Visiting Ghana

For the 20th year, students at Pomfret Community School  spent a week studying the geography, history, art, politics and culture of another country.  This year students “went” to Ghana --- despite two delays and one closure due to weather.  More than 80 presentations were scheduled in individual classes over the course of the week. Parents, community members, people from Ghana, people who have visited Ghana, and people who would like to visit Ghana offered a rich and varied list of information about the country.  Once again the marketplace set up on the stage by a volunteer cadre of parents was a major highlight of the week.   A  mural created by the art club welcomed everyone to Ghana as they entered the marketplace stage.  Students sampled jallof rice, made their own adinkra cloth, chief’s gold medallions  and endangered Roloway monkey masks. Traditional clothing was available for students to try on, musical instruments to play and wood carvings, dolls and educational information boards  added to the ambiance and student’s knowledge about the country.   Photo courtesy of PCS.