On Tuesday 12 September, DP 2 physics students of Tema International School, undertook an educational tour to Kuntunse, to learn, first hand the operations of recently commissioned radio observatory. The visit was very fruitful and the students showed their enthusiasm by asking the staff at the observatory very insightful questions. Dr. Bernard Asabre, the scientist in…
How would you define music, “Any sound that is pleasant to the ear”? Really? Let us take the key words which are sound and pleasant. Is silence also part of music? If yes why do we define music by only the sound we hear? Also consider the use of pleasant in this context….. Someone may…
I didn’t realise the value of my parents and all the blessings I have received until we embarked on a touching and inspiring trip to Akorlikope, which I like to call the Village of Hope. As much as this trip occurs every year, I believe it still retains its value. The smiles of the children…
And what a week it was! Especially for our new students it must have felt like jumping on a rollercoaster and trying to hold on. There are so many new impressions, suddenly being a boarder, having to share a room, all the people at TIS who you need to get to know, and probably just…
Over the vacation a group of IB1 students embarked on two outreaches to two Health Centres within the Tema Metropolis. Members of Girls United visited the Adolescent Centres at Manhean Health Centre and Tema General Hospital to interact with a number of teenage pregnant ladies and also donated a number of aid items to them. Both outreaches enabled the students to…
Salim Roland and Nana Osei Mainoo, initiators of REFORMYOUGH, have been actively soliciting funds over the summer to complete their CAS Project – an instalment of a water filtration plant in the village of Kwanase, Nsawam, on the outskirts of the Greater Accra Region. To complete the project, they will need, PVC Pipes, Two Water Storage Tanks…
This semester the MYP Students embarked on a Service in Action project that has created the opportunity for the students to learn even more outside the classroom. They located a nearby local school, Calvary Presby and initiated a number of projects and grown with them. The MYP students were happy to know their environment and…
Our new friends from Calvary Presby School who are also our neighbors have been on vacation for a month and we missed them. While they were on vacation our MYP students were busy preparing learning material to be used in their next visit. During last week’s Service in Action period, the class decided to make…
For the past six years Tema International School through its IBDP CAS Programme has been engaging in community service in Akorlikope, a small village in the South Tongu District in the Volta Region of Ghana. The initial driving force was to construct a holistic school building: a six unit classroom block, a staff room, a…
