CURRICULUM
BenStel offers a unique curriculum which blends well proven American, British, and Ghanaian teaching strategies and curriculum. Moreover, BenStel offers a modern first-class computerized school system that surpasses all the standard academic requirements of the Kumasi Metropolitan Education Directorate.
Students are afforded three break times throughout the course of their academically rigorous day: morning breakfast at 8 a.m.; mid-morning break from 10:00 – 10:20 am; and lunch break from 12 noon to 1 p.m. The school is represented by four nationalities at the moment. All children can be enrolled irrespective of their language or cultural background. All applicants are considered for and enrolled without discrimination. We are proud to state also that BenStel staff are trained to educate and care for children with disabilities as well. All BenStel teachers are qualified and hold relevant educational diploma and degree certificates.
BenStel has no boarding facilities at the moment but has plans of providing one in the near future.
Grade School and JHS
To keep parents informed of their children’s progress, students will be provided Progress Reports to be delivered to their parents at the end of every term. The Progress Reports should be signed and returned to school.
Additionally, midterm exams will be administered to students in the middle of every term to track their learning progress. In the event the midterm exams reveal a student to be struggling to make appropriate progress in any given subject, teachers will be tasked with creating a learning plan for the student tailored to the student’s needs, with the aim of catching the student up. Teachers will notify the parents of struggling students’ midterm scores, and share the learning plan with them as well. Parents are strongly encouraged to stay abreast of student’s learning progress, and to share any concerns or insights with teachers and/or administration. End of term exams will also be administered to Grade School and Junior High School students at the end of every academic term.
Students will be identified at the end of the school year for academic and citizenship honours. Students will be honoured in their classrooms at the end of the school year for service to the BenStel community, academic achievements, and other notable accomplishments. The categories are as follows:
- A Honour Roll: All A’s in every subject for all three terms.
- B Honour Roll: All A’s and B’s in every subject for all three terms.
- Citizenship Award: Each teacher selects one student from their class who has shown exemplary behaviour and treatment of others for all three terms.
- Effort Award: Each teacher chooses one student from their class who has shown exemplary effort in all aspects of their school year.
- Perfect Attendance: A student is present every school day of the academic year.
Nursery and Kindergarten
Parents of students in the Nursery through Kindergarten classes will be provided monthly progress reports. In the event the progress reports show a student is consistently struggling to make appropriate learning progress, teachers – in consultation with parents – will be tasked with creating a learning plan for the student tailored to their needs, with the aim of catching the student up.
Co- CURRICULARS
BenStel boasts of a myriad of co-curricular activities that keep our students engaged and active in all aspects of development.
We offer, SMART TRIBE (ABACUS/ CODING), Music, Sign Language, Cultural Dance, Cadet , Sports, Literacy Club, Writers and Debaters and Girls Circle. Our students, teachers & parents have a lot to choose from to get involved!
Field trips are scheduled throughout the year as part of the regular school program for students old enough to participate. Field trips offer a unique off-campus learning experience for BenStel students. BenStel will arrange educational trips to various sites which include: airports, museums, agricultural sites, and other interesting and educationally enriching places. Parents will be provided notice of these trips well before they take place. All students should have a signed permission form on file with the classroom teacher for each field trip. Students who do not return a signed permission form to their teachers will not be permitted to attend such trips.