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St Rose's Senior High (Rosec or Roses) is a
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high school for girls, located in
Akwatia Akwatia is a town in Denkyembour, a district in the Eastern region of south Ghana and west of the Atewa Range in the Birim River basin. Akwatia has a 2013 settlement population of 23,766 people. Akwatia is the main center of diamond extractio ...
in the
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of
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. The second-cycle high school was founded in 1965 by the
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.


History

St Rose's Senior High School is one of the girls' schools in the Eastern Region being managed by the Catholic Church. St. Rose's Senior High School (Formerly St. Roses Secondary School) was founded in November 1965 by the Dominican Sisters from
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, Germany. The Dominican founding Sisters were; Rev. Sr. Victricia Koch, who was then the Superior General of the Dominican Sisters in Ghana; Rev. Sr. Beatrix Koob, Rev. Sr. Zita Simon and Rev. Sr. Solamen Ott. They were brought to Ghana by the Most Reverend Bishop Joseph Oliver Bowers, the then Bishop of the Accra Diocese of the Catholic Church. The school first started as a teacher training college with 80 students but in September 1969, the teacher training college was changed over into a secondary school with the initial enrollment of 72 students. Barima Kofi Bempong II, the then chief of Akwatia, the Akwatia Traditional Council and the Akwatia Town Development Committee passed a resolution that gave birth to the establishment of the school.


Alliance

The school has an ongoing alliance with its fellow Roman Catholic boys' school
St. Peter's Boys Senior Secondary School St. Peter's Senior High School, or PERSCO, is a Roman Catholic boys' senior high school in the Eastern Region of Ghana. The school was established in 1957 by the Divine Word Missionaries (SVD). The school is located in the town of Nkwa ...
(called Sperosa).


Competitions

They have been competing in the
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over the years.


Notable alumni

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Marietta Brew Appiah-Oppong Marietta Brew Appiah-Oppong (born in Tema), is a Ghanaian female legal practitioner and a former Attorney General of Ghana and Minister for Justice of Ghana. She was appointed by President Mahama in 2013. She is the second woman to hold this o ...
, lawyer and politician * Eureka Emefa Adomako, botanist, researcher and academic *
Abena Amoah Abena Amoah is one of Ghana's leading female investment bankers and financial advisors. On July 15, 2020, she was appointed as the Deputy Managing Director of the Ghana Stock Exchange. In this position Ms. Amoah is responsible for the operational a ...
, investment banker *
Francisca Oteng-Mensah Francisca Oteng-Mensah (born 14 February 1993) is a member of parliament of the New Patriotic Party for the Kwabre East Constituency and was known as the youngest parliamentarian of the fourth republic of Ghana at the time of her election in 2 ...
, politician *
Patricia Obo-Nai Patricia Obo-Nai is a Ghanaian engineer, the first Ghanaian to become Chief Executive Officer of Vodafone Ghana. Her appointment on 19 February 2019 took effect on 1 April 2019. She is a member of the Ghana Institution of Engineers, (GHIE) and Vo ...
, Vodafone Ghana/CEO *
Nana Ama Dokua Asiamah Adjei Oheneba Nana Ama Dokua Asiamah-Adjei (born 24 July 1982) is a Ghanaian politician and the member of parliament for Akropong Constituency in the Eastern Region. She is a member of the New Patriotic Party and is currently the Ghanaian deputy minis ...
, politician *
Nana Anima Wiafe-Akenten Nana Anima Wiafe-Akenten is a Ghanaian media practitioner and the Head of the Akan-Nzema Department of the College of Languages Education, Ajumako Campus of the University of Education, Winneba in Ghana. She is the first person to receive a doctor ...
, media practitioner and academic *
Sandra "Alexandrina" Don-Arthur Sandra Don-Arthur (born 22 April 1980) also known as ''Alexandrina'' in the showbiz industry is a professional makeup artist and Vlogger from Ghana. She is the founder and C.E.O of Alexiglam Studio, a Ghanaian makeup and beauty company that pro ...
, International Makeup artist and beauty mogul *
Marian Asantewah Nkansah Marian Asantewah Nkansah is a Ghanaian environmental chemist. Her research work focuses on finding solutions to environmental problems associated with levels and fate of toxic substances such as heavy/trace metals, persistent organic pollutants ...
FGA, environmental chemist *
Sandra Opoku Sandra Opoku is a Ghanaian lawyer. In 2019, after her appointment into office by Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, she became the first female director of the Tema Port. She was formerly the general manager for the legal division of the Ghana Ports an ...
, acting director of Ghana Ports *
Phyllis Osei Phyllis Ama Tebuah Osei is a Ghanaian superintendent police officer. In November 2018, she was adjudged the United Nations Female Police Officer of the Year Award, formerly known as the International Female Police Peacekeeper Award in recognition ...
, police officer *
Caryn Agyeman Prempeh Caryn Agyeman Prempeh is a Ghanaian medical practitioner and television presenter. she is the founder of CERVIVA Ghana. Education Caryn is the daughter of Asantehene, Otumfuo Nana Osei Tutu II King of Asante. She was named after her paternal ...
, medical practitioner and television personality


See also

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Education in Ghana Before the arrival of European settlers, who introduced a formal education system addressed to the elites, education in Ghana was mainly informal and based on apprenticeship. Economic activities in pre-colonial Ghana were based on farm produce ...
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List of senior high schools in Ghana This is a list of category b Senior High Schools in Ghana by region. Ashanti Region There are more than 180 Senior High Schools in the region. Bono, Bono East & Ahafo Regions Central Region Eastern Region Greater Accra Region ...
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Roman Catholicism in Ghana Roman or Romans most often refers to: *Rome, the capital city of Italy *Ancient Rome, Roman civilization from 8th century BC to 5th century AD *Roman people, the people of ancient Rome *'' Epistle to the Romans'', shortened to ''Romans'', a lette ...
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Women in Ghana The status of women in Ghana and their roles in Ghanaian society has changed over the past few decades. There has been a slow increase in the political participation of Ghanaian women throughout history. Women are given equal rights under the Co ...


References

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