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Our 11 year old students speak about some of the things that they love about Joy2TheWorld. One of our seniors, Hamza Jafaru, spoke about his favorite part about his experience at Joy2TheWorld International Christian Academy -- coding and robotics! We're proud of this year’s Coding & Robotics class challenge. Our students will be preparing their “Smart Greenhouse” system of consistent watering using solar and coding submitted to IEEE in the U.S. The prize money will be great for furthering their education in computer science and mechanical engineering.  For career day, our students dressed as future soldiers, doctors, engineers, mid wives, air hostesses, firemen, fashion designers, IT specialists and many more. Professionals spoke to encourage our students as well. Such a fun day! Our students from P5 and P6 went on an environmental project to clean a local beach. You can see they donned their gloves and started filling plastic trash bags but they managed to have some fun too. We are so proud of our Joy2theWorld students! We had a great time on African Day. Our students wore cultural fashion to represent tribes, regions, and more! Buying property, permits and licenses is only the first stage of building a new school in Ghana. This is followed with the required fencing of a sizable piece of land. It was determined that using a unique form of building - building a fence wall with sand filled, plastic bottles would be more affordable while aiding the environment. Imagine a wall of over 75,000 plastic bottles packed with sand! Plastic bottles, which take 300 years to dissolve, were put to good use. Industrial engineers approved of the long term safety these bottles, neatly filled and placed, provide. We hope this will serve as an example of recycling that makes an immediate difference. We have completed building the fence and gate and are now building our school foundation! The structures are prepared for a 3-level building. Our very first graduating class recently completed their BECE exams! The Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) is the standard system for measuring successful education required for senior high school. We are very proud of our student’s results but also impressed with each student’s preparation and dedication. JHS 3 (grade 9) began to study from 7am to 6pm M-F and 4 hours on Saturday. All JHS 3 students placed in an SHS school of their choice. This was after many hours of study and sacrifice. Students won scholarships based on their studies, character, community service and leadership. These scholarships helped students with book and uniform requirements. They will be fully prepared for their 2023-2024 school year. We can’t wait to see what their future holds! |
