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{{Short description|Male second cycle institution in Kaneshie, Ghana}}
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| name           = Accra Academy
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| caption        = Accra Academy Crest
| established    = {{start date and age|1931|7|20|df=yes|paren=yes}}<ref name="onhistory" />
| type           = day and boarding high school
| affiliation = 
| district       = Accra Metropolitan District.<ref name="district">{{cite web|url=http://www.ghanaschoolsonline.com/intermediate/shs.cfm?levelID=2 |title=Senior High School-Greater Accra Region |publisher=ghanaschoolsonline.com |access-date=June 18, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120325210700/http://www.ghanaschoolsonline.com/intermediate/shs.cfm?levelID=2 |archive-date=March 25, 2012 |df=mdy }}.</ref>
| grades         = Forms' (1–3) 
| chair_label = Chairman of the Board of Governors
| chair =  Mr. Justice [[Jones Dotse]]
| president   =
| principal      = 
| headmaster =  Emmanuel Fiemawhle
| dean           =
| motto          = [[Esse Quam Videri]]
| slogan         = Bleoo<ref name="Bleoo" />
| faculty        = 75
| staff          = 45 (non-teaching) 
| gender        = Boys
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| athletics      = Track and field
| conference     = Greater Accra super-zonal athletics 
| colors         = Yellow {{Color box|#ffdd00}} and blue {{Color box|#330088}}
| mascot         = Lion
| campus type    = Urban<ref name="Urban1">{{cite web |url=http://www.thegef.org/gef/sites/thegef.org/files/repository/5-14-07%20Ghana%20Urban-%20for%20web%20posting.pdf |title=Ghana-Global Environment Facility |publisher=thegef.org |access-date=March 6, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111005102312/http://www.thegef.org/gef/sites/thegef.org/files/repository/5-14-07%20Ghana%20Urban-%20for%20web%20posting.pdf |archive-date=October 5, 2011 |url-status=dead |df=mdy-all }}</ref><ref name="K-O-M road" /><ref name="Urban2">{{cite web
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| campus size    = 37 acres<ref name="School History" />
| coordinates    = {{Coord|5|34|18|N|0|14|38|W|display=inline,title}}
| nickname       = Little Legon
| location       = Bubuashie
| city           = [[Accra]]
| province       = [[Greater Accra Region]]
| country        = Ghana
| address        = P. O. Box GP 501
| website        = {{URL|accraacademy.edu.gh}}
}}
'''Accra Academy''' is a [[Single-sex education|boys']] high school located at Bubuashie near [[Kaneshie]] in the [[Greater Accra Region]], Ghana. It admits both boarding and day students. Founded as a [[private school]] in 1931, it gained the status of a Government-Assisted School in 1950. It is the oldest existing high school to have been privately founded in the [[Gold Coast (British colony)|Gold Coast]].<ref name="Private SHS8">{{cite web |url=https://www.modernghana.com/amp/news/248319/education-what-we-need-is-a-realistic-policy.html|title=Education: What We Need Is a Realistic Policy |publisher=Daily Graphic|website= modernghana.com |access-date= May 1, 2011}}.</ref><ref name="Top HS1" /><ref name="1st PA2">{{cite book |title= The life and times of Dr. J. B. Danquah|last=Ofosu-Appiah|first=L H |year=1974 |publisher=Waterville Pub. House |page=36 }}</ref><ref name="1st PA3">{{cite book |title= Politics in Ghana, 1946–1960|last=Austin|first=Dennis |year=1964 |publisher=Oxford University Press |page=15 }}</ref>

The academy runs courses in business, [[general science]], [[Arts|general arts]], [[Agriculture|agricultural science]] and [[visual arts]], leading to the award of a [[West African Senior School Certificate Examination|West African Senior School Certificate]].<ref name="K-O-M road">{{cite web |url=http://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/features/artikel.php?ID=40572|title=A Journey to the West |date=30 November 2001 |publisher=ghanaweb.com |access-date=April 30, 2008 }}.</ref><ref name="The Editor2001p5">{{cite book |title= Accra Academy Student Manual |year=2001|publisher=Accra Academy|location= Accra|page= 5 }}</ref><ref name="Top HS1">{{cite web |url=http://www.ghanaculture.org/index1.php?linkid=65&adate=04/04/2007&archiveid=558&page=1 |title=From King George VI to President Kufour |publisher=ghanaculture.org |access-date=February 17, 2008 |archive-date=September 27, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180927223659/http://www.ghanaculture.org/index1.php?linkid=65&adate=04/04/2007&archiveid=558&page=1 |url-status=dead }}.</ref><ref name="Top HS2">{{cite web|url=http://poverty-action.org/Ghana_TopStudents |work=Survey of Ghanaian |title=Top Students and Students from Ghana's Top High Schools |publisher=poverty-action.org |access-date=August 21, 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110727183400/http://www.poverty-action.org/Ghana_TopStudents |archive-date=July 27, 2011 }}.</ref><ref name="Top HS3">{{Cite journal| last1 = Oliver  | first1 = Roland Anthony| last2 = Fage | first2 = J. D.| author2-link = J. D. Fage| journal = Journal of African history | volume = 38| pages = 506| publisher=Cambridge University Press| year = 1997}}</ref><ref name="Independent Schools">{{cite web |url=http://www.commonwealth-of-nations.org/Ghana/Education/Independent_Schools|title=Independent Schools|publisher=commonwealth-of-nations.org|access-date=August 5, 2011}}</ref>{{Excessive citations inline|date=December 2023}}

The academy's founders provided tuition to students who wanted a secondary-grade education but who did not have financial support to enable them do so.<ref name="School History">{{cite web|url=http://www.accraacaalumni.com/History.htm |title=Accra Academy school history |publisher=accraacaalumni.com |access-date=September 5, 2009 }}{{dead link|date=June 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}.</ref><ref name="BBN students">{{cite book |title= Thomas Hodgkin: letters from Africa 1947–1956|last=Hodgkin|first=Thomas Lionel |author-link= Thomas Lionel Hodgkin|author2=Elizabeth Hodgkin |author3=Michael Wolfers|year=2000 |publisher=HAAN |page=41 }}</ref> The first principal and co-founder, [[Kofi George Konuah|Kofi Konuah]] periodically travelled to some of the major towns in each region of the country to organize [[Entrance Exams|entrance examinations]] for students, so as to offer the brilliant but needy among them the opportunity of education in the Accra Academy.<ref name="Top SHS6">{{cite book |title= Our Presbyterian Heritage|last=Agyemang|first=Fred M.|year=2006 |publisher=Pedigree Publications |page=144 }}</ref> The academy no longer offers special admission to brilliant but needy students but, as per a 2005 general directive from the [[Ghana Education Service]], admits its students through a school selection placement system.<ref name="cpssMOE">{{cite web
 |url=http://www.moe.gov.gh/content/computerized-school-selection-placement-system 
 |title=Computerized School Selection Placement System 
 |publisher=moe.gov.gh 
 |access-date=July 21, 2011 
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 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110611081010/http://www.moe.gov.gh/content/computerized-school-selection-placement-system 
 |archive-date=June 11, 2011 
}}</ref>

Accra Academy was ranked 8th out of the top 100 high schools in Africa by Africa Almanac in 2003, based upon quality of education, student engagement, strength and activities of [[List of alumni of the Accra Academy|alumni]], school profile, internet and news visibility.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.africaalmanac.com/top20highschools.html |title= top20highschools |date= 1 October 2003 |website= Africa Almanac |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20070114052056/http://www.africaalmanac.com/top20highschools.html#11 |archive-date=January 14, 2007 |url-status= dead |access-date= 24 July 2016 |quote= The research leading up to the publication of the 100 Best High Schools in Africa began with the launching of the website in December 2000.}}</ref> Amongst its achievements include; being the first school to have produced successive [[Chief Justice of Ghana|Chief Justices of Ghana]], and the only school to have produced successive [[Speaker of the Parliament of Ghana|Ghanaian Speakers of Parliament]]. It is also the first school to have produced a head of government and a deputy head of government in the same Ghanaian government.<ref>{{citation|editor= Elvis D. Aryeh |title= All set for Accra Academy's homecoming |newspaper=The Daily Graphic|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=izjqNbgnzZcC&dq=%22accra+academy%22+Chief+Justices&pg=PA19 |page=19 |date= 11 July 2002|issue=148572}}</ref>

==History==
[[File:Ellen House.jpg|thumb|right|Ellen House]]
Accra Academy was founded by Messrs. [[Kofi George Konuah]], Samuel Neils Awuletey, Gottfried Narku Alema and James Akwei Halm-Addo on July 20, 1931, at Mantse Agbonaa, a suburb of [[James Town, Accra|James Town]] in Accra.<ref name="onhistory">{{cite book |title= The History of Education in Ghana from the Earliest Times to the Declaration of Independence|last=Graham|first=C. K.|year=1971 |publisher=Frank Cass |page=172 }}</ref>

The academy's founders operated the school from a one-storey house that provided classrooms for the students. The facility was named Ellen House after its leaser, Ellen Buckle. Ellen was the widow of Vidal J. Buckle, a lawyer and Gold Coast elite, who built the property.<ref name=Doortmont>Michael R. Doortmont, ''[[The Pen-Pictures of Modern Africans and African Celebrities|The Pen-Pictures of Modern Africans and African Celebrities by Charles Francis Hutchison: A Collective Biography of Elite Society in the Gold Coast Colony]]'', Brill, 2005, p. 491 .</ref> The academy began work with a student enrolment of 19, distributed into Forms 1 through to 3. The founders of the academy together with two others, [[Michael Dei-Anang|M. F. Dei-Anang]] and S.S. Sackey, comprised the pioneer teaching staff of the school.<ref name="School History" /> The academy operated as a day-school till it began accommodating students in Claremont House in 1935, a single-storey building adjoining Ellen House, also a property leased out by Ellen Buckle.<ref name=Doortmont/>

In December 1932, the academy presented its first batch of ten students for the Junior Cambridge School Certificate Examination, seven out of whom passed the examination. By 1935, several privately operated secondary schools had been established in [[Kumasi]], [[Koforidua]], [[Sekondi-Takoradi|Sekondi]], and [[Accra]]. While their overall quality didn't seem to be particularly high, Accra Academy stood out as a well-organized institution, boasting an enrollment of 469 students.<ref name="onhistory" /> In the annual report for the academic year 1938–39, Accra Academy received positive recognition. The report described it as a well-funded institution that is effectively administered, with a student body of 469 boys.<ref name="SeniorCambridge SCE" /> In 1939, the academy presented 45 students for the Senior Cambridge School Certificate Examination, out of whom 42 students passed, with 10 students obtaining exemption from the London Matriculation Examination.<ref name="School History" /><ref name="SeniorCambridge SCE">Frederick Hadaway Hilliard, ''A Short History of Education in British West Africa'' New York/London: Thomas Nelson, 1957, p. 96.</ref>

By the year 1945, the academy had established itself as a stable institution and had achieved a level of effectiveness that set it apart from other secondary schools that did not receive assistance from the Government. As of the start of 1946, there were 467 male students attending the school.<ref name="onhistory" />

In 1947, a recommendation was made to the director of education to grant the academy the status of a Government Assisted School.<ref name="onhistory" /><ref name="asistedschools3">Hilliard (1957), p. 108.</ref><ref name="assistedschools1">{{cite book |title= The Colonial Office List |year=1951|publisher=H.M.S.O|page= 157 }}</ref> The recommendation was approved, and the academy begun operating as a Government Assisted school from 1 January 1950.<ref name="School History" />

[[File:K. G. Konuah hall of Accra Academy.jpg|thumb|right|K. G. Konuah hall]]
[[File:S.S Sackey Block.jpg|thumb|right|S.S Sackey Block]]
[[File:Aglionby library of Accra Academy.jpg|thumb|right|Aglionby library]]
[[File:Accra Academy Administration Block.jpg|thumb|right|Administration Block]]
  
Due to a steady increase in the number of applicants applying for enrolment in the academy, the academy's administrators began preparations to relocate the academy to a larger and permanent site. The initial site acquired to relocate the school was situated at [[Kokomlemle]]; however, this site had to be abandoned as a result of a prolonged litigation concerning the ownership of the land. A second site, which was located at [[Korle Gonno]], was also given up because of its remote location. The search for a new school site ended in 1956 when J. A. Halm-Addo succeeded in lobbying the [[Convention People's Party]] government to relocate and expand the academy as part of its accelerated development plan.<ref name="relocation2">{{cite book |title= The Roots of Ghana Methodism|last=Bartels|first=Francis Lodowic|year=1965|publisher=University Press |page=256 }}</ref> Owing to his efforts, Accra Academy was offered a 37-acre plot of land at Bubuashie, off the Winneba Road.<ref name="School History" />

Barnes, Hubbard & Arundel's local office in Accra were the architects for the school's first buildings at Bubuashie. J. Monta & Sons was awarded the contract to develop the new school site in October 1959, and by July 1961, presented the newly developed site with new buildings to the school administrators. In September 1961, the academy relocated from Ellen House to the present site at Bubuashie. A ceremony to officially open up the new buildings was held on 3 February 1962 and [[Alfred Jonas Dowuona-Hammond|A. J. Dowuona-Hammond]], [[Minister for Education (Ghana)|Minister for Education]] and incidentally an old student, unveiled a commemorative plaque.<ref>{{cite journal|title= News Photos: Home and Abroad|journal= New Ghana, Volume 7|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vvVRAQAAMAAJ&q=dowuona+hammond+and+new+buildings+and+accra+academy|year=1962|publisher=Information Services Department|page= }}</ref>  
 
The first dormitory block to serve as a residential facility for students was completed later in 1966.<ref name="School History" />
 
The academy acquired the nickname Little Legon shortly after the new school site was commissioned, when some students from the [[Western Region (Ghana)|Western Region]] who had gained admission into the [[University of Ghana]], reported at the academy instead of the University of Ghana, apparently confused by the close similarity between the infrastructure of both educational institutions.<ref name="School History" />   
 
In 1981, the academy celebrated its golden jubilee with a student enrolment of 900 and a teaching staff of 52.<ref name="School History" /> Historian [[Robert Addo-Fening]], as part of celebrations, of the golden jubilee documented the early history of the Accra Academy for publishing as a Golden Jubilee Brochure. This source was to serve as an important reference point for the first history book on the school published in 2022 titled ''Accra Aca Bleoo: The History of the Accra Academy from Jamestown to Bubuashie'' authored by Simon Ontoyin, an alumnus.<ref>{{cite web|title=Accra Academy presents first history book to Akufo-Addo|url= https://www.modernghana.com/amp/news/1177761/accra-academy-presents-first-history-book-to-akufo.html|website=modernghana.com|date=17 August 2022}}</ref>

==Overview==

===Insignia===
[[File:ACCRA ACADEMY CREST.jpg|thumb|left|{{center|Accra Academy Crest}}]]
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Object
! Significance
|-
| '''[[Lion]]''' || King of Beasts. Represents the Lion of Justice exemplifying poise and controlled power.<ref name="Insignia">. {{cite web |url=http://www.accraacaalumni.com/|title=Home page|publisher=accraacaalumni.com|access-date=June 19, 2011 }}.</ref>
|-
| '''[[Sun]]''' || Represents the brilliance of knowledge, banishing ignorance and superstition.<ref name="Insignia" />
|-
| '''[[1 Corinthians 13|Three chains]]''' || The union of three chains stands for the Pauline virtues of [[Faith]], [[Hope]] and Love.<ref name="Insignia" />
|-
| '''[[Palm tree]]''' || The palm tree thrives where other trees can hardly stand. Here it represents triumph over environmental handicaps.<ref name="Insignia" />
|-
| '''[[Cocoa tree]]''' || Symbol of Ghana's wealth. Here it symbolizes the proper use of wealth to sweeten the cares of life.<ref name="Insignia" />
|-
| '''[[Esse Quam Videri]]''' || written in Latin, translates as "To be, rather than to seem"<ref name="Insignia" /> 
|}{{clear}}

===Governance===
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! Headmaster
! Tenure of office  
|-
| [[Kofi George Konuah|K. G. Konuah]], {{post nominals|post-noms=C.B.E, G.M}} || 1931 to 1952<ref name="Konuah">{{cite book |title= The Development of Education in Ghana: an outline|last=McWilliam |first=Henry Ormiston Arthur|author2=M. A. Kwamena-Poh|year=1975 |publisher=Longman |page=67 }}</ref>
|-
| [[A. K. Konuah]] ||  1953 to 1967<ref>{{cite book|title=Education, Society, and Development in Ghana |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=Sd1CAQAAIAAJ&q=Allotei+Konuah+|author= Moses K. Antwi |publisher=Unimax |year=1992 |page=4| isbn=9789964973025 }}</ref>
|-
| [[J. K. Okine]] || 1967 to 1986<ref>{{cite news|title=Farewell to Bleoobi Jacob Korley Okine, Former Headmaster of Accra Academy|author=Nana Akuoko Sarpong|url=https://www.graphic.com.gh/features/opinion/farewell-to-bleoobi-jacob-korley-okine-former-headmaster-of-accra-academy.html|newspaper=The Daily Graphic|date=6 December 2018|author-link=Nana Akuoko Sarpong}}</ref>
|-
| [[Vincent Birch Freeman]] || 1986 to 1996<ref>{{cite news|title= Accra Academy old students launch scholarship scheme|url=https://www.graphic.com.gh/news/education/accra-academy-old-students-launch-scholarship-scheme.html|newspaper=The Daily Graphic|author= Yakubu Abdul-Jalil |date= 1 April 2016 }}</ref>
|-
| [[Beatrice Lokko]] || 1997 to 2005<ref name="Formerheadmasterdead">{{cite web|url=http://news.peacefmonline.com/social/201001/37217.php|title=Former headmaster of Accra Academy is dead|publisher=peacefmonline.com|access-date=January 25, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110715060917/http://news.peacefmonline.com/social/201001/37217.php|archive-date=July 15, 2011|url-status=dead|df=mdy-all}}</ref>
|-
| Samuel Ofori-Adjei || 2005 to 2017<ref>{{cite news|title=Samuel Ofori-Adjei : A teacher with a difference|url=https://www.graphic.com.gh/junior-graphic/i-ll-tell-my-story/samuel-ofori-adjei-a-teacher-with-a-difference.html|author=Bonney, Emmanuel|date=24 February 2016|newspaper=The Daily Graphic}}</ref> 
|-  
| William Foli Garr || 2017 to 2020<ref>{{cite news|title=Meet Rev William Garr, The New Headmaster Of Accra Academy |newspaper=Kuulpeeps - Ghana Campus News and Lifestyle Site by Students |url=https://kuulpeeps.com/2018/02/17/meet-rev-william-garr-new-headmaster-accra-academy/accra-academy|publisher=kuulpeeps.com|date=17 February 2018|author1=Julio }}</ref>
|-  
| Emmanuel Ofoe Fiemawhle || 2020 to date 
|}

==Academics==

===Admission===
[[File:Accra Academy Compound.jpg|thumb|Aerial View of Accra Academy]]
Being a [[senior high school]] for boys, the academy offers admission to boys only. Gaining entry into the academy is competitive,<ref name="Ajayi thesis" /> and open to students who have completed [[Junior high school]]. Prior to writing their [[Basic Education Certificate Examination|Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE)]],<ref name="Ajayi thesis">{{cite thesis|first=Kehinde|last=Ajayi|title=Gender and Demand for Schooling: Lessons from School Choice and Admission Outcomes in Ghana|publisher=University of California|date=2009}}</ref> final year Junior High School students, register for senior high school through a computerized school selection and placement system (CSSPS) which was introduced by the Ghana Education Service in 2005.<ref name="cpssMOE" /><ref name="CSSPS-GINKS">{{Cite press release|title=GINKS ICT and EDUCATION FORUM 2009 |publisher=iConnect Ghana |date=November 16, 2009 |url=http://www.ginks.org/CMSPages/GetBizFormFile.aspx?filename=d8989440-8eaf-4f11-a3ed-c4d1ff25cf0f.pdf |access-date=October 3, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120425093011/http://www.ginks.org/CMSPages/GetBizFormFile.aspx?filename=d8989440-8eaf-4f11-a3ed-c4d1ff25cf0f.pdf |archive-date=April 25, 2012 }}.</ref>

Unlike in the previous grading system in which a [[candidate]]'s overall academic performance in the Basic Education Certificate Examination was obtained by computing the aggregate on the candidate's best six subject scores,<ref name="Ajayi thesis" /> the raw scores obtained by a candidate in the Basic Education Certificate Examination determines the candidates overall academic performance in the exam under the computerized school selection and placement system.<ref name="CSSPS-GINKS"/> Because the computerized school selection and placement system uses a deferred-acceptance algorithm which ensures that Junior high school applicants are admitted strictly based on academic merit,<ref name="Ajayi thesis" /> administrators of the academy use raw scores obtained in the Basic Education Certificate Examination to admit applicants from Junior High School.

===Curriculum===
[[File:Accra Aca 81st Anniversary Science Exhibition.JPG|thumb|left|81st Anniversary Science Exhibition]]
The programmes run in the academy are: [[art|general arts]], [[general science]], agriculture, business and visual arts. As part of their computerized school selection and placement system registration, final year junior high school applicants select four [[Electives|elective courses]]. Unlike elective courses, [[Course (education)|core courses]] are offered to all students, irrespective of their programme of study.<ref name="Ajayi thesis" /><ref name="Core Subjects">{{cite web
 |url=http://www.tobeworldwide.org/index.php?option=com_docman&task=doc_view&gid=4 
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}}</ref><ref name="Edu Reform in Ghana">{{cite web|url=http://www.bibl.u-szeged.hu/oseas_adsec/ghana.htm|title=Educational Reform in Ghana: The Senior Secondary School|publisher=bibl.u-szeged.hu|access-date=June 21, 2011|archive-date=September 27, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110927071326/http://www.bibl.u-szeged.hu/oseas_adsec/ghana.htm|url-status=dead}}.</ref> The academy's core courses are: English language, [[Core curriculum|core]] mathematics, [[social studies]], integrated science, [[information and communication technologies|ICT (core)]] and [[physical education]], however, students are only examined both internally and externally as well, in the first five aforementioned courses.<ref name="coresubjects">{{cite web
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The academy's [[curriculum]] like that of other senior high schools in Ghana, operates in a three-year academic cycle, from form one to form three. The beginning of the first [[academic year]] marks the enrolment of the student in the academy, while the ending of the third academic year marks the graduation of the student.<ref name="Edu Reform in Ghana" />

===Academic performance===
The academy maintains a high academic standard and has over the years been ranked among the best performing senior high schools in Ghana. In 2009, the academy was listed among six other schools in the Greater Accra Region, which had 60% or more of its candidates qualifying for tertiary education.<ref name="Educationmatters">{{cite web |url=http://www.create-rpc.org/pdf_documents/Education%20Matters%20%20All%20Papers20Aug2010%20to%204March2011.pdf
| title=Education Matters: Sharing our experiences |publisher=create-rpc.org |access-date=June 20, 2011
}}</ref> In a survey, the academy was listed among secondary schools in Ghana that contribute 50% or more of its students to universities.<ref name="TopHS20">{{cite book |title= Change & Transformation in Ghana's Publicly Funded Universities|last=Manuh|first=Takyiwaa| authorlink=Takyiwaa Manuh| author2=Sulley Gariba |author3=Joseph Budu|year=2007|publisher=James Currey Ltd |location= Oxford|isbn=978-0-85255-171-4 |page=81 }}</ref> 
  
In 2018, 676 students of the school sat the [[WASSCE]]. 640 students of this number passed in all 8 courses taken (i.e. obtained grades between A1 to C6). This represented a percentage pass of 94.7% and percentage of students of qualified academic enrolment status into a university programme in Ghana.<ref>{{cite AV media
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==Student life==

===Facilities===

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In 2015, [[Asamoah Gyan]], an alumnus and captain of the senior side of the male national football team, announced he will be funding the construction of an astro turf football pitch facility for the school.<ref>{{cite web|title=Accra Aca Bleooo...Asamoah Gyan To Construct Astro Turf For School|url=https://home.peacefmonline.com/pages/sports/news/201502/232070.php |website=peacefmonline.com |date= 11 February 2015}}</ref> The facility became the first football astro turf facility to be constructed in a Ghanaian school and only one of a few in the country at its completion in 2017.<ref>{{cite web|title=One Constituency One Astro Turf Takes Off |url= https://www.modernghana.com/amp/sports/794579/one-constituency-one-astro-turf-takes-off-.html|website=modernghana.com|date=9 August 2017}}</ref> The construction of the pitch was done by Wembley Sports Construction, a company owned by Robert Coleman, an alumnus.<ref>{{cite web|title=Robert Tetteh Coleman: King of AstroTurfs in Ghana |url=https://www.graphic.com.gh/lifestyle/robert-tetteh-coleman-king-of-astroturfs-in-ghana.html|website=graphic.com.gh|date=2 October 2021}}</ref> Coleman went on to put up many more astro turf facilities in the country on government contract.<ref>{{cite web|title='King of Astro Turfs' Robert Coleman honoured at Ghana Football Awards |url= https://www.myjoyonline.com/king-of-astro-turfs-robert-coleman-honoured-at-ghana-football-awards/|website=myjoyonline.com|date=27 June 2023}}</ref> In 2019, the class of 1982 donated a multipurpose court for the games of basketball and lawn tennis.<ref>{{cite web|title=Accra Aca ‘82 Supports School |url= https://dailyguidenetwork.com/accra-aca-82-supports-school/|website= dailyguidenetwork.com|date= 9 May 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Ghana: Accra Aca '82 Old Boys Donates Basketball, Tennis Court to School |url=https://allafrica.com/stories/201905020452.html |website=allafrica.com|date=2 May 2019}}</ref>
 
In 2017, [[Tullow| Tullow Ghana]] completed a refurbishment of the school's science laboratory block. During the refurbishment, the class of 1990 provided and fitted interactive projectors and smartboards to laboratories within the refurbished block.<ref>{{cite web|title= Accra Aca science block refurbished to boost science| url= https://www.graphic.com.gh/news/education/accra-aca-science-block-refurbished-it-is-to-boost-the-learning-of-science.html|website=graphic.com.gh|date=22 September 2017}}</ref> In 2023, the class of 1986 opened up a newly built edifice for an ICT laboratory in fulfillment of a promise the group had made in 2017 at the school's speech and prize-giving day.<ref>{{cite web|title= Accra Academy 1986-year group hands over ultra-mordern ICT lab|url=https://citinewsroom.com/2023/05/accra-academy-1986-year-group-hands-over-ultra-mordern-ict-lab/|website=graphic.com.gh|date= 2 May 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title= Accra Academy advocates for ICT based education |url=https://www.graphic.com.gh/news/education/accra-academy-advocates-for-ict-based-education.html|website= graphic.com.gh|date=27 March 2017}}</ref>

===Halls of residence===
[[File:Nana Akuako Sarpong hall.jpg|thumb|right|Nana Akuoko Sarpong hall]]
The academy has eight [[halls of residence]]. The first four of these halls were inaugurated as part of the school's 1967 Annual Speech and Prize Giving Day activities. Among the four, three were later renamed after founding fathers of the school, with the exception of Kofi Konuah, while the fourth is named after Mrs. Ellen Buckle.<ref name="75thAnniversary">{{cite web |url=http://www.newtimesonline.com/content/view/5024/55/|title=A 75th Anniversary Feature|website=Newtimesonline.com|access-date=April 30, 2008 }}</ref> The remaining four halls were inaugurated as part of the school's 83rd Founders' Day Celebration in 2014.<ref>{{cite journal |title=Accra Academy marks 83rd Founders Day |journal=Junior Graphic |issue=698 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QL7YpUYGCW8C&dq=awuah+darko+ampem+and+accra+academy&pg=PA3|editor= Mavis Kitcher|date=23 July 2014|access-date=17 July 2022}}</ref> They are named after alumni; [[Nana Akuoko Sarpong]], [[Peter Ala Adjetey]], [[Emmanuel Noi Omaboe|Nana Wereko Ampem]] and [[Nana Awuah Darko Ampem I|Nana Awuah Darko Ampem]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Accra Academy honours four past students|url=https://www.graphic.com.gh/news/education/accra-academy-shs-honours-four-past-students.html|last=Hawkson|first=Emmanuel Ebo|newspaper=Graphic Online|date=21 July 2014|accessdate=17 July 2022}}</ref>

Each hall is supervised by a hall-master while a senior hall-master serves as a liaison between all four halls of residence. [[Prefect|Hall-prefect]]s assist hall-masters in the performance of their official duties and have a general responsibility to maintain order in their halls.

Hall-masters are not resident in the halls they supervise but rather housed in [[bungalow|staff bungalows]] on the school's premises, on the other hand, hall-prefects reside in the halls in which they exercise jurisdiction. Each hall of residence contains a bedroom, storage room, ironing room, prefects' cubicle and a washroom.

Each academic year, the administrators of the academy organize athletics competitions between the members of the four Halls of Residence as a way of building up rapport among students. These inter-Hall athletic competitions also serve as an avenue for the academy's sports trainers to select students with outstanding sports qualities who can represent the academy in external sports competitions.

===Regulations and sanctions===
The Accra Academy maintains strict rules on discipline.<ref name="counselling units">{{cite news |url=http://www.modernghana.com/news/225896/1/ges-to-reduce-ills-in-schools.html|title=GES To Reduce Ills In Schools |newspaper=Modern Ghana |date=July 7, 2009|publisher=modernghana.com |access-date=February 4, 2011 }}.</ref> A student undertaking a mild [[punishment]] is asked to carry out cleaning, scrubbing, sweeping, weeding or disposing of refuse. A student who commits a grievous school offence is made to proceed on an indefinite suspension or is [[Expulsion (academia)|dismiss]]ed from the academy, a notable example of which is the dismissal of [[Chuckie Taylor]], the son of the former president of Liberia, [[Charles Taylor (Liberia)|Charles Taylor]], on grounds of possessing drugs and weapons.<ref name="chucky">{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2008/nov/23/liberia-war-crimes-chucky-taylor|title=The all-American warlord |work=The Guardian |location=UK|access-date=February 14, 2011 |first=Johnny |last=Dwyer |date=November 23, 2008}}</ref>

===Associations and clubs===
Academy students are involved in [[Extracurricular activities]] through their membership in school associations and clubs,<ref name="The Editor2001p5"/> some of which include:
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* Alzheimer's Foundation of America (Youth wing),<ref name="AFA Teens">{{cite web |url=http://www.afateens.org/about_afateens_chapters.html |title=AFA Teens Chapters |publisher=afateens.org |access-date=March 2, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110724224745/http://www.afateens.org/about_afateens_chapters.html |archive-date=July 24, 2011 |url-status=dead |df=mdy-all }}</ref> 
*Cadet Corp,  
*Campus Ministry,<ref name="campusministry">{{cite web|url=http://believersgreatharvest.org/about_us.html |title=The background history of Believers Great Harvest Chapel |publisher=believersgreatharvest.org |access-date=August 5, 2011 }}{{dead link|date=June 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> 
*Debaters Club,<ref>{{Cite news|title=Accra Academy wins debate|date=March 1999|url=https://mobile.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/NewsArchive/Accra-Academy-wins-debate-5473#|publisher=ghanaweb.com}}</ref>  
*Drama Club, 
*Geography Club,  
*German Club,
*Ghana United Nations Students and Youth Association (GUNSA).,<ref name="GUNSA">{{cite web |url=http://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/health/artikel.php?ID=211047|title=GUNSA joins NYA to clean Korle Bu Maternity, Children's blocks|publisher=ghanaweb.com|date=June 11, 2011|access-date=July 11, 2011}}</ref>  
*Global Teenager Project (Ghana),<ref name="globalteenager">{{cite web |url=http://www.globalteenager.org/?q=node/101|title=The Global Teenager Project Ghana (GTP Ghana) |publisher=globalteenager.org |access-date= February 28, 2011 }}</ref>   
*Head of State Award Scheme,  
*HIV/AIDS Kickers Youth club.,<ref name="clubs2">{{cite web|url=http://www.lawtrust.com.gh/achimota/docs/hivak.htm|title=HIV/AIDS Kickers Youth club|publisher=lawtrust.com.gh|access-date=March 2, 2011}}{{Dead link|date=September 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}.</ref>  
*Investment Club,   
*Junior Achievement Club,<ref name="JAGh2">{{cite web|url=http://www.gbcghana.com/index.php?id=1.334929.1.425328|title=Accra Academy is 2011 Junior Achievement Student Company|publisher=gbcghana.com|access-date=July 3, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120325203157/http://www.gbcghana.com/index.php?id=1.334929.1.425328|archive-date=March 25, 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="JAGh1">{{cite web |url=http://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/business/artikel.php?ID=211064|title=Accra Academy wins National Junior Achievement Company competition|publisher=ghanaweb.com|date=June 12, 2011|access-date=July 2, 2011}}</ref>  
*Pan-African Club,  
*Robotics Club,<ref>{{cite news|title= Ghana Robotics Academy competition starts October 28|newspaper=Graphic Online|url=https://www.graphic.com.gh/news/education/ghana-robotics-academy-competition-starts-september-28.html|date=30 October 2018}}</ref> 
*Rotaract Club, 
*Science Club,  
*Scrabble Club,<ref name="scrabble">{{cite web|url=http://www.ghanascrabble.com/sch_org.html |title=Organisation of scrabble clubs in schools |publisher=ghanascrabble.com |access-date=November 1, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110711091701/http://www.ghanascrabble.com/sch_org.html |archive-date=July 11, 2011 }}.</ref>  
*Scripture Union,  
*Students Representation Council – S R C,  
*Students World Assembly<ref name="studentworldassembly">{{cite web|url=http://www.studentworldassembly.org/page.php?subsub=294&catid=59&url=/896133256/accra_academy.html |title=Students World Assembly |publisher=studentworldassembly.org |access-date=February 28, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110724163634/http://www.studentworldassembly.org/page.php?subsub=294&catid=59&url=%2F896133256%2Faccra_academy.html |archive-date=July 24, 2011 }}</ref>  
*The Earth and Wildlife Club<ref name="Wildlife Club">{{cite web|url=https://www.un.org/cyberschoolbus/planet/pages/70.asp |title=Atlas of student Action for the Planet |publisher=United Nations |access-date=June 22, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121103121128/http://www.un.org/cyberschoolbus/planet/pages/70.asp |archive-date=November 3, 2012 }}.</ref>
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===Sports===
As early as 1934, the academy's administrators hired a [[sports trainer|sports-master]] to organize the sporting activities of the academy. Students were trained in athletics, soccer, and [[field hockey|hockey]]. The academy won the Aggrey Shield together with seven other trophies in the annual inter-college athletics competition held in 1950, and through which the academy became recognized in Ghanaian inter-college sports, while the words "''Accra Aca, Bleoo''" came to also serve as a [[slogan]] for the school.<ref name="Bleoo">{{cite news |url=http://www.modernghana.com/news/293426/1/accraaca-tells-history-of-039bleoo039.html|title=Accra Aca Tells History Of 'Bleoo'|newspaper=Modern Ghana |publisher=modernghana.com|access-date=October 18, 2010 |date=August 27, 2010}}.</ref><ref name="School History"/>

==Annual events==
The academy's administrators and alumni association organize annual events for the students and alumni of the school, including a speech and prize-giving day ceremony, a memorial lecture and a Home-coming Reunion. The annual speech and prize-giving day ceremony award the school's best performing students. Occasionally retired as well as active teachers and staff of the academy are awarded for their contributions to the school.<ref name="80thSPG day">{{cite web|url=http://www.gbcghana.com/index.php?id=1.353002|title=Accra Academy holds speech, prize day|publisher=Ghana Broadcasting Corporation|access-date=April 13, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120325203131/http://www.gbcghana.com/index.php?id=1.353002|archive-date=March 25, 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref> The ''Konuah-Halm-Addo-Awuletey-Alema Memorial Lectures'' (formerly ''Accra Academy Foundation Lectures'') was instituted in 1991 by Vincent Freeman, then academy headmaster, as part of the school's 60th anniversary celebrations. Home-coming reunions are usually organised as part of the academy's anniversary celebrations. They are usually characterized by bonding activities that include the singing of popular school songs called ''Jamas'' and the playing of table tennis, football and [[snooker]].<ref name="Home Coming">{{cite web |url=http://www.modernghana.com/print/230134/1/accra-aca-boys-come-home-in-style.html|title=Accra Aca Boys Come Home In Style |publisher=modernghana.com |access-date=October 1, 2009 }}.</ref><ref name="Homecoming2011">{{cite web|url=http://news.myjoyonline.com/education/201107/69832.asp |title=Bleoo@80: 85 Year Group donates GH¢24,000 |publisher=news.myjoyonline.com|access-date=July 25, 2011 }}{{dead link|date=June 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>

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==Old Boys Association==
The association functions as an [[old boys network]] which is opened to any person who has been enrolled in the academy for more than one year.<ref name="Ala Adjetey et al2008p2">Ala Adjetey et al. (2008).''Constitution of Accra Academy Old Boys Association''. Accra Academy, p. 2.</ref><ref name="Ala Adjetey et al2008p1">Ala Adjetey et al. (2008). ''Constitution of Accra Academy Old Boys Association''. Accra Academy, p. 1.</ref>

The association has a governing body consisting of: a president, secretary, treasurer and a [[public relations officer]] elected at an annual general meeting for a fixed tenure of office.<ref name="Ala Adjetey et al2008p2"/> They form the executive committee of the association and have the responsibility of planning and executing all programmes or events that are organised by the association. The association is operated from a [[Secretariat (administrative office)|national secretariat]], which doubles as the association's headquarters in Accra. It is located on the premises of the school and is responsible for coordinating the activities of all year groups and regional secretariats of the association. It also serves as a liaison between alumni and the school.

==Notable alumni==
{{Main|List of alumni of Accra Academy}}
 
The school has graduated many notable alumni, including a member of the big six, a head of state, and a deputy head of state. 3 speakers of parliament attended the school, as well as 2 Chief Justices of Ghana. Thus, all three [[arms of government]] (executive, legislature and judiciary) have been led by the school's alumni.<ref name="Accra Aca Is Calling">{{cite web |url=http://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/features/artikel.php?ID=116583&comment=2517532|title=Accra Aca Is Calling |date=30 November 2001 |publisher=ghanaweb.com|access-date=30 May 2008 }}</ref> All three service branches of the [[Ghana Armed Forces]] (army, navy and air force) have also been led by alumni. A former fourth service branch of the Ghana Armed Forces (border guards), during its brief existence, was also led by an alumni. The national assemblies which deliberated over and presented the draft constitutions of Ghana's [[Third Republic of Ghana|Third Republic]] and [[Political history of Ghana|Fourth Republic]] were both chaired by alumni.<ref>{{cite journal|title=Justice D. F. Annan- The last of the Big Four|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MdYDF8uAF3kC&dq=consultative+assembly+and+annan&pg=PA10|journal=The Daily Graphic |date=7 October 2006|page=10}}</ref><ref name="voad">{{cite journal|title= Tribute to SS Sackey|journal=Daily Graphic|author=E.A. Osew|date= 14 June 1997|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jwrXiaiNjNAC&dq=boahene+and+sackey+and+cabinet+and+accra+academy&pg=PA9 |page=9}}</ref>

=== Politics ===
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[[List of alumni of the Accra Academy#Politics, Royalty and Government|In the field of politics]], Ghana's second head of government, [[J. A. Ankrah]], and his deputy, [[J. W. K. Harlley]] were old boys.<ref>{{Cite news |last=MD |first=Alex Sarkodie |title=The Rise, and Fall of Major Akwasi Amankwah Afrifa in Ghana Politics (1966-1979) |url=https://www.modernghana.com/news/1061145/the-rise-and-fall-of-major-akwasi-amankwah-afrifa.html |access-date=2023-01-19 |website=Modern Ghana |language=en}}</ref> The school has educated 3 [[Speaker of the Parliament of Ghana|speakers of parliament]]: [[Daniel Francis Annan]], [[Peter Ala Adjetey]], and [[Edward Doe Adjaho]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Emmanuel |first=Kojo |date=2021-03-26 |title=Here are three notable former Speakers of Parliament who went to Accra Academy you should know |url=https://www.pulse.com.gh/news/politics/here-are-three-notable-former-speakers-of-parliament-who-went-to-accra-academy-you/ygrz623 |access-date=2023-01-19 |website=Pulse Ghana |language=en}}</ref> [[Ebenezer Ako-Adjei|Ako Adjei]], named amongst [[The Big Six (Ghana)|the big six]], attended the school. [[Henry Plange Nyemitei|Henry P. Nyemitei]] was general secretary of the [[Convention People's Party|CPP]] during the [[1951 Gold Coast general election|first general election held in 1951]]. A decade after, in 1961, [[H. H. Cofie-Crabbe|H. H. Cofie Crabbe]] run the erstwhile CPP's headquarters as executive secretary.  
 
3 successive chairmen of the [[New Patriotic Party]] have been old boys (Peter Ala Adjetey, [[Samuel Odoi-Sykes]], [[Harona Esseku]]). [[Harry Sawyerr]], the only minister of the Third Republic to have again served as a minister in the Fourth Republic, is an alumnus. [[Paul Boateng]], the first person of colour to be appointed a [[Cabinet of the United Kingdom|cabinet minister]] in a UK government, is also an alumnus. The current Minister for Transport, [[Kwaku Ofori Asiamah]], is an old boy.

=== Law ===
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In law, Accra Academy alumni include Chief Justices [[Samuel Azu Crabbe]], and [[Fred Kwasi Apaloo|Fred Apaloo]], and acting Chief Justices; [[George Commey Mills-Odoi|G. C. Mills-Odoi]], [[Nicholas Yaw Boafo Adade|N. Y. B. Adade]], and [[Jones Dotse]]. In all, [[List of alumni of the Accra Academy#Supreme Court Judges|nine (9) Supreme Court Justices]] have been educated at the school, including Justice [[Samuel Kwame Adibu Asiedu|Samuel Adibu Asiedu]], an active justice of the [[Supreme Court of Ghana]]. Internationally, [[Walter Onnoghen]] was [[Chief Justice of Nigeria]], Apaloo served as [[Chief Justice of Kenya]], Azu Crabbe was Justice of the [[East African Court of Appeal]] and [[Frederick Bruce-Lyle]] was the longest serving judge of the [[Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=JUDGE FREDERICK BRUCE-LYLE DIES AT AGE 62 |url=https://www.stvincenttimes.com/judge-frederick-bruce-lyle-dies-at-age-62/ |access-date=2023-01-19 |website=St Vincent Times |date=23 April 2016 |language=en-US}}</ref>  
  
[[Attorney General of Ghana|Attorneys-General]] who attended the school include the first Ghanaian Attorney General of Ghana, [[George Commey Mills-Odoi|George Mills-Odoi]];<ref>{{Cite news |last=Korto |first=Philip Afeti |title=Geoffrey Bing, Ghana's Former Attorney- General who was Detained and Deported in 1966 |url=https://www.modernghana.com/news/1088935/geoffrey-bing-ghanas-former-attorney-general.html |access-date=2023-01-19 |website=Modern Ghana |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-11-02 |title=Godfred Dame is becoming a disgrace to the Legal Profession? He must humbly learn from this CJ & AG |url=https://myinfo.com.gh/2021/11/godfred-dame-is-becoming-a-disgrace-to-the-legal-profession-he-must-humbly-learn-from-this-cj-ag-2/ |access-date=2023-01-19 |website=www.myinfo.com.gh |language=en-GB}}</ref> the first female Attorney General of Ghana, [[Betty Mould-Iddrisu]];<ref>{{Cite web |date=28 February 2009 |title=First woman Attorney-General Sworn In |url=https://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/NewsArchive/artikel.php?ID=158328 |access-date=21 January 2023 |website=GhanaWeb |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Pioneer African Women in Law |url=https://www.africanwomeninlaw.com/african-women-in-law/Betty-Mould-Iddrisu |access-date=2023-01-19 |website=African Women in Law |language=en}}</ref> [[Nicholas Yaw Boafo Adade]]; and [[Gustav Koranteng-Addow]]. Prior to the merger of the post of Minister of Justice with that of Attorney-General, Ako Adjei was Ghana's first [[Ministry of Justice (Ghana)#List of ministers|Minister of Justice]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Nkrumah |first=Kwame |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vu42AAAAIAAJ&q=ako+adjei+interior&pg=PA13 |title=Ghana's Policy at Home and Abroad: Text of Speech Given in the Ghana Parliament, August 29, 1957, by Kwame Nkrumah, Prime Minister |date=1957 |publisher=Information Office, Embassy of Ghana |language=en}}</ref> [[Peter Ala Adjetey]] is a former president of the [[Ghana Bar Association]]. The current [[Office of the Special Prosecutor|Special Prosecutor of Ghana]], [[Kissi Agyebeng]], is an old boy.

=== Public Service ===
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In public service, [[Joseph Bennet Odunton|Joseph Odunton]] was the first black African to hold an appointment at [[Buckingham Palace]].<ref>{{Cite news |date=1959-05-14 |title=Clipped From The Times |pages=7 |work=The Times |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/21469972/the-times/ |access-date=2023-01-23}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |title=Mr. Odunton of Ghana makes Palace history - The Australian Women's Weekly (1933 - 1982) - 10 Jun 1959 |language=en |work=Trove |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/44023293 |access-date=2023-01-23}}</ref> [[Nathan Quao]], [[Gilbert Boafo Boahene|Gilbert Boahene]] and [[Benjamin Clement Eghan|Ben Eghan]] have been [[cabinet secretary|Secretary to the Cabinet]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-10-06 |title=CLOGSAG celebrates Nathan Anang Quao … a civil servant extra-ordinaire |url=https://thenewindependentonline.com/2021/10/06/clogsag-celebrates-nathan-anang-quao-a-civil-servant-extra-ordinaire/ |access-date=2023-01-23 |website=The New Independent Online |language=en-US}}</ref> [[Robert Dodoo]], a former Head of the Civil Service, attended the school.<ref>{{cite web|title=Past Heads  |url=https://www.ohcs.gov.gh/past-heads|website=ohcs.gov.gh|access-date=18 June 2023}}</ref> [[Edward Quist-Arcton]] was the first Ghanaian forestry head;<ref>{{cite book|title=Annual Report of the Forestry Dept., Ghana|author= Ghana, Forestry Department |year= 1961 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8phCAQAAIAAJ&q=Quist+Arcton|publisher= Ghana Ministry Lands and Natural Resources, 1961|page=15}}</ref> [[Harry Dodoo]] was the first Ghanaian to lead the [[Ghana Cocoa Board]];<ref>{{cite magazine |title=TOP COCOA BOSS |date= 18 March 1957 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rkEEAAAAMBAJ&q=harry+dodoo&pg=PA33 |magazine=Life |location=USA |publisher=Time Inc. |page=39 |access-date=16 July 2019}}</ref> [[Emmanuel Noi Omaboe|E. N. Omaboe]] was the first Ghanaian to be Government Statistician.<ref>{{cite news|title=Omaboe Gets the top post|publisher=The Daily Graphic|date=13 July 1960|page=1}}</ref> [[V. C. R. A. C. Crabbe]] established the first Electoral Commission,<ref>{{Cite web |title=History – Electoral Commission |url=https://ec.gov.gh/history/ |access-date=2023-01-23 |website=ec.gov.gh|date=16 November 2020 }}</ref> and [[John Willie Kofi Harlley|J. W. K. Harlley]] became the first [[Inspector General of Police of the Ghana Police Service|Inspector General of Police]] since the title was officially used in 1966.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Mamattah |first=Charles M. K. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0boJAQAAIAAJ&q=harlley+first+igp |title=The EVes of West Africa: The ANlO-EVes and their immediate neighbours |date=1976 |publisher=Volta Research Publications |language=en}}</ref>  
 
4 alumni have been [[Chief of Army Staff (Ghana)|Chiefs of Army Staff]] of the [[Ghana Army]]; this includes the first Ghanaian to take up the role, Joseph Arthur Ankrah,<ref>{{Cite book |last1=Chin |first1=John J. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WyScEAAAQBAJ&dq=Ankrah+first+chief+of+army+staff&pg=PA51 |title=Historical Dictionary of Modern Coups D'état |last2=Wright |first2=Joseph |last3=Carter |first3=David B. |date=2022-12-13 |publisher=Rowman & Littlefield |isbn=978-1-5381-2068-2 |language=en}}</ref> who later served as [[Chief of the Defence Staff (Ghana)|Chief of Defence Staff]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Mwakikagile |first=Godfrey |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hy9PCwAAQBAJ&dq=ankrah+chief+of+defence+staff&pg=PA90 |title=Africa: Dawn of a New Era |date=2016-01-26 |publisher=New Africa Press |isbn=978-9987-16-048-8 |language=en}}</ref> The others are [[Neville Alexander Odartey-Wellington|Neville Odartey-Wellington]], [[W. W. Bruce-Konuah|William Bruce-Konuah]] and [[Joseph Narh Adinkrah|Joseph Adinkrah]]. The first Ghanaian appointed [[Chief of Naval Staff (Ghana)|Chief of Naval Staff]], [[David Animle Hansen|David Hansen]], is an old boy,<ref>{{Cite book |last=Commission |first=Ghana National Reconciliation |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=f9hRAQAAMAAJ&q=david+hansen+first+chief+naval+staff |title=National Reconcil[i]ation Commission |date=2004 |publisher=National Reconciliation Commission |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Provencal |first=E. N. O. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rzuGVZbTpb8C&dq=david+hansen+first+chief+naval+staff&pg=PA10 |title=The Mirror: Issue 1894 March 2 1991 |date=1991-03-02 |publisher=Graphic Communications Group |language=en}}</ref> and the current [[Chief of Air Staff (Ghana)|Chief of Air Staff]], [[Frederick Asare Bekoe]], is an old boy.

=== Royalty ===
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Monarchs who attended the school include the [[Osagyefo Kuntunkununku II]], 34th Okyenhene and Paramount Chief of [[Akyem Abuakwa]];<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/news/1999/apr/07/guardianobituaries3|title=Okyenhene Osagyefuo Kuntunkununku II obituary|date=6 April 1999|website=[[The Guardian]] |accessdate=20 April 2018}}</ref> [[Emmanuel Noi Omaboe|Oyeeman Wereko Ampem II]], Ohene of [[Amanokrom]];<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/news/2006/jan/26/obituaries.readersobituaries|title=Obituary: Wereko Ampem II|date=26 January 2006|website=[[The Guardian]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171018012509/https://www.theguardian.com/news/2006/jan/26/obituaries.readersobituaries|archive-date=18 October 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Nana Kwabena Wiafe]], Omanhene of [[Offinso|Offinso Traditional Area]]; [[Nana Akuoko Sarpong]], Omanhene of [[Agogo, Ghana|Agogo Traditional Area]];<ref>{{cite web|title=Accra Academy honours Nana Akuoko Sarpong |url=https://www.graphic.com.gh/news/education/accra-academy-honours-nana-akuoko-sarpong.html|website=graphic.com.gh|date= 1 April 2014 |publisher= The Daily Graphic|access-date=27 March 2023}}</ref> and [[Ghartey VII|Neenyi Ghartey VII]], the Omanhene of [[Winneba]], Effutu Traditional Area.<ref>{{cite web|title=Accra academy holds 90th anniversary fundraising |url=https://www.ghanaiantimes.com.gh/accra-academy-holds-90th-anniversary-fundraising/|website=ghanaiantimes.com|publisher= The Ghanaian Times|date= 25 October 2022|access-date=27 March 2023}}</ref>

=== Academia ===
The first black African [[Rhodes Scholarship|Rhodes Scholar]], [[Lebrecht Wilhelm Fifi Hesse|Lebrecht Wilhem Fifi Hesse]], was educated at the school.<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=S0sOAQAAMAAJ&q=hesse+first+black++ |title=West Africa |date=2000 |publisher=Afrimedia International |language=en}}</ref> [[Frank Gibbs Torto]] {{post nominals|post-noms=[[Ghana Academy of Arts and Sciences|FGA]]}}, a chemist, was the first Ghanaian appointed lecturer of the [[University of Ghana]] (the oldest university in Ghana);<ref>{{Cite book |last=Agbodeka |first=Francis |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=l9wsAQAAIAAJ&q=+member+consider+whole |title=A History of University of Ghana: Half a Century of Higher Education (1948-1998) |date=1998 |publisher=Woeli Pub. Services |isbn=978-9964-978-56-3 |language=en}}</ref> and [[Kwadzo Senanu]] was acting [[vice-chancellor]] of University of Ghana for the 1983/84 academic year.<ref>{{cite book|title=  Commonwealth Universities Yearbook, Volumes 3-4 |url=https://www.google.com/search?q=K.E+Senanu+and+1983-84&tbm=bks|publisher=Association of Commonwealth Universities., 1984}}</ref> [[Daniel Asua Wubah|Daniel Wubah]] is the first African [[Chancellor (education)#United States|president]] of [[Millersville University of Pennsylvania]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Larnyoh |first=Magdalene Teiko |date=2019-04-26 |title=Ghana's Dr Daniel A. Wubah is the first African president of Millersville University |url=https://www.pulse.com.gh/bi/strategy/ghanas-dr-daniel-a-wubah-is-the-first-african-president-of-millersville-university/9wtf9mk |access-date=2023-01-19 |website=Pulse Ghana |language=en}}</ref> Scholars educated include plant pathologist [[Edwin Jackson Anafi Asomaning|Edwin Asomaning]] {{post nominals|post-noms=[[Ghana Academy of Arts and Sciences|FGA]]}}, surgeon [[Emmanuel Quaye Archampong|Emmanuel Archampong]] {{post nominals|post-noms=[[Ghana Academy of Arts and Sciences|FGA]]}}, soil scientist [[David Kpakpoe Acquaye|David Acquaye]] {{post nominals|post-noms=[[Ghana Academy of Arts and Sciences|FGA]]}}, jurist [[Fred Apaloo]] {{post nominals|post-noms=[[Ghana Academy of Arts and Sciences|FGA]]}}, jurist [[V.C.R.A.C. Crabbe]] {{post nominals|post-noms=[[Ghana Academy of Arts and Sciences|FGA]]}}, mycologist [[George Tawia Odamtten|George Odamtten]] {{post nominals|post-noms=[[Ghana Academy of Arts and Sciences|FGA]]}}, economist [[Peter Quartey]] {{post nominals|post-noms=[[Ghana Academy of Arts and Sciences|FGA]]}}, historian [[Robert Addo-Fening]], microbiologist [[Michael McClelland (academic)|Michael McClelland]], mathematician [[Abdul–Aziz Yakubu (mathematician)|Abdul–Aziz Yakubu]], physician [[Rexford Ahima]], and geneticist [[James Adjaye]].

=== Medicine ===
[[List of alumni of the Accra Academy#Medicine|In medicine]], alumni include the first Ghanaian neurosurgeon, [[J. F. O. Mustaffah]];<ref>{{Cite book |last=Germano |first=Isabelle M. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MptXEAAAQBAJ&dq=first+ghanaian+neurosurgeon&pg=PA182 |title=Neurosurgery and Global Health |date=2022-01-03 |publisher=Springer Nature |isbn=978-3-030-86656-3 |language=en}}</ref> the first Ghanaian eye specialist, [[Cornelius Odarquaye Quarcoopome]]; and [[Jacob Amekor Blukoo-Allotey]], who is known for his pioneering role in the study of pharmacology in Ghana.<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7jG5AAAAIAAJ&q=blukoo-allotey+pharmacology |title=Ghana Journal of Science: A Joint Publication of the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research and the Ghana Science Association |date=1967 |publisher=Council and the Association |language=en}}</ref> Cornelius Odarquaye Quarcoopome and [[Jacob Plange-Rhule]] were both once presidents of the [[Ghana Medical Association]]. [[Emmanuel Quaye Archampong]] was president of the [[West African College of Surgeons]], and [[Joseph Kpakpo Acquaye]] was president of the [[West African College of Physicians]].

=== Arts ===
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In the arts, [[Jerry Hansen (musician)|Jerry Hansen]] founded and became the first president of the [[Musicians Union of Ghana|Musicians Union of Ghana (MUSIGA)]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Artsghana {{!}} Jerry Hanson |url=http://ghana.spla.pro/en/file.person.jerry-hanson.50997.html |access-date=2023-01-19 |website=Spla |language=en}}</ref> Veteran music producer [[Zapp Mallet]] coined the term “hip life,"<ref>{{Cite web |last=Online |first=Peace FM |title=Zapp Mallet Coined The Name HIP-LIFE And Not Reggie Root Eye |url=https://www.peacefmonline.com/pages/showbiz/news/201508/252009.php |access-date=2023-01-20 |website=Peacefmonline.com - Ghana news}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Zapp Mallet coined the name "HIP-LIFE" and not Reggie – Root Eye |url=http://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/entertainment/Zapp-Mallet-coined-the-name-HIP-LIFE-and-not-Reggie-Root-Eye-377062?gallery=1 |access-date=2023-01-20 |website=GhanaWeb |language=en}}</ref> and [[KiDi]] is the 2022 [[Ghana Music Awards|VGMA]] artist of the year.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-05-08 |title=KiDi wins 2022 VGMA Artiste of the Year |url=https://citinewsroom.com/2022/05/kidi-wins-2022-vgma-artiste-of-the-year/ |access-date=2023-01-21 |website=Citinewsroom - Comprehensive News in Ghana |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=emmakd |date=2022-05-10 |title=Kidi tops all at VGMA with five awards |url=https://www.ghanabusinessnews.com/2022/05/10/kidi-tops-all-at-vgma-with-five-awards/ |access-date=2023-01-21 |website=Ghana Business News |language=en-US}}</ref> Actor [[Chris Attoh]] and writer [[Amu Djoleto]] also attended the school.

Others in the fine arts include visual artists; [[Prince Gyasi]], [[Bright Tetteh Ackwerh]], and [[Ray Styles]], and sculptors; [[Eric Adjetey Anang]] and [[Constance Swaniker]].

=== Business ===
In business and entrepreneurship, [[Nana Awuah Darko Ampem I]], widely regarded as the godfather of insurance in Ghana,<ref>{{Cite book |last=Aryeh |first=Elvis D. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jvrCzlN1ECEC&dq=awuah+Vanguard+Assurance+first+indigenous&pg=PA9 |title=Daily Graphic: Issue 148564 July 2, 2002 |date=2002-07-02 |publisher=Graphic Communications Group |language=en}}</ref> is known to have founded Ghana's first private indigenous insurance company (Vanguard Assurance).<ref>{{Cite news |title=Nana Awuah-Darko Memorial lecture held |url=https://www.modernghana.com/news/507697/nana-awuah-darko-memorial-lecture-held.html |access-date=2023-01-21 |website=Modern Ghana |language=en}}</ref> [[Emmanuel Noi Omaboe|E. N. Omaboe]] (also Nana Wereko Ampem II) and [[John Kobina Richardson]] served on a committee to initiate the [[Ghana Stock Exchange]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Daniel |first=Ebow |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JOwsAQAAIAAJ&q=tobacco+ghanaian+appointed |title=Mr. Registrar: The Making of an Amanuensis |date=1999 |publisher=Woeli Pub. Services |isbn=978-9964-978-59-4 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gse.com.gh/aboutus/default.asp |title=About Us:Overview & History |access-date=2007-04-10 |work=Official website |publisher=Ghana Stock Exchange |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070227144044/http://www.gse.com.gh/aboutus/default.asp |archive-date=2007-02-27 |url-status=dead }}</ref> [[T. E. Anin]] was managing director and chairman of [[Ghana Commercial Bank]],<ref>{{Cite book |last=Agyeman |first=Eddie |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PyxWxPGc-SEC&dq=anin+commercial+bank&pg=PA7 |title=Daily Graphic: Issue 5,841 July 12 1969 |date=1969-07-12 |publisher=Graphic Communications Group |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Nkrumah |first=I. K. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-zSibT4EBWQC&dq=anin+director+chairman+commercial+bank&pg=PA1 |title=Daily Graphic: Issue 8043 August 28 1976 |date=1976-08-28 |publisher=Graphic Communications Group |language=en}}</ref> and [[Tei Mante]] was vice-chairman of [[Ecobank]] after being a director at [[International Finance Corporation|IFC]].<ref>{{cite web|title= 2019 Group Ecobank Report |url=https://ecobank.com/upload/publication/202006080858598256SH5UBR32M/20200610070924717w.pdf |website=ecobank.com |year=2019|page=52 }}</ref> [[Godfrey Gaoseb]] was an executive director of the [[World Bank]].<ref>{{Cite news | last=Nakale | first=Albertina | title=Godfrey Gaoseb is no more | url=https://neweralive.na/posts/godfrey-gaoseb |access-date=2023-04-28 |newspaper=[[New Era (Namibia)|New Era]] | language=en-za}}</ref>  [[Felix E. Addo]] was country senior partner of [[PwC]],<ref>{{cite news|title=First Ghanaian appointed to Guinness Ghana Board Chair|url=https://www.myjoyonline.com/business/2018/October-24th/first-ghanaian-appointed-to-guinness-ghana-board-chair.php|publisher=myjoyonline.com|date=23 October 2018}}</ref> and [[Felix Nyarko-Pong]] was managing director of [[uniBank]]. Old boys who are presently managing directors of banks include [[Daniel Wilson Addo|Daniel Addo]] of [[Consolidated Bank Ghana|CBG]], [[Julian Opuni]] of [[Fidelity Bank Ghana|Fidelity Bank]], Bernard Gyebi of [[Prudential Bank Limited|Prudential Bank]], and Edward Botchway of [[Absa Bank Ghana]].

=== Journalism ===
In the media, [[Joe Lartey]] ("over to you, Joe Lartey"),<ref>{{Cite news |last=Quansah |first=Maurice |title=Over to You, Joe Lartey: SWAG's first President receives global award |url=https://www.graphic.com.gh/sports/sports-news/over-to-you-joe-lartey-swag-s-first-president-receives-global-award.html |access-date=2023-01-21 |website=Graphic Online |language=en-gb}}</ref> considered one of the greatest football commentators in Africa,<ref>{{Cite web |last= |date=2021-11-25 |title=Greatest African Football Commentators Ever |url=https://sundiatapost.com/greatest-african-football-commentators-ever/ |access-date=2023-01-21 |website=SundiataPost |language=en-US}}</ref> studied at the school. [[Eric Kwame Heymann|Eric Heymann]] was Editor of the ''[[Accra Evening News|Evening News]]'' and [[Goodwin Tutum Anim]] was the first Ghanaian to head [[Ghana News Agency]];<ref>{{Cite news |title=First General Manager Of GNA Has Died |url=https://www.modernghana.com/news/1034708/first-general-manager-of-gna-has-died.html |access-date=2023-01-21 |website=Modern Ghana |language=en}}</ref> [[Earl Ankrah]] is known to have pioneered breakfast shows in Ghana;<ref>{{Cite web |last=Ofori |first=Oral |date=2021-04-13 |title=Ghanaian TV Show Hosts Idolize Broadcast Icon -- Earl Ankrah |url=https://www.theafricandream.net/ghanaian-tv-show-hosts-idolize-broadcast-icon-earl-ankrah/ |access-date=2023-01-21 |website=TheAfricanDream |language=en-US}}</ref> [[Ben Ephson]] is a renowned pollster; founder and chief editor of the ''Daily Dispatch'';<ref>{{Cite web |title=Renowned Ghanaian pollster Ben Ephson |url=https://ghanaeducation.org/tag/renowned-ghanaian-pollster-ben-ephson/ |access-date=2023-01-21 |website=Ghana Education News |language=en-US}}</ref><ref name=":0a">{{Cite web |title=Benjamin Ephson |url=https://ghana.mom-gmr.org/en/owners/individual-owners/detail/owner/owner/show/benjamin-ephson/ |access-date=2023-01-21 |website=ghana.mom-gmr.org |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite web |date=2022-12-19 |title=NDC Congress: I dare anyone to provide my voice saying I had done opinion polls – Ben Ephson - MyJoyOnline.com |url=https://www.myjoyonline.com/ndc-congress-i-dare-anyone-to-provide-my-voice-saying-i-had-done-opinion-polls-ben-ephson/ |access-date=2023-01-21 |website=www.myjoyonline.com |language=en-US}}</ref> and [[Nathan Kwabena Adisi|Nathan Adisi (Bola Ray)]] is CEO of EIB Network Group. Other media personalities include African Journalist of the Year Award winner [[Israel Laryea]];<ref>{{Cite news |title=Joy FM's Israel Laryea wins CNN Multi-Choice award |url=https://www.modernghana.com/news/175066/joy-fms-israel-laryea-wins-cnn-multi-choice-award.html |access-date=2023-01-21 |website=Modern Ghana |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=NMC lauds Israel Laryea for wining CNN/Multichoice award |url=https://www.businessghana.com/ |access-date=2023-01-21 |website=BusinessGhana}}</ref> [[Randy Abbey]] of ''Good Morning Ghana''; [[Akwasi Sarpong]] of [[BBC]]'s ''Focus on Africa'', Bright Nana Amfoh, Seniors News Editor of [[Metro TV (Ghana)|Metro TV]]; [[Francis Abban]], current affairs presenter at [[GHOne TV]] and Alfred Akrofi Ocansey, current affairs programme host at [[TV3 Ghana|TV 3]].

=== Sports ===
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In sports, old boys include [[Ohene Djan]], known to be Ghana's iconic sports administrator and first chairman of the [[Ghana Football Association]],<ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-04-13 |title=Ohene Djan, Africa's iconic sports administrator |url=https://ghanaianmuseum.com/ohene-djan-africas-iconic-sports-administrator/ |access-date=2023-01-21 |website=Ghanaian Museum |language=en-US |archive-date=21 January 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230121115924/https://ghanaianmuseum.com/ohene-djan-africas-iconic-sports-administrator/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> and his successor; [[Henry Plange Nyemitei|H. P. Nyemitei]].<ref>{{Cite news |title=SWAG Cup to mark Nyemitei's death |url=https://www.graphic.com.gh/sports/sports-news/swag-cup-to-mark-nyemitei-s-death.html |access-date=2023-01-21 |website=Graphic Online |language=en-gb}}</ref> [[Asamoah Gyan]], [[the Black Stars]]' former captain and all-time top scorer,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Who is the leading all-time top goal scorer for Ghana? Asamoah Gyan and Black Stars greatest strikers {{!}} Goal.com |url=https://www.goal.com/en-gh/lists/ghana-all-time-top-goal-scorer-asamoah-gyan/bltb88e9bce9409e11f#cs76c9192d90ff0476 |access-date=2023-01-21 |website=www.goal.com}}</ref> and his teaammate [[Lee Addy]] attended the school.<ref>{{cite journal|title= Accra Aca to honour Gyan, 3 Others |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ykWawy0zkPUC&dq=Asamoah+Gyan+Lee+Addy&pg=PT8|journal= The Daily Graphic|page=63 |date=29 July 2010|issue=1,8290|editor=Ransford Tetteh}}</ref> [[Prosper Harrison Addo]] is currently General Secretary of the Ghana Football Association.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Association |first=Ghana Football |title=Press Release: GFA appoints Lawyer Prosper Harrison Addo as new General Secretary |url=https://www.ghanafa.org/press-release-gfa-appoints-lawyer-prosper-harrison-addo-as-new-general-secretary |access-date=2023-01-21 |website=www.ghanafa.org |language=en}}</ref> [[Daniel Nii Laryea]] is the highest Ghanaian ranked football match official by CAF rankings.<ref>{{cite web|title=Ghanaian referee Daniel Laryea rated among 20 best referees in Africa |url= https://www.pulse.com.gh/sports/football/ghanaian-referee-daniel-laryea-rated-among-20-best-referees-in-africa/h1c8065.amp|website= pulse.com.gh|date=7 December 2020}}</ref> In boxing, [[Alhassan Brimah]] competed in the sport at the Olympics and was the 1962 African Middleweight champion. In athletics, [[A. K. Konuah|Allotei Konuah]] managed Ghana's first appearances at both the Olympics and Commonwealth games; and [[Nii Ayikai Adjin-Tettey|N. A. Adjin-Tettey]] is a pioneer national athletics coach. [[John Myles-Mills]] and brother [[Leo Myles-Mills]] each competed on the track at two Olympic events.

==Ties==

===ACASMA (Accra Academy and St. Mary's Alliance)===
'''ACASMA''' is the joint association of the old boys and girls of Accra Academy and the St. Mary's Senior Secondary School, now [[St Mary's Senior High School(Ghana)|St. Mary's Senior High School]].<ref>{{cite book|title=ACASMA games on Saturday |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bSY6SQW8cQgC&dq=acasma&pg=PT3|publisher=Daily Graphic|date=8 December 2005}}</ref><ref name="acasma1">{{cite web |url=http://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/other_sports/artikel.php?ID=95700 |title=Accra Aca/Merries Games Draw Near |date=30 November 2001 |publisher=ghanaweb.com|access-date=February 21, 2011 }}.</ref>

There was a nationwide teachers strike in the 1970s and some Accra Academy students who were capable of learning the school curricula on their own offered lessons free of charge to their colleagues in Accra Academy and St. Mary's Senior Secondary School. The goodwill demonstrated by these students from the Accra Academy won the admiration of staff and students of the St. Mary's Senior Secondary School and resulted in the formation of the alliance to foster stronger ties between both secondary educational institutions.<ref>{{cite web|title=Accra Academy Homecoming 2014 on Saturday August 9 |url=https://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/regional/Accra-Academy-Homecoming-2014-on-Saturday-August-9-320116|author=Samnmy Heywood Okine |website=ghanaweb.com|date=7 August 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Alliance of Accra Academy, St. Mary's Senior High School old students donate PPEs to alma maters |url=https://www.myjoyonline.com/alliance-of-accra-academy-st-marys-senior-high-school-old-students-donate-ppes-to-alma-maters/|website=myjoyonline.com|date=23 July 2020 |access-date=20 July 2022}}</ref>

===Lodge Accra Academy===
The Accra Academy Lodge is a [[Masonic lodge]] managed by alumni who are [[Freemason]]s in the Grand Lodge of Ghana or the [[Grand Lodge of Scotland]]. The lodge is not part of the school's administration and as such has its own management and premises. Membership in the lodge is open only to alumni. Members occasionally support the school with financial assistance.

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! Chartered by
! Status of Lodge Accra Academy
! Lodge number
! Date of foundation
|-
| Grand Lodge of Ghana || Provincial Grand Lodge || 63.<ref  name="Lodge Accra Aca">{{cite web|url=http://www.distglodgeghec.org/Lodges%20in%20Ghana%20Under%20Other%20Constitutions.html|title=Lodges in Ghana Under Other Constitutions|publisher=distglodgeghec.org|access-date=December 4, 2010}}</ref><ref name="Provincial Grandlodges2 (South East Accra)">{{cite web |url=http://www.masonic-lodge.info/MLI/mli304.htm|title=Ghana|publisher=masonic-lodge.info|access-date=September 13, 2010 }}</ref>||
|-
| Grand Lodge of Scotland || District Grand Lodge of Ghana || 1699.<ref name="District Grandlogde (South East Accra)">{{cite web|url=http://www.grandlodgescotland.com/index.php/option=com_content&task=view&id=145&Itemid=132 |title=District Grand Lodges of Ghana |publisher=grandlodgescotland.com |access-date=September 1, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110928042634/http://www.grandlodgescotland.com/index.php/option%3Dcom_content%26task%3Dview%26id%3D145%26Itemid%3D132 |archive-date=September 28, 2011 }}</ref><ref name="District Lodge of Ghana2">{{cite web |url=http://www.grandlodgescotland.com/index.php?view=article&catid=52%3Adistrict-grand-lodges&id=145%3Adistrict-grand-lodge-of-ghana&format=pdf&option=com_content&Itemid=132 |title=District Grand Lodge of Ghana |publisher=grandlodgescotland.com |format=PDF |access-date=September 1, 2010 }}</ref> || August 7, 1975
|}

==See also==
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* [[Education in Ghana]]
* [[List of senior secondary schools in Ghana]]
*In the News
**[https://www.modernghana.com/news/951299/accra-academy-1980-old-students-rehabilitate-schoo.html Accra Academy 1980 Old Students Rehabilitate School's North Gate]. Retrieved from modernghana.com.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.modernghana.com/news/951299/accra-academy-1980-old-students-rehabilitate-schoo.html|title=Accra Academy 1980 Old Students Rehabilitate School's North Gate|website=Modern Ghana|language=en|access-date=2019-09-05}}</ref>
**[[File:Bleoo '80 opens new north gate.jpg|thumb|Bleoo '80 opens new north gate.]]
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==References==
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==External links==
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* [https://web.archive.org/web/20160207060734/http://accraacademy.edu.gh/ School Website]
* [http://www.accraacaalumni.com/ Alumni website-UK]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20130520083600/http://accraacademyoldboys.com/ Alumni website-Ghana]
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