OLA Girls Senior High School (Ho) explained
Our Lady of Apostles Girls Senior High School |
Other Name: | OLA Girls Senior High School |
Streetaddress: | Market Road, Ola, Ho |
Region: | Volta Region |
City: | Ho |
District: | Ho |
Country: | Ghana |
Pushpin Map: | Ghana |
Pushpin Mapsize: | 220 |
Oversight: | Ministry of Education |
Founder: | Bishop Anthony Konings |
Head Of School: | Benedicta A. Afesi |
Head Label: | Headmistress |
Classes Offered: | Home Economics, General Science, General Arts,Visual Arts, Business |
Gender: | Girls |
Schooltype: | All Girls School |
Language: | English |
Motto: | Vitam Praesta Puram |
Our Lady of Apostles Girls Senior High School is an all female second cycle institution in Ho in the Volta Region of Ghana.[1]
History
OLA Girls Senior High School was established on 1 February 1954 by Bishop Anthony Konings in Keta with 35 students. The school started from the borrowed premises of the convent boarding school for girls and the nearby middle school building which was converted into classrooms, dining hall and a dormitory block.[2]
Programs offered
- General Science
- Home Economics
- General Arts
- Business
- Visual Arts
Vision
Providing quality and holistic education for academic and moral excellence in a disciplined school environment through technology.[3]
Headmistresses
- Sr. Theodorus Fahy (1954–1976)
- Sr. Marie O’Driscoll (1976–1982)
- Sr. Mary Connaughton (1982–1983)
- Ms. Loretta MacCarthy (1983–1985)
- Sr. Regina Kampo, the first Ghanaian OLA Sister to head the school (1985–1997)
- Sr. Bernadette Kofitse (1997–1999)
- Mrs. Philomena Afeti (1999 – June 2010)
- Mrs. Benedicta A. Afesi (August 2010 – present)
Notable alumni
- Bernice Adiku-Heloo, MP Hohoe North and Deputy Minister Environment Science, Technology and Innovations
- Sefadzi Abena Amesu (popularly known as S3fa), Afrobeats / afro pop musician
- Felicia Edem Attipoe, aircraft marshaller
- Juliana Azumah-Mensah, MP and former Minister of State
- Kafui Danku, actress, movie producer and writer
- Agnes Dordzie, Justice of the Supreme Court of Ghana (2018–2022)
- Peace Adzo Medie, writer
- Harriet Sena Siaw-Boateng, Ghana's Permanent Representative to The European Union (2019–)
Notes and References
- Web site: Water crisis in Ho hits Ola Girls school hard. Allotey. Godwin Akweiteh. 2015-03-14. Ghana News. 2016-10-15.
- News: OLA @ 60 - Graphic Online - 2016. Frimpong. Enoch Darfah. Graphic Online. en-GB. 2016-10-15.
- News: Vision – OLA Senior High. 2017-02-06. en-US. https://web.archive.org/web/20170207051616/http://olashs.edu.gh/index.php/visi/. 2017-02-07. dead.