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Viam Parantes — preparing the way

The Old Saints Association.

The alumni body of St. John’s School — old boys across Ghana and the diaspora, still doing for one another what the school did for all of us.

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664
old students on the roll
8
chapters
2
countries

Who we are

The association is the old students of St. John’s School, organised into 8 chapters and spread from Accra to North America. It exists for the plain reason alumni bodies exist: an old boy who has already done the difficult thing is the cheapest help a younger one will ever get, and the school gave everybody here the same start.

What the association runs is deliberately small and useful — a mentorship programme, a register old students can actually search, chapters that meet, and an honest record of what each member has paid. Nothing on this website is a member’s data; all of that sits behind a sign-in, where each old student decides for himself what may be seen and by whom.

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What membership gives you

The headline benefit

Mentorship

Old boys helping new old students. A mentee reads what a mentor actually offers — their field, their years, what they will help with — asks in their own words, and the mentor decides. Nobody is paired by a machine.

Once a mentor accepts, the two of them can reach each other, agree what they are working on, and keep a record of every session. Contact details are released to each other and to nobody else.

The members’ directory

Find a classmate by name, year group, chapter or what they do now — and control what any of them can see of you.

Chapters near you

8 chapters with their own leads and their own gatherings. See them all.

Your standing and your records

What you have paid, what is outstanding, and where you stand with the association — without having to ask anybody.

Old boys helping new old students

The association’s headline benefit: an old student who has already done the difficult thing sits down with one who is about to. No fee, no matching algorithm, and every mentor read by a coordinator before they appear.

How mentorship works

Chapters

Every old student belongs to the chapter nearest him, and the chapter is where the association is a real thing rather than a website.

Give back

Subscriptions keep the association running and pay for what it does at the school. The channels are published in full — mobile money, bank transfer and the ones that work from the diaspora — and every payment is recorded against the member who made it.

How to give

Questions

I am on the register but never got an invite. What now?

The register holds no email address at all for some old students, and an out-of-date phone number for others, so a message may simply never have reached you. You can still get in without one: ask for a one-time code and it will be sent to whichever contact detail the association does hold for you. If nothing arrives, message the association and somebody will look you up by hand.

Do I have to sign up?

No. Every old student on the association’s register already has an account. You claim the one that is yours rather than creating a new one, which is why there is no registration form anywhere on this site.

Is my phone number visible to other old students?

Not unless you say so. Every contact detail on your record has its own setting, and phone numbers start as available on request — another member has to ask you, giving a reason, and you decide. A detail somebody may not see is never sent to their browser at all.

What does membership actually give me?

Mentorship from old boys who have done what you are trying to do, a directory you can search for a classmate, the chapter nearest you, and a clear record of your own subscriptions and standing with the association.

Who can see that I have not paid my dues?

You and the association’s officers. Whether standing is shown to other members at all is a decision for the executive, and it is switched off until they take it.

How do I pay my dues from outside Ghana?

The association publishes its payment channels, including the ones that work from the diaspora, and you send proof of what you paid. An officer verifies it and your record is updated. If a channel will not work for you, ask the association and it will be sorted out.

Your account is already waiting.

You do not sign up for the Old Saints Association. If you are on the register, an account was created for you — claim the one that is yours.

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