OLA Girls Senior High School (Ho)

Our Lady of Apostles Girls Senior High School
Address
Market Road, Ola, Ho Volta Region Ho Ghana
Coordinates	6°37′11″N0°28′01″E / 6.61966°N 0.46706°E / 6.61966; 0.46706
Information
Other name	OLA Girls Senior High School
School type	All Girls School
Motto	Vitam Praesta Puram
Founder	Bishop Anthony Konings
School district	Ho
Oversight	Ministry of Education
Head of school	Benedicta A. Afesi
Gender	Girls
Classes offered	Home Economics, General Science, General Arts, Visual Arts, Business
Language	English

Our Lady of Apostles Girls Senior High School is an all female second cycle institution in Ho in the Volta Region of Ghana. ^[1]

History

OLA Girls Senior High School was established on 1 February 1954 by Bishop Anthony Konings in Keta with 35 students. The school started from the borrowed premises of the convent boarding school for girls and the nearby middle school building which was converted into classrooms, dining hall and a dormitory block. ^[2]

Programs offered

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

Vision

Providing quality and holistic education for academic and moral excellence in a disciplined school environment through technology. ^[3]

Headmistresses

• Sr. Theodorus Fahy (1954–1976)
• Sr. Marie O’Driscoll (1976–1982)
• Sr. Mary Connaughton (1982–1983)
• Ms. Loretta MacCarthy (1983–1985)
• Sr. Regina Kampo, the first Ghanaian OLA Sister to head the school (1985–1997)
• Sr. Bernadette Kofitse (1997–1999)
• Mrs. Philomena Afeti (1999 – June 2010)
• Mrs. Benedicta A. Afesi (August 2010 – 2017)

Notable alumni

• Bernice Adiku-Heloo, MP Hohoe North and Deputy Minister Environment Science, Technology and Innovations
• Sefadzi Abena Amesu (popularly known as S3fa), Afrobeats / afro pop musician
• Felicia Edem Attipoe, aircraft marshaller
• Juliana Azumah-Mensah, MP and former Minister of State
• Kafui Danku, actress, movie producer and writer
• Agnes Dordzie, Justice of the Supreme Court of Ghana (2018–2022)
• Peace Adzo Medie, writer
• Harriet Sena Siaw-Boateng, Ghana's Permanent Representative to the European Union (2019–)
• Afi Kpodo, Ghanaian actress and entrepreneur

References

1. Allotey, Godwin Akweiteh (2015-03-14). "Water crisis in Ho hits Ola Girls school hard". Ghana News. Retrieved 2016-10-15.
2. Frimpong, Enoch Darfah. "OLA @ 60 - Graphic Online - | 2016". Graphic Online. Retrieved 2016-10-15.
3. "Vision – OLA Senior High". Archived from the original on 2017-02-07. Retrieved 2017-02-06.

External links

• Official website ^{[ dead link ‍]}