St. Peter's Senior High School, or PERSCO, is a

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boys' senior high school in the Eastern Region of

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. The school was established in 1957 by the

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(SVD). The school is located in the town of Nkwatia Kwahu on the Kwahu Ridge.

Academics Facilities

The academic side of the school, popularly referred to as the Class Side, is the site of classroom blocks, science laboratories, a computer laboratory, quiz room and administration block. The classroom blocks house the

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, Business, Visual Arts and General Arts classes . The laboratories are used for science practicals for the mandatory science courses of

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and Chemistry.

Dormitories

The school has five dormitory blocks housing six houses named after

saints who were associated with

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or Black people.

Academics

The school offers four programs of studies - Visual Arts, General Arts,

and Business. Until the introduction of the computerized placement system by the government for the placement of junior high graduates into secondary schools, the school conducted placement examinations for its first years. The placement test was to make sure only the best students were selected to the science programs.

Sports

There is a football pitch, athletics oval,

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and

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courts,

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pitch, and

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courts. Students have gone on to represent the Kwahu zone in the Super-Zonal sports festivals. The school has produced the best basketball players in the Kwahu zone. Between 2000 and 2004 the school was the sole representative of the Kwahu zone in basketball at the Super Zonal games.

Features

Palm plantation

The school has two large palm plantations; one at the entrance of the school and the other at the mid-eastern side of the school. Apart from being a free source of palm fruits used to feed the student body, the plantation at the entrance also serves as a place where students receive and entertain their visitors.

School chapel

The chapel building can accommodate the entire student population. Sunday mass is attended by the student body and Catholic staff members. Catholic residents of the township also worship in the chapel. There are visits from the Bishop of the Koforidua Diocese under which the parish falls. Mass is officiated by the School Chaplain and sometimes by other priests who are usually members of the teaching staff.

School crocodiles

The school has two crocodiles which are considered as important components in the school's tapestry. The crocodiles are almost like the school's mascots and also serve as a tourist attraction to many first time visitors; most visitors visit the crocodile enclosure first before undertaking other businesses at the school premises. The welfare of the crocodiles is the responsibility of the school's wildlife club.

Notable alumni

Ken Attafuah Kenneth Agyeman Attafuah is a licensed Ghanaian criminologist, mediator, management consultant, and human rights advocate. He is a member of the New Patriotic Party of Ghana. Since January 2017 he serves as the Head of the National Identification ...

- Ghanaian criminologist and head of the

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Osei Kyei Mensah Bonsu Osei Kyei Mensah Bonsu (previously known as Lawrence Addae and born on 3 February 1957) is a Ghanaian urban planner and politician. He is currently the majority leader in the Ghanaian Parliament and also the Minister Designate for Parliamentar ...

- Majority leader of parliament and Minister of Parliamentary affairs * Professor Ebenezer Oduro Owusu-Vice Chancellor of the

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*Dr. Anthony Nsiah Asare - Director General,

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*Dr. Archibald Letsa - Volta Regional Minister of Ghana *

Kwaku Kwarteng Kwaku Agyemang Kwarteng (born February 12, 1969) is a Ghanaian civil engineer, economist, and politician. He is a two term Member of Parliament for Obuasi West constituency in the Ashanti Region of Ghana. He is a member of Ghana's New Patriot ...

- Deputy Minister of Finance, Ghana *

Kwabena Kwabena George Kwabena Adu (born 17 October 1981) is a Ghanaian musician, guitarist, and an accomplished draftsman. His name, Kwabena Kwabena depicts the two vocations he is presently in, first as Kwabena, the draftsman, and Kwabena, the contemporary hig ...

- Highlife Musician *

John Ofori-Tenkorang John Ofori-Tenkorang is a Ghanaian public servant, an investment banker, an engineer and an academic. He is currently the Director General of Social Security and National Insurance Trust (SSNIT). Early life and education Ofori-Tenkorang had ...

- Director General of the

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(SSNIT) * Selorm Adadevoh - chief executive officer of MTN Ghana, a subsidiary of

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Magnom Joseph Bulley, known professionally as Magnom, is a Ghanaian record producer and recording artist , who produces music ranging from Hiphop, dancehall, and Afrobeats. He gained the attention of Ghanaians after he produced the song "illuminati" ...

- Musician and Music Producer * Gilbert Asante- Ghanaian Photographer

References

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