Adisadel College

Adisadel College

School Crest
vel primus vel cum primis
Address
P. O. Box 83
Adisadel Village
Central Region
Cape Coast
GhanaGhana
Coordinates 5°06′32″N 1°15′17″E / 5.1089702°N 1.2547088°E / 5.1089702; 1.2547088
Information
School type Public High School All Boys School
Religious affiliation(s) Christianity
Denomination Anglican
Established 1910
Founder Templyn Hamlyn
Headmaster William Kusi Yeboah
Staff 112 teachers
Gender Boys
Age 14 to 20
Enrollment c. 3000
Average class size 50
Language English
Campus 2: Leopoldville & Katanga
Houses 10
School colour(s) Black and White
         
Slogan Play Up Santaclausians!!
Song Adisadel On the Hill!
Mascot Zebra Boys
Nickname Adisco
Rival Mfantsipim School
Newspaper Owl
Affiliation Anglican Church, Ghana
Telephone 042 32 543 / +233 42 32543
Fax 042 32 382 / +233 42 32382
Website http://www.adisadelcollege.net

Adisadel College is an Anglican school for boys in Cape Coast, Ghana, modelled on the English public school.

History

Adisadel was established in 1910 in a building at Topp Yard, near Christ Church and Cape Coast Castle. It began with 29 boys, but in 1935 it had about 200. The school buildings were extended in 1950 by Maxwell Fry and Jane Drew.[1] At the time of the Golden Jubilee in 1960, enrolment had gone up to 545. When the school celebrated its centenary in 2010 there were over 1500 boys (all boarders) and 93 teachers.

The school's Founder was Temple Hamlyn, Anglican Bishop of Accra. His purpose was to provide a grammar school for sons of Anglican parents, in particular a training ground for Church personnel.

The School is the second-oldest secondary school in Ghana, and claims to be one of the most famous institutions of learning in sub-Saharan Africa.[2] The first secondary school to be established in Ghana was Mfantsipim School, also in Cape Coast, which was founded by the Methodist Church in 1876. It currently has 10 - (12)houses, the most recent being Thomas Jonah House, built in 1997.

Adisadel College was the first secondary school in the history of Ghana to have its prefects don special cloaks, red for the head prefects, blue for the other prefects and green for the assistants.[2]

Uniform

The uniform of the school is black and white shirt on black shorts. It is commonly referred to as "zebra" due to its resemblance to the skin of the zebra.

Residence

The school has ten houses: Hamlyn, Quaque, Elliott, Canterbury, Knight, Aglionby, Ebiradze, Jubilee, Thomas Jonah, and Le Maire. The school has two parts: one lies on a hill and one below and these are linked by a staircase (Katanga Stairs) made up of 83 steps. The school on the hill is called Leopoldville and is commonly called by the students as The Upper School. It accommodates four houses: Hamlyn, Elliott, Canterbury and Knight. And also the White house where the Head Prefect and the Chapel Prefect reside. It is also where the school's dining hall, assembly hall known as Canterbury Hall, the chapel, classroom blocks, the headmaster's residence and the administration buildings stand. The lower part of the school is called Katanga or Lower School by students. This is where the other six remaining houses are. The sports stadium which includes a soccer field is situated there alongside two other soccer fields.

Headmasters of Adisadel College

Name From To
G. B. Brown BA 1910 1910
B. P. Haines MA 1910 1910
G. B. Brown BA 1910 1912
Hugh Hare MA(Oxon) 1913 1914
R. Fisher MA(Cantab) 1914 1918
W. Hutton Mensah 1918 1924
S. R. S. Nicholas MA DTh(Durham) 1924 1929
A. J. Knight MA LLB(Cantab) 1929 1937
R. D. Hudson MA(Oxon) 1938 1940
W. G. Harward MA(Oxon) 1947 1952
A. R. H. Dee MA(Sydney) 1954 1955
L. W. Fry MA BSc(Oxon) 1956 1958
T. J. Drury MA(Cantab) 1959 1963
R. T. Orleans-Pobee BA(Lond) MEd(Springfield) 1963 1974
E. A. Jonah BA(Legon) 1974 1982
R. K. Ayitey BA(Ed.) 1982 1991
J. F. K. Appiah-Cobbold BA PGCE 1991 1995
J. E. C. Kitson BA PGCE 1995 2004
H. K. K. Graham BSc(Hons) PGCE 2005 2014
William Kusi Yeboah(Ebola) 2014 present

Sports

[3] Adisadel College has been sports power since colonial days to the present. Adisadel encourages all of its students to participate in some kind of sporting activity. Most students engage in recreational or competitive sports to eschew the label "Waste Pipe"- a campus vernacular that is used to refer to an able-body who does not participate in sports. Conforming to the Latin adage - "A healthy mind in a healthy body", the school organizes competitive intramural sports. Early morning jogging by the entire residents of a dormitory is a common activity on campus. Cricket, basketball, hockey, gymnastics, soccer, volleyball, track and field, tennis and table tennis are some of the sports on campus.

Basketball

With victories over teams from Ghana Navy, University of Cape Coast, St. Johns School, the school dominated the sports in the seventies with players like Daniel Prempeh (Knight House), Angus Ola (Canterbury), Isaac Neizer (Canterbury), Ebenezer Ofori Ahwireng (knight), Laryea (Quaque) and Afful (Knight), Marlon Bilson (Knight). The sport suffered when the Drury Gymnasium was temporarily converted into a dining hall during the rebuilding of the current dining hall. Currently the school is rebuilding a team which was quite successful in many friendlies they played.

Soccer

The only school in Ghana with three soccer fields, Adisadel has developed soccer to a highly competitive level. More students participate in this sport than any other. In the early seventies, Adisadel students like Sam Amporful (1973) played for Cape Coast Vipers. Baffour Gyan,a striker of the national team, the Black Stars, is also an old boy and was in Hamlyn house. En route to becoming the Zonal Champions, Adisadel beat Ghana National College on penalty kicks. Ibrahim Ayew, a past student and son of Legend Abedi Ayew 'Pele' was a member of the college soccer team during the years of 2002-2004. He now plays for Kumasi Asante Kotoko as a defensive midfielder. Rahim, as he is popularly known by his colleagues, was part of the Ghanaian squad that chalked the silver medal in the CAN 2010 Angola, losing to Egypt in the final. Samuel Appiah, currently in the MLS in the USA, plays for the Houston Dynamo. He played together with Rahim Ayew. He was the school captain and sports prefect. From Adisadel, he played for the University of Ghana soccer team and had a scholarship to Boston University where he played all their games and was the captain.

Track and Field

Adisadel College's continued dominance in track and field can be traced to the late forties. The school continues to produce sprinters of national and internal caliber. Since H.O Nyarku of Adisadel represented Ghana (then Gold Coast) in 1952 Olympics Games in Helsinki, the school has produced several national sprinters like George Enchill (Sakinah), Yaw Atuahene (USA), Kofi Osei (Sasta) and Perry Ofori-Baffoe (Nguji). In 1997 Perry won 5-track events (100m, 200m, 400m, 4x100 and 4x400) setting a new 100m record, and representing Ghana at the National Junior Games in Edmonton, Canada.

Rivalry

There is an ongoing rivalry between the school and Mfantsipim School which has brought about the Mfantsipim-Adisadel Fun Day Games. At Mfanstipim's 1976 centenary celebration - after acknowledging all the high profile guests of honour, the head prefect of the school continued by saying "Ladies and Gentlemen...The Adisadel Problem still exists"! That year Adisadel beat Mfanstipim at the Inter-Colleges (Inter-Co) Track and Field competition held on the grounds of Mfanstipim. One good thing about this rivalry is that it is healthy and it has produced some of the finest gentlemen Ghana has produced in all endeavours.

Alliance

An ongoing alliance with Mfanstiman girls Secondary School,Holy Child,Wesely Girls,Aburi Girls,Roses and St Monica's Girls Secondary School.

Publications

Notable alumni

In March 2005, when Adisadel College recounted her achievements and contributions to national development during the 96th Speech and Prize-Giving Day Celebration, it became amply evident that, of the three arms of government in Ghana, two of them were headed by Adisadel products-Santaclausians

Modern Top Science Students of Excellence

During his stay at Adisadel College, he won 8 academic prizes in SS1 (1st in chemistry, 1st in Elective maths, 1st in physics, 1st in Biology, 1st in core science, Awotwi maths prize, Ackah-Hagan Award (The most disciplined & academic student), 1 other academic prize), 6 academic prizes in SS2 (1st in chemistry, 1st in Biology, 1st in Elective maths, 1st in core science, and 2 other academic prizes, and 5 academic prizes) in SS3 (1st in chemistry, 1st in physics, 2nd in Biology, 1st in core science & fishers math prize).
He co-represented Adisadel College at the National Science & Math quiz Competition 1999. As a science student, he obtained the highest grade in O'level exams in the school. He also had the highest grade in core science in central region(O'level exams).

External links

References

  1. ↑ Fry and Drew - Adisadel College Extension
  2. 1 2 "Adisadel Historical Sketch". adisadelonline. Retrieved 2008-02-19.
  3. ↑ "adisadel sports". adisadelonline. Retrieved 2008-02-30. Check date values in: |access-date= (help)
  4. ↑ "Owl on the web". adisadelonline. Retrieved 2008-02-30. Check date values in: |access-date= (help)
  5. ↑ "Owl on the web". adisadelonline. Archived from the original on 4 July 2008. Retrieved 2008-07-18.
  6. ↑ "List of Chief Justices". Official Website. Judicial Service of Ghana. Archived from the original on 2007-02-13. Retrieved 2007-03-26.
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