Profile Of Aburi Girls’ SHS; Achievements, Courses, Alumni

Aburi Girls’ Senior High School is an all-girls senior high boarding school located south of Aburi in the Eastern Region of Ghana

DATE FOUNDED

The school was founded in 1946.

COLOURS

The main colours of the school are yellow and Green.

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CATEGORY

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HOUSES

• Aberdeen House
• Irene Anderson House
• Sylvia Asempa House
• Barradale House
• Chapel House
• Edinburgh House
• Kilsyth House
• Royal Park House

ACADEMIC PROGRAMMES/COURSES

• Business
• Visual Arts
• Home Economics
• General Science
• General Arts

ACHIEVEMENTS

Between 2011 and 2015, the school cleared the top awards in two categories in the West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) winning Best in Mathematics and Science. Also in 2015, the school won the three top awards in the National Best School and Best Teacher Awards for the Senior High School Division for the Eastern Region.

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Notable Alumni

1. Akosua Adomako Ampofo, Ghanaian academic, sociologist and professor of Gender studies and African studies at the University of Ghana
2. Senyuiedzorm Awusi Adadevoh, photojournalist
3. Vida Akoto-Bamfo, justice of the Supreme Court of Ghana (2009 – 2019)
4. Gloria Akuffo.
5. Sylvia Anie, chemist, Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry,[6] received an award from the Old Students Association of Aburi Girls’ Senior High School recognizing her contributions to scientific knowledge.
6. Francisca Ashietey-Odunton, journalist, broadcaster and diplomat
7. Ivy Barley, Ghanaian entrepreneur
8. Veronica Bekoe, Ghanaian Biological scientist, inventor of Veronica Bucket
9. Abena Brigidi, investment analyst author and speaker
10. Esi Awuah, Ghanaian academic;foundation vice chancellor of the University of Energy and Natural Resources, Ghana
11. Matilda Baffour Awuah, Security expert, former Director General of the Ghana Prisons Service
    Christine Alexandra Clerk, physician and epidemiologist
12. Nuong Faalong, Ghanaian journalist, activist, and actress
13. Elsie Effah Kaufmann, current Host of the National Science and Math Quiz and biomedical engineering scholar
14. Lovelace Johnson, active Justice of the Supreme Court of Ghana (2019–)
15. Ofie Kodjoe, American-Ghanaian singer, actress, radio presenter and motivational speaker
16. Cynthia Lamptey, Deputy Special Prosecutor
17. Deloris Frimpong Manso, entrepreneur, television and radio show host, producer, public speaker and Women’s Advocate
18. Ernestina Naadu Mills, educator and former First Lady of Ghana
    Ellen Serwaa Nee-Whang, retired Ghanaian diplomat
19. Abena Oduro, Vice Dean of the Faculty of Social Science at the University of Ghana
20. Rose Constance Owusu, justice of the Supreme Court of Ghana (2008 – 2014)
21. Akosua Adoma Perbi, Ghanaian author and history professor
22. Cina Soul, singer-songwriter and recording artist
23. Johanna Odonkor Svanikier, diplomat
24. Theresa Amerley Tagoe, Ghanaian politician