GHANA INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL GRAND DURBAR (United Nations & National Costume Day) FRIDAY 23RD OCTOBER, 2015 PRIMARY SCHOOL SPORTS FIELD CONTENTS About The Celebration Of The United Nations And National Costume Day At Programme Ghana International School 03 Board Of Directors & Management Team 04 1. Arrival of Guests Welcome Remarks 2. Opening by MCs Chairman Of The Board 05 Mr. Abloso Welcome Message From Principal Teacher, Secondary School Dr. Mary Ashun, Incoming Principal 07 Mr. Painstil Manasseh Senior Teacher, Infant School Secretary-General’s Message Regarding Mrs. Donna Gordon- Apeagyei The 70Th Anniversary Of The United Nations 08 Principal Teacher and AVP Infant School Guest Of Honour, Mr. Tirso Dos-Santos Alexander Bechtold, Upper Sixth Form Student, Unesco Representative 09 Secondary School Guest Of Honour 3. School Parade of Nations (Current Nations Represented at GIS) Mrs. Betty Mould-Iddrisu 10 1. Infant/Nursery Guest Of Honour 2. Junior Honourable Mr. Joe Ghartey Esq.mp 11 3. Secondary Goodwill Messages 11-18 4. The Ghana National Anthem Student And Staff Nationalities Represented 5. Welcome Address by in the Ghana International School Dr. Mary Ashun, Incoming Principal of GIS as at the 2015/2016 Academic Year 21 6. Goodwill Message by History Of Mr. Kwame Pianim, Board Chairman Ghana International School 22 7. Performance by Infant School Ghana International School 8. Introduction of Guest of Honour, Honourable Mr. Joe Guiding Statements Ghartey Esq., by Junior School Pupil Our Educational Objectives: 26 9. Address by Honourable Mr. Joe Ghartey Esq.,MP, GIS Alumnus 10. Performance by Junior School 60th Anniversary Celebrations 11. Introduction of Guest of Honour, Mrs. Betty Mould- Iddrisu, by Lower Secondary Student PLANNING COMMITTEE 12. Address by Mrs. Betty Mould- Iddrisu, GIS Alumna The Board Representative/ 13. Secondary School Performance GIS@60Chairperson 14. Introduction of Guest of Honour, Mr. Tirso Dos-Santos, Mrs. Estelle Appiah by Upper Secondary Student Management Representative 15. Address by Mr. Tirso Dos-Santos, UNESCO and Vice Chairperson Representative Dr. Mary Ashun 16. Anniversary Flash Mob Performance SSWA Representative Mr. Silas Abloso, 17. Vote of Thanks by Mr. Sean Quist, PTA Chairman Ms. Ekua Sagoe, 18. School Song led by Stephanie Duah, Emmanuel Ashun Mr. Nii Adjei and Eugene Quayson TEWU Representative 19. 12:30-12:45pm: Mr. Stephen Mensah “We are the World” Alumni Representative Announcements by MC’s Mr. Ato Koomson Mrs. Mariam Quarshie International Barbecue/Cookout Parent Representative & Anniversary Exhibition Commences!!! Mr. Sean Quist Student Representatives Prefects and SRC Team Committee Coordinator Ms. Phoebe Acolatse Programme About the Celebration of the UNITED NATIONS and National Costume Day at GHANA INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL hana International School (GIS) can Our Message is loud and clear. As you boast of pupils and students from watch the children and staff parade in their Gover 50 nationalities. This is why our national costumes, singing and dancing, let us United Nations (UN) and National Costume remember the growing number of people who Day is celebrated in style. We use this are in misery because of conflicts in our world occasion to celebrate our unity and diversity today. We hope that as a School, we will send in terms of our cultures and nationalities. We out our message of “Understanding of Each seek to highlight our school motto which is Other”, which will resonate around the world. “Understanding of Each Other”. As GIS celebrates 60 years of nurturing Global citizens, the UN also celebrates 70 years of Our School Songs also sums it all up; encouraging nations to collaborate in order to alleviate these conflicts. From all the countries of the earth, We come in turn to you. We are honoured that a school that began with Of different races, different creeds, a handful of students, has grown into a mighty force in International Education. And different aspects too. We learn together day by day, Together with you today, we celebrate 60 years In time our ways will part, of nurturing Global Citizens. But with each one of us we’ll take Understanding of Each Other We wish you all a Happy Celebration!!! The 60th Anniversary Grand Durbar 3 GHANA INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL BOARD OF DIRECTORS Mr. Kwame Pianim Chairman Mr. Josiah W. Ampiah Member Director Mrs. Estelle Appiah Member Director Professor Florence Dolphyne Director Mr. Kofi Kwakwa Director Ms. Maame Hagan Director Mrs. Augusta Cameron Director Mrs. Sophia Amissah Laryea Board Secretary MANAGEMENT TEAM Mrs. Diana Nyatepe-Coo Outgoing Principal Dr. Mary Ashun Incoming Principal Mr. Frank Amponsah- Mensah Vice Principal, Upper Secondary Ms. Ida Abbeyquaye Vice Principal, Lower Secondary Mrs. Mary Ocansey Vice Principal, Junior School Ms. Heidu Owu Vice Principal, Infant School Mr. Alfred Ayer Financial Controller Mr. James Nkansah IT Systems Manager Mrs. Deborah Tackie Development Manager Mrs. Sante Andah Human Resources and Administration Manager Ms. Maxine Wall Guidance Counsellor 4 Ghana International School OUR DEBT OF GRATITUDE TO OUR FOUNDING FATHERS AND MOTHERS GHANA INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL 60TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION GRAND DURBAR/UN DAY EVENTS At GIS our motto of “understanding of of intolerance and extremisms seem to Welcome Remarks each other” has helped us live up to the feed upon themselves as due to the ever - CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD ideals of our founding fathers; a world increasing and highly digitalized world, of tolerance and acceptance of our acts of intolerance and inhumanity common humanity with more things are transmitted instantaneously from uniting us. Here at GIS we endeavour far away corners of the globe to living It is a singular pleasure, on at nurturing global citizens who not rooms in all corners of the world, inviting my own behalf and on that just merely tolerate differences, but mindless imitation or acts of retaliation of the School, its board of rather embrace and celebrate human and reprisals by others! directors, management staff diversity whether it be race, ethnicity, religion, culture orsocial and economic Frist and foremost we owe a debt of grat- and the student population, affiliation. So at GIS, in our small way, itude to our founders. These were men to wish all of you gathered we try to walk the talk as far as the vision and women from the expatriate and na- here this morning and all and ideals of the United Nations by tionals from the business community, promoting understanding and tolerance professionals from the legal, media and those of you, our friends at the personal level and by starting the education sectors, who got together to and stakeholders who will inculcation of these attributes early into plan and implement the idea of an in- be joining us in the activities our students. And it is true, as it has been ternational school dedicated to promot- said, that for most of us, most of the good planned to celebrate our ing understanding among people from life habits that guide us we learnt at the diverse backgrounds. These included 60th anniversary, a very big sand box at the school playground; business people like the Baileys, Edward learning to share, respecting each other, welcome! James and Valerie, from the Media came saying sorry for wrongs done and thank the Lines from Graphic, public servants you in appreciation. like Dr Ruby Quartey-Papafio and Dr K G Konuah, both educationists; and men Today at this Grand Durbar where As we celebrate our 60th anniversary with legal background; Sir Justice K A our 60th Anniversary celebrations therefore I will like to express our debt Korsah and Justice Edward Akufo-Addo gathers momentum under the theme of gratitude to our founding fathers and who both became Chief Justices of the “Celebrating 60 years of Nurturing mothers and those who have helped Supreme Court of Ghana was then a le- global citizens with our School Motto of us over the years to keep the vision and gal practitioner. These men and women “understanding of Each other”, it is not ideals of our founders alive as well as saw in 1955, the need for providing an a coincidence that we mark this event those who have toiled to inculcate our institution to educate the children of the alongside the marking of United Nations values as a way of life to our students. expected increasing inflow of expatriate Day. The UN was established by nations The vision,ideals and mission of the business and diplomatic community and their peoples some 70 years ago founders are even more relevant in “to save succeeding generations from our world of today. We live in a world alongside an emerging middle class of the scourge of war “that has brought of conflicts, a world being torn apart nationals in a multi-cultural environ- untold sorrow to mankind” as a result by extremism, intolerance and hatred ment. In a Ghana that was scheduled to of misunderstanding and political born out of our differences. GIS as a gain political independence. One year miscalculations. The nations were platform for nurturing and launching and a half before Ghana attained inde- determined that people learn “to practise global citizen for today’s world is more pendence, the dream of these founding tolerance and live together in peace relevant and urgent now than ever in visionaries became reality. The Infant with one another as good neighbours.” modern human history. And these acts School here, now the Art and Music De- The 60th Anniversary Grand Durbar 5 partment was part of the beginnings of block, the swimming pool and negotiat- late Mrs. Ghartey of the Primary School, this School. ed the Primary School Cafeteria building after teachers like Dr Mrs. Margaret donated by Unibank under the inspira- Nkrumah, Mr. David Arku and Mr. Siti! From its humble beginnings 60 years tion of an alumnus, Dr Kwabena Duffuor To our teachers who continue to learn ago, it now boasts of some 1400 Jnr.