03 August 2004 You do not know how happy I am to have found our school's website. I am so touched and pleased for all your hard work. I attended Government Secondary Technical School from 1990 to 1995 and again in 1997. I loved my school, I enjoyed my education and God knows how proud I am to call myself an ex-student of GSTS. I joined the Girl Guides in 1991 and became a patrol leader in 1993. I earned a prize for excellent academic work in 1992. I was in Curie House all my academic years and participated in athletics for my House team in 1991. I left Sierra Leone in July 1997 for Ghana, where I attended the Burma Camp Military Technology School and earned a certificate in basic computer skills. I left Ghana in December 1997 for Malta. I stayed in Malta and completed my Junior College course in English Literature. From Malta I moved to the United States of America to further my education in Computer Information Systems and Human Resources. I have now graduated with a Bachelors degree in CIS & HR. Currently, I am working on my Masters program in Public and International Affairs, which I should embark on in January 2005. l am very grateful for the educational opportunity our school gave me. I will forever be proud to say that our motto 'PERSEVERE' has been the foundation of my accomplishment over the years. I will like to extend my sincere thanks to all the teachers, fellow students and head of departments for their endless support. Once again, thank you Secondary Technical School. Lois M. Ngobeh Ex-Student $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ In October 2001, Musa Massaquoi says: I attended the GSTS from September 1982 to July 1988. I became a prefect in the 1987/88 school year; participated in sporting activities and I was also a member of the Scripture Union. I am presently studying in Moscow (Telecommunications and Electronics Engineering). +++++++++++++++++++++ GOD'S BLESSING AND GOOD LUCK WITH YOUR STUDIES MUSA. $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ REFLECTION ON A VERY SPECIAL YEAR -- '2000' This is dedicated to thank God above all and: say thank you to all our teachers and support staff for their very hard work and diligence throughout the many years at our beloved alma mater, as well as to the founders, in particular for their vision; our parents, guardians and the Sierra Leone community for their caring support and for excellent school friends. Thank you "Secondary Technical School" and "The Technical Institute" for 'PERSEVERANCE' and contributing to our successes in life, who and what we are today. Ronald Andrew Lisk-Carew $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ <><><><><><><><><><><>><><><><><> <>><><><> **************** THE ANNIE WALSH MEMORIAL SCHOOL OLD GIRLS' ASSOCIATION (UK BRANCH) Founded 1984 Please join the Members of the above Association at their GRAND GALA DANCE to celebrate the Association's 21st Anniversary Under the Patronage of His Excellency, The High Commissioner of Sierra Leone, Alhaji S. Tejan-Jalloh and Mrs Mariama Tejan-Jalloh on Saturday 26th November 2005 from 7.30pm to 2.00am At the Hammersmith Town Hall King Street, W.6 MC: Mr Ade Daramy Our DJ [Suuperfly] will take you through the ages, to make you wiggle and smooch all night! Dress: whatever attire suits your persona Entrance: £25.00, including an international cuisine, which will be served from 9.00pm. Drinks will be sold at reasonable prices. It will be a night to remember! For tickets, call: 0208-656:4497; 0208-548:1532; 0208-265:4938; 0208-523:0437 ***************************************** Tuesday, 2nd - Monday 8th May 2006 AWOGA (UK) Annual Trip Destination: MALTA The Ladies of the AWMS OGA [UK] invite you to join them on an all-inclusive 8-day, 7-night holiday n a 4* hotel in the Bujiba, St. Paul's area of Malta, from 2nd to 8th May 2006. £395 will give you flight, flight transfers, hotel in a twin room, all your food; all your drinks and snacks throughout your stay. If you've never been to the Island before, now is your chance. If you have been once, you will want to go again a second time, with this once-in-a lifetime offer. Deposit is in 2 parts - £65 at the end of October '05 and £65 at the end of November '05. Final payment - end of January '06. Call Nanette on 0208-548:1532 or 0774-201:7379 Comfort on 0208-693:3154 # **************************************************************************** ****** ****************** METHODIST GIRLS HIGH SCHOOL Freetown, Sierra Leone OLD GIRLS ASSOCIATION (U.K. BRANCH) Motto - Honour Before Honours ===================================== Events 2004 Silver Jubilee Celebrations 1979 - 2004 Luncheon Sale Saturday, 24 April 2004 (venue to be anounced) Contact - Hon Sec @ 0207-359 3845 or Day Trip Destination to be announced Contact - Hon Sec @ 0207-359 3845 ============================ Thanksgiving and Communion Service Sunday, 11 July 2004 @ 3 pm @ Wesley's Chapel, 49 City Road, London, EC1Y 1AU Peacher: Rev. Dr Ronald C. Gibbins Officiating Clergy: Rev Ebun B. Bright, Chaplain All are cordially invited to give thanks and celebrate with us for 25 years of MGHSOGA (UK) # Nearest Underground Station: Old Street - Exit 4 (Northern Line, Bank Branch) Buses - 141, 43, 271, 55 # ============================ ============================ Summer Trip to the Lake District Friday, 23 - Thursday, 29 July 2004 Contact - Hon Sec @ 0207-359 3845 ============================ Dinner and Dance Saturday, 6 November 2004 Hotel Russell, Russell Square, London, WC1 Contact - Hon Sec @ 0207-359 3845 ================================================= ====== ================= |
2008 ........51 HAPPY SCHOOL YEARS....... |
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03 August 2004 You do not know how happy I am to have found our school's website. I am so touched and pleased for all your hard work. I attended Government Secondary Technical School from 1990 to 1995 and again in 1997. I loved my school, I enjoyed my education and God knows how proud I am to call myself an ex-student of GSTS. I joined the Girl Guides in 1991 and became a patrol leader in 1993. I earned a prize for excellent academic work in 1992. I was in Curie House all my academic years and participated in athletics for my House team in 1991. I left Sierra Leone in July 1997 for Ghana, where I attended the Burma Camp Military Technology School and earned a certificate in basic computer skills. I left Ghana in December 1997 for Malta. I stayed in Malta and completed my Junior College course in English Literature. From Malta I moved to the United States of America to further my education in Computer Information Systems and Human Resources. I have now graduated with a Bachelors degree in CIS & HR. Currently, I am working on my Masters program in Public and International Affairs, which I should embark on in January 2005. l am very grateful for the educational opportunity our school gave me. I will forever be proud to say that our motto 'PERSEVERE' has been the foundation of my accomplishment over the years. I will like to extend my sincere thanks to all the teachers, fellow students and head of departments for their endless support. Once again, thank you Secondary Technical School. Lois M. Ngobeh Ex-Student $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ In October 2001, Musa Massaquoi says: I attended the GSTS from September 1982 to July 1988. I became a prefect in the 1987/88 school year; participated in sporting activities and I was also a member of the Scripture Union. I am presently studying in Moscow (Telecommunications and Electronics Engineering). +++++++++++++++++++++ GOD'S BLESSING AND GOOD LUCK WITH YOUR STUDIES MUSA. $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ REFLECTION ON A VERY SPECIAL YEAR -- '2000' This is dedicated to thank God above all and: say thank you to all our teachers and support staff for their very hard work and diligence throughout the many years at our beloved alma mater, as well as to the founders, in particular for their vision; our parents, guardians and the Sierra Leone community for their caring support and for excellent school friends. Thank you "Secondary Technical School" and "The Technical Institute" for 'PERSEVERANCE' and contributing to our successes in life, who and what we are today. Ronald Andrew Lisk-Carew $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ <><><><><><><><><><><>><><><><><> <>><><><> **************** THE ANNIE WALSH MEMORIAL SCHOOL OLD GIRLS' ASSOCIATION (UK BRANCH) Founded 1984 Please join the Members of the above Association at their GRAND GALA DANCE to celebrate the Association's 21st Anniversary Under the Patronage of His Excellency, The High Commissioner of Sierra Leone, Alhaji S. Tejan-Jalloh and Mrs Mariama Tejan-Jalloh on Saturday 26th November 2005 from 7.30pm to 2.00am At the Hammersmith Town Hall King Street, W.6 MC: Mr Ade Daramy Our DJ [Suuperfly] will take you through the ages, to make you wiggle and smooch all night! Dress: whatever attire suits your persona Entrance: £25.00, including an international cuisine, which will be served from 9.00pm. Drinks will be sold at reasonable prices. It will be a night to remember! For tickets, call: 0208-656:4497; 0208-548:1532; 0208-265:4938; 0208-523:0437 ***************************************** Tuesday, 2nd - Monday 8th May 2006 AWOGA (UK) Annual Trip Destination: MALTA The Ladies of the AWMS OGA [UK] invite you to join them on an all-inclusive 8-day, 7-night holiday n a 4* hotel in the Bujiba, St. Paul's area of Malta, from 2nd to 8th May 2006. £395 will give you flight, flight transfers, hotel in a twin room, all your food; all your drinks and snacks throughout your stay. If you've never been to the Island before, now is your chance. If you have been once, you will want to go again a second time, with this once-in-a lifetime offer. Deposit is in 2 parts - £65 at the end of October '05 and £65 at the end of November '05. Final payment - end of January '06. Call Nanette on 0208-548:1532 or 0774-201:7379 Comfort on 0208-693:3154 # **************************************************************************** ****** ****************** METHODIST GIRLS HIGH SCHOOL Freetown, Sierra Leone OLD GIRLS ASSOCIATION (U.K. BRANCH) Motto - Honour Before Honours ===================================== Events 2004 Silver Jubilee Celebrations 1979 - 2004 Luncheon Sale Saturday, 24 April 2004 (venue to be anounced) Contact - Hon Sec @ 0207-359 3845 or Day Trip Destination to be announced Contact - Hon Sec @ 0207-359 3845 ============================ Thanksgiving and Communion Service Sunday, 11 July 2004 @ 3 pm @ Wesley's Chapel, 49 City Road, London, EC1Y 1AU Peacher: Rev. Dr Ronald C. Gibbins Officiating Clergy: Rev Ebun B. Bright, Chaplain All are cordially invited to give thanks and celebrate with us for 25 years of MGHSOGA (UK) # Nearest Underground Station: Old Street - Exit 4 (Northern Line, Bank Branch) Buses - 141, 43, 271, 55 # ============================ ============================ Summer Trip to the Lake District Friday, 23 - Thursday, 29 July 2004 Contact - Hon Sec @ 0207-359 3845 ============================ Dinner and Dance Saturday, 6 November 2004 Hotel Russell, Russell Square, London, WC1 Contact - Hon Sec @ 0207-359 3845 ================================================= ====== ================= |
"Through Struggles to the Stars" from "Perseverance". Monday, 5 January 2004 was one of the most significant days of my life. I was greatly honoured when I had the opportunity to be amongst present pupils and speak at my alma mater's morning assembly, in particular about my glorious years at "Sec Tec". I told them that I strive to live up to the motto of our school "PERSEVERE" and use the Royal Air Force's motto "Per Ardua ad Astra", which is translated as, "Through Struggles to the Stars" to strengthen and motivate me, having served in the Royal Air Force following my Secondary Technical School days. I encouraged pupils to always strive for the best in life as I had in my capacity as Senior Education Social Worker with Birmingham City Council in particular. I was reassured to find that many pupils were enthusiastic to attend school to learn, and that dedicated teachers and support staff, are still committed to their honourable profession, doing their best under painful conditions. I was also able to see that sadly, much needs to be done to improve the material resources of the school, despite the admirable efforts of the Ex-Pupils Association and others, working hard for current pupils. Any financial support, however small, will make a huge difference especially to pupils most in need. Happy Nouvelle Year Sent in Love... Ronald Andrew Lisk-Carew JP MBA DSW CQSW ++++++++++++++++++++ Success is to be measured Not so much by the position That one has reached in life As by the obstacles Which s/he has overcome While trying to succeed. Booker T. Washington ++ "Make a career of humanity. . . and you will make a greater person of yourself.......and a finer world to live in." Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. +++ "We Stand on the Shoulders of Those who Came Before Us" "Information is Power" "Knowledge Dispels Fear" "Modern days and conditions call for new things, but we must tenderly preserve the old (African) life and customs." ALPHONSO SILVESTER LISK-CAREW (1883-1969) Art Photographer and Publisher by Royal Warrant ++++ Odi et amo. Fortasse requires quare esse. Nescio sed sentio et excrutior. I love and I hate. Perhaps you will ask how this can be? I do not know but 'tis agony. +++++ "If we all did the things we are capable of doing, we would literally astound ourselves." Thomas A. Edison ++++++ Where is the wisdom we have lost in knowledge? Where is the knowledge we have lost in information? T.S. Eliot, from The Rock, 1934 *-*_*-*_*-*_*-*_*-*_*-*_*-*_*-* From far, from eve and morning And yon twelve-winded sky The stuff of life to knit me Blew hither, here am I. *-*_*-*_*-*_*-*_*-*_*-*_*-*_*-* (From A Room with a View by EM Forster.) *-*_*-*_*-*_*-*_*-*_*-*_*-*_*-* |
WITH THE GREATEST OF LOVE ...... FOR MRS FLORENCE THOMAS 1923 - 2003 A HIGHLY RESPECTED TEACHER WHO WAS ABLE TO BRING OUT THE BEST IN HER STUDENTS. MAY HER SOUL REST IN PERFECT PEACE |
Happy moments, praise God. Difficult moments, seek God. Quiet moments, worship God. Painful moments, trust God. Every moment, thank God. |
All contributions and fund-raising ideas will be most gratefully appreciated. Please send your donations to: Mr Eric Kamara, Principal, Millennium Fund, Government Secondary Technical School, Congo Cross, Freetown, Sierra Leone, West Africa. |
Happy Retirement Sincere congratulations on a well deserved retirement - Principal Mr Henry B L Fyfe 1989 - 2007, Vice-Principal Mrs Carlotta Roberts 1993 - 2007 - and on making a difference in the lives of many pupils over the years, especially at our much loved SECONDARY TECHNICAL SCHOOL. You two should be very proud of yourselves. You did a prety good job teaching us about helping others. Good luck and best wishes for a happy retirement. You made a big difference to Sec Tec and you will certainly be missed! Have a happy retirement, enjoy the rest and God Bless. |