Did you know a group of Ɔdadeɛs are celebrating Mrs Akyeampong by naming a society in her honor? It is spearheaded by prominent members of the class of 1998--Edwin Amonoo (SPé) chairs the society with Emmanuel Akrong our class along with a wider membership drawn from all classes. Here is the customary website www.odadeeprofs.com. Let's quote from the nino's own mouth in 5 paragraphs:
The purpose of the Society of Odadee Professionals is to celebrate the culture of academic excellence among current and past students of Presec Legon;
Mobilize the diverse pool of Presecan and non-Presec talents around the world to support Odadee, non-Odadees and current students;
Present achievement scholarships to selected students in Presec and elsewhere. We currently are instituting an academic scholarship in honor of Mrs. C.S. Akyeampong. Recipients of this scholarship will have combined strong academic performance with the development of the arts;
Raise money and sponsor projects that will contribute to the development of Presec;
Promote the development of the Arts in Presec.
Just Married
Leonard Tagoe (with the solid backing of Ben Avle) has done it, so has Ebo Jackson! Let's hear an Amen!!
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Kwasi Appiah has started 2009 in very good standing--his family has grown to include Kwadwo Appiah--yours truly has seen pictures and yes we are proud!
If you have filla to share, do not hesitate to send it over to yours truly at paakwesi.imbeah AT odadee.org or fill out this form!
It is with great sorrow that I announce Seth Thompson's passing. He was a member of the 4x100m team that placed third in the inter-schools zonals in 2002. A group has been created to remember all our athletes - it's dedicated to those we have lost. Please join the "I WAS A PRESEC (LEGON) SPORTSMAN" facebook group, dedicated to Seth and Kwesi Debrah.
Oh my! I thought, well, we live in a decimal dominated culture so I guess the number '10' must be significant and shouldn't pass without mention.
Now everyone is certifiably a growee. No excuses. What are you doing with your life?
Let's run through some opinionated 10-year time-out notes: - If you wanted to run for president and are still living exile (economic or political) instead of where you are eligible to be president then my friend your time is running out. By this time you should be a district leader or planning to be one in the next year or two. Yes, I had to say it as I know many nurse lofty ambitions :)
- If you wanted to be a doctor/engineer/lawyer--the classic top 3 back in the bad old days, you are probably already are. But even if you aren't yet--you have plenty of time since there's no upper limit on age eligibility for these professions. Some are already planning to add even more academic degrees after their names. A word of caution here--letters after your name doesn't actually mean much to anyone except yourself. Most people measure you by your actual achievements not what you say you are capable of achieving.
- If you wanted to be a professor/teacher--in other words, the shapers of young minds, and the thinkers--then unless you're happy with taking the kidibubs and kidibabs through their 123s, you're probably still in school trying to finish that PhD. I say, finish hard! Hopefully in another 10 years you'll be on the tenure track and you'd have written some great papers about important topics or written a text book all our kiddies will use. Remember to befriend the artists--without them, your ideas might be lost to the culture which can best understand you.
- The businessmen--you are probably on your third business already; or you've made tons of cash from your first--and who will fault a man for sticking with a winning strategy. Remember to befriend the politicians. It's usually good for business.
- The artists. Now I must say that I don't remember anyone in my inner circle who wanted to do any more than dabble in the arts--but you guys are the important people. Novelists, playwrights, poets, columnists, coaches, designers. You inspire the rest of us to love, hate, happiness or sorrow. You make us proud or ashamed of ourselves. You mirror, reinterpret culture--our very way of life. Remember to befriend the academics--without them the best ideas in the culture will likely never be widely known. They'll probably still be speaking Latin when all we understand is Hausa--so help them to communicate with us the senior citizens :)
- The entertainers. Yeah--you've probably made your first million new Ghanaian cedis. If so, remember the artists--they come up with the jokes you use, the lyrics you sing, the product that you advertise... So remember them and make them happy--after all what's the football player without the coach? The actor without a script? You tell me...
- The senior citizens. You are hiding but doing your own thing small small. Some of you are already part of the fundraising committee for the church harvest. Others have started building a house for their parents and others have already finished that and started on their own. Kudos to you wherever you are and whatever good thing you are up to.
- The common floor members. Come on--the time for being spectators is over--jump into the action. It's time to decide on something to be known for and stop harassing those who want to look up to you for fish or other assorted tins. Buy your own flakes if you want to chill. Rev your own ride instead of crimping your mommy's style by always borrowing her ride. Or ride proudly in the front of a trosky like I do--at least you pay your fare with your own hard-earned cash so why not get the best view from the front?
Now the filla... In the 'Just Married' column (ok, relative to the last time you read these class notes:) )--in alphabetical order,
Emmanuel Akrong
Emmanuel Paa Kwesi Amos-Abanyie
Kobina Inkumsah
Daniel Kokroko
Paul Opare-Addo
Andrew Ofosu
... and many more who should be on this list but about whom I have no filla
In the "I'm passing on my genes" column I have no filla unfortunately. But send them along--we want to see pictures too of the little people. Take them to visit your old dorms--show them the bad old days and tell them about the great fun we had despite it all :)
In the "OK guys--I'm going ahead" column I also have no filla. And I don't want to have filla since it's almost certainly true that they're narrowing the living or we are narrowing them. And we all know that narrowing is not cool.
I'll leave you with a tribute to growth. You may remember this if you didn't swerve every Tuesday morning's service and singing.
And we soldier on...
Afehyia pa! PS: This is late because of Ghana's election--I planned to write this on December 7--fancy that.
Authorities of the Presbyterian Senior High School at Mampong-Akuapem in the Eastern Region have made an urgent appeal to government and the Ghana Education Service to assist the School rehabilitate its structures, which are in a deplorable state. The appeal was made by the Headmaster of the school, Rev. Sam Adjei.
He said, the school which started in 1991 under the Government Education Reform programme (ERP) has never received any assistance from the government. Rev. Adjei said, the school which started as a technical institute and Middle Girls Boarding school was later absorbed into the public school system to run five programmes visual Arts, General Science, Agricultural Science, Home economics and General Arts.
He said due to financial constraints the school has not been able to put up an assembly hall, additional girls dormitory, classroom blocks, staff bungalows and a common room. According to him the situation has compelled the school to use the dinning hall as an assembly hall, classroom and for church service.
Rev. Adjei said even though the school has started the construction of a three classroom block, it lacks funds to complete the project.He said the school now has a population of 542 of which 392 are in the boarding house with 40 teaching staff members.
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Source: GBC News Published on: Tuesday, 18, November, 2008
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like pilgrims we shall soon part with this land we trust the memories of our fight to enter this land of light
as guests we came in set lost in wonder at first the structures looked the least but shone beams very bright
the suffering grew fast regret filled our heart a choice we made in haste and the cause we thought was lost
little did we know it was all a feast preparing us for a coming flight the night was past assured our choice was right for God heard our plight
treading our land in comfort we soared from height to height pressing to keep the torch in sight with God our only might
in love He trained our heart in patience He trained our head in strength He trained our hand by Him many laurels we have sought none we have lost in Thy light we shall see lightlike pilgrims we shall soon part with this land we trust the memories of our fight to enter this land of light
as guests we came in set lost in wonder at first the structures looked the least but shone beams very bright
the suffering grew fast regret filled our heart a choice we made in haste and the cause we thought was lost
little did we know it was all a feast preparing us for a coming flight the night was past assured our choice was right for God heard our plight
treading our land in comfort we soared from height to height pressing to keep the torch in sight with God our only might
in love He trained our heart in patience He trained our head in strength He trained our hand by Him many laurels we have sought none we have lost in Thy light we shall see light
Etse Sikanku and Ato Ulzen-Appiah are pursuing a book publication about Mrs Charlotte Acheampong and her contributions to our life and the crafting of our success in one way or the other.
I humbly ask you to write a memoir/article/prose piece about how Mrs. Akyeampong shaped your life, including mutual encounters and activities. Try to keep the pieces to a maximum of two pages.
If you would rather not write something long - you can write a paragraph detailing your appreciation for Mrs. Acheampong or even a shorter message to her.
If you have any questions, or inquiries, feel free to email me at aulzenap@yahoo.com or Etse at sikanku2000@yahoo.com
Mrs. Akyeampong has since retired from Presec in February 2006 after over 30 years of meritorious service.
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