Profile of Accra Academy

Bubuashie Accra Academy Crest
Information
Type	Academy
Established	July 20, 1931
School district	Accra Metropolitan District.
Principal	Mr. Samuel Ofori-Adjei
Staff	45 (non-teaching)
Faculty	75
Grades	Forms' (1–3)
Enrollment	Yearly
Number of students	2300
Campus type	Urban.
Color(s)	Yellow      and blue
Slogan	Bleoo
Athletics	Track and field
Athletics conference	2nd Cycle Schools and Colleges Sports Federation Festival (zonal athletics, super-zonal athletics)
Mascot	Lion
Nickname	Little Legon
Affiliation	St. Mary's Senior High School
Information	Address: P. O. Box GP 501, Accra, Ghana.
Website	accraacademy.edu.gh

K. G. Konuah hall

S.S Sackey Block

Aglionby library

Administration Block

Curriculum

81st Anniversary Science Exhibition

The programmes run in the academy are: General Arts, General Science, Agriculture, Business and Visual Arts. As part of their computerized school selection and placement system registration, final year Junior High school applicants select four Elective courses. Unlike Elective courses, core courses are offered to all students, irrespective of their programme of study.The core courses in the academy are: English language, core mathematics, social studies, integrated science, ICT core and physical education, however, students are only examined both internally and externally as well, in the first five aforementioned courses.

Academic performance

The Accra Academy maintains a high academic standard and has over the years been ranked among the best performing Senior High schools in Ghana. The acadamy over the years  has been listed among six other schools in the Greater Accra Region, which had 60% or more of its candidates qualifying for tertiary education. In a survey, the academy was listed among secondary schools in Ghana that contribute 50% or more of its students to universities.

School life

Facilities

The Accra Academy is one of 34 schools in Ghana established before Ghana attained its independence from Britain.From among these 34 schools, the Accra Academy is one of 20 schools recognised by the Ghana Education service as a category A school, based on the number and type of facilities that the school maintains. Some of these facilities include: an assembly hall, a basketball court, a boarding house, a bookshop, a cafeteria, a clinic, a Guidance and counselling centre, a dining hall, a football park, a Gymnasium, an interact square, an information and communications technology centre, a library, a Physics Laboratory, a Chemistry Laboratory, a Biology Laboratory, a science resource centre, Staff bungalows, a lecture theatre, an administration block, a Business classroom block, a General Arts classroom block, a General Science classroom block, a Visual Arts classroom block and a volleyball court.

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  Science Resource Centre
  
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  Dining hall
  
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  Accra Academy campus
  
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  Accra Academy park
  

Halls of Residence

Nana Akuako Sarpong hall

The academy has eight Halls of Residence. They are as follows; Alema, Awuletey, Ellen, Halm Addo. The remaining four halls were inaugurated as part of the school's 83rd Founders’ Day Celebration in 2014. They are named after the following prominent alumni; Nana Akuako Sarpong, Rt. Hon. Peter Ala Adjetey (a.k.a. Nana Otoafom Bekoe), Nana Wereko Ampem II, Nana Awuah Darko Ampem.
Each hall is supervised by a Hall-master while a Senior Hall-master serves as a liaison between all four halls of residence. Hall-prefects assist Hall-masters in the performance of their official duties and have a general responsibility to maintain order in their Halls.
Hall-masters are not resident in the Halls they supervise but rather housed in Staff bungalows on the school's premises, on the other hand, Hall-prefects reside in the Halls in which they exercise jurisdiction. Each Hall of Residence contains a bedroom, storage room, ironing room, Prefects’ cubicle and a washroom.
Each academic year, the Administrators of the academy organise athletics competitions between the members of the four Halls of Residence as a way of building up rapport among students. These inter-Hall athletic competitions also serve as an avenue for the academy's sports trainers to select students with outstanding sports qualities who are can represent the academy in external sports competitions. The school's first halls of residence are as follows while the remaining halls .

Associations and clubs

Students in the Accra Academy are involved in Extracurricular activities through their membership in school associations and clubs, some of which include:

• Alzheimer's Foundation of America (Youth wing).
• Cadet Corp
• Campus Ministry.

• Debaters Club
• Drama Club
• Geography Club
• German Club
• Ghana Nation Association of Business Students [GNABS]
• Ghana United Nations Students and Youth Association (GUNSA).

• Global Teenager Project (Ghana).
• Head of State Award Scheme
• HIV/AIDS Kickers Youth club.
• Investment Club
• Junior Achievement Club.

• Pan-African Club
• Rotaract Club
• Scrabble Club.^[47]
• Scripture Union
• Students Representation Council – S R C
• Students World Assembly.
• The Earth and Wildlife Club.

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