St. Thomas Aquinas Senior High School

St. Thomas Aquinas Senior High School is a Ghanaian public day senior high school for boys in the Osu, district of Accra in the Greater Accra Region. The school is currently located in Cantonments, a suburb of Accra. It was established to provide education for boys of the Accra Archdiocese of the Catholic Church whose parents could not afford the then cost of sending their male children to boarding schools. It was established in 1952.

For other schools with a similar name, see St. Thomas Aquinas High School.

St. Thomas Aquinas Senior High School
Front view of St. Thomas Aquinas Senior High School
Location
Cantonments Street

Osu, Accra, Greater Accra Region

Ghana
Coordinates6.663°N 1.645°W / 6.663; -1.645
Information
TypePublic senior high day school
MottoVeritas Liberat
(The truth shall set you free)
Patron saint(s)Saint Thomas Aquinas
Established15 January 1952 (1952-01-15)
Head of schoolPaul Kwesi Amoasi Baidoo
GradesSenior secondary years 1–3
GenderBoys
Number of students2100
Campus size1000 by 100 square meters
Campus typeSuburban
Houses4
Color(s)   blue and yellow
SloganBeebɛ
Song"We students of Aquinas, in striving for perfection"
AthleticsBasketball, soccer, short- and long-distance sprinting and handball
AffiliationRoman Catholic Church
Websitewww.saintaquinasschool.com

Location

In September 1963, the school relocated to its present permanent site at Cantonment Street, Osu.

The school is situated opposite the European Union offices and the Civil Service Training School, laying between the Cantonment Police Station to its south and The Embassy of Togo to its north, with close proximity to the prime area of the commercial and administrative hub of Osu's Oxford Street.

Academics

The school runs nine streams and five academic programmes.

Programs

Affiliation

Aquinas has ties with its sister school, Accra Girls Senior High School, with a strong bond of students' association, which is aimed at sharing entertainments, social activities, and educational exchange, called STAAGA (St. Thomas Aquinas Accra Girls Association).

Motto and slogan

The school's motto is Veritas Liberat, meaning "The truth sets you free", is a Latin variant of Veritas vos liberabit from the Gospel of John chapter 8 verse 32.

Its slogan is "beebɛ", a word in Ghana's native Ga language, meaning "There is no time to waste " or "waste no time".

Awards

For three consecutive years, 1972, 1973, 1974, the school led West Africa in the Advanced Level Certificate Examination according to statistical figures from the Education Ministry. In 2004, the school won the world cadet championship held in London. In 2013, the school was deemed the Overall Best High School in Ghana. The same year, 2013, the school won the National Science and Maths Quiz Competition.

The school won the National Science and Maths Quiz in 2013. St. Thomas Aquinas SHS is the only exclusively day school to have won the trophy.

In 2013, the school came first in the maiden edition of the Science and Technology Fair organized by the Young Educators Foundation (YEF), an education oriented non-governmental organization. In 2017, the school won the National Science and Technology Fair now sponsored by the government after a four-year hiatus.

The school won the Moot Court Competition for the first time the program was introduced to the second educational cycle.

The school emerged winners of the 2019 Gender Inequality Debate.

Chronological list of headmasters
NamePeriod
Rev. Fr. A. ElsberndJanuary 1952 – March 1954
Rev. Fr. C. HotzeApril 1954 – April 1956
Rev. Fr. J. MckillipMay 1956 – August 1957
Rev. Fr. E. DatigSeptember 1957 – September 1958
Rev. Fr. M. LessageJuly 1958 – September 1968
Rev. Fr. J. MckillipSeptember 1968 – June 1978
Mr. D. D. DumfehSeptember 1978 – August 1980
Mr. C. K. KoomsomOctober 1980 – September 1985
Rev. Fr. S. K. BatsaSeptember 1985 – January 2003
Mr. F. K. BebliSeptember 2003 – March 2010
Francis AhiaforMarch 2010 – 2013
James Dapaah Asamoah2013–2016
Cyril Kwadzo DadeyJanuary 2016 – August 2018
Paul Amoasi BaidooNovember 2018 to date

Notable alumni

See also

References
  1. "St. Thomas Aquinas Senior High, Cantoments Programs | SchoolsInGh.com". schoolsInGh. Retrieved 4 September 2023.
  2. Quartey, Daniel (7 November 2018). "Abel Manomey - The Ghanaian footballer who values education more than football". Yen.com.gh. Retrieved 19 April 2021.
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