Lutheran Schools mark Reformation Day with inter-schools quiz
The Evangelical Lutheran Church schools have celebrated the 2023 Reformation Day with an inter-school's quiz and awards ceremony.
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The participating schools were the St.Paul Lutheran School, Holy Trinity Lutheran School, All Saints Lutheran School, Trinity Lutheran School and St Peter’s Lutheran School.
St.Paul Lutheran School emerged winner at the third edition of the inter-Lutheran schools quiz.
The trio from the St. Paul Lutheran School bagged 41 points, while those from the Holy Trinity Lutheran School obtained 29 points to place second, while St Peter’s Lutheran School picked the third spot with 24 points.
The Trinity Lutheran School, which placed fourth, secured 19 points and All Saints Lutheran School picked nine points to place fifth.
The keenly contested competition challenged the students on their general knowledge of the Lutheran Catechism teachings.
The management and board of the Lutheran Schools also honoured 17 staff of schools whose students recorded 80 per cent and above between grades one and two in the 2022 Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) and best staff in the various schools.
The winners of the quiz walked away with branded notebooks, school bags, water bottles, Holy Bible, a Lutheran Catechism book and trophies each for the contesting students.
For placing second, the contestants from the Holy Trinity Lutheran School also had branded notebooks, school bags, water bottles, Holy Bible, a Lutheran Catechism book and trophies each for the contesting students, while those from the St. Peters Lutheran School went home with the same items for placing third.
Trinity Lutheran School and All Saints Lutheran School, which placed fourth and fifth respectively, each received branded notebooks, school bags, water bottles, Holy Bible and a Lutheran Catechism book.
Best staff
The teachers who were awarded included Emmanuel Asare and Eric Osei Owusu of the Holy Trinity Lutheran School, Joachim Amoah of Trinity Lutheran School and Emmanuel Sackey, Irene Dogbatse, Salim Suallah, Solomon Odamten, Veronica Oweridu Aidoo, Maxwell Adu, Kofi Dogbe, Bartholomew Kofi Amoah and Wilson Fiifi Nkrumah all of St. Paul Lutheran School.
The best staff category included Adwoa Oforiwaa Twum and Isaac Douse of St. Paul Lutheran School, Eric Oteng of Holy Trinity Lutheran School, Thomas Ayimbilla of Trinity School, Samuel Kojo Sasu of All Saints Lutheran School and Charles Quarcoo of Holy Trinity Lutheran School.
For their prizes, each of the deserving teachers received a 32 HD TV while each of awarding staff received a tabletop fridge.
The Director of Lutheran Schools, Joseph Lanbon, said through the exemplary performance of the teachers, the students were able to improve in their subjects such that they would eventually scored high marks when they sat for the 2024 BECE next year.
In recognising their effort, he recounted the extra effort, dedication and commitment the teachers exhibited in teaching the various subjects, saying “their efforts helped build up the pupils’ performance so they deserve the awards.”
