Apam Senior High School is a co-educational senior high school at Apam in the Gomoa West District of the Central Region of Ghana founded in 1953.[1][2]
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| Type | Public High school |
| Motto | Obra pa gya Owura kwan |
| Founded | 20 February 1953 |
| Status | active |
School district | Gomoa West District |
| Oversight | Ministry of Education |
Head of school | Comfort Essah-Amoaful (Mrs) |
| Gender | Boys and Girls(mixed school) |
| Age | 14 to 18 |
Classes offered | General Science, General Arts, Business Visual Arts |
| Houses | 10 |
| Colours | Yellow and Green |
| Slogan | Obrapa! Gya Owura Kwan. |
| Nickname | Apamites |
History
editApam Senior High School, in the Zone B District of the Central region of Ghana, was established in 1953 at Paado's plains, a suburb of Apam (a coastal town in the area). The school had a very humble beginning under a cocoa shed and oak trees. It started under the management of Rev. J. W. DeGraft-Johnson as a day school with C. S. Arthur Hesse as the only teacher.
In 1960, the school relocated to its present site, Mbofra mfa Adwen, with a very grand and impressive opening ceremony performed by Lord Listowel, the last Governor of the then Gold Coast, now Ghana. The development of the school that led to the adoption of the name Great Apass was achieved under the leadership and aegis of the late Peter Augustus Owiredu. Owiredu took over as the headmaster from Rev. Degraft-Johnson in 1959 to 1981(?).
By 1964, the school had moved from a day school to a boarding school and had introduced Advanced Level subjects in the Arts and Sciences in addition to the Ordinary Level courses it offered.
Programmes run by the school include; General Arts, Business, Science, Home Economics, Visual Arts and Agriculture Science recently added. The school now accommodates over 2000+ pupils. The school also participates in NSMQhttps://www.myjoyonline.com/nsmq-2024-apam-shs-painfully-defeats-mfantsipim-wesley-girls-and-ghana-national-all-qualify-to-c-r-regional-finale/#:~:text=NSMQ%202024%3A%20Apam%20SHS%20painfully%20defeats%20Mfantsipim%3B%20Wesley%20Girls%20and%20Ghana%20National%20all%20qualify%20to%20C/R%20regional%20finale. [3]
Notable alumni
edit- Amerley Ollennu Awua-Asamoa, Ghanaian diplomat
- Nene Amegatcher, lawyer, academic and judge; active Justice of the Supreme Court of Ghana (2018 – 2023)
- Kwasi Anin-Yeboah, lawyer and judge; current Chief Justice of Ghana (2019 – 2023)
- Kojo Armah, diplomat, lawyer and politician
- David Dontoh, actor and television personality
- Guru, Ghanaian musician
- Nii Ashie Kotey, judge and academic; active Justice of the Supreme Court of Ghana (2018 – 2023)
- Nana Kuffour, footballer
- Amoaku Ogyadu Obuadabang Larbi, Ghanaian patrician
- Isaac Owusu-Mensah, political scientist
- Aaron Mike Oquaye, politician; former Speaker of the Parliament of Ghana (2017 – 2020)
- Ato Quayson, Professor of English at Stanford University, formerly at New York University, and Professor and inaugural Director of the Centre for Diaspora Studies at the university of Toronto.
- Nana-Kwame Bediako, real estate mogul, industrialist and philanthropist
Former headteachers
edit- 1953 - 1958 – J. W. De-Graft Johnson
- 1959 - 1979 – P.A. Owiredu
- 1980 - 1988 – Sam Parry
- 1988 - 2004 – Esther Hamilton
- 2004 - 2016 – Archibold K. Fuah
- 2016 - 2019 – Nana E. C. Acquah
- 2019 - Date – Jemima Elsie Arthur-Morrison[4]
References
edit- ↑ "Apam Senior High School welcomes first year students". Ghana News Agency. Retrieved 29 August 2015.
- ↑ "Apam Senior High School gets four new projects". apamshs.ed.gh. Retrieved 29 August 2015.
- ↑ "Apam Senior High School". Oapamseniorhighschool.webs.com. 21 October 2011. Retrieved 8 September 2023.
- ↑ https://www.hrw.org/about/people/akwasi-aidoo
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