Janelle Eyram Fiagbenu: Life on the peak; an Aburi Girl's excursion
Quite possibly of the most expected second in an individual's life is progressing to secondary school. Each individual I know recounts their senior secondary school story like their experience was that of pain.
Notwithstanding, one thing they would all agree gladly is that senior secondary school is the main spot you would have the best a great time and gain experiences which would endure forever.
The movement from fundamental school to senior secondary school was one I never wished to encounter. Yet, sooner than I expected, the time had come to pursue the choice of picking what school I would need to be set into.
Janelle Eyram Fiagbenu: Life on the mountain ridge; an Aburi Girl's excursion
A few officials leaving on HOSA trip
By then, the main thing I needed was to quit going to class and go into all day photography however that didn't appear to be conceivable.
I thought often about only one out of the many auxiliary schools in Ghana.
Janelle Eyram Fiagbenu: Life on the mountain ridge; an Aburi Girl's excursion
There was a huge change in conventions since we were shipped off school when the Covid-19 pandemic was at its pinnacle
I had heard accounts of how it sat radiantly on the peak and how a couple of very splendid understudies were acknowledged into it, hence making it a little local area of enabled little youngsters, and I figured it couldn't be more great.
At the point when I received the message two days before the revealing date, I was not satisfied and unquestionably not energized. I was made to cut all of my 12-inch afro - I swore I was never going to cut it on the day I left for school, and that broke me yet nobody truly took note.
Janelle Eyram Fiagbenu: Life on the mountain ridge; an Aburi Girl's excursion
It was the last picture with my afro
As I read the strikingly painted words - 'ABURI GIRLS' SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL' and 'Bepow So Hann, Nyame Ne Hene', I guaranteed myself to be the light that would sparkle the most brilliant.
Our most memorable feast from the eating corridor was commonly preposterous. The administrators said it was rice and 'kontomire' stew yet till now, I apparently can't understand what food was given to us.
I actually recount the narrative of how one would go to find young ladies crying wildly at seeing the food before them.
Everybody was missing home, their opportunity and the food they will never again approach.
Janelle Eyram Fiagbenu: Life on the mountain ridge; an Aburi Girl's excursion
Understudies present for an image
Anybody could perceive who a Form One young lady was simply by checking our heads out. Indeed, all our hair had been scratched to the barest least.
Once more, we seemed confounded and the greater part of us didn't realize which compound was the primary and which was the Irene Anderson compound.
The vast majority of us behaved like we had recently climbed on Mount Everest at whatever point we utilized the Mckillican flyover. We were being hollered at from all edges of the School to such an extent that any individual who wasn't stronghearted poor down and wound up in the clinic.
Janelle Eyram Fiagbenu: Life on the peak; an Aburi Girl's excursion
For other people, the Aburi Girls' grounds climate was a piece hard to conform to; notwithstanding, it was very basic for me.
I realized I planned to endure the super cool, the horrible food and sluggishness and the abrupt shift from solace.
The school has eight houses; Barradale, Aberdeen, Edinburgh, Kilsyth, Silvia Asempa, Irene Anderson, Chapel and Royal Park House. I was placed in Barradale House, which has blue as the house tone.
Janelle Eyram Fiagbenu: Life on the mountain ridge; an Aburi Girl's excursion
Some Aburi Girls understudies
There was a gigantic change in convention in the School since we detailed when the Covid-19 pandemic was currently at its pinnacle.
The staff generally went to all length to maintain the sign of discipline in the school.
Janelle Eyram Fiagbenu: Life on the mountain ridge; an Aburi Girl's excursion
2021/2022 Senior Prefects of Aburi Girls' SHS
As an enormous enthusiast of nature, I accept Aburi Girls laid out a bond with nature - gardens with different delightful blossoms and exquisite trees is something that shouted 'bepow so hann'.
Consistently, the blossoms sprout richly and the nurseries were really focused on by the understudies.
Janelle Eyram Fiagbenu: Life on the peak; an Aburi Girl's excursion
The school is decorated with wonderful nurseries, ones that generally hold and draw to individuals' advantage
I have forever been an outrageous overachiever, closed minded and saved; thusly, I experienced difficulty finding a place with different young ladies.
Albeit the School was not generally so agreeable as I naturally suspected it would be, I was continuously pursuing an objective or two and I wasn't mingling enough.
Janelle Eyram Fiagbenu: Life on the peak; an Aburi Girl's excursion
Janelle with companions nearby
At a point, having my camera with me in school was the main thing that pushed me along.
Then I met my closest companion and accomplice, Joycelyn Elli. It was moving to Meet another youngster female picture taker.
Janelle Eyram Fiagbenu: Life on the peak; an Aburi Girl's excursion
Joycelyn [left] and Janelle [right] on a school outing to Asesewa
Together, we covered school occasions, went on adventures and strolls to catch the school climate and wonderful recollections with companions.
I believed I was currently seeing secondary school distinctively and reclassifying it for myself. As a matter of fact, my encounters were all ordinary until I began falling wiped out habitually.
Janelle Eyram Fiagbenu: Life on the peak; an Aburi Girl's excursion
A few understudies of Aburi Girls' SHS
From stress, to dietary issue to body torments… . I encountered everything.
Other important exercises are the HOSA (Head of State Awards) trips, which additionally gave us a few climbing, setting up camp and occasions the executives encounters.
I wish to ooze my huge appreciation to Auntie Theo, the HOSA Coordinator; the excursions are absolutely pleasant and offer us more chances to take pictures.
Where I was starting to live it up in school, I out of nowhere begun having dietary problems and stress from all school-related exercises.
Our school nurture, Mrs Mary Morrison, who generally forfeits a great deal of her time and assets to guarantee each understudy was protected and solid, was extra steady.
Janelle Eyram Fiagbenu: Life on the peak; an Aburi Girl's excursion
Joycelyn Kumah Elli
During those minutes, Joycelyn, Aunty Mary and different companions like Ruth, Leena, Kweinorki were my stone.
School authorities like Auntie Justina, the Housemistress and a few others have all been great as well.
Janelle Eyram Fiagbenu: Life on the mountain ridge; an Aburi Girl's excursion
Janelle on a photography meeting
For my purposes, the choice to go to Aburi Girls' Senior High School isn't one I will at any point lament. This is on the grounds that the organization has everything, including the ideal mix of immovability and style.
Albeit each school has its promising and less promising times, my own encounters and the unbelievable preparation from Aburi Girls are the ideal manual for life.
Janelle Eyram Fiagbenu: Life on the peak; an Aburi Girl's excursion
The encounters and recollections of being understudies of Aburi Girls' are remarkable - the School stays a wonderful and a beautiful spot for development each young lady's fantasies and desires.
…furthermore, I accept each old and current understudy of Aburi Girls' SHS will focus their light in each edge of the world, regardless of where they are.
We are the light on the mountain ridge and for that reason we gladly say 'Bepow So Hann.'
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Janelle Eyram Awurama Fiagbenu is a youngster photographic artist, a hopeful essayist and an understudy of the Aburi Girls' SHS. She is likewise a kid and ladies' promoter and focused on making the world a superior spot for all.