St Rose’s Senior High (Akwatia): History, Programmes And Many More

St. Rose’s Senior High, also called Rosec or Roses, is a public Catholic high school for girls in Ghana’s Eastern Region. It is in Akwatia.  The Dominican Sisters set up the second-cycle high school in 1965.

Type	Public high school
Motto	Latin: Veritas (Truth)
Religious affiliation(s)	Catholicism
Denomination	Dominican Order
Established	1965 (57 years ago)
Founder	Dominican Sisters
Sister school	St. Peter’s Boys Senior Secondary School
School district	Denchembour District
Oversight	Ministry of Education
Headmistress	Marian Jackson
Gender	Girls
Age	14 to 18
Number of students	1,014
Classes offered	General arts, home economics, science
Language	English
Houses	6
Color(s)	Blue and white
Slogan	Truth and responsibility
Nickname	Rosec

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HISTORY

The Catholic Church runs some schools for girls in the Eastern Region. One of these schools is St. Rose’s Senior High School. The Dominican Sisters from Speyer, Germany, opened St. Rose’s Senior High School (which used to be called St. Rose’s Secondary School) in November 1965.  Rev. Sr. Victricia Koch, who was in charge of the Dominican Sisters in Ghana at the time, Rev. Sr. Beatrix Koob, Rev. Sr. Zita Simon, and Rev. Sr. Solamen Ott were the first Dominican Sisters. Most Reverend Bishop Joseph Oliver Bowers, who was at the time the Bishop of the Catholic Church’s Accra Diocese, brought them to Ghana.

The school started out as a college for training teachers, with 80 students. In September 1969, the college became a secondary school with 72 students. The school was started when Barima Kofi Bempong II, who was the chief of Akwatia at the time, the Akwatia Traditional Council, and the Akwatia Town Development Committee passed a resolution.

They have been competing in the Ghana National Science and Maths Quiz over the years.

COURSES OFFERED AT St. Rose’s SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL (SHS)

The courses available will be mentioned alongside their elective subjects. Keep in mind that each course’s core subjects are Core Mathematics, English Language, Social Studies, and Integrated Science. The following is the course’s overview:

The courses offered at St. Rose’s Senior High School are listed below

1. Home economics
2. General Art
3. General Science

COURSES WITH ELECTIVE SUBJECTS

Find below all the courses and their elective subjects to help you make good choices while entering St. Rose’s Senior High School (SHS)

GENERAL SCIENCE ELECTIVE SUBJECTS

1. Physics
2. Chemistry
3. Elective mathematics
4. Biology

GENERAL ARTS ELECTIVE SUBJECTS

1. Literature in English
2. French
3. Economics
4. Geography
5. History government and
6. Religious studies

BUSINESS ELECTIVE SUBJECTS

1. Accounting
2. Business management
3. Economics
4. Principle of costing or elective mathematics and
5. French

VISUAL ARTS ELECTIVE SUBJECTS

1. General knowledge in arts
2. Textile
3. Graphic design
4. Literature in English
5. French economics basketry
6. Leatherwork
7. Picture making
8. Ceramics and
9. Sculpture

HOME ECONOMICS ELECTIVE SUBJECTS

1. Management in living
2. Food and nutrition
3. General knowledge in arts
4. Textile
5. Economics and
6. French

St Rose’s Senior High is a category A school, very competitive in terms of placement, and it is also over-subscribed during school selection by BECE graduates.