An international school

As I continue to learn more about the students and school, some early conceptions that I had of the school have proven to be false. I initially thoughts that many of the students here would have been students who grew up around the neighborhood of the school. I thought this because after talking to my host parents shortly after arriving, they mentioned how hard it is for a Ghanaian to travel to the U.S. or other parts of the non-African world.

However after talking with many of the students here, I have realized that this is not the case. Many students here were either born in the U.S. or the U.K. and have parents still working in those countries. However as you can imagine, it is quite expensive to raise a child in these countries with paying for clothes, food, and education. So often when children are old enough to attend kindergarten (or KG as they call it here), children are flown back here to Ghana and raised by their grandparents. To serve as an example, my host parents are currently raising two of their own grandchildren.

Once students are old enough to attend college, students permitted that they receive a Visa apply to colleges in the U.S. or U.K. to receive their higher education.

This school also has an international flavor since four different languages are taught here. The official langauge of Ghana is English so most classes are taught in English. Students also learn French 3 days a week along with Twi (pronounced Tree) and Ga, two local dialects.

I have also learned that this school, Christ the King International, is well respected as one of the top five schools in the country!