Aggrey Memorial A.M.E. Zion Senior High School
| Aggrey Memorial A.M.E. Zion Senior High School | |
|---|---|
| Address | |
| P. O. Box 189, Cape Coast, Moree Hill, Ghana | |
| Coordinates | 5°8′14″N 1°13′11″W / 5.13722°N 1.21972°WCoordinates: 5°8′14″N 1°13′11″W / 5.13722°N 1.21972°W |
| Information | |
| Type | Public Secondary/High School |
| Motto | Semper Optimo Nitere |
| Established | 22 January 1940 |
| Founder | Dr. A. W. E. Appiah |
| Headmaster | Rev. Franklin Koranteng Boadu |
| Staff | 200+ |
| Grades | Form 1 - Form 3 |
| Gender | Mixed, Coeducational |
| Enrollment | 2,323 |
| Campus size | Large |
| Campus type | Rural |
| Houses |
Watson Pinanko Casford Enchill Lucille Segbefia Katherine Aikens New House |
| Color(s) | Purple and Yellow |
| Mascot | Golden Eagle |
| Nickname | Bridge City |
| Affiliation | African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church |
| Anthem | Aggrey Memorial Ode |
| Website | www |
Aggrey Memorial A.M.E. Zion senior high School is a publicly supported Coeducational senior high school in Cape Coast, Ghana. It provides students in forms 1 through 4 a rigorous preparatory education with the aim of passing the WASSCE. The school has distinguished itself as a leading secondary school by placing a high premium on educating students in the Arts and Sciences.
The school was founded on 22 January 1940 by the late Rev. Dr. A. W. E. Appiah with six boys. He named the school Aggrey Memorial College after his late uncle, Dr. James Emman Kwegyir Aggrey*. His aim was to perpetuate the memory of his uncle by means of an institution, which would give young boys and girls adequate secondary education which would fit them into higher fields of learning. The School is thus a living tribute to that great son of Africa - - Dr. Kwegyir Aggrey.
During the first few years, the school occupied, successively, buildings in the heart of Cape Coast township, in the Central Region of Ghana. The first home was "Tandon Kuma", House Number 39, Jukwa Road which also serve as the Headmaster's residence. The rent was two pounds (£2) five shillings (5sh) a month. In April, 1940, with an enrolment of ten boys. The school moved to "Bucknor Villa" with rent of two pounds a month. Due to unhealthy conditions, the school moved to yet another house rented by a football team. This was on 1 November. The rent this time was six shillings, and there were 20 boys – nine of them were in the preparatory class.
The School went on the first Christmas holidays on 10 December 1940 and resumed on 21 January 1941 to meet another misfortune. Just a day to the re-opening, the football team decided not to share the premises with them. The second year was therefore started in the Headmaster's residence in House Number 40 on Royal Lane with nine boys which later decreased to five in the second term.
Dark ominous clouds gathered but the school stood firm. The year 1942 ended with the school well shaken and battered but the founder was undaunted. On 8 February 1943, the school moved to a new house (No. C50/1, Commissioner Road) owing to the growing number of students. The rent was three pounds, five shillings per month. The founder established the primary and intermediary section of the school in this year to buttress the Secondary Department.
On 1 October 1943, with an enrolment well beyond two hundred students, the top section of the school (i.e. Standard 3, Intermediate and Secondary Department) moved to the sixth home of the school at Old Swanzy Factory at No.1 Royal Lane, which belonged to the United African Company (UAC).
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