Joy2the World International Christian Academy is a school that train students for the future through proper education, living a Christian life in the society and very discipline in all aspects of their life. Aside from formal education, there are other extra curriculum activities that the student enjoy. These includes Halloween, field trips, Easter egg hunting and Christmas parties. This makes our school stand out in the community and motivates many parents to enroll their wards here. During this party, students took home candies and gifts like dresses, shoes and the like home. All these gifts were from our lovely sponsors and donors. The party included a graduation ceremony with our kindergarten two students who moved from there to grade one and the grade six students moving to grade seven. The students did a lot of performances that made the celebration lovely and good to watch. Students were given certificates to climax the ceremony and their certificates will confirm that they had really completed that grade. All thanks to God, the president of the school, the staff and to all sponsors and donors for making the program a successful one. Author: Joyce A. Akologo
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We set up a visit to the Ghana Atomic Energy Commission-University of Ghana with lectures and interviews with a few of Ghana’s PHD’s. We packed up the Advanced General News class and headed off to Ghana’s Atomic Energy Commission-University of Ghana offices. We haven’t had a “real” field trip in quite a while. Hopefully, the first of many more. We were welcomed by Professor Samuel Boakye Dampare and then Dr. Francis Hasford. Our students were attending the University of Ghana and they loved it! Dr. Francis Hasford is the Head of Medical Physics. He shared his path from when he was a young man. He watched his father suffer from prostate cancer. He decided to study radiation therapy and even developed equipment that would include ALL the tests into one – the PET, the CT, and the MRI – and even has a patent on this. He travels all over Europe and Africa lecturing about treatments for cancer. He has completed 53 peer-reviewed articles. All of this and yet he opened his lecture with pictures of his 3 children and how they too plan to study Medical Physics! This whole visit came about because our Ghana Board of Directors includes Fidelis Dery, yet another PHD! So much brilliance around us that day! Again, in class we studied about the many Nobel Prize winners from Africa and noted that of the 46 women to ever win a Nobel Prize, 5 have been from Africa! So it’s “open season” for our students to pursue science, math, medicine and literature to help build Ghana’s future! Author: Kathleen Gibbs
Joy2the World school is a school that teaches students to meet the academic standard. Students grow up with good morals and are well cultured. They do research in the well furnished library and enhance themselves in computer by using the computer lap in doing their own practical work. Cadet training is another one of the things the students are taught. This allows the students to learn the disciplines in military, giving students who wish to join this work in the future the basics. These basics will help them during their training and throughout their work. Author: Joyce A. Akologo
Joy2the World International Christian Academy is a Christian school. Therefore, students in the school are taught the way to serve God, and worship and praise God from the depth of their hearts. Students in the school grow up with good morals and with the fear of God. Every Wednesday, students set aside some period of their lesson time to worship and praise God with all their heart, body and soul. They are always excited when it is Wednesday because it's a day they honor God. It's very good for the students to be trained and have the passion to worship and praise so that as they grow, the Word of God shall be the light onto their feet and guide them in their paths. Author: Joyce A. Akologo
TEACHING & LEARNING AMIDST COVID 19 The novel coronavirus is a worldwide pandemic that has disrupted the usual routines of individuals and firms alike. Many are those who are bereaved because they’ve lost family and friends. On the other hand, infected persons are also quarantined; we wish them all a speedy recovery, and may the good Lord protect their lives. Let’s all mask up and protect each other. As a measure to control the spread of the virus, schools have been closed down for many months hence Joy2theWorld International Christian Academy currently isn’t partaking in a face – to – face teaching and learning process. However, to keep our student’s minds active, the school has adapted to the current situation at hand (the pandemic) and adopted a new style of teaching our kids amidst the virus. We term it BASIC DISTANCE LEARNING (BDL). One may ask, ”What does the Basic Distance Learning entail?” This arrangement involves:
Joy2theWorld has taken advantage of the sudden lockdown of schools to build our Junior High School block which is still under construction. All things being equal, it shall be ready before our students return in September. Plans were made to build a single floor building and use the roof as a garden but thanks to two very generous sponsors, a second floor is currently underway too. Adding the 2nd floor at this time is critical due to the cramped surroundings. If we waited until next year, we would have to tear up the playground again for construction equipment. A big Thank You! once again to our 2 sponsors . For each class, there are going to be two classrooms of students as a measure to control overpopulation in a class now that there is COVID 19 which calls for social distancing. Students will enjoy more one-on-one training because we have the extra space. We look forward to resuming school in September if the government gives the go-ahead. In due time we shall come your way with more updates. Please do not forget to put on a face mask and adhere to all safety precautionary measures. Let’s all help fight the virus and importantly, STAY SAFE! Author: Kathleen Gibbs
Music is a vital part of different moments of human life. It spreads happiness and joy in a person’s life. Music is food for the soul and brings immense peace to us. A school is primarily established to help students acquire academic knowledge although there are some extracurricular activities that help develop their God-given talents such as a music class. This music class focuses on teaching the students how to sing and play various musical instruments such as the piano, guitar, ukelele, and mouth organ. As the adage goes, “Little drops of water make a mighty ocean”. After constant practice, these kids are going to get perfect at it. Author: Kathleen Gibbs
As a measure of controlling polio, health workers have been tasked to administer the polio vaccine across the country. The Ghana Health Service (GHS) has launched series of vaccination campaigns against polio outbreak to prevent the spread of the virus in high risk areas among children under five. Health workers and volunteers would move from house to house, schools, markets, lorry stations, churches and mosques to vaccinate all eligible children under 5 years. Joy2TheWorld’s students under 5 have also been vaccinated successfully. Author: Kathleen Gibbs
The First United Methodist Church (FUMC) of La Porte, TX arrived in Ghana …all 13 of them! Each armed with suitcases and boxes of books! It was perfect timing to celebrate our 5th anniversary for the Joy2theWorld Christian Academy…actually 10th anniversary for Joy2theWorld (NGO). The first 5 years as a micro loan organization and now, an important date for our school.
They showered our students with new books for our library…the students lined up to help stack the shelves. Some held books close to their hearts just because books are treasure here. Few and far between. But today, our library is filled to capacity and the adult/teacher books fill a shelf in my office for the teachers to enjoy. Some ideas for Professional Development, Classroom Management and more will be folly for future meetings. Our newest intern, Hallie Jones, daughter of Margaret Jones, (caught wearing mother-daughter overalls!) is staying with us for 3 months…Hallie is super organized and has already catalogued our books! Wow! School supplies and creative arts supplies were appreciated by our KG1 and KG2 teachers! Office supplies were accepted and are already being put to good use! The 5-year anniversary celebration was a blast! There was dancing, singing, plays, skits, and a C-A-K-E! This cake was awesome! The bakery digitalized pictures from previous years….including students, staff and yours truly…and they were perfectly placed on top! The First United Methodist Church visited us for a week or so and even the Mission Team participated in our celebration. The students prepared their choreography and skits for entertainment. Dancing was the highlight for some classes while our P4 and P5 presented “The Good Samaritan” for all to learn about caring for our neighbors. Our “robbers” attacked an innocent man and left him hurting…a priest walked by but walked to the other side of the street…so too a Levite saw the hurt man and crossed to the other side…But a Samaritan saw the man and took pity upon the man. He (she) went to him and bandaged his wounds…and then took the hurt man to an inn to be cared for…” Our “Good Samaritan” was Shalom Gordor and she took good care of the hurt man. This is always a valuable lesson for today as we learn to care for our neighbor. Here’s a glimpse at our 5-year celebration…you’re invited!
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