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The Huddle Class of Ideologue
What a name they chose to call their year group. The first time I heard members of the class of 2009 debating about what name to call their class, I wondered from a distance what they would come up with, whilst some of the boys wanted “the surprise class of 2009”, the ladies on [...]
Mayflower Junior High School Prepares for 2009 B.E.C.E
All too soon, we are preparing another batch of Junior High School pupils for the 2008/2009 B.E.C.E which commence on the 20th of April 2009. Fifteen pupils from Mayflower Junior High School will take part in the examination. But the question is; would they make their first choice school? Management and teachers have done [...]
Mayflower Re-opens for the Second Term of the 2008/2009 Academic Year
All too soon, vacation is over and we are back for another new term. It’s my prayer that God would guide and protect us in this year of change. A lot has happened whilst we were on vacation, elections were held, there was a re-run and the last election at Tain constituency decided the winner [...]
Should the Senior High School Revert Back to Three Years?
A lot is being said about the duration of the Senior High School, whilst the NPP government changed the program to four years to allow adequate preparation of candidates for the West African Certificate Examination, the new government stated in its manifesto that it would change it back to three years. But was the [...]
Mayflower Preparatory School Ranked The Best School in Tema Municipality.
For the first time in the history of the school, Mayflower Preparatory School, Bastonaa has been ranked the best school in Tema Municipality based on the 2008 B.E.C.E results. The school continues to improve on it performance every year. When our first batch of candidates wrote their B.E.C.E in 2006, most of the students did [...]
Mayflower Preparatory School, in collaboration with two other schools win Debate
Mayflower Prep. School, in collaboration with Firm Foundation and Grace Academy School has won a debate on the topic “Stigmatisation of AIDS patient kills faster than HIV/AIDS”. The debate which was organized by Youth Link Ghana “a non-governmental organization” took place at Christ the King School, Accra. Eight zones comprising of three schools [...]
Computer Selection and School Placement, Cut off Mark for Some Senior High Schools
The computer selection of B.E.C.E candidates into Senior High School has come to stay despite the initial problems encountered when it was initially introduced. Placement of candidates is done based on their raw marks in the four core subjects (Mathematics, English Language, Integrated Science and Social studies) and two highest scoring subjects out of the remaining [...]
Choosing a Course at the Senior High School
What course should my ward offer at the senior high school? I have heard parents making remarks which suggest they are having trouble in deciding what course their ward/s should offer at the senior high school level. But who should make that decision? Is it the parents, the teachers or the students? I sincerely [...]
2008 Graduands made First Class Senior High Schools
The class of the intellectuals, as they tagged themselves have lived up to their name. Not only did they produce one of the best B.E.C.E. results nationwide, they have also made first class senior high schools. RESULT AND PLACEMENT TO SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL NAME OF CANDIDATE NO OF ONES AGGREGATE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL PLACED MARIAM [...]
School Re-opens for 2008/2009 Academic Year
School will reopen tomorrow the first of September, 2008. A lot of activities is scheduled to take place this term. It’s my prayer that all stakeholders involved in ensuring that standard of education is maintained play their role. On the 6th of September, the first general PTA meeting for the 2008/2009 academic year would be [...]