Accra High School is a Senior High school located in

Accra, Ghana Accra (; tw, Nkran; dag, Ankara; gaa, Ga or ''Gaga'') is the capital and largest city of Ghana, located on the southern coast at the Gulf of Guinea, which is part of the Atlantic Ocean. As of 2021 census, the Accra Metropolitan District, , ...

in West Africa. It initially started as a Boys School.

History

Accra High School was founded by the late Rev. James Thomas Roberts on 17 August 1923. The school, was located at beach avenue in Aayalolo, a suburb of Accra, Ghana. The school celebrated its first anniversary in August 1924 with a church service at the Holy Trinity Cathedral, Accra and the sermon was delivered by the Anglican Bishop of Accra, the late Dr. John Aglionby. Thus, there was a tie between the school and the

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. In 1924, the school entered its first candidates for the college of preceptors as well as for the

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, the royal society of Arts and Pitman's Shorthand Examinations in the

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. In 1926, most of the pupils sat and passed the junior Cambridge Examination. In that year, Mr. Frank Roberts, the eldest son of Rev. Roberts, joined the staff after graduating in Bachelor of Arts from the

. He worked hard to enhance the Academic and Disciplinary standard of the school in Accra. In 1927, the late J.O. Ansah Johnson became the first student to pass the Cambridge School Certificate Examination.

Clubs

*Interact *

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*Adinkra Drama Club *Readers, Writers and Debaters Club *Ghana Methodist Students Union(GHAMSU) *National Union of Presbyterian Students(NUPS-G) *Pentecost Students Association(PENSA) *School Choir *Regimental band *Cadet

References

* {{Ghana high schools Education in Accra Educational institutions established in 1923 High schools in Ghana 1923 establishments in Gold Coast (British colony)

History

Clubs

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