Chocolate Friendship Day 2017

Hearts were set on fire with kind affections as staff and students received gifts from their dearest of friends. This is an annual tradition and everyone looks forward to it with much enthusiasm and keenness. This year’s Chocolate Friendship Day was refreshingly inspiring. The Game Changers (IB Class of 2018), under the leadership Yehowahi Sekan…

Akorlikope Service Learning Trip February 2017

“People never learn anything by being told, they have to find out for themselves”. (Paulo Coelho) Akorlikope was fun, it was experiential, it was engaging, it was hands-on, and it was heartwarming. The Akorlikope service learning experience embodied, the philosophy of the IB programme: “to develop inquiring, knowledgeable and caring young people who help to create…

Commedia dell’Arte - Tema International School

Creative Arts Update 27-01-2017

Theatre class teaching life lessons on keeping eyes on the price in Commedia dell’Arte. As a follow up from last week’s exposure on the benefits and impact of music in the lives of our students here in TIS, we will focus todays dialogue on Theatre in TIS as an educational tool in teaching both life…

TIS Genesis Ministry Celebrates 10th Anniversary

Last Sunday, 15th January 2017, was a special day for members of Tema International School’s Genesis Ministry as a special church service was held in the school’s Multi-Purpose Hall to commemorate their 10th anniversary. The service was attended by some of the founding members of the group, alumni, staff, and students as well members of…

GIRLS UNITED talks to teens

On the 1 January, 2017, Marie-Noelle Kpatakpa & Rachel Odartey-Wellington (co-initiators), Dede Coffie and Samantha Azu (organizers) went to Apostolic church in Tema community 5 to speak to youth much like us about the complexities of being a teenage female in society. It was an insightful journey and it paved way for all of us…