Pupils of Tema Lutheran School embarks of health walk

By Benjamin Xornam Glover, TEMA Students and Staff of Trinity Lutheran School,(TLS), in Tema have embarked on a health walk to revitalize the pupils and teachers and also promote healthy living habits. The 15—kilometer, one and half hour walk was on the theme “Exercise is Life”. The walk began from the school premises at Community Two in Tema through Communities five and Six, OLAMS School, the Tema Stadium, Community two and back to the Trinity Lutheran School. The Executive Manager of the School, Mr Simon Peter Attah-Cato said the walk, the second in the series, was to inculcate a healthy living habit not only in the pupils and staff of the school but also among parents and guardians. He said aside the health benefits; the walk was also aimed to sensitize the public within the Tema Metropolis of the academic programmes offered by the school and encourage residents to enroll their children in the school. “TLS offers a standard Ghana Education Service curriculum from the pre-school, primary and Junior High School and so far we have produced two batches of graduates at the Basic Education Certificates Examination who are first class Senior High Schools in the country”, Mr Attah-Cato He said the school is looking to double its enrollment from the current 520 students to a 1000 students by close 2014. “We are known for being the centre of academic excellence. We had very excellent BECE results. Last year we recorded 100 percent with about 93 per cent distinctions and we are looking forward to improve on the performance of the students,”Mr Attah-Cato said -End-