the following links:

1. Graduating Class of '87 Newsletter
2. 'Evaloni's Christmas & New Year's Message
3. San Francisco's Christmas Dance pictures

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