From L — R: Mrs Lai Koiki, Executive Director of Greensprings School; Mrs Omonike Oludipe, Deputy Head of School, Anthos House; and Dr Kimberley Scollard, Head of School, Anthos House, at the one-year anniversary of Anthos House held in Lagos.
Anthos House, a fast-growing special school located in Lagos, is one year old. The school marked its first-year anniversary on the 17th of September 2019 with an event held in its premises.
Addressing the attendees, Dr Kimberley Scollard, the Head of School at Anthos House, reiterated that, as it has been for the past one year, the school will continue to facilitate its students to be more independent.
She added that besides academic, the utmost aim of the school is to ensure that students gain necessary life skills such as cooking, shopping, and the ability to take care of themselves.
Since Anthos House is a subsidiary of Greensprings School, Mrs Lai Koiki, the Executive Director of the school, was in attendance.
In her remarks, she said, “The one-year journey of Anthos House has been amazing. But I must say that the special needs journey is almost as old as the journey of Greensprings School.
This is because we believe it is important to allow our special children to have some form of inclusive
education, and there is no reason for families with special needs children to be ashamed.
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We are all special in one way or the other.“So, over 30 years ago, we started a special needs unit in Greensprings known as learning support; this initiative was born out of the necessity for children to have the opportunity to socialize.
Moreover, children with special needs can be very valuable to society if they are given the appropriate environment to flourish.
“I thank God that quite a number of parents took the opportunity of Greensprings specialneeds unit at that time. Anthos House has now grown out of the vision we had about 35 years ago, and it is positioned to provide older children with a pathway for independence, self-management and the high possibility of experiencing work and life.
”A parent at the event, Mrs Angela Emuwa, expressed her happiness about how things are going in the school. She said, “I am very excited with the progress Anthos House has made within a short period of one year.
When we joined, the school was still under construction. But today, I am happy with what I am seeing, most especially with the school’s focus on improving the life and entrepreneur skills of the students.
”Anthos House is located in Jakande, Lekki Phase II, and as a special needs school, it accommodates students aged from 10 to 17+ years old with Autism, Down Syndrome, Cerebral Palsy, ADHD and other learning difficulties.
