Apam Senior High School
Apam Senior High School is a coeducational senior high school at Apam in the Gomoa West District of the Central Region of Ghana.[1][2]
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| School type | Public High School High School |
| Motto | Obra pa gya Owura kwan |
| Founded | 20 February 1953 |
| Founder | J.W. De-Graft Johnson |
| Status | active |
| School district | Gomoa West District |
| Oversight | Ministry of Education |
| Head of school | Mrs. Jemima Elsie Arthur-Morrison |
| Gender | Boys and Girls(mixed school) |
| Age | 14 to 18 |
| Classes offered | General Science, General Arts, Business Visual Arts |
| Language | English |
| Houses | 10 |
| Colour(s) | Yellow and Green |
| Slogan | Obrapa! Gya Owura Kwan. |
| Nickname | Apamites |
| Alumni | David Dontoh Prof. Ato Quayson |
History
Apam Secondary 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. deGraft-Johnson as a day school with Mr. 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 Dr. Peter Augustus Owiredu otherwise known as PAO. Dr. P.A 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.
Great Apass is presently under the leadership of Nana E. C. Acquah. The school has a current student population of 1,808 with 63 teaching staff and 48 non- teaching staff.
Programmes run by the school include; General Arts, Business, Science, Home Economics and Visual Arts [3]
HEADSHIP
1. 1953 - 1958 Rev. J. W. De-Graft Johnson
2. 1959 - 1979 Dr. P.A. Owiredu
3. 1980 - 1988 Mr. Sam Parry
4. 1988 - 2004 Mrs. Esther Hamilton
5. 2004 - 2016 Mr. Archibold K. Fuah [4]
6. 2016- 2019 Nana E. C. Acquah
7. 2019- Date Mrs. Jemima Elsie Arthur-Morrison
Notable alumni
- Nene Amegatcher, lawyer, academic and judge; active Justice of the Supreme Court of Ghana (2019 – date)
- Kwasi Anin-Yeboah, lawyer and judge; current Chief Justice of Ghana (2019 – date)
- Kojo Armah, diplomat, lawyer and politician
- David Dontoh, actor and television personality
- Nii Ashie Kotey, judge and academic; active Justice of the Supreme Court of Ghana (2019 – date)
- Nana Kuffour, footballer
- Aaron Mike Oquaye, politician; current Speaker of the Parliament of Ghana (2017 – date)
- 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.