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HISTORY OF ST MARY'S GIRLS SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL.

St Mary's girls senior high school is an all female institution which is located at Konongo Zongo in the Ashanti Region. The school is popularly known as SMAGS and it is under the Konongo-Mampong Diocese.The school was established in the year 2007.The school started with only six students and now the students are above two thousand(2000).Mrs Alice Martha Adjei is the the headmistress of this institution.The school is both a day and boarding school.As a mission school, the virtues of discipline,honesty and integrity are imbued in the student to better prepare and place her for the future. the school has a four classroom block,a science lab,a library,a home economics department,and visual art department. They also have a dinning hall and a canteen.The motto of the school is SCIENTIA INTEGRITAS SERVITIUM,which means knowledge,integrity and Service.St Mary's girls school is the only catholic girls school in Konongo. VISION To be the school of choice for the holistic development of the girl child as a bastion of hope for mother Ghana.

MISSION To provide holistic and quality education to the girl child using effective pedagogical skills, the gospel and moral imperatives through teamwork,routine,supervision and effective collaboration with all stakeholders. COURSES OFFERED(ELECTIVES) .General Science( Physics, Chemistry,Elective Biology,Elective Mathematics) .General Arts (Literature, Government, Economics, French, CRS, History, Geography,Elective Mathematics) .Home Economics( GKA,Management in living, food and nutrition,Elective Biology,Chemistry) .Business(costing,business management,elctive mathematics,financial accounting)

GENERAL COURSES .Mathematics .Integrated Science .Social Studies .English Language

ACHIEVEMENTS .Winners,Annual Presidential Debate in the Municipality-2014,2015,2016. .Winners, 2017 edition on Library Project presentation for forum of heads of Girls SHS,organised by Osei Kusi Foundation. (source:Ghana education service Ministry of Education,Ghana) The school has participated in competitions like GIRLS SPEECH DEBATE, Inter-Sports, Inter-School quizzes, Ultimate high school quizzes, national science and mathematics quizzes(regional level).