Adi Cakobau School
| Adi Cakobau School | |
|---|---|
| Location | |
| Sawani, Viti Levu, Fiji | |
| Coordinates | 18°01′29″S 178°28′08″E / 18.024665°S 178.468900°ECoordinates: 18°01′29″S 178°28′08″E / 18.024665°S 178.468900°E |
| Information | |
| Type | Government day and boarding school |
| Motto | "Leave the world better than you found it" |
| Established | 1948 |
| Principal | Laisa Soko |
| Color(s) |
Crimson, white and black Uniform: Standard ladies shirt |
| Website | www |
Crimson, white and black
Uniform:
Standard ladies shirt
Adi Cakobau School in Fiji was founded in 1948 by the Fijian government as a boarding school to provide a "refined" intermediate education for Fijian girls of rank. It was named after the granddaughter of Seru Epenisa Cakobau, the King of Fiji who united the islands under his authority in 1871 and ceded the nation to the United Kingdom three years later. It became a full-fledged secondary school in 1954. Its English language curriculum included traditional academic subjects, traditional dance, music and crafts. Since a goal was to provide wives for leaders of the nation, the curriculum included "chiefly protocol." The school moved to its present location in Sawani, Viti Levu in 1956. It is located at Ro Camaisala Road, next to Sawani Village, in the province of Naitasiri. The counterpart school for boys is Queen Victoria School. Most of the Fijian elite by 2001 had been students at one of these schools. Adi Cakobau School won the Coca Cola Lite Games for the unprecedented twelfth time in a row on 28 April 2012.
Entry to Form 3 (Year 9) is restricted to those achieving the highest marks in national examinations taken by pupils in their last year of primary school (Year 8).
The first principal in 1948 was Frances Lillian Charlton. The first Fijian principal was Taufa Vakatale. She was a pioneer girl at Adi Cakobau School and was later deputy prime minister of Fiji. The acting principal as of September 2009 was Laisa Mavoa.
Vocal music by the Adi Cakobau School choir was recorded in the 1950s and is in the collection of the British Library. The school entertained Elizabeth II and Prince Phillip in December 1953. The choir toured New Zealand in 1961–62 and Australia in 1973–74. Their performance of the traditional Fijian farewell song "Isa Lei" was included on The secret museum of mankind, vol. 1. Ethnic music classics: 1925–1948 and was included in the soundtrack of the motion picture Open Water.
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