Accra, July 15, GNA- Crystal heights international School has graduated over 200 pupils during its 7th speech and prize-giving ceremony at Amasaman Shikpontele in Ga south municipality.
They include Kindergarten, Primary and Junior High School and those pursuing international studies.
It was held on the theme: “innovators of tomorrow: rising with purpose and possibility”
Speaking at the ceremony, the Dean of the School of Engineering Sciences, as well as an Associate Professor and Founding Head of the Department of Biomedical Engineering at the University of Ghana, Prof. Elsie Effah Kaufmann,thanked parents, guardians, and educators for their support and emphasized the importance of innovation, creativity, and problem-solving.
Prof. Elsie Effah Kaufmann,shared stories of innovators, including Alexander Fleming, who discovered penicillin, and highlighted the principles of innovation, including curiosity, knowledge, persistence, and collaboration.
The graduates were encouraged to apply these principles in their future endeavours and to work together to achieve their goals.
Professor Kauffmann upon a successful sharing of stories about some innovators of yesterday and today, noted, “you should realize that innovation sometimes finds you and not the other way round”.
To become an innovator, she empathised, there is the need to be observant, cultivate curiosity and never stop asking questions as there are solutions to problems around.

“If you find yourself in an uncomfortable situation, you may not be alone.Choosing to analyze the problem instead of ignoring it could be the starting point for finding the solution”, the keynote speaker added.
Professor Kaufmann further admonished the graduates to be bold enough to find out why things are done in a certain way.
“Don’t feel you are too young or get discouraged by the things you do not understand. Remain grounded in purpose. This means that instead of blindly following what everyone else is doing, have a plan and an expected outcome for everything you set out to do”, she urged.
The director of Crystal Heights international school, Emmanuel Dadzie Entsie, delivering his welcome address, recalled the conscious engagements to equip every student with tools which aided the learning process, helped the connections, and creation in a rapidly evolving world culminating into the foundation upon which the school had chalked up the milestone.
He emphasized the importance of virtual classrooms and interactive platforms as ways that have created the needed innovations.
Describing those innovative initiatives as the bridge to broader heights.
“Since our founding in 2014, Crystal Heights has grown from a single campus to a vibrant community of learners, thinkers, and doers. We have strategically expanded our laboratories —Chemistry, Biology, Physics, and Robotics—to ensure that theory meets practice and curiosity becomes discovery”, he disclosed.
“This year’s Robotics and Computing display, is a testament to that commitment: watch our students translate code into motion and algorithms into solutions.
But technology alone does not define an innovator. Innovation springs from purpose”, he intimidated.
He noted that partnering with the Ga West Municipal Education Directorate to champion STEM education across the municipality as real impact begins when skills serve community needs.
The graduation themed“Innovators of Tomorrow: Rising with Purpose and Possibility”—invites each of you, graduands, to ask not just what you can create, but why.
This year’s graduation saw the pupils perform various activities from, culture dance, talk show, choreography and poetry. The digital department also showcased some innovations.
Crystal heights international school is located at Amasaman shikpontele in the Ga south municipality.
GNA
Edited by George-Ramsey Benamba