wey gey hey 96 yearbook

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TABLE OF CONTENTS
04Editor’s Comment
05Message from the President of the Class of 1996
06WGHS Class of 1996 Pro le
07Brief History of e School
12Goodwill Message – Patrons
13Comment on Speech Day eme
17Our Commemorative Project – e
Tradition Continues
22Ayekoo to Our Sponsors
23A Cruciverbalist’s Ode – Celebrating the Legendary Archie
24Message of Felicitation to e Class of 1996
26Poem –
An Ode to Our Edikanfo
28Goodwill Message – National President, WGHS Old Girls’ Association
29Goodwill Message – 1992 Year Group
30Goodwill Message – 1993 Year Group
32Goodwill Message – 1994 Year Group
33Goodwill Message – 1995 Year Group
34Goodwill Message – 1997 Year Group
35Congratulatory Message From Our School Prefect
36Reminiscing – For Whom the Bell Tolls!
38 Congratulatory Message –
Prof. Atukwei Okai
40Introducing the WGHS Class of 1996
45Our School Pictures
50Our Bios
72Our Year Group Pictures
81Quirky Occurrences
85 Our Stories of Excellence
93Appreciation to Our Dear Parents & Guardians
95 ings I Would Tell My Daughter
97How to Plan a Speech Day
98Acknowledgements
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EDITOR’S COMMENT
e task of putting together our 20th Anniversary yearbook has been both tedious and fun in equal measure. From chasing a er classmates for their bios, crosschecking facts, editing and reviewing dra upon dra , to the challenge of getting the narrative right without altering the individual stories. But seeing the nal product (thanks to Converge), makes it all worthwhile. It reminds me to never underestimate the power of a Gey Hey girl!
Let me rst say a big thank you to all who took time o their busy schedules to send us goodwill messages as we celebrate this milestone. We appreciate you so much for the honour done us; and we are truly touched by your show of love.
I also take this opportunity to thank everyone who made this celebration possible in diverse ways, from our sponsors, to our patrons, the School, supporting Year Groups (2006, 1986, 1976, 1966 and 1956), our families, friends, classmates, big sisters, little sisters and above all, our parents. Oh, God bless our dear parents for getting us this far!
Special thanks to my Gey Hey sisters Phyllis Owusu-Adjapong and Dede Ofei (my ride or die chics!), Asibi Ofori, and Nana Yaa Siriboe for enduring my 1,996 questions! (just 4 more le J); and
to the Hon. Delmaude Ryan (my TD Jakes girl!) for embodying my School motto to a tee and always having a word in season; You rock like a Gey Hey girl!
To all the ladies who shared your amazing stories and achievements, thank you for trusting me to tell it right. I feel truly blessed to have had the opportunity to read them all, and I hope I did them justice and added “A Touch of Excellence”. I am so damn proud to be your classmate, friend, sister and (indefatigable) secretary! And I cannot wait for our 30th anniversary and all the adventures we will write about.
Congratulations Class of 1996! We did it!!
Victoria Sekyere-Abankwa Editor
Live Pure | Speak True | Right Wrong | Follow the King
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MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT OF THE CLASS OF 1996
It is only natural for anyone who reaches a milestone to look back with pride and marvel at how far they have come. And indeed, we have come a long way in twenty years from bumbling Form One girls to Ladies of prestige and purpose hosting the School’s 180th Anniversary Speech & Prize Giving Day!
I will like to rst say a big thank you to our dynamic team of Executives, Planning, Fundraising and Project Committee members. A special thanks to the Prayer team for bearing us up in prayer. I am especially proud of our members who played a big role in our fundraising activities. It was no mean
feat during an election year when both individuals and corporate bodies had tightened their wallets. We will continue to come up with activities to keep our National alumni engaged with the School. Feel free to engage us if you have any suggestions for future activities.
On behalf of the 1996 Year Group, I also take this opportunity to thank everyone who made the journey to this celebration possible in diverse ways; our sponsors, our patrons, the indefatigable Mrs. Betty Djokoto and her administrative team, the formidable Mrs. Rosina Acheampong, the Executives of the national Old Girls’ Association, our families, friends, big sisters and little sisters. And above all, our parents.
ank you to our big sisters of all the year groups before us; we appreciate you not just for the admirable trail you have set but for the guidance also o ered when sought.
To our younger sisters of the ‘97 and ‘98 Year Groups, we say “chill, it will come soon enough!” We are proud of the ne women you have become and we hope we have been good role models and even better friends.
is year is a monumental year for WGHS as we celebrate our 180th anniversary,andouryeargroupfeelshonouredandproudtobethehosting group for this very signi cant milestone. rough all our preparations towards this, our driving motivation has been the need to make the 180th Anniversary Speech Day something to remember for a long time to come and we hope we have achieved that.
Long live Wesley Girls’ High School! Live Pure
Speak True
Right Wrong
Follow e King
Best wishes,
Evelyn Dede Ofei
(President, WGHS Class of 1996) [email protected]
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WESLEY GIRLS’ HIGH SCHOOL CLASS OF 1996 PROFILE
e Wesley Girls’ High School (WGHS) Class of 1996 is made up of all the fabulous girls who graduated in 1996. We are pretty special not just because we were Archie’s Anniversary Babies (160th Anniversary), or even because we are 180 living members proudly hosting the School’s 180th Anniversary Speech and Prize Giving Day, but because as the fourth batch of the new system of education (SSS) introduced by Chairman Rawlings, we were privileged to have bene tted from the mentorship and care of our big sisters (’92, ’93, ’94 and ’95 Year Groups) in both the old system (GCE O’ and A’ Level) and the new system. at blend of dynamism, strength of character, diligence, humour, healthy competition and a erce determination to excel, and above all unity in diversity shaped us into the ne women we are today.
As we celebrate our 20th anniversary since graduating from Wesley Girls’ High School, we appreciate more how blessed and privileged we are to be part of the WGHS Family. And it is with a sense of pride, honour and awe that we follow the great tradition of organizing and hosting the School’s 180th Anniversary Speech and Prize Giving Day.
In consultation with the School, we chose the Refurbishment and electronic upgrade of the Finch Library as our project to commemorate this milestone. In keeping with our slogan, “A Touch of Excellence”, we have successfully undertaken this project as a way of giving back to our dear School.
e Class of 1996 is ably managed by a team of industrious and intelligent women. In addition to the general administrative issues of the group (collecting dues, promoting members’ welfare and organizing regular group meetings), the team was tasked with organizing and hosting the 180th Anniversary
Speech and Prize Giving Day and undertaking the commemorative project with its associated fundraising e orts.
Any of the individuals listed below are available to handle your queries;
Dede Ofei (President) / 0249 111 277
Alberta Esther Adofo (Vice- President)
Victoria Sekyere-Abankwa (Secretary) / 0244 231 293
Persis Annan (Treasurer) / 0243 077 059
Leninsor Amelia Kakrabah-Quarshie (Org. Secretary)
/0244 232 081 / 0204 232 081
Phyllis Owusu-Adjapong (North America Rep) / +1 703 282 7315 Mimi Okyere-Twum (North America Rep) / +1 720 341 9957
Aba Benneh (United Kingdom Rep) / +44 7921 004990
Irene Ansa-Asare Horsham (United Kingdom Rep) / +44 7960 210465 Sally Hayfron-Benjamin Boaten (Legal Advisor) / 0244 380 439
Eva Antwi Agyare (Project Coordinator) / 0577 553 148
Akua Asare (Fundraising Coordinator) / 0260 964 117
Irene Akwo-Kretchy (Prayer Coordinator) / 0264 217 845
Website: www.wghs96.org
Email: [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected] Twitter: @wghs1996yg
/ 0244 485 493
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BRIEF HISTORY OF THE SCHOOL
Wesley Girls’ High School, Cape Coast was founded by Mrs. Harriet Wrigley, the wife of the second Methodist Missionary to the Gold Coast, in 1836 with twenty (20) girls. Her aim was to give the girls basic training in housekeeping and catechism. Classes were held at the Manse in the Standfast Hall near the Victoria Park in Cape Coast; and subjects taught included writing, reading, sewing and religious education. is lasted about ve months until Mrs. Wrigley passed away.
By 1900, the School was on its own again with Mrs. H. J. Ellis as the Headmistress. e school in the early twentieth century was dominated by the able leadership and constructive work of Sister Evelyn Bellamy, a deaconess who headed the School from 1914 to 1943. It was during her reign, precisely on 8th June 1925, that Dr. Kwegyir Aggrey visited the School and penned these words in the log book; “to educate a boy is to educate an individual but to educate a girl is to educate a family”.
In 1951, the secondary section of the School was separated de nitely from the primary section when Miss Olive Compton moved it to its present site at Kakumdo. With time, the glamour of the high school eclipsed the primary section which has not regained its former glory till today.
e rm establishment of the High School is attributed to Miss Compton who conceptualized the School as H. M. S. Excellence (a ship) and had the School designed architecturally as such, with the chapel being the bridge of the ship.
e School had four houses or student dormitories at the time celebrating the founders (Adikanfo) – Bellamy (Block A), Ellis (Block B) and Waldron (Block C) on the right and Wrigley (Block D) on the
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She was replaced in 1837 by Mrs. Elizabeth Waldron who took over the administration of the School for forty-three (43) years. Mrs. Waldron
laid a solid foundation for what was to become the Wesleyan Girls’
School and Training Home. Values such as fortitude, integrity and truthfulness soon became the hallmarks of the products of the School.
eir high academic achievements encouraged the Methodist church
to agree to the provision of higher education for girls. Consequently,
in 1884, Rev. W. M. Cannell, the Headmaster of Mfantsipim School
at the time, started the Secondary section with twenty (20) girls. e primary and secondary sections continued by ts and starts and were sometimes closed down due to acute shortage of funding. It even su ered a temporary loss of identity when it had to team up with Mfantsipim as a co-educational secondary school under a new name,
e Collegiate School. le .
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missionaries saw to the establishment of the sixth form (A-Level) for science (the arts had already been established by Miss Compton). Ms. Garnett, a ectionately known as “Garnie”, handed over in 1981 to the rst African headmistress and Old Girl of the School, Mrs. Rosina Acheampong, who had to work hard to prove to the whole world that a black woman was also capable of running the school of excellence.
It was in 1987, during the governance of Mrs. Acheampong a ectionately called “Archie” or “Mother Archie”, that Ghana underwent the educational reform that gradually replaced the British- based GCE O-Level and A-Level system with the Junior Secondary Basic Education Certi cate Exam (BECE)and Senior Secondary School Certi cate Exam (SSSCE now WASSCE) system. e last batch
of O-Level examinations was administered in June, 1994 with remedial exams available up to1999. e transition to the new education system was completed in June, 1996 when the last class took the A-Level examinations.
During this period, the School had to administer both educational systems with it accompanying frustrations. Despite all the challenges, Mrs. Rosina Acheampong was able to maintain discipline and such high academic standards that the School became the most desired by girls in the country. She was assisted by her able deputies – Mrs. Renee Boakye –Boateng (Assistant Headmistress – Domestic) and Mrs. Margaret Hutchful (Assistant Headmistress – Academic).
By the time the she retired in 1997, the School had seven houses
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namely; Bellamy (Block A), Ellis (Block B) and Waldron (Block C), Wrigley (Block D), Compton (Block K), Ward Brew (Block L) and Abban (Block M).
Mrs. Nancy ompson, another Old Girl of the School, took over from Archie in 1997. During her time, student intake was increased from 800 to about 1200. e School’s infrastructure was also expanded accordingly whilst maintaining the high academic standards and discipline set by the predecessors. She was assisted by Mrs. Betty Djokoto.
In 2003, Mrs. ompson retired and Mrs. Betty Djokoto, another Old Girl of the 1975 year group took over. Mrs. Djokoto had previously served as the Assistant Headmistress for seven (7) years in the School. During her time, the Computerized School Selection and Placement System (CSSPS) was introduced by the Ministry of Education in conjunction with the Ghana Education Service (GES) in 2005. is was to replace the Manual School Selection process that had been used over the years.
e implications of this new system of admissions for the School, coupled with low morale of teachers were challenges she worked hard to overcome in order to maintain the high standards set.
Mrs. Betty Djokoto has governed the School for the last twenty (20) years rst as an Assistant Headmistress followed by thirteen (13) years as the Headmistress assisted by Ms. Kate Annan Wilberforce (Assistant Headmistress – Academic) and Rev. Mrs. Hagan (Assistant Headmistress – Domestic) and currently by Mr. Gabriel Kumassah (Assistant Head–Academic) and Mrs. Beatrice Agyapong-Boamah (Assistant Head– Admission). In that time, not only has the
infrastructure been expanded to include two new houses for the students – Garnett-Acheampong and ompson-Djokoto Houses, in addition to the various contributions made by Old Girls, but the academic standards set have been maintained as well.
e various accolades and awards garnered by the students attest to this fact as evidenced by the numerous awards;
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e School’s motto: “Live Pure, Speak True, Right Wrong, and Follow King” has had a profound impact on the lives of students and Old Girls who exhibit excellence and turn out to be change-makers wherever they nd themselves.
e Seven Wonders of the School
1. Compton’s Bridge 2. Winding Staircase 3. Brainy Beauty
4. Attraction Lane
5. Lover’s Lane
6. Round Bathroom (Abban House) 7. Chapel Bell (Adwoa Wate)


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GOODWILL MESSAGE FROM OUR PATRON
I recall being a student at St. Augustine’s College and marvelling at the sheer brilliance of Wesley Girls’ High School. I was impressed by the academic standards of the school and, more importantly, by the con dent well-rounded women it produced. I knew then that if I ever had a daughter, she would attend Wesley Girls’ High School (WGHS).
My wife, Maa Hele, and I were committed to encouraging our rst child, Irene, to set her sights high and aim to enrol at Wesley Girls’ High School. She achieved her (and
our) dream of being accepted to study there and she graduated in 1996 along with her fellow classmates who are hosting this year’s speech day celebration. Maa Hele and I could not be prouder of our girls, the WGHS Class of 96. We have watched them blossom from young teenagers to trail-blazing women in our society. In particular, we have noted the dedication and commitment they have to their alma mater, which has culminated in their exceptional hosting of this year’s speech day and the celebration of the school’s 180th anniversary. It is this dedicated spirit which, I believe, has contributed to the school’s consistently high standards and we applaud it. We are very impressed by the project undertaken by the 96 year group in refurbishing the Finch Library and
we have no doubt that the entire WGHS community, past and present, are of a similar opinion.
Our dear friends of blessed memory, Mrs. Boakye-Boateng and Miss Hinson, who welcomed you on your rst day here would have been very proud today. Mrs. Acheampong (Archie) will be beaming with pride with the knowledge that WGHS has shaped the lives of such ne women, and your respective parents and I are most grateful to her and the entire sta of WGHS for their role in your lives. I commend Mrs ompson and Mrs Dzokoto for their leadership in continuing to maintain the high standards of the school and with the immeasurable support of the old girls, the school will continue to shine.
Ladies, I am honoured to have been a part of your journey as one of the patrons of the 96 year group. Maa Hele and I say ayekoo for a job well done. We are incredibly proud of you and your achievements. Keep up the good work and we urge you to maintain the same level of enthusiasm and dedication in supporting your school.
Live pure, speak true, right wrong and follow the King!
Kwaku Ansa-Asare
Proud Patron of WGHS Class of 1996
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COMMENT ON SPEECH DAY THEME: REDEFINING OUR COLLABORATION WITH OUR STAKEHOLDERS AFTER 180 YEARS – THE WAY FORWARD
Wesley Girls’ High School (WGHS) has been educating and empowering girls for the past 180 years in Ghana; from accountants, architects and astrophysicists to bakers, bankers, biochemists, carpenters, clergy, chefs, confectioners, draughtsmen, doctors, dentists, economists, educationists, engineers, entrepreneurs, event planners, fashion designers, nanciers, farmers, gardeners, geologists, graphic designers, homemakers, horticulturists, hydrologists, industrialists, interior decorators, investment bankers, judges, jewellers, knitters, lawyers, law enforcers, machinists, marine biologists, miners, nurses, ophthalmologists, oncologists, pilots, pathologists, psychologists, quantity surveyors, real estate developers, radiologists, soldiers, stateswomen, surgeons, teachers, traders, urologists, veterinarians, zoologists and all the vocations and professions in between; You name it, we have it.
A er 180 years, it is only natural to look back and marvel at how far we have come and more importantly, to re ect on where we want to go. Indeed, (to paraphrase Margaret J. Wheatley) without re ection we go blindly on our way creating more unintended consequences, and failing to achieve our greatest potential. And so the theme for our 180th Anniversary Speech Day is most apropos for such a milestone.
Re ecting on the way forward also means that various relationships, partnerships and alliances formed over the years must, as a matter of course, be re-evaluated and either strengthened or exited as needed. Questions regarding the objectives and expectations of such collaborations and the extent to which they have been met must also be addressed.
e School has evolved over the 180 years of her existence and in that time her needs have evolved, just as the challenges faced have also changed with the seasons. And yet, her standards and values and dignity should and must be preserved and maintained throughout the changing generations, seasons, economic trends, policy changes, curriculum changes, globalization, and all the peculiar challenges that plagues each generation, or comes with each change in government. And for the most part, the School has preserved her values, set the standard, and maintained her standards over the years.
/Standard/
Noun/Adj.
1. e level of quality or excellence attained by somebody or
something;
2. e level of quality or excellence that is accepted as the norm, or by which actual attainments are judged; at which is widely respected and generally regarded as authoritative.
3. A ag with a distinctive design that is the emblem of, and o en a focus of loyalty to a particular nation, person or group. E.g. WGHS Crest
/Standards/ 1. e principles or values that govern a person’s behaviour; Principles Plural/Noun of conduct informed by notions of honour and decency.
Source: Encarta dictionary (Microso ); Oxford English Dictionary
As Old Girls and proud sponsors of this august occasion – our 180th Anniversary Speech and Prize Giving Day, we felt we would be remiss in our duty as stakeholders if we do not lend our voice to the above theme. While we choose to leave the heavy li ing and deep discussions to the Headmistress – Mrs. Betty Dzokoto – and the School Administration, we have some thoughts on the matter to share. A er much pondering, the main arguments could be condensed into one word – Standards.
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e essence of hard work, education, development (self and national), and evolution is to gain, maintain or restore a certain standard of living or being. Wey Gey Hey has some excellent standards, both academic and social, that have been maintained over the years and a few that need to be restored. We have set the standard in academic excellence, discipline, comportment, poise, industriousness and general excellence. Our motto says it all: Live Pure, Speak True, Right Wrong and Follow the King. And while these values and standards have been upheld rmly over the years, a cursory look at the School would reveal a decline in the standard of living and quality of life within the hallowed walls of Wesley Girls’ High School.
You shake your head in disbelief and sco at the idea that the esteemed Wey Gey Hey could have lowered standards in any aspect of her life. And if we were to start naming a few problems like overcrowding and overburdening of existing infrastructure (tied in to abuse of protocol), overburdening of management and sta , use of bunk beds, removal of lockers, pantries converted to dining hall, holding assembly in the open (because the student population has out grown the old assembly hall and the bigger modern one started by GETFUND in 2006 remains uncompleted), lack of decent basic amenities such as mosquito nets, working bathrooms, inadequate supply of drinking water (and the resultant plastic waste), inadequate sta housing (old and dilapidated), insu cient budget to run the School properly, unrealistic fees paid in general and especially towards feeding cost of students, delays in payment of government subsidies, inadequate educational resources (including science laboratories and library books and periodicals) etc, you would retort with derision because a er all that has become the common situation in most secondary schools in Ghana. And besides, Wey Gey Hey students still make good grades and grab WASSCE awards le , right and centre so what is the problem? What is the big deal with a little overcrowding etc?
e problem is the fact that you would even consider all these challenges,
which re ect a general lowering of standards and celebration of mediocrity in the nation, as “normal” and “no big deal”. As for the good grades, please, let’s not get it twisted; e School has managed to maintain the core of her values and standards and so academic excellence from both teachers and students is the norm. And if these numerous awards and academic laurels have been achieved under such unbelievably downgraded circumstances and conditions, which all enlightened parents and proud Old Girls abhor, just imagine what we could achieve once our cherished standards and traditions are restored. Let all stakeholders (listed below) imagine that for a minute.
1. e School (Board and Administration)
2. Methodist Church of Ghana
3. Ghana Education Service/ Ministry of Education
4. Old Girls
5. Parents
6. Students
7. District/Community (represented by District/ Municipal Chief Executive O cers and Chiefs)
8. Government and Government O cials
9. Vendors and Service Providers
Everybody wants to go to Wesley Girls’ or be part of the WGHS success story; and it is a brilliant story of excellence showcasing God’s grace and favour upon the School. So why then do we as stakeholders take questionable decisions and actions that lead to standards being lowered? Why do we abuse our authority to overcrowd the School and call it elitism when the custodians bemoan the overburdening? Why do we bully our way via protocol to get our wards with terrible grades into the School, even though that means the academic standard would gradually be lowered?
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Why do we become apathetic and hesitate to give back to our alma mater? Why do we a look on unconcerned when the very standards and values that attracted us to the School in the rst place are being destroyed? Why do we throttle the goose that lays the golden egg?
Are we ignorant of the e ect of our actions and inactions? Or has mediocrity so overwhelmed us in that insidious manner in which standards and values get lowered over time? No, it is not one big decision that lowers the standards, but rather little, subtle, seemingly harmless decisions made over time...
And then one day you open your eyes (a er 180 years of existence) and realize you are so overcrowded you have been forced to not just move to bunk beds, but also destroyed pantries to make way for dining space; and you have an assembly hall sitting uncompleted for ten years by the same people who now demand to be entrusted to build our fence wall; and your hand is being twisted to consider triple bunk beds... And you realize then that relationships that should be give-and-take have become a give, give, give till you collapse situation, or in the case of our School – take, take, take and be overcrowded and overburdened!
But the beauty of age is that it o en comes with maturity, and being pushed to the wall eventually brings clarity and courage. And with maturity comes moments of re ection and introspection that leads to the conclusion that some relationships and partnerships and so called alliances have become rather...toxic, and detrimental to our well-being; to our standard of living and standards as a whole; to our traditions and our way of life (la cosa nostra!). at perhaps, it is time for all stakeholders to ask not what Wesley Girls’ High School can do for us, but what we can do for Wey Gey Hey!
So, how do we as stakeholders help to maintain and restore the School’s standards and values? How do we rethink our collaboration with the School so that we act not as leeches but as standard-bearers for our School?
/Standard-bearer/ Noun:
1. e bearer of a standard or distinctive ag for a unit or
group, usually military; A leading gure or representative for a cause or movement or group. Source: Encarta dictionary (Microso )
2. A champion of all things Wesley Girls ensuring that the dignity, values and standards of the School are maintained at all times.
Whatever the nature of our relationship or collaboration with the School might be, in the end it must lead to the maintenance and or restoration of the standards that have made our School so great and attractive.
We should all be standard-bearers for Wesley Girls’ High School, Cape Coast. Frankly, anything short of this is unacceptable.
So if this article has excited you, tickled you, provoked you, put you in a pensive mood, or even just irritated the hell out of you, enough to think di erently about your collaboration with our School, then our objective has been duly achieved.
WGHS Class of 1996
Proud Standard-Bearers
Floreat Wey Gey Hey!!
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OUR COMMEMORATIVE PROJECT: THE TRADITION CONTINUES
Wesley Girls’ High School, Cape Coast has a long standing tradition
of Old Girls (be they fossils, ancient, modern, contemporary or
millennialsJ!) supporting their beloved alma mater by undertaking
much needed infrastructure projects to mark the various milestones
(20th, 30th, 40th, 50th and 60th anniversaries) of the respective year
groups. From Encyclopaedia Britannica to Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales,
Twenty (20) years a er leaving school, each year group has the delightful duty of organizing and hosting the speech and prize giving day. A project for the School is also undertaken by that year group to mark the occasion.
It is now the turn of the Class of 1996 to host the 2017 Speech & Prize Giving Day as part of our 20th anniversary since graduating from the School. We will be supported by our big sisters (modern) of the 1986 Year Group, our mothers and aunties (ancients and fossils) of the 1976, 1966 and 1956 Year Groups, and our younger sisters (millennials) of the 2006 Year Group.
To commemorate the grand occasion, which also marks the School’s 180th Anniversary, we set out to refurbish and electronically upgrade the Finch Library, which was named a er Ms. Finch (Rtd 1960), a Geography teacher and Assistant Headmistress to Ms. Compton, in honour of her sel ess service and dedication to academic excellence. e Finch Library, which was last upgraded in 2006 by the 1986 Year
Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar, Ama Ata Aidoo’s Dilemma of A Ghost, Ngugi Wa iong’o’s Weep Not Child, Mariama Bâ’s So Long a Letter, Aminata Sow Fall’s e Beggar’s Strike and Ola Rotimi’s Kurunmi to mention a few. And let’s not forget textbooks like Nelkon & Parker, Abbot, Modern Biology, Backhouse, GAST etc.
Our plan, in addition to refurbishing the 2-storey library building which houses the Lending section on the ground oor and the Reference section on top, was to create an Electronic section with a library management so ware and access to online journals, e-books and other educational resources.
By God’s grace, we have been able to carry out our vision with the generous assistance of our sponsors;
O ce of the President, Republic of Ghana Prudential Bank Ltd (Platinum Sponsor) Mountcrest University College (Platinum Sponsor)
Group, has served both students and sta of the School well in their academic pursuits. It also served as a haven for students (especially Form One girls dodging seniors!) hungry for knowledge and looking for some respite. And indeed, one could easily get lost in a world of adventure just lea ng through the numerous tomes available!
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To the authors who generously donated copies of their books; Ama Ata Aidoo, Samelia Bawuah, Sylvanus Bedzra, Nana Awere Damoah, Golda Adaku, Ruby Goka and Boakyewaa Glover, we are most appreciative for your support.
We also thank all the people who donated books from their personal collections as well. We are truly awed by your generosity and ask that the Lord replenish you.
We hope that this upgraded resource would be bene cial to the development of a new breed of excellent scholars, and revive the culture of reading with the newly created Bookworm Lounge on the top oor.
We trust that the students, under the supervision of the Librarian and Library Prefects, will utilise the resources fully while ensuring the Finch Library is well maintained at all times.
We, as proud patrons of the Library, pledge our continued support.
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PICTURES OF THE FINCH LIBRARY REFURBISHMENT
Library Block [ Before ] Library Block [ On-going work ] Library Block [ A er ]
Library Entrance [ Before ] Library Entrance [ On-going work ]
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PICTURES OF THE FINCH LIBRARY REFURBISHMENT
Library [ Before ] Library [ Before ] Library [ On-going work ]
Library [ Before ] Library [ A er ] Old window frames removed
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PROPOSED DESIGN
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AYEKOO TO OUR SPONSORS!
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CELEBRATING A LEGEND: A CRUCIVERBALIST’S ODE TO DR. ROSINA ACHEAMPONG
ACROSS
1 Woman’s name derived from the rose ower (6)
7 A forerunner; Trailblazer (7) 8 Perceptive or discerning (6)
11 Having great beauty and splendour (11)
12 A person greatly admired (4)
13 Delightful and charismatic (8)
15 Particular; _______ and proper (4)
16 Nickname of the rst Ghanaian headmistress of WGHS (6)
17 Of royalty (5)
18 Magni cent and awe inspiring (7)
20 A leader of an institution; Administrator (5)
21 Timeless; Lasting forever (7)
23 Aristocratic and re ned manner (7)
24 Surname of Ghana’s head of state Gen. Ignatius Kutu ______ (10)
DOWN
2 Digni ed and majestic (7)
3 A skillful way with words (8)
4 A teacher or an educator (9)
5 Famous statue at Wesley Girls’ High School (6, 6)
6 An advisor or coach (6)
7 Energetic and lively (5)
9 Powerful and tough (10)
10 Highly skilled or adept (12)
14 Astute; Sharp in practical matters (6)
17 Regarded with respect tinged with awe (7)
19 Dextrous and nimble (4)
22 A profoundly wise and prudent person (4)
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MESSAGE OF FELICITATION TO THE CLASS OF 1996
Hello Class of 96,
e speech day we are celebrating, which you are hosting, is special. It marks 180 years of the founding of the School which has grown into
a big family and a national icon. is should be a source of pride and excitement for you.
Were you told o en that you are part of a great tradition of longstanding? Going down memory lane, thirty years ago marked the introduction of
these wonderful traditions and practices which have endured.
When you were in School, the Headmistress drummed into your heads ad nauseam, the tradition of the School and what was expected of you. In her moments of frustration, when you let the side down, did she try to impress upon you how insigni cant you were as individuals, and that generally, in the grand scheme of things, if we were to draw a graph, not even a dot would or could represent you?
You were known for been noisy and unruly and therefore o en got into trouble. I am sure that you remember when the bell tolled twice, one being for special elections. at was unusual and unprecedented.
Recently when we interacted, I felt ful lled watching you and listening to you. I am impressed by the maturity and courage you exhibit. You did not just pass through the School; the School indeed passed through you. You have taken your rightful place in the family by doing what is expected of you and so the tradition goes on!
I look forward with excitement to see you all in your numbers. I wish you well as you prepare for your reunion.
Enjoy yourselves. Good Luck.
Dr. Rosina Acheampong Headmistress (1981 – 1997)
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An Ode to Our Edikanfo
(Sound track: “Now praise we the great and famous men ...” MHB 896)
Edikanfo!! Edikanfo, we salute you!. Because you toiled,
We were spoiled.
Because you cared,
So well we fared.
Because you guided,
We have not erred. Because you kept the tradition, Today it’s our turn. Edikanfo, mmo! Edkianfo, we appreciate you! Edikanfo, we bless you!
We are here because you were!
By Victoria Sekyere-Abankwa (WGHS Class of 1996
Ms. Bellamy (L) & Ms. Compton (R)
Mrs. Rosina Acheampong pinning a brooch on Ms. Compton during a send-o ceremony
Mrs. Rosina Acheampong (Archie), then a Senior Prefect, being presented with an award
Archie in her hay days!
Mrs. Rosina Acheampong pinning a brooch on Ms. Finch
Ms. Garnet (L) & Ms. Bowman (R)
Archie receiving owers from Mrs. Nancy ompson (then Headmistress) at a special congregation to honour her for her contribution to girls’ education.
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1. Professor D. Florence Dolphyne (’55) - First Female Pro-vice Chancellor, University of Ghana, Legon
2. Dr. Mrs. Sylvia Boye (’57) - First Female Registrar, West African Examinations Council (WAEC)
3. Mrs. Mary Chinery-Hesse - First Female Director of International Labour Organisation, United Nations
4. SQ. LDR. Melody Danquah - First Female Pilot of the Air Force
5. Dr. Mrs. Mary Grant - First Female Medical Doctor; First Female Member of the Council
6. Nana Ama Yeboah (’56) - First Female Deputy Governor of Bank of Ghana
7. Mrs. Felicity Mensah - First Female Deputy Auditor General
8. Mrs. Peace Ayisi-Otchere (’63) - First Female Executive Director of the African Development Bank
9. Mrs. Irene Duncan-Adanusah (’70) - First Female Secretary General of the Ghana National Association of Teachers (G.N.A.T.)
21. 22. 23.
24. 25. 26.
27. 28. 29. 30.
31.
32. 33.
34. 35.
36. 37. 38.
39. 40.
Mrs. Moore - First Female Vice President (Methodist Church) Mrs. Florence Martey - First Female Marine Radio Engineer
Prof. Mrs. Henrietta Mensa-Bonsu & Prof. Anne Marie Ofori (’75)- First Women to obtain First Class in Law
Mrs. Eva Bentil-Enchill - First Female Engineer of Ghana Broadcasting Corporation Mrs. Comfort L. V. Opoku (’65) - First Female Surveyor
Dr. Gertrude Ayorkor Korsah (neé Mills-Tetteh) (’95) - First Female Student to win the National Excellence Award instituted by the WAEC for overall Best candidate in the Science programme
Ms. Araba Quansah (’65) - First Female Actuarial Scientist in West Africa
Rev. Ama Afo Blay (’61) - First Female Director General, Ghana Education Service
Dr. Dorcas Osei-Safo - First Female Doctor in Chemistry, U. C. C.
Mrs. Elsie Yao - First Headmistress to head a mixed school – Christian Methodist Secondary School
Hajia Alima Mahama (’75) - Second Female Minister of the Ministry of Women & Children’s A airs
of State and Deputy Secretary for Health (PNDC)
10. Mrs. Comfort Engmann (’45) - First President of Women World Banking
11. Dr. Mrs. Rosina Acheampong (’58) - First Ghanaian Headmistress of the School; First
Mrs. Dinah Ayensu - First Lady Industrialist in Tourism
Mrs. Justice eodora Georgina Wood (’64) - First Female Justice of Chief Republic of
Female Deputy Director General, Ghana Education Service (G.E.S.)
Ghana
Prof. Naana J. Opoku-Agyeman (’69) - First Female Vice Chancellor
12. Prof. Mrs. Efua A. J. Hesse (’69)- First Female Paediatric Surgeon
13. Mrs. Janet Opoku Acheampong - First Female Director General of Internal Revenue Service (I.R.S).
14. Mrs. Ayodele Akiwumi - First Female Head of the Nursing School, University of Ghana
15. Lt. Col. Edjewani Afenu - First Female Commanding O cer of the Army Pay O ce
16. Prof. Anna Barnes - First Female Dean of the Faculty of Agriculture, University of Ghana, Legon
17. Mrs. Gladys Asmah - First Minister of the Ministry of Women & Children’s A airs
18. Mrs. Agnes Aggrey- Orleans - First Female Career Diplomat to become an Ambassador
19. Dr. Mrs. Emma Entuah-Mensah - First Female Doctor in Acquatic Biology
20. Rev. Ethel Vanderpuije - First Female Minister of Religion (Methodist Church, Ghana)
Mrs. Eva Lokko (’69) – First Female Vice Presidential Candidate for a political party (PPP); Director General of Ghana Broadcasting Corporation (GBC)
Ms. Patience Akyianu (’86) – First Female Managing Director of Barclays Bank Captain Vincentia Brempong (’92) – First Female Commercial Pilot
Dr. Sandra A. N. A. Crabbe (neé Quarcopome) (’92)– First Female Locally Trained Chemical Pathologist
Gloria Ethel Otoo, PhD (’92) – First Female to receive a First Class in Nutrition and Food Science at the University of Ghana, Legon
Naval Lieutenant Cdr Naa Ayele Akwei-Aryee (’94) – First Female Naval Legal O cer
Some Achievements of Our Edikanfo
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GOODWILL MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT OF THE OLD GIRLS’ ASSOCIATION OF WESLEY GIRLS’ HIGH SCHOOL, CAPE COAST TO THE 1996 YEAR GROUP
I really feel proud and privileged to have the honour to write this goodwill message as the President to the 1996 Year Group.
I must admit I have enjoyed knowing you as a group. Your tenacity, forcefulness, and dedication as a group is highly commendable. My relationship with your year group has been over a period of time and I really do appreciate having worked with you. You have graciously hosted
Old Girls at some monthly meetings; any request from the Association to your year group has been accepted in good faith;
and you have supported us in so many ways. Just to mention a few – your ability to help send messages every month to remind Old Girls to attend meetings and the creation of the Old Girls’ website.
My meetings with Vickie Sekyere-Abankwa, Lennisor Kakrabah- Quarshie and your former President Linda Selby, have always
been exciting. When I rst met your group at your induction, my observations were just right. A dynamic year group full of exciting ideas. Your current President is a wonderful person and I do hope you will lend her all the support to lead you ladies to execute a wonderful program for the 2017 Speech and Prize-Giving Day of the School.
I am also really grateful and proud of you as a year group for all the support you gave the Association when we celebrated the 180th Anniversary of the school. My executives and I really appreciate all that you did. I must commend Irene Ansa- Asare and Barbara Incoom for a marvelous job done.
I am also happy that as I end my term as President of the Old Girls Association, I am ending it on a good note with a wonderful year group that has taken things in its stride and has risen above all to remain one true year group.
My advice to you is to continue to remain strong as a group and continue to strive together always. Remain the sisters you always will be and wherever you go let the motto of our dear school always ring out loud: Live pure, speak true, right wrong, and follow the King, Jesus Christ.
May God richly bless all your endeavours.
Nana Yaa Siriboe
Immediate Past President, Old Girls’ Association
Email: [email protected]; [email protected] Twitter: @WGHSOldGirls
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GOODWILL MESSAGE FROM THE 1992 YEAR GROUP
Dear Class of 1996:
How time ies! So soon twenty (20) years have gone by since you le school!
I still remember your innocent but eager faces when you stepped on the shores of this great School. e seeds of greatness which were sown in you all many years ago have germinated, and you are all doing great things across continents.
Here you are today as grown women joining many others who have gone ahead of you to li higher the name of our great School, which
shaped yours and my destiny.
Well done, younger sisters!
May your light continue to shine brighter and brighter. Go forth!
Felicia Gyam Ashley
(School Prefect 1993-1994)
On behalf of 1992 Year Group
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GOODWILL MESSAGE FROM THE 1993 YEAR GROUP
Dear 1996 Year Group,
As you climb the hills of Kakumdo to organize Speech Day 2017 at Wey Gey Hey, our advice to you is “carpe diem!” We hope that you will grasp the true meaning of “carpe diem” and “seize the day” while you participate in all the festivities.
Seize the opportunity to focus on why you are there - to give back to a school that invested so much in you and shaped you to be who you are today. Seize the opportunity to showcase to the current students, what they too can become with hard work, determination, and following
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of the principles instilled in them during their years at Wesley Girls’ High School. While it is easy to be distracted by the festivities, take the opportunity to create mentorship relationships with the girls. Talk to them and get to know them because they have many questions for those of us who have gone through where they are now, and have continued to be successful when our journey at WGHS ended. We have the responsibility as alumni to pass on tips for success to the girls for their bene t, with the conviction that they too will pass on the same tradition to future generations.
Most of all, seize the day to reconnect with your former classmates and have as much fun as you can. Take pictures, exchange numbers and bond with your sisters from your year group. It is a rare opportunity for all of you to be present at the same place at the same time so make the most of it. It will be one of the most fun and rewarding experiences you will have in your lifetime. To date, our reunion for Speech Day 2014 is one of the most fun things we have done in recent years. ere are no words to describe what we experienced - a plethora of
excitement and nostalgia, at being back at this place where we spent ve to seven of our formative years; of pleasant memories all coming back alive; a sense of pride, when we presented our projects to the school; the feeling of appreciation that we could give back such a gi to our alma mater; the feeling of gratitude, seeing, shaking the hands of and giving back to our teachers who helped make us who we are today. Seize the day to experience all of this, and you will be thinking of and talking about your experience this year for many years to come.
So, again, we say to you, “carpe diem!” We are praying with you that Speech Day 2017 is a big success!
With much love and many blessings,
Yvonne Gyebi (nee Owusu-Adjapong), President On behalf of Your Big Sisters (1993-95 Year Group)
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GOODWILL MESSAGE FROM THE 1994 YEAR GROUP
WGHS Class of 1996, We are proud of you!!!
Your preparations towards our 180th Speech day anniversary celebrations have been extremely remarkable!!!
You picked a great project.
You executed it brilliantly.
You are indeed a formidable group We are truly proud of you.
May you continue to Live Pure, Speak true, Right Wrong and Follow the King.
With love and best wishes from the 1994 Year Group
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GOODWILL MESSAGE FROM THE 1995 YEAR GROUP
Dear Class of 1996! Congrats! It’s your turn!
Amazing how you’ve all turned out 20 years later. You had the cool, those too sassy for their own good, the ‘too known’, the ‘strophers’, the shortest cadet, and an enthusiastic team of music minstrels that powerfully “shiied” the Joyful Way song “Never give up, don’t give up the faaaaiiiiith!”
And who can forget the day the bell tolled in the middle of the day for the infamous ‘Who told you? Donna told me’ vicious rumour mongering episode? You really did provide us with some amusing chapters.
Here’s to you now: make it happen!.
Asibi C. Ofori (School Prefect 1994-1995) President, Class of ’95
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GOODWILL MESSAGE FROM THE 1997 YEAR GROUP TO THE CLASS OF 1996 ON THE OCCASION OF YOUR 20TH ANNIVERSARY
Our big sisters, our seniors, the ones who taught us the ropes of the Kakumdo hills and took us rambling in Pedu, yet eager to discharge on us the harsh ‘homo-ing’ that you not too long ago had endured.
It’s been 22 years since then, yet we remember it all with much fondness because above all else, we were friends. Back then, we were youth with big dreams and a CAN DO spirit; today we are trailblazers. We walk with heads held high (a bit too high at times!), yet we know that walking up and down the drive of this Kakumdo edi ce for three cold years has everything to do with who we are and what we have become.
As you celebrate, we celebrate with you. We stand together to raise our ‘EBENEZER’- how far the Lord has brought us. WGHS is a premium school whose features, attributes and bene ts are written all over you. See this celebration as a milestone rather than a destination, and a monument of your collective capacity to rise to every occasion, beat the odds, and get things done fair and square.
Congratulations on a beautiful Library Refurbishmen! Nonetheless, there will be a lot more required of you in every sphere of life.
So long as you continue to LIVE PURE, SPEAK TRUE, RIGHT WRONG and most importantly FOLLOW THE KING, you are sure to pass life’s exams too with admirable distinction.
Hafsa Arthur
President, 1997 Year Group
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CONGRATULATORY MESSAGE FROM OUR SCHOOL PREFECT
We, the Class of 1996, are honored to continue the tradition of hosting the annual speech and prize-giving day ceremony, 20 years a er leaving Wesley Girls’ High School.
We look back at our adolescent selves and marvel at how far the experience that is WGHS has brought us. We were not your typical class, we got in trouble early and o en. During our rst year, we orchestrated the infamous rumor-mongering saga that required an emergency assembly at the Chapel. Described as “incorrigible”, we gave the school administration a lot to handle during our three year sojourn.
Our youthful exuberance aside, we never lost sight of the privilege and responsibility that comes with being a member of the WGHS family. During our time at WGHS and subsequent years a er our departure, we have drawn inspiration and strength from our Adikanfo. ere is nothing more profound than the knowledge that with determination, grit and
the Grace of God we can do all things.
As the fourth cohort of the then new Senior Secondary School system, we had front row seats to the national transformation of secondary education. e complete phasing-out of the A-level educational system happened during our nal year. As the saying goes, change, even change for the better, has drawbacks and discomforts. We de nitely had our share of highs and lows, successes and challenges. rough it all, we forged a bond as a group that has stood the test of time; we are now a year group of 180 girls hosting the 180th anniversary speech and prize-giving day ceremony.
We thank the School administration for guiding us in the right direction. We are also grateful to all our teachers for sowing the seeds of knowledge which have blossomed into the successful and accomplished ladies we are today. And to the sta who saw beyond our adolescent “shenanigans”, we say thank you.
With a humble heart, we present to our dear School a refurbished Finch Library, complete with an upgrade of the library’s information technology system. We hope the Finch Library continues to be a sanctuary of knowledge that extends teaching and learning beyond the classroom.
With deep gratitude for all you have done and continue to do, I thank the Executive team and all the various supporting committees of the 1996 Year Group for making this occasion a success. Your ingenuity, generous spirit, and boundless energy made this day possible.
We are also indebted to all the authors and sponsors who gave so generously, especially Prudential Bank Limited, Mountcrest University College, Brand68, B. Appah Electricals, K. Ofori Ent Ltd, Ecobank Ghana Limited, RedSea Maritime Services, Rikair Limited, Fan Milk Ghana, Guinness Ghana Ltd, Friesland Campina (Peak Milk), Ama Ata Aidoo, Samelia Bawuah and Nana Awere Damoah.
Happy Anniversary to our dear School! Wishing you many more anniversaries to come.
Live pure, speak true, right wrong, follow the King.
Yaa Owusua D. Akosa Antwi
Assistant School Prefect 1995 – 1996
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Reminiscing: For Whom e Bell Tolls
For generations, the School bell a.k.a Adwoa Wate, which is set in the bell tower of the chapel and operated from the second oor prefect’s cubicle of Ward Brew House (Block L), has been tolled for various purposes from the rising bell to the lights out bell.
e Bell Prefect, who is also the timekeeper of the School, is in charge of ringing the bell at the appropriate times and training a successor in the art of tolling the bell. e standard times and notes for tolling the bell are:
Monday to Friday:
5:00 am: Rising Bell – 5 rapid and short rings for precisely 2 seconds 5:45 am: Cleaning Bell – 3 rings
6:30 am: Inspection Bell – 3 rings
6:45 am: Assembly Bell – Tolls for 15 minutes (starts with 30 second intervals, then 20, 10, 5 and 1 second interval)
7:00 am: Assembly at Chapel
7:30 am: Breakfast Bell – Tolls for 5 minutes
(Small hand bell used by Dining Hall Prefect for sharing grace and announcements)
8:00 am: Classes Begin
(Hand bell used for period changes, snack break and end of classes)
11:00 am: Snack Break
1:15 pm: End of Classes (Group Leaders send work books and registers to Admin. Block)
1:30 pm: Lunch Bell – Tolls for 5 minutes
(Small hand bell used by Dining Hall Prefect for sharing grace and announcements)
2:00 pm: Rest Hour Bell
3:00 pm: Rest Hour Over – 5 rapid and short rings for precisely 2 seconds (Shower time; Club activities; Sports/ Cadet Training; Study group)
5:00 pm: Supper Bell – Tolls for 5 minutes
(Small hand bell used by Dining Hall Prefect for sharing grace and announcements)
6:00 pm: Prep Time – Tolls for 5 minutes
7:30 pm: Prep Over – Hand bell
(Flushing of toilets by Form One girls before lights out)
8:00 pm: Lights Out Bell (Juniors) – 3 rings
9:00 pm: Lights Out Bell (Seniors) – Hand bell
Saturday:
5:30 am: Rising Bell
6:00 am: Morning Devotion
7:00 am: Breakfast Bell
7:30 am: House Work (thorough cleaning & scrubbing)
10:30 am: Inspection Bell
12:30 pm: Lunch Bell
1:00 pm to 5:00 pm: Visiting Hours (Girls on Visitors’ In duty receive parents at the Compton’s Bridge; End of visiting announced by striking the metal bar hung on Winding Staircase by Compton’s Bridge ve (5) times) 5:00 pm: Supper Bell
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6:30 pm: Saturday Entertainment Night 9:00 pm: Lights Out Bell (Juniors) 10:00 pm: Lights Out Bell (Seniors)
Sunday:
5:30 am: Rising Bell – ve rapid and short rings for precisely 2 seconds 6:15 am: Cleaning Bell
6:30 am: (Catholic and Anglican Mass)
6:45 am: Inspection Bell
7:00 am: House Devotion
7:30 am: Breakfast Bell
8:00 am – 1:00 pm: (Christian Fellowship; Club Activities; Personal Time; Study Group)
1:30 pm: Lunch Bell
2:00 pm: Rest Hour Bell
4:00 pm: Rest Hour Over
5:00 pm: Sunday Church Service for entire School
6:30 pm: Sunday Supper
7:00 pm: Supper Over
(Flushing of toilets by Form One girls before lights out)
8:00 pm: Lights Out Bell (Juniors)
9:00 pm: Lights Out Bell (Seniors)
Of course, one could never win against the ‘white shirts’ as we called the Sixth Formers, and so we became the de facto guilty party. Our by then rather stellar reputation for mischief certainly didn’t help!
Remember how we all got into trouble because some of our mates did not just out-dance the seniors during the Maximum Impact Funfair in Form One, but apparently also ‘missed the bus’ boogieing to Kriss Kross and ignored the junior’s lights out bell??!! Oh the sheer impudence and temerity of these Form One girls! We were certi ed, to quote Archie, “impish, irkish, incorrigible, proud, cantankerous, arrogant spoilt girls!”
Now you would think that a er that chastising and fairly traumatic incident the bell wouldn’t toll for us again right? Ah, that would be wishful thinking indeed!
So the last time the bell tolled for us was during the election of our senior prefect in Form Two when we dared to go against the School’s preferred choice. Vox populi indeed! Oh Archie was right; despite our mischief and notoriety we were so dynamic that we could do great things once we came together! But that is a story for another time.
Su ce it to say, the tradition of tolling the bell is one that should be
revived. Yes it is quaint and outdated, but it is also quintessentially Gey Anytime the bell tolled outside of these set times, you knew there was Hey!
either an emergency situation, or someone or some class was in BIG trouble.
And so it was for us the day the bell tolled at mid-day because of the infamous ‘vicious rumour-mongering’ saga full of ‘she told me’, ‘she said, she said’. Come and see naughty Form One girls, and the few Sixth Formers involved, stammering and trembling in their boots at the Sanhedrin style inquisition!
Besides, let’s face it; no siren (ice-cream truck variety) could ever replace the charming sounds of a tolling bell.
By Victoria Sekyere-Abankwa with contributions from Akua Asare (nee Ampofo- Twumasi) (Bell Prefect 1995 – 1996) & Phyllis Owusu-Adjapong
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CONGRATULATORY MESSAGE TO WESLEY GIRLS’ HIGH SCHOOL CLASS OF 1996 by Atukwei Okai Secretary-General, Pan-African Writers’ Association (PAWA)
I am lled with a profound sense of pleasure, honour and pride that I write this message to congratulate your school on the occasion of the celebration of its 180th anniversary.
I say this because I have been blessed with a special relationship with Wey Gey Hey. My two daughters are of the Class of 96 and our family is proud of them as grateful products of this distinguished educational institution that has given so much to the development of the human resources of Ghana. eir years at Wey Gey Hey have proved to be a wonderful foundation for their further studies and life in general. My wife and I remember fondly their teachers and the famous Mrs.
Acheampong.
In addition, my sister Faith, our youngest sibling, also attended Wey Gey Hey from 1965 to 1972. It was a special occasion when upon my return from my studies abroad in 1967, I was invited to give a performance of my poems to the School.
Congratulations on this 180th milestone!
Since self-con dence is the bedrock of success in all human endeavours, in honouring the perceived prowess of the Wey Gey Class of 1996, I have chosen my famous poem, e African to grace the historic pages of your Year Book and also convey to the world the spirit that characterizes your year group.
May the Almighty continue to bless the dedicated labours of the sta of the one and only Wesley Girls’ High School, of the Republic of Ghana.
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THE AFRICAN to W.F. Conton
I
Just as I am!
Just as I am-
Counted with those who breath, You cannot break my bone
Just as you can
Not scan the sun;
Let watching witches watch And leave my brook to bark! Just as I am!
Just as I am-
In eyes of those who see,
You cannot grade my grain
Just as you can
Not catch the wind;
So let ghting ies ght,
And leave my land to lie!
II
Just as I am!
Just as I am-
Counted with those with limbs,
You cannot catch my cow Just as you can
Not arrest the clouds;
Let singing lizards sing.
And leave my grass to green! Just as I am!
Just as I am-
To touch of those who feel, You cannot sing my song Just as you can
Not hold the air;
So let standing stones stand And leave my cocks to crow!
III
Just as I am!
Just as I am-
To noses of those who smell, You cannot sail my sea
Just as you can
Not reach the sky
Let falling fairies fall
And leave my sh to oat!
Just as I am!
Just as I am-
Counted with those who walk, You cannot shake my spear Just as you can
Not count the stars:
So let crawling cows crawl And leave my mind to move!
IV
Just as I am!
Just as I am-
Counted with those with tongue, You cannot face my foe
Just as you can
Not drink the dam;
Let wailing wizards wail
And leave my waves to break! Just as I am!
Just as I am-
You cannot burn my bush
Just as you can
Not count the ants;
So let swimming sheep swim And leave my stars to shine!
V
Just as I am!
Just as I am-
Counted with those with hearts, You cannot know my woe
Just as you can
Not drink the dam;
Let fading owers fade
And leave my seed to sink!
Just as I am!
Just as I am-
To minds of men who think, You cannot cut my corn
Just as you can
Not count the sand;
So let talking trees talk
And leave my goats to graze!
(Reprinted with permission from “ e Oath Of e Fontomfrom and Other Poems,” by John Okai, Copyright 1971, published by Simon and Schuster, USA)
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INTRODUCING THE WGHS CLASS OF 1996
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WGHS CLASS OF 1996 CLASS LIST
1. Angelina Abbey
2. Matilda Abbey
3. Christine Ackon-Mensah
4. Anita Acquah
5. Naa Okaikor Adama o
6. Antoinette Akuye Addy
7. Lina Adipa
8. Efuah Adjeley Adjei
9. Aboagyewaa Adjei Boakye
10. Alberta Esther Adofo
11. Nana Frimpomaa Adu-Ampomah 12. Hannah Asamoah A um
13. Belinda Afriyie Agbenyenu
14. Eyram Abla Agboh
15. Veronica Aggrey
16. Elsie Agyare
17. Nizret Agyei ±
18. Henrietta Obiba Aidoo
19. Yaa Owusua D. Akosa Antwi 20. Irene Mawuena Akwo
21. Nina Zainab Alhassan
22. Rosemary Allotey-Annan
23. Annabel N. Amorkor Amaah 24. Shirley Sena Amedzro
25. Marian Ameyaw
26. Abena Apomasu Amo
27. Tracy Amoakoaa Amoako 28. Akua Ampofo-Twumasi 29. Sabina Amponsah
30. Abena Safoaa Ampratwum 31. Jacqueline Andoh
32. Akosua Koranteng Anim 33. Abigail Ankrah
34. Sarah Efua Ankumah
35. Persis Annan
36. Rina Annan
37. Irene Ansa-Asare 38. Rachel Ansong
39. Eva Antwi
40. Lady Lily Anum 41. Akua Konadu Apau 42. Barbara Apo
43. Priscilla Adwoa Kesewa Appiah 44. Afriyie A. Appiah-Asante
45. Faustina Arku
46. Vivian Akosua Armah
47. Adeline Armah Aryee 48. Abigail Arthur
49. Claudia Aryeetey
50. Jemima Abena Asamoah 51. Lily Asante
52. Dorothy Asare
53. Joyce Asare
54. Wendoline Asiedu
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55. Antoinette Emefa Attipoe 56. Nana Ekua Austin
57. Elizabeth Adzo Awudi 58. Mary Naa Barkor Ayettey 59. Rose Narkuor Ayiku ± 60. Mimi Baah
61. Dorcas Pearce Ba oe
62. Francesca Bedzra
63. Isabella A. Bentum-Tagoe 64. Maame Esi Esuon Biney
65. Anita Nkah Boakye
66. Frances Donna Boateng
67. Nana Ago Boateng Poku
68. Juliet Boye
69. Salomey Braimah
70. Gloria Otiwaa Brako
71. Aba Esaaba Brew
72. Joseline Marilyn Bruce
73. Ayikorkor Budu Acquah
74. Wilhelmina Aba Clement 75. Gloria Valerie Clottey
76. Franklynne Co e Djangmah
77. Esi Nomaba Dadson
78. Vivian Dadzie
79. Nana Aya Dalafu
80. Philomena Obenewaa Darko 81. Rose Darko
82. Bertha Darteh
83. Nunana Dorkenoo
84. Victoria Dua-Agyeman 85. Irene Dela Dugbazah
86. Victoria A Dzokoto
87. Araba Afareba Ephraim 88. Elsie Eminah
89. Eva Ennuson
90. Mercy Aba Ennuson ± 91. Esther Essandoh
92. Agnes Essel
93. Philomina Fiakpornoo 94. Grace Baawah Firempong 95. Ruth Adisetu Fiscian
96. Elaine Fixon-Owoo
97. Winifred Fynn
98. Charlotte Gardiner
99. Nana Esi Kwesiwa Ghansah 100. Drusilla Gidiglo
101. Grace Grant
102. Sally Hayfron-Benjamin 103. Freda Dzifa Hogrey
104. Beryl Howard
105. Joana Howard
106. Bridget Soma Hutchful 107. Nellie Imbeah-Ampiah 108. Barbara Incoom
109. Georgia Ilse Indome
110. Cynthia Jennyson Lawyerr 111. Baaba Johnson
112. Amelia Kakrabah-Quarshie 113. Princess Emefa Kludjeson 114. Fidelia Kokoroko
115. Ann Twiba Krakue
116. Anna Dedei Kuevi
117. Yvonne Kumatia
118. Naomi Lartey
119. Juliet Manu
120. Rebecca Markin
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121. Pamela Marteykuor Martey 122. Helena Akua Meisuh
123. Gi y Melomey
124. Bridget Mensah
125. Gloria Enyonam Mensah 126. Sabina Mireku
127. Emelia Sekyiwa Morrison 128. Florence Moses
129. Delali Newman
130. Serwaa Nkansa-Boadi 131. Rebecca Nortey
132. Josephine Ntiri
133. Agatha Nyarko
134. Lynda Nyarko-Dokyi 135. Judith Kabukie Ocansey 136. Efua Yeboaa Odoom 137. Rachel Kirsty Odotei 138. Angela Oduro-Afriyie 139. Vesta Oduro-Kwarteng 140. Evelyn Ofei
141. Giovanna Kordei Okai 142. Lynda Klorkor Okai
143. Anyama Okore-Hanson 144. Patience Osei
145. Daisy Otchere-Darko 146. Mary Otoo
147. Carol D. Owiredu Gyampoh 148. Louise Aboagyewa Owusu 149. Philomena Owusu
150. Phyllis N. Owusu-Adjapong 151. Doreen Dela Owusu-Ntumy 152. Ama Nkyima Paintsil
153. Judith Quagraine
154. Beatrice Quainoo
155. Beatrice Quao
156. Gwendolyn Quaye
157. Anita Rabbles
158. Judith Esi Sackey
159. Akua Durowaa Safo 160. Ayishatu Asabi Salami 161. Henrietta Rema Sawyerr 162. Vivian Sefa
163. Harriet Ellen Sekum
164. Victoria Sekyere-Abankwa
165. Linda Saara Selby
166. Gi y Sodja
167. Cordelia Afra Solomon 168. Esinam Sorkpor
169. Priscilla Ellen Sowah
170. Olivia Naa Ayorkor Tetteh 171. Lois ompson
172. Angie Essia Torgah
173. MaryAnn Totimeh
174. Emelia Asantewa Twum 175. Sylvia Wolase Twum
176. Lydia Delali Vidzro
177. Tabitha Jessica Wiafe
178. Aba Otinkorama Williams 179. Maame Ekua Wireku
180. Doris Ama Emefa Xatse 181. Abena Nyarkoa Yankah 182. Esi Darkowah Yeboah 183. Flora Yiadom Boakye
± Deceased
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OUR SCHOOL PICTURES
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e infamous A2 Class – (English, French, Literature in English)
e mischievous S1 Class – (Physics, Chemistry, Biology) with Mr. Amos Neequaye
e serious S3 Class – (Physics, Chemistry, Biology) with the late Ms. Hinson M1 Class (Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics)
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e impish S2 Class – (Physics, Chemistry, Biology)
A3 Class (Geography , Economics, French or Mathematics) Picture (with Mr. Blankson)
Home Economics (A1V1 Class)
Home Economics (A1V1 Class)
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