It felt really good to be back in my High School. I’m one of those people that had so much fun when I was back in school. I enjoyed the inter-house sports, science club, academic, and extracurricular activities as a student.
I think I actually had more fun in High school than I did in my university days. Anyways, this post is not about that but my Alma Mater’s cultural diversity display that held during the school’s social week which I recently witnessed.
Social Week Breakdown
The social week is a week-long event set aside for purely extracurricular activities in the school calendar. It holds once in the annual school calendar. These extracurricular activities range from cooking competition, sports competition, club presentation, talent hunts, cultural display and a pageant competition.
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| Akwa Ibom/Calabar Tribe | Diverse Tribes |
During this time, students are encouraged to get involved with diverse activities that appeal to their skill, talent, passion, interests, and academic prowess.
A Beautiful Akwa Ibom/Calabar Princess 😍
The students normally belong to a club. These clubs range from JETS (Junior Engineers Technicians & Scientists), Press, Choral, Arts & Dramatic, Red Cross, and Road Safety. For the group games, the students were grouped based on their clubs in the order to have a more organized contest between clubs.
Day One:
The first day started with the football quarter finals among the six clubs for points ranking on the table. The Press club, Choral club, JETS club, and Red Cross club qualified to move to the semi-finals.
The basketball competition, balloon game, skipping competition, and table tennis competition also held with the Press club ranking all games in first position, followed by the Arts & Dramatic club, JETS club, Red Cross club, Choral club and Road Safety club ranking least in that order.
Day Two:
The second day commenced with the Quiz, Spelling Bee, and Scrabble competitions with the Press club still ranking first position across these games, followed by the Arts & Dramatic club, JETS club, Red Cross club, Choral club and Road Safety club ranking least in the same order.
The football semi-finals was played among the four qualifiers and two made it to the finals. These two clubs are the Press club and the Choral club.
Day Three:
The third began with the cooking competition commencing in the background to run concurrently with the games. The other games that were going on include the football finals between the Press and Choral club from which Choral club won.
The cooking competition was also graded. The food was shared among participants and select teachers that were involved in the process as the food was not enough to go round.
Day Four:
The fourth day was a day for club presentations. The Press club gave press statements as concern current national matters. The JETS club talked about the place of women in STEM and innovative ideas they came up with to drive science and technology forward. The Road Safety club spoke about road signs and rules. The Choral club shared two very lovely songs- a cover and an original. The Arts & Dramatic club acted a super funny drama with an educative storyline. The Red Cross shed more light on first aid care, how to manage emergency situations and when to consult a doctor.
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| Cultural Dance | Cultural Dance |
Additional activities include individual talent displays and a talent hunt competition. Other schools were also invited for an inter-school quiz competition. I also gave a presentation on Personal Development, Social Development, Academic and Career Development as their Guidance and Counselling Officer.
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| Inter-school Quiz | Inter-school Quiz |
The highlight of the day was the dance presentation that left every stunned and in get awe at the end of the day.
Day Five:
The final lap of the social week started and ended on a high note. There was cultural display by each club as they represented specific Nigerian tribes. The Arts & Dramatic club represented Igbo tribe, Road Safety club represented Ikwerre tribe, Press club represented Akwa Ibom tribe, Red Cross club represented Cross Rivers tribe, Choral club represented Kalabari tribe, and JETS club represented Edo and Delta tribes.
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| Edo/Delta Tribe | Kalabari Tribe |
The pageant contest for Mr. Macho & Miss. My Alma Mater (SSEH) also held among the clubs representatives from which the winners emerged.
The announcement of results took place at the end of all the activities, awards were given for the best performance clubs, the best performing student during the social week, crowning of Mr. & Miss SSEH, vote of thanks was given by the Chairman, and a brief closing speech was given by the School Principal.
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| Mr. & Miss SSEH | Crowning Mr. Macho |
It was Music! Music!! Music!!! afterwards.
This was a week of fun back to back and I felt like I was reliving my High school days once again. I kept having déjà vu throughout the week. I was also an emotional week for me as I reflected on how far I had come in life. One moment I was as young as these ones with my future ahead of me and today I am living certain things I dreamed of. This made me appreciate my journey even more.
