Accra Girls Senior High School

Coordinates5°35′49″N 0°11′43″W / 5.5969887°N 0.195156°W / 5.5969887; -0.195156

Other nameAGISS

TypeAll girls school

MottoAim High

Accra Girls Senior High School
Location
37 Military Hospital Road, Opposite Choice FM, North Ridge Greater Accra Region Accra Ghana
Coordinates	5°35′49″N 0°11′43″W / 5.5969887°N 0.195156°W / 5.5969887; -0.195156
Information
Other name	AGISS
Type	All girls school
Motto	Aim High
Established	30 September 1960 (65 years ago) (1960-09-30)
School district	Accra Metropolitan District[1]
Head of school	Gifty Andoh
Grades	Forms (1–3)
Campus type	Urban[2]
Colors	Green   and white
Athletics	Track and field
Athletics conference	2nd Cycle Schools and Colleges Sports Federation Festival (zonal athletics, super-zonal athletics)

Accra Girls Senior High School is an all female second cycle institution in Accra in the Greater Accra Region, Ghana.^[3][4][5] It operates as a non-denominational day and boarding school. It runs courses in business, general science, general arts, home economics and visual arts, leading to the award of a West African Senior High School Certificate (WASSCE).^[6] Accra Girls Senior High Accra Girls Senior High School hosted a session organized by the Community Education and Youth Development Directorate of the National Commission on Culture, aimed at preparing final-year students for their WAEC examination.^[7]

In 1960, Accra Girls Senior High was founded as a Ghana Education Trust institution. Under the direction of expatriate Blanch Gibson, the school officially opened on September 30. The school has distinguished itself over its fifty-seven (57) years of existence by upholding a high standard of discipline, academic excellence, and advancement. "Aim High" is the school's motto. It suggests that students' intellectual goals should never be limited and should never give way to mediocrity or complacency.^[8]