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Math, Literacy, Science and Technology |
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Refsta Inc. Education Consortium |
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Internet Interaction and Distant Learning < Reffell School System > |
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The Technology High School Building Project. |
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Reffell school started with 27 boys and 12 girls in 1940 by J. T. Reffell, tribal chief of the Bassas. It was located at number 1 Guy Street. No age limit was imposed for entry, and children between ages 4 and 14 years were accepted for enrollment. By 1944 the enrollment had soared to 120.
For several years Mrs. Phebean Reffell assumed the role of Proprietress and Head Teacher. After hard and dedicated work to the school she decided to handover the school to her daughters in 1986. Both daughters, Pearl and Daisy, with the same pioneering spirit and dedication of their parents, continued to carry out the role of proprietresses & Head teacher of the school.
In 1989 the school acquired its new name of J.T. Reffell French Friendship Memorial School. This was a reflection of the immense contribution of the French Government, through its Embassy here. The French Government gave substantial financial assistance toward the school through their own contractor as turn key project, which means that at the end of the day when the building has been completed, the key to the building would have been handed over to the school, but because of the protracted war, the project was not completed and several contacts were made to the French Government, but we were informed that all their pending projects by the French in Sierra Leone has been suspended.
Today the school has an enrollment of nearly 500 students and is located in cramped temporary classrooms at Tower Hill. As a non-assisted school, funds are urgently needed in cash or in kind to continue construction of the new building and for improvement of present facilities at Tower Hill. This financial support that is now being solicited will allow the pioneering memories of Mr. and Mrs. J.T. Reffell to remain alive and not to dwindle into oblivion. |
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Prep 1, Reffell French Memorial School Tower Hill Freetown, Sierra Leone |
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Reffell French Memorial Elementary School |
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