Lincoln School institutes scholarship scheme (14/11/08)

THE Lincoln Community School at Abelemkpe in Accra has instituted a two-year scholarship scheme for needy, brilliant Ghanaian students.
The scholarship scheme, which will begin early next year, will cover the last two years of the beneficiary students’ education before entering a university of their choice.
The Superintendent of the school, Mr John Roberts, disclosed this during the school’s annual International Festival.
The festival forms part of activities marking the school’s 40th anniversary and which brought together parents and children from over 50 countries to celebrate their diversity and learn from one another.
The school, an American international school, primarily serves diplomats and people in the business community, with 80 per cent of the students coming from the international community.
According to the superintendent, one thing the school valued most was teaching the children to respect other people’s culture and live with others peacefully.
He said the school helped to reduce the cultural shock that most children experienced when they moved to different countries.
Consequently, Mr Roberts noted that the high quality of education helped the students to settle in quickly and comfortably in any international school or higher educational institution.
The festival began with a parade of nations by children from different countries dressed in their national colours and traditional clothes and carrying their national flags.
Some nations whose citizens took part in the parade were Ghana, India, China, Holland, Nigeria and the USA.
There were also cultural displays and a food bazaar where parents and students had the opportunity to taste cultural dishes from different countries.
The climax the day’s activities was an all-nations cup tournament among the different countries, with Holland emerging the overall winner.