Pope John Senior High School and Minor Seminary

high school
Year dem found am	21 January 1958
Found by	Joseph Oliver Bowers
Country	Ghana
Edey de administrative territorial entity insyd	Koforidua
Coordinate location	6°6′15″N 0°16′12″W
Operator	Ghana Education Service
Street address	Koforidua-Nsutam Rd, Koforidua
Postal code	4P3J+974, Koforidua-Nsutam Rd, Koforidua
Phone number	+233243158858
Email address	mailto:ppopejohnshs@yahoo.com
Dema official website	http://www.popejohnshs.edu.gh
School district	Effiduase

Pope John Senior High School and Minor Seminary (formerly St. John's Seminary and College, dem nickname am POJOSS), ebi all-boys boarding school, wey dey for Effiduase, Koforidua, insyd de Eastern Region of Ghana. Dem establish am insyd 1958 by Bishop Joseph Oliver Bowers SVD as a Catholic seminary for boys wey he wish say ego train person become priests. Students dey moe courses such as general arts, general science, business den visual arts after demma stay insyd de school, dem for sit for external examination wey dem dey call am West African Senior School Certificate Examination wey dem go place am insyd any of de tertiary institutions for de country.

De students of de school dem dey usually call dem Pojomma wey dema alumni dem dey call dem Pojoba,^[1]^[2] wey dem dey respond Daasebre.

Mission

Say dem go train students so say dem go excel academically, be morally upright den well-discipline by de time dem complete dema course of studies insyd de school.^[3]

History

Campus

Houses

Der be currently seven houses available give boarding students wey dey require a stay thru out a term:

Pope John Seminary (Pope John House)
Bishop Bowers House
Nana Frempong Mposo House
Alphonse Elsbernd House
Paul Boakye House
Fr. Amos Fredric's House
Most Rev. Leon Badikebele Kalenga House.

Academic performance

Bishop Joseph Oliver Bowers

Awards den recognition

VALCO Soccer Tournament (1999) (Winner)^[4]
National Independence Debate Championship (2000) (Winner)
Milo Schools Soccer Championship (2001) (Winner)
National Science and Maths Quiz (2001) (Winner)^[5]^[6]
VALCO Soccer Tournament (2002) (Winner)^[7]
Microsoft Internet Safety and Security Focus On Ghana (MISSFoG) National Quiz Contest (2009) (Winner)
Junior Achievement Barclays Bank Chairman Awards (2009) (Placed Second)
Project Citizen National Showcase (2011) (Placed 3rd)^[8]
Ghana Youth Forum Debate (2012) (Winner)^[9]
National Independence Debate Championship (2013) (Winner)^[10]^[11]
National Independence Debate Championship (2015) (Winner)
National Independence Debate Championship (2017) (runners up)(2nd)
Sharks Quiz Season 2 (2nd)

Notable teachers

Mr Emmanuel Agyepong (He receive 3rd Prize for National Best Teacher Award 2001)^[12]
Most Reverend Charles G. Palmer-Buckle^[13] (former chaplain den teacher)
Mr. Yaw Gyebi (He receive 2nd Prize National Best Teacher Award)
Mr. Isaac Amanor(Geography department)

Mr. Patrick Larbi Lartey (former Senior House Master den Teacher)
Mr Eric Bempoe (Senior House Master)
Benedicta Foli [1](Former Headmistress)

Clubs den societies

Members of de choir pose for a picture after Sunday Mass

School Cadet for parade at de 54th Anniversary

Science and Maths Club (PJSMC)
Literary and drama club
School Choir
Civic Education Club
Child's Right International
Mystical Vibes
Olympic Club
GUNSA
Future Leaders Investment Club (FLIC)
SYTO
FRENCH Club
Catholic Students' Union (CASU)
American Field Service (AFS)
Legion of Mary
Knights of the Altar
Air force Cadet
Red Cross Society
Art Renaissance Club
Pope John InfoTech Club
Junior Achievement Company
Students' Representative Council (SRC)
School Brass Band
Scholarship and Talent Club
Business club (GNABS, POJOSS)

Chronology of headmasters

HEADMASTER	BEGINNING OF OFFICE	END OF OFFICE
Rev. Fr. Alphonse J. Elsbernd SVD	1958	1961
Rev. Fr. Amos Fredrichs SVD	1961	1974
Rev. Fr. Thomas Potts SVD	1974	1981
Rev. Fr. Vincent Michael Burke SVD	1981	1984
Rev. Fr. Edmund Nomo SVD	1984	1989
Rev. Fr. Vincent Michael Burke SVD	1989	1997
Mr. Paul Ofori-Atta	1997	2007
Mr. Isaac Laweh Odenteh	2008	2013
Mrs. Benedicta Foli	2014	2022
Rev. Fr. Benjamin Ohene	2022	Present

Notable alumni

Archbishop Charles G. Palmer-Buckle, Archbishop of Cape Coast.

Clergy

Archbishop Charles G. Palmer- Buckle, Metropolitan Archbishop of Cape Coast

Politics, government, den public policy

Samuel Nuamah Donkor, Former MP for New Juaben North, Minister of Health den Ashanti Regional Minister
Edward Omane Boamah, Former Minister of Communications
Ebenezer Okletey Terlabi, MP for Lower Manya Krobo den Former Deputy Minister of Defence
Kojo Oppong Nkrumah, Minister of Information den MP for Ofoasi/Ayirebi
Franklin Cudjoe, Founder den Presido of IMANI Centre for Policy and Education

Law enforcement

Joseph Boateng Danquah, Former Chief of Defense Staff (CDS) of de Ghana Armed Forces den Member of Council of State
Major General William Omane Agyekum, Commandant of Military Academy and Training Schools
Brigadier General Kweku Asamoah Yeboah, Director General of International Peace Support Operations, Ghana Armed Forces

Academia

William Otoo Ellis, former Vice Chancellor of KNUST^[14]

Corporate, business, den finance

Maxwell Opoku-Afari, Economist den first Deputy Governor of de Bank of Ghana.

Arts den entertainment

D-Black, Hip-hop star den entrepreneur
Ibrahim Mahama (artist), Author den Artist of monumental installations

References

↑ "CDS Donates 10000 cedis to alma mater".
↑ "KNUST branch of POJOBA donate to alma mater". Modern Ghana.
↑ "Pope John Senior High And Minor Seminary, Koforidua | SchoolsInGh.com". schoolsInGh (in English). Retrieved 2024-06-30.
↑ "Soccer-Pope John's win southern sector VALCO tournament". GhanaWeb. (in English). 30 November 2001. Retrieved 11 January 2020.
↑ Obour, Samuel (24 June 2016). "The top 10 senior high schools in Ghana". Yen.com.gh – Ghana news. (in English). Retrieved 11 January 2020.
↑ "Past Winners". NSMQ (in American English). 2016-05-16. Retrieved 2022-07-11.
↑ "POJOSS lifts VALCO soccer tournament trophy". Archived from the original on 25 January 2016. Retrieved 15 June 2013.
↑ "St Francis Xavier Wins 2011 Project Citizen Ghana". Modern Ghana.
↑ "Schools Must Instil Useful Values In Youth". Modern Ghana.
↑ "Pope John wins National Debate | News". Archived from the original on 7 April 2013. Retrieved 15 June 2013.
↑ "Pope John wins National Debate". Graphic Online (in British English). Retrieved 2022-07-11.
↑ "GRi Education News Ghana 30 – 03 – 2001". Mclglobal.
↑ "Archbishop Gabriel Charles Palmer-Buckle [Catholic-Hierarchy]". catholic-hierarchy. Retrieved 11 January 2020.
↑ University Relations Office (27 May 2013). "Half Term Report on the Stewardship of Professor William Otoo Ellis, Vice-Chancellor of KNUST". Kwame Nkrumah university Of Science and Technology. Retrieved 6 December 2013.

[1] "CDS Donates 10000 cedis to alma mater".

[2] "KNUST branch of POJOBA donate to alma mater". Modern Ghana.

[3] "Pope John Senior High And Minor Seminary, Koforidua | SchoolsInGh.com". schoolsInGh (in English). Retrieved 2024-06-30.

[4] "Soccer-Pope John's win southern sector VALCO tournament". GhanaWeb. (in English). 30 November 2001. Retrieved 11 January 2020.

[5] Obour, Samuel (24 June 2016). "The top 10 senior high schools in Ghana". Yen.com.gh – Ghana news. (in English). Retrieved 11 January 2020.

[6] "Past Winners". NSMQ (in American English). 2016-05-16. Retrieved 2022-07-11.

[7] "POJOSS lifts VALCO soccer tournament trophy". Archived from the original on 25 January 2016. Retrieved 15 June 2013.

[8] "St Francis Xavier Wins 2011 Project Citizen Ghana". Modern Ghana.

[9] "Schools Must Instil Useful Values In Youth". Modern Ghana.

[10] "Pope John wins National Debate | News". Archived from the original on 7 April 2013. Retrieved 15 June 2013.

[11] "Pope John wins National Debate". Graphic Online (in British English). Retrieved 2022-07-11.

[12] "GRi Education News Ghana 30 – 03 – 2001". Mclglobal.

[13] "Archbishop Gabriel Charles Palmer-Buckle [Catholic-Hierarchy]". catholic-hierarchy. Retrieved 11 January 2020.

[14] University Relations Office (27 May 2013). "Half Term Report on the Stewardship of Professor William Otoo Ellis, Vice-Chancellor of KNUST". Kwame Nkrumah university Of Science and Technology. Retrieved 6 December 2013.

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