House System
The school has 12 houses. They are:
- John Thomas (first successful missionary in Tonga)
- Harold Wood (after Rev.A.Harold Wood- former principal of the school)
- Tevita Tonga (after Tevita Tonga Mohenoa- first dux and head tutor of the school)
- Roger Page (after Rev.Roger Page- former principal and former president of the church)
- Kau Ta'e'iloa (honors all unknown contributors to the school)
- 'Aho'eitu (after Siaosi Manumataongo ʻAlaivahamamaʻo ʻAhoʻeitu Konstantin Tukuʻaho- an ex-student)
- Sau Faupula (former head tutor)
- John Wesley (the founder of the Methodist Church)
- Ronald Woodgate (after Rev.Ronald Woodgate- former principal)
- 'Alofaina (Samoan word for "love" -in honor of Tongan church members in Pagopago, American Samoa)
- Meleke Fonua (a Tongan missionary)
- Sione Havea (former head tutor)
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