Who We Are
ADMINISTRATION
The School Management Committee (SMC) is the Management Body responsible for making and implementing major decisions of the school, including its governance, growth and welfare. The Parents’ and Teachers’ Association (PTA) helps the SMC in the implementation of matters that affect pupils, parents and projects. These two bodies decide the fees to charge, the dress code, and the discipline in the school. The Headmaster and the other members of staff execute the daily administration duties of the school.
The School Management Committee (SMC) is the Management Body responsible for making and implementing major decisions of the school, including its governance, growth and welfare. The Parents’ and Teachers’ Association (PTA) helps the SMC in the implementation of matters that affect pupils, parents and projects. These two bodies decide the fees to charge, the dress code, and the discipline in the school. The Headmaster and the other members of staff execute the daily administration duties of the school.
VOLUNTEERS
In the past six years, the school has played host to both national and international volunteers.
The first volunteers came from Canada in 2009 and stayed for two weeks. The African Center for Peace Building sent a group of students from Kwame Nkrumah University of Science & Technology (Kumasi) and the University of Ghana (Legon) to teach voluntarily at the school from May to the end of July 2010.
Since September 2010, Royal Academy has also hosted German “Weltwärts” (formerly, "German Development Service”) every year. The current German volunteers arrived in September 2013 and are due to leave in August 2014.
On June 24, 2013, three volunteers from Canada also joined the staff for two weeks.
This intercultural cooperation between Royal Academy and volunteer groups has helped improve the school’s reputation, international relationship, and has positively enhanced the image of the school. It has also brought an understanding of world cultures to the students and the entire village of Wusuta.
In the past six years, the school has played host to both national and international volunteers.
The first volunteers came from Canada in 2009 and stayed for two weeks. The African Center for Peace Building sent a group of students from Kwame Nkrumah University of Science & Technology (Kumasi) and the University of Ghana (Legon) to teach voluntarily at the school from May to the end of July 2010.
Since September 2010, Royal Academy has also hosted German “Weltwärts” (formerly, "German Development Service”) every year. The current German volunteers arrived in September 2013 and are due to leave in August 2014.
On June 24, 2013, three volunteers from Canada also joined the staff for two weeks.
This intercultural cooperation between Royal Academy and volunteer groups has helped improve the school’s reputation, international relationship, and has positively enhanced the image of the school. It has also brought an understanding of world cultures to the students and the entire village of Wusuta.
ABOUT REV. FR. ISAAC BENUYENAH
Rev. Fr. Isaac Benuyenah is from Wusuta in the Volta Region of Ghana, West Africa. He was born in 1959 and ordained as a Roman Catholic priest in 1990.
He holds a Master’s Degree in Biblical Theology from the Catholic Institute of West Africa, Port Harcourt, Nigeria; a Post Graduate Diploma in Education from the University of Cape Coast, Ghana; a Bachelor Degree in Theology from the Pontifical University of Urbaniana, Rome – Italy; and a Diploma in Theology from the University of Ghana, Legon, Accra – Ghana.
Fr. Isaac was the Novice Master and later the Superior General of the Franciscan Friars of Africa (formerly known as Volta Friars) in the Ho Catholic Diocese of Ghana for 12 years; a New Testament lecturer for one year at St. Peter’s Regional Major Seminary – Cape Coast; a tutor at St. Mary’s Minor Seminary Secondary School for four years; the establisher of the HIV/AIDS ORPHANED CHILDREN EDUCATION FUND; a co-founder/Chaplain of the MISAHOE CHARITY HOME in Kpando; the President of the Ho Diocesan Priests Association for three years, the Parish Priest of the four Parishes of Cochin, Jackfish, Glaslyn and Edam in the Saskatchewan Province of Canada from 2006 to February 2007; a member of the Catholic Biblical Association of Ghana (CABAG); the establisher of Royal Academy Preparatory & Junior High School at Wusuta (2007) and Christ Academy Preparatory & Junior High School at Fodome Helu (2009); the establisher of the Sacred Heart of Jesus’ shrine with the biggest statue of Jesus in Ghana so far (2009); and the Defender of the Bond at the Accra Ecclesiastical Province Inter-Diocesan Tribunal (from 1998 to date). He is currently the Parish Priest of the Sacred Heart Parish in Fodome (since 2007).
In the area of academic work, Fr. Isaac has authored and co-authored the following books and researches:
· 100 Years’ History of Sacred Heart Catholic Church Fodome Helu/Agbesia 1902-2002: Prefaced with the General History of Fodome(2009)
· 100 Years’ History Prefaced with the History of Wusuta, Centenary of St. Michael’s Catholic Church: Wusuta 1907 – 2007 (co-authored in 2008)
· Victims of Circumstances: The Relationship between School Dropouts and Increased Crime Rate in the Ghanaian Society (2006)
· Error Analysis (2004)
· The Catholic Church in Kpando, First 100 Years (1900 – 2000) (co-authored in 2001)
· A Catholic Priest at a Traditional Marriage: Toward Merging Christian and Traditional Marriage Rites (1999)
· Why Roman Catholics Have Images and Statues in their Places of Worship (1998)
· Why should Catholics seek the Intercession of the Saints and Mary? (1995)
· The Parable of the Lost Sheep: Implications for Pastoral Ministry in the Ho Diocese of Ghana (Thesis 1998)
· Ewe Proverbs: Moral Implications for Christian Catechesis (Researched Work 1995).
He holds a Master’s Degree in Biblical Theology from the Catholic Institute of West Africa, Port Harcourt, Nigeria; a Post Graduate Diploma in Education from the University of Cape Coast, Ghana; a Bachelor Degree in Theology from the Pontifical University of Urbaniana, Rome – Italy; and a Diploma in Theology from the University of Ghana, Legon, Accra – Ghana.
Fr. Isaac was the Novice Master and later the Superior General of the Franciscan Friars of Africa (formerly known as Volta Friars) in the Ho Catholic Diocese of Ghana for 12 years; a New Testament lecturer for one year at St. Peter’s Regional Major Seminary – Cape Coast; a tutor at St. Mary’s Minor Seminary Secondary School for four years; the establisher of the HIV/AIDS ORPHANED CHILDREN EDUCATION FUND; a co-founder/Chaplain of the MISAHOE CHARITY HOME in Kpando; the President of the Ho Diocesan Priests Association for three years, the Parish Priest of the four Parishes of Cochin, Jackfish, Glaslyn and Edam in the Saskatchewan Province of Canada from 2006 to February 2007; a member of the Catholic Biblical Association of Ghana (CABAG); the establisher of Royal Academy Preparatory & Junior High School at Wusuta (2007) and Christ Academy Preparatory & Junior High School at Fodome Helu (2009); the establisher of the Sacred Heart of Jesus’ shrine with the biggest statue of Jesus in Ghana so far (2009); and the Defender of the Bond at the Accra Ecclesiastical Province Inter-Diocesan Tribunal (from 1998 to date). He is currently the Parish Priest of the Sacred Heart Parish in Fodome (since 2007).
In the area of academic work, Fr. Isaac has authored and co-authored the following books and researches:
· 100 Years’ History of Sacred Heart Catholic Church Fodome Helu/Agbesia 1902-2002: Prefaced with the General History of Fodome(2009)
· 100 Years’ History Prefaced with the History of Wusuta, Centenary of St. Michael’s Catholic Church: Wusuta 1907 – 2007 (co-authored in 2008)
· Victims of Circumstances: The Relationship between School Dropouts and Increased Crime Rate in the Ghanaian Society (2006)
· Error Analysis (2004)
· The Catholic Church in Kpando, First 100 Years (1900 – 2000) (co-authored in 2001)
· A Catholic Priest at a Traditional Marriage: Toward Merging Christian and Traditional Marriage Rites (1999)
· Why Roman Catholics Have Images and Statues in their Places of Worship (1998)
· Why should Catholics seek the Intercession of the Saints and Mary? (1995)
· The Parable of the Lost Sheep: Implications for Pastoral Ministry in the Ho Diocese of Ghana (Thesis 1998)
· Ewe Proverbs: Moral Implications for Christian Catechesis (Researched Work 1995).