1. 1900-04-00 —
   Sarah Farmer put Green Acre at the disposal of the Bahá'ís after her pilgrimage to `Akká in 1900. [BFA2:144–5; GPB261]
   • After 1900 Green Acre effectively became the site of the first Bahá'í summer school in the world, although it was not officially so until 1929. [BBRSM:104; BW5:29–30; SBBH1:125]
2. 1927-08-01 —
   Geyserville Bahá'í Summer School, the first American Bahá'í summer school, was established on property in California donated by John Bosch. It was to operate until 1973 when a new road project divided the property. The land was sold and the funds used to purchase land in the mountains above the coastal town of Santa Cruz. The new school was named In honour of John and Louise Bosch. [BBD87; BW10:180; GPB340, Bosch; BTSG69]
   • BW5:28–9 says this was the second Bahá'í summer school in America. Shoghi Effendi indicates in GPB340 that Green Acre is formally established as a Bahá'í summer school in 1929.
3. 1931-06-01 —
   The first German Bahá'í summer school was held, at Esslingen. [BBRSM182; BW5:44]
   • UD98 and BW5p30 put this date as 1932.
4. 1936-06-01 — Britain held its first Bahá'í summer school. [GT137; UD109; UK Bahá'í Journal Vol. 1 No. 1 (September 1936) p1]
5. 1938-09-00 — The first Bahá'í summer school to be held in India took place in Simla. [BBRSM194; BW8:199]
6. 1940-00-00 — The first Egyptian Bahá'í summer school was held in the mid-1940s.
7. 1946-00-00 — The first Bahá'í summer school in Argentina was held in Ezeiza. [BW11:45]
8. 1957-09-28 — First Bahá'í Summer School held in Taiwan. [The Taiwan Bahá'í Chronicle by Barbara R. Sims p21]
9. 1957-12-01 — The first summer school in Malaysia was held at Malacca.
10. 1961-10-01 — The first summer school to be held on Rarotonga Island took place.
11. 1967-03-00 — The first Bahá'í summer school in Liberia began. [BW14:174]
12. 1968-06-21 — The first summer school to be held in Ireland bagin.
13. 1971-00-00 — The first summer school in Singapore was held.
14. 1971-12-00 — The first youth summer school for southern Africa was held at the Leroy Ioas Teacher Training Institute in Mbabane and is attended by 67 people from eight countries.
15. 1972-01-01 —
    The first Bahá'í Youth Summer School in Southern Africa took place in Swaziland, attended by 70 youth from eight countries. [BW15:338]
    • For picture see BW15:340.
16. 1972-06-00 — The first Summer School of Jamaica was held. [BW15:218]
17. 1972-11-01 — The first Winter School of Luxembourg was held in Pétange. [BW15:284]
18. 1972-12-02 — The first winter school in Bangladesh took place. [BW15:245]
19. 1975-00-00 —
    The first Bahá'í summer school to be held in Antigua took place. [BW16:187]
    • For picture see BW16:188.
20. 1976-12-00 — The first Bahá'í Winter School in Cyprus was held in Nicosia.
21. 1977-12-27 — The first Bahá'í summer school of Sierra Leone was held in Magburaka. [BW17:151]
22. 1978-12-02 — The first Bahá'í Winter School of Malta took place. [BW17:192]
23. 1979-10-00 — The first Bahá'í summer school for Quechua-speakers was held in Cachaco, Imbabura, Ecuador. [BW17:170]
24. 1980-03-00 — The first Bahá'í Summer School of the Cameroon Republic was held in Victoria. [BW18:166]
25. 1987-03-00 — The first Bahá'í Winter School held on San Salvador Island, Bahamas, took place. [BINS164:11]
26. 1989-12-25 — The first International Bahá'í Summer School of Bophuthatswana was held at the Pilanesberg National Game Reserve, attended by 263 people from 12 countries. [BINS215:1–2]
27. 1990-07-08 — The first summer school of Czechoslovakia was held in Jindrichuv Hradec, attended by 24 Bahá'ís from eight countries. [BINS230:2]
28. 1990-10-19 — The first summer school of Cape Verde was held in Tarrafal, attended by 30 people. [BINS247:8]
29. 1991-02-08 — The first Bahá'í Winter School of Romania was held in Felix, attended by 80 Bahá'ís. [BINS241:3]
30. 1991-07-15 — The first summer school of Sikkim was held in Saramsa. [BINS257:6]
31. 1991-08-15 — The first summer school of Tajikistan took place in Varzoub Gorge.
32. 1991-12-27 — The first winter school of Hungary was held in Miskolc. [BINS266:2]
33. 1992-08-21 — The first National Summer School of Bulgaria was held in Stara Zagora, attended by 75 people. [BINS278:1–2]
34. 1992-08-23 — The first Bahá'í summer school to be held in Croatia took place in Pula, Istria, attended by a hundred Bahá'ís from nine countries. [BINS278:2; BINS287:10]
35. 1992-12-26 — The first National Bahá'í Winter School of Bulgaria was held in Lovech, attended by 130 Bahá'ís. [BINS286:1–2]
36. 1993-02-19 — The first Bahá'í Winter School of Slovenia and Croatia, the first Bahá'í school to be held in Slovenia, took place in Mozirje, Slovenia, attended by 20 adults and seven children. [BINS289:5–6]
37. 1993-07-25 — The first summer school of Albania was held in Gdem, attended by about 400 Bahá'ís. [BINS299:3]
38. 1993-12-24 — The first summer school of Angola was held in Luanda, attended by more than 20 Bahá'ís. [BINS309:1]
39. 1994-01 — The first winter school of Mongolia was held in Songino, near Ulaan Baatar. [BINS310:6]
40. 1995-07-00 — The first Bahá'í summer school of Lithuania was held in Ukmerge, attended by 20 people. [BINS346:1]
41. 1996-02-09 — The first National Bahá'í Winter School of Belarus was held near Minsk. [BINS358:3]

1. 1941-06-28 — First summer School in Canada in Montreal was held in three different homes, the Schopflochers', the Salas' and the Maxwells'. Reports of the number of people attending vary from 17 to 25 to 30. Those attending were from Montreal, St. Lambert, Moncton, Hamilton, Toronto, (among them a new believer named John Robarts), Ottawa Rouyn, and Winnipeg. Three non-Bahá'ís also attended and enrolled shortly thereafter.

   The varied program provided daily talks and discussions based on the outline 'Deepening the Spiritual Life'; study of the first part of 'The Promised Day Is Come' (led by Miss Winnifred Harvey); separate talks on 'Bahá'í Administration' (Siegfried Schopflocher, Ragnar Mattson, and Lou Boudler); 'Bahá'í Attitude towards Christianity' (Mrs. Agnes King); and 'Post-War Reconstruction' (John De Mille). Lorol Schopflocher contributed an account of her journeys to Central America and the British West Indies, and Emeric and Rosemary Sala gave us stories of their experiences in Venezuela and Columbia. [OBCC268; BW9:28; TG84; BN No 149 December 1941 p5; OBCC189]

2. 1942-08-00 — A week-long summer school was held at the family farm of Paul Sala in Rivière Beaudette, QC with Dr Glen Shook as guest speaker. [TG84; OBCC269]
3. 1942-08-00 — The first Bahá'í Summer School was held in Banff, AB. [BW10 1944-1946 p93]
4. 1946-10-00 — A permanent Bahá'í school property called Beaulac, located near Rawdon situated north of Montreal was acquired by the National Spiritual Assembly. [OBCC268; BN no 201 November 1947 p10-11]
5. 1947-08-10 — The first Bahá'í Youth Week to be held in Canada took place at the Laurentian Bahá'í Farm. Some Bahá’ís in Quebec offered this country property to the National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of Canada for the purposes of having seasonal study groups and retreats in a quiet and natural setting. The property included a large farmhouse and a converted barn where courses were held in summer. There were also a few outlying cottages on several acres of rolling land, partially wooded and with a few open areas where some participants could pitch their tents. Individuals with expertise or knowledge on aspects of the Bahá’í Faith and related topics such as Biblical prophecies, and historical and social issues, were invited to this seasonal school. This property was later know as Beaulac Bahá'í and functioned as such from 1968 to 1972. [A Light in All Our Lives p81 by Suzanne Maloney.]

   Rosemary Sala gave the lessons and presided over the discussions.

   Study subjects were: “This Earth One Country”, “The Oneness of Mankind and the Abolition of Race Prejudice”, and “The Oneness of Religion”.

   Recreational activities included swimming in the Bureau River, horseback riding, helping resident Bill Suter putting up hay, and a campfire picnic. [BW11 p 404]

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