Atlantic Hall

The school combines the Nigerian Curriculum with the International General Certificate of Secondary Education (IGCSE) conducted by Cambridge International Examinations (CIE). Students spend three years in Senior School and they all offer programmers in Physical Education. Evaluation and Certification are based on Continuous Assessment (Form Order System) and End-of-course examination conducted by the West African Examinations Council (WAEC), leading to the award of the West African Senior School Certificate (WASSC).The International General Certificate of Secondary Education (IGCSE) programme was introduced into Atlantic Hall in September 2001 as a substitute for the Cambridge GCE ‘O’ Level. Started in 1998, the IGCSE is fast gaining ground, with more schools all over the world now embracing it. With its modern curriculum, the IGCSE has more international recognition and focuses more on the positive achievements of students. Cambridge International Examinations (CIE) through the British Council conducts the examination in June and November each year. All Atlantic Hall SS3 Students sit for the examination in June. The school has science laboratories. Agricultural Science is a very popular subject, especially in the Junior School. Fresh from primary schools, JSS 1 students, have their own ?beds’ in the School Farm. The school provides tuition in art, music and drama. Music is taught throughout the school, and is compulsory for all junior students. Over the years, Atlantic Hall students have consistently won prizes in Art at the national level; the school choir has won several music awards. [Citation needed] Drama is taught as an extempore or scripted class lesson, or in a formal play. A variety of drama productions are staged by both Junior and senior students every year. Each year the four houses present a House Play for the Founders’ Day. Supervised by teachers and professional technical crew, students write and produce plays for the Inter-house Drama competition. Clothing and Textiles is offered as separate subject in the Senior School. Students are taught about fabrics, design and production of clothing, draperies, home decoration and fashion, among other skills. Home Economics is taught in the Junior Secondary School (Foods and Nutrition in the Senior School) to introduce students to the rudiments of Home Management and Basic Cookery. Boys and girls opt for this subject in the WASSCE and the IGCSE. The Industrial Work Experience (IWE) is a programme designed for SS 2 (penultimate year) students. It serves as a follow-up to the regular career talks which the students receive – an introduction to a practical experience of their chosen future careers. Football and basketball are played. The school has a well-equipped clinic with a doctor and nurses resident in the school compound. The School has a Parent Teacher Association open to teachers and parents. The Atlantic Hall P.T.A. is actively involved in many school projects; it recently donated a fully equipped clinic and ambulance to the school he school has about 500 students aged 9 to 18. It is a boarding school, where students reside in Year Wings with their House Parents