{{Infobox school | name = Labone Senior High School | image = Labone SHS.jpg | caption = | motto = {{langx|la|Primus Semper Aurora}}<br />(Always First At Dawn) | location = Labone, Ghana<br />{{Coord|5.564925|-0.171051|type:edu|display=inline,title}} | type = Public High School | established = 1949; {{Time ago|1949}} | district = La Dade Kotopon Municipal Assembly | principal = | staff = 176 teachers | faculty = | grades = Forms 1–3 (10th – 12th grades) | gender = Co-educational | athletics = | athletic_conference = | mascot = | information = | website = {{URL|https://losanational.com/|LABONE}} | image_size = 250 | affiliation = Labone Old Students Association (LOSA)<br />(Old Bones)<ref>{{Cite news |title=Labone Old Students Association embarks on health walk|url=https://www.graphic.com.gh/news/education/ghana-news-labone-old-students-association-embark-on-health-walk.html|location=Accra, Ghana|access-date=2025-05-13 |newspaper=Daily Graphic|date=21 November 2023 |language=en-GB}}</ref> | president = | head_of_school = Ms Rejoice Akua Acolor | enrollment = | colors = Navy blue {{color box|#032B44}} and White {{color box|#wh0000000}} | campus_type = Suburban | campus_size = | free_label = Address | free_text = P. O. Box 079<br />Osu<br />Ghana | slogan = Wuo Gbee La Gbee | nickname = Labonites }}
'''Labone Senior High School''' (popularly known as '''L-A Bone''') is a public senior high school located in Labone in the Greater Accra Region of Ghana.<ref name="tedxlab">{{cite web | url=https://www.ted.com/tedx/events/9334 | title=TEDxLabone | publisher=ted.com | access-date=16 April 2014}}</ref> It is noted for its success in the National Science and Maths Quiz, athletics, music and cultural activities.<ref name="autogenerated1">{{cite web|url=http://www.ghanaschoolsonline.com/school_profile.cfm?levelID=2&schID=19|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140416214636/http://www.ghanaschoolsonline.com/school_profile.cfm?levelID=2&schID=19|url-status=dead|archive-date=April 16, 2014|title=Labone Senior High School|accessdate=2014-04-19 |publisher=Ghana Schools Online}}</ref>
== History == In 1949, six leaders of Ghana saw the need to establish an educational institution for young people staying around Osu and La. A private school was established in the Ako Adjei Area.
At independence, the first president of Ghana, Kwame Nkrumah, realized that to accelerate the country's development, educational facilities must be widespread.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Serra |first=Gerardo |last2=Gerits |first2=Frank |date=November 2019 |title=he Politics of Socialist Education in Ghana: The Kwame Nkrumah Ideological Institute, 1961–6 |url=https://doi.org/10.1017/s002185371900032x |journal=The Journal of African History |volume=60 |issue=3 |pages=407–428 |doi=10.1017/s002185371900032x |issn=0021-8537|url-access=subscription }}</ref>
The Ghana Educational Trust was instituted and was charged with the construction of school buildings throughout the country, including Labone. The school was relocated to the present site.{{citation needed|date=September 2023}}<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Mohammed Kwaku Baidoo |date=2021-05-11 |title=Career Opportunity for Ghanaian Youth: An Evaluation of Jewellery Subject under Visual Art Programme in Senior High Schools in Ghana |url=https://doi.org/10.37256/ser.222021767 |journal=Social Education Research |pages=168–184 |doi=10.37256/ser.222021767 |issn=2717-5731|doi-access=free }}</ref>
In 2024, the school celebrated its 75th anniversary.<ref name="h246">{{Cite news | last=Arthur | first=Raymond | title=Labone SHS launches 75th anniversary |newspaper=Daily Graphic| date=20 August 2024 | url=https://www.graphic.com.gh/news/education/ghana-news-labone-shs-launches-75th-anniversary.html |location=Accra, Ghana| access-date=13 May 2025}}</ref>
In 2025, a fire destroyed dormitories at the school.<ref name="c042">{{cite web | last=Ghartey | first=Raphael | title=Fire guts 3 female dormitories of Labone Senior High School | website=3News | date=16 March 2025 | url=https://3news.com/news/fire-guts-3-female-dormitories-of-labone-senior-high-school/ | access-date=13 May 2025}}</ref><ref name="q982">{{cite web | title=Gov't donates relief items to Labone Senior High School | website=GhanaWeb | date=20 March 2025 | url=https://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/NewsArchive/Gov-t-donates-relief-items-to-Labone-Senior-High-School-1976364 | access-date=13 May 2025}}</ref>
== School heads == * S. Gyasi Nimako (1961) * R. Lomo Jones.1961 (196) * E. A Lamptey.1968 (1982) * Bossman Owusu Ayim1982 (1990) * D. H. K. Ofosu (1990) * Peter Owusu Donkor (1990 - 1995) * Cecilia Aggrey (Mensah (1995 - 2003) * Joyce Ossei (Agyekum (2003 - 2013) * Mary Amankwah (2013 - 2014) * Kate Bannerman (2014 - 2017) * Cynthia Obuo Nti (2017 - 2022) * Rejoice Akua Akorlor (2022 -)
== Notable alumni == {{alumni|date=May 2025}} *Ursula Owusu, member of parliament and minister for communications *Nii Okaidja Adamafio, member of parliament and interior minister *Sherry Ayittey, former minister for fisheries and aquaculture *Samuel Koku Anyidoho, former deputy general-secretary of the National Democratic Congress *Augustine Tawiah, member of parliament for Bia West Constituency *Togbe Afede XIV, agbogbomefia of the Asogli State, president of Asogli Traditional Area and former president of the National House of Chiefs *Berifi Afari Apenteng, former director general of the Ghana Broadcasting Corporation *Martha Ankomah, Ghanaian film actress and entrepreneur *Hajia4Reall, Ghanaian socialite, model, musician, business woman *Adjetey Anang, Ghanaian actor *Afia Pokua, Ghanaian media personality *Jemima Nartemle Nartey, vice-chair of the World Scout Committee *Emmanuel Akwetey, Ghanaian political and governance analyst *Pearl Amoah, Ghanaian model *Emmanuel Wayo, hip-hop artist
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Category:High schools in Ghana Category:Education in Ghana Category:Education in Accra Category:Boarding schools in Ghana Category:Public schools in Ghana Category:Educational institutions established in 1949 Category:1949 establishments in the British Empire Category:Mixed schools in Ghana