Legacy Girls’ College holds 10th anniversary speech and prize-giving day
Legacy Girls’ College (LGC), an all-girls private boarding senior high school (SHS), has held its 10th Anniversary Speech and Prize Giving Day at a colourful ceremony at its campus in Akuse in the Eastern Region.
Celebrating a decade of empowering young women through a values-driven and future-forward education, the ceremony was graced by distinguished personalities.
It was on the theme: “A Decade of Intentional Leadership: Empowering the Next Generation of Women.”
Challenge
In her welcome address, the head of the school, Grace Edziyie, said Legacy was more than academics: “We challenge our girls to grow intellectually, emotionally and socially.
The founders of the school, Dr Ellen Hagan and Essie Anno Sackey, in their goodwill message, said, “10 years ago, Legacy Girls’ College was born out of a simple yet profound conviction that when girls were empowered with knowledge and nurtured to be confident, competent and caring, they could be whatever they choose to be”.
The founders emphasised that their dream of creating a space where young women would not only excel academically but also discover their voices, build character and lead with purpose has been greatly achieved.
The guest speaker, Betty Djokoto, who stood in for the Member of Parliament for Klottey Korle, Dr Zanetor Agyemang-Rawlings, said the country’s development would grow faster if more women played a central role in its developmental agenda.
Strategy
She reiterated Kofi Annan’s statement that “No development strategy is better than the one that involves women as the central players.”
Speaking on the theme, Mrs Djokoto said intentional leadership for the past 10 years meant keeping focus on the original vision and consciously adhering to the core values of integrity, responsibility, ambition and determination.
The Chairman of the Board of Directors of the school, Israel Titi Ofei, an educational colossus, said the 10-year milestone was not just about the past and that it was a recommitment to the school’s mission to nurture girls who would lead at every level of society, grounded in character and in competence.
The third shareholder and member of the board of directors of the school, Millicent Clarke, advised the students to remember that success was never achieved alone and that it was built upon.
The Deputy Head of School (Domestic), Elizabeth Osei-Opoku, recognised the invaluable contributions of the school’s dedicated domestic staff.
The Vice Chancellor of University Health & Allied Sciences, Prof. Lydia Aziator, commended the visionaries of the school, management and everyone who had contributed and were contributing to the impact that the school was making in nurturing our future women.
Awards were presented to teaching and non-teaching staff who distinguished themselves over the past 10 years.
Students who performed well in various programmes and those who exemplified the school values, including the ability to speak a Ghanaian language, were presented with prizes.
