by Gender – Mixed
Housing status – Day & Boarding
Year of Establishment – 1940
Odorgonno Senior High School (Great OSSA) is a senior high school in Ghana. Latin for “Ours is to Strive,” which is also the name of its slogan. As of 2017, it had 2,671 students and 183 workers, 53 of whom were not teachers.
History
The boys’ day school was founded in 1940 by Joseph Thomas Leigh and three other teachers from Accra High School. It is on the bank of the Odaw River in Adabraka, which is in the Greater Accra Region. It became part of the government system and moved to Awoshie in 1990, where it still is. It became a co-ed school in 1993, added boarding in 2007, and was named a model school on November 25, 2008.
Notable alumni
- Dr Lawrence Tetteh, Renowned Evangelist and Founder of Worldwide Miracle Outreach
- George Aggudey, Politician
- Richie Agyemfra-Kumi, Politician
- K.G. Osei Bonsu, lawyer and politician
- Fameye, Musician
- Chris Tsui Hesse, cinematographer, filmmaker, film administrator and photographer
- Bill Okyere Marshall, Playwright
- Medikal, Musician
- Walter Onnoghen, Chief Justice of Nigeria
- Bob Pixel, Photographer
- Sheikh I. C. Quaye, Politician
- Fredrick Percival Segbefia, Politician
- Mohammed Adjei Sowah, Mayor of Accra.
- Comedian Waris, a Ghanaian comedian
- Guy Warren, Musician, best known as the inventor of Afro-jazz
- Incredible Zigi, Dancer
SCHOOL STATISTICS
No. of Students (SHS 1): 866
No. of Students (SHS 2): 1528
No. of Students (SHS 3): 843
SCHOOL FACILITIES
- 55 Classrooms
- 4 Science Labs
- Library
- Computer Lab
ACHIEVEMENTS
- 1st Scripture Union Quiz Competition – 2017.
- 1st Science & Maths Quiz Contesting Team: Qualified For National Contest – 2017.
- 3rd in first-ever Regional Cadet Corps Competition – 2017.
- 2nd Girls & 3rd Boys -Greater Accra Sports – 2017.
- 3rd Accra Region: WASSCE – 2015.
- 1st in Ghana & 4th in Africa – Stem National Heroes Award – 2017
