ICERDA 2016 Conference Visit to SOS-HGIC
On Wednesday 5th October a group of 20 delegates of the ICERDA 2016 Conference visited SOS-HGIC. They were given a tour of the college premises by members of the Senior Management Team and then had a meeting with Heads of Departments and SMT to learn about SOS-HGIC’s history and find out more about some aspects about the work that is being done here and how parts of what we are doing at SOS-HGIC can be used in Public Education. ICERDA is an academic research partnership, which was established between the University of Sussex, UK and the University of Ghana, Accra in
Our College Prospects
We are at the time of the year where IB2s are currently undergoing the process of selecting and applying to the places they would like to spend the next four years of their life in. This point in the academic year is all about making the right decisions and the right plans and on Monday, the 5th of September, four of the most prestigious universities in the US visited us to help us make these important choices. Admissions officers from Cornell, Columbia, Princeton and Dartmouth, four of the eight ivy league schools, made their way into the Margaret Nkrumah Hall at 1pm
Congratulations Trojans
The thick tension in the Dining Hall was extremely palpable. Weeks upon weeks of training, tough rehearsals, and weary nights had culminated student efforts to this very point- The Singing Competition. Year after year, students from across the scope of Africa, united through SOS-HGIC, participate in a compulsory Inter-hostel Singing Competition. To the layman’s eye, this competition is just a bunch of people in different clothing, singing, but its significance goes way beyond that. Every choir is in it to win it, with persistence and perseverance being the order of the day. For weeks leading up to this moment, 3 hours each
IB1 Residential Science Fieldtrips
IB1 Biology and Physics students embarked on residential fieldtrips from June 1st/2nd to June 7th. Trip destinations were the Atewa Range Forest Reserve and the Bunso Cocoa College for Biology students, KNUST in Kumasi for Physics and the Slapton Ley Field Studies Centre in Devon, UK for the remaining Biology students.
IG2 Geography Beach Survey
The IG2 Geography Class undertook a beach survey on 13th April 2017 at Sakumono beach, Tema. This exercise was designed to take students out of the four walls of the classroom and the two sides of the textbook into the environment for them to operationalize some of the key concepts learnt in the classroom. Specifically, students measured longhshore drift, constructive and destructive waves, and beach profile. The students also interviewed residents on the likely causes of beach pollution, the value of the beach in the socio-economic life of the residents of Sakumono Village and above all, samples of pebbles were picked
THE IB1 CLASS PRESENTS “HIVE”
In line with the tradition of community service ever so prevalent in the school, as well as the CAS projects held by every IB1 class, the IB Class of 2018 officially announces the commencement of its project, HIVE. Months of discussion, design and planning have gone into choosing a meaningful name, logo and focus for the project, and we are excited to share our work with you. Taking inspiration from bee colonies, the class believes in the power of concerted efforts, to achieve a common goal, thus the name “HIVE.” Mampong School for the Deaf and Akropong School for the Blind will be the
Interact Club
The Interact Club is a subsidiary youth club of Rotary Club international. The main goal of the club is to foster leadership and responsible citizenship and promote international understanding and peace. Interact Club mainly provides service to
Consortium Club
The Consortium Club is a business oriented club that seeks to ignite the entrepreneurial spirit in the students of SOS-HGIC. The club aims to enable at least half of the school population to be partially economically independent through