Bfhs Celebrates 56th Founders’ Day In Style

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Old Boys Association of Birch Freeman High School (BIFOBA) will on Friday, 5th of February, 2016 flag-off a 2-day Founders’ day event.

Distinguished old boys of the school from all walks of life both home and abroad will converge at the 1,500 capacity (banquet setting) multipurpose hall of the school built by the Old Boys’ Association.

Day 1 of the event will begin with a Seminar on Employability and Entrepreneurship by Mr. Tope Toogun, while Mrs Abisola Longe will speak on Productivity + Living your dream life. The attendees will benefit from these lectures by seasoned professionals as it would equip and make them self-reliant for future challenges.

Outstanding students who have performed excellently within the past one year shall be awarded on the Prize-giving Day which will hold on Saturday, 6th of February in the school hall. Memories from last year’s event are still fresh to some of the students. Deserving students who won the award are in serious competition to maintain their position of winning awards this year.

Cash-backed endowments for outstanding students ranging from N 25, 000 to N 50, 000 from BIFOBA Guild Members will be announced.

The event will also unveil the N3.5 million Musical Equipment donated by the North American Chapter of BIFOBA to form a BFHS 30-Student Musical Orchestra by the Deputy Governor of Lagos State. 5 students each from 17 secondary schools (in BFHS League) will be in attendance.

Preparations are on top gear in ensuring this year’s Founders’ Day celebration is remarkable and memorable. Students and Old Boys are already counting down in great anticipation of the annual event.
Old Boys have been encouraged to attend both events in the usual dress code of the School Blazer and Business Casual respectively.

The Founders’ Day serves as morale-booster and avenue for the students to familiarize with their old boys.

Bifoba Na: 2016 Chicago Reunion

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It is Time for Merriments in Chicago

Hilton Garden Inn Chicago O’Hare Airport3-star hotel

Address: Hilton Garden Inn Chicago O’Hare Airport
2930 S River Rd, Des Plaines, IL 60018
Date: Thur, July 14 – Sun, July 17, 2016
Phone: 847 296 8900

Address: Hilton Garden Inn Chicago O’Hare Airport
2930 S River Rd, Des Plaines, IL 60018
Date: Thur, July 14 – Sun, July 17, 2016
Phone: 847 296 8900
Room Rate: $129/night plus tax with breakfast for 2
Suite Rate: $199.00/night plus tax with breakfast for 2
To book: call 847 296 8900
(Group BIFOBA 2016)
(Group Code BIF)

Free Parking and shuttle

A cooked-to-order breakfast is available (fee), and there’s an on-site restaurant serving American cuisine, as well as a 24/7 convenience store. There’s also a fitness center and the indoor pool with a children’s play area. Additional perks include 4 meeting rooms and a business center, plus a free shuttle service to the Airport and the Chicago train system.

A 7-minute drive from Chicago O’Hare International Airport, this contemporary hotel is a 1-minute drive to Rivers Casino Des Plaines. All rooms offer modern decor and custom-designed beds, plus flat-screen TVs, microwaves, mini fridges and free WiFi. Suites add whirlpool tubs.

Up BIFOBA

Up NA Chapter!


Celebration of Old Boys’ Birthdays

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In line with the new BIFOBA national executive council resolve to celebrate Old Boys’ birthdays, Old Boys born in the month of June were celebrated.

Mr. Emmanuel Olufunmilayo (Omo Babaoloye), one of the celebrants, was joined in a photograph session by members of BIFOBA executive council, his Classmate, Mr. Adigun, and Mr. Feyi Dinyo (GPE).

Old Boys born in the month of July are invited for celebration as sponsored by BIFOBA. …

Olise-Emeka Nwachukwu

National Publicity Secretary 

SCARCE Donated Books to Birch Freeman High School (Report By Foluso Adeyemi)

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In June 2016, School & Community Assistance for Recycling & Composting Education (SCARCE), a charity organization in Glen Ellyn, Illinois, USA, donated books worth of thousands of dollars in various subjects of learning to Birch Freeman High School (BFHS), Lagos, (Surulere) Nigeria. Ms. Bev Jaszczurowski, Director of Communication and Business Development for SCARCE, delivered the books to Rev. Olufemi Morgan, the past president of North America Chapter.

Photograph of some of the donated books

During the North America chapter’s reunion event in Chicago July 2016, Rev. Femi Morgan presented the books to the chapter. According to Rev. Morgan, the donated books would be shared with BFHS’ sister school: Methodist Girls High School (MGHS), Lagos, (Yaba) Nigeria. The donated books would help to brighten the future of students of BFHS/MGHS by providing them additional high-quality books for the best education possible. Mr. Niyi Fagbamiye, NA chapter’s president, reported that all the books are ready to be shipped to Birch Freeman High School in Lagos.

SCARCE promises to continue to support and assist Birch Freeman High School with educational materials as needed in future. SCARCE is an organization that is dedicated to education by collecting extra surplus high-quality textbooks (text, reference, and library) from schools in the USA and putting them into the hands of students (near and far) who need them.

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Photograph: Rev. Femi Morgan (BIFOBA) and Ms. Bev. Jaszczurowski (SCARCE)

Click below to read the appreciation letter from Rev. Femi Morgan to SCARCE

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Letter of Appreciation To SCARCE

 Report: Foluso Adeyemi

Birch Freeman Junior High wins 3rd Prize at the Lagos State Tree Planting Competition

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Hamzat Taofik, a JSS 3 Student of Birch Freeman High, won the 3rd prize at the Lagos State Tree Planting Competition

The tutor general Mrs. A.A Anifowose, Hamzat Taofik of Birch Freeman Junior High School and the Principal, Mrs. Oresawo 

BFHS wins the 1st and 3rd Prizes at the NTA WORK IT OUT Program

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Birch Freeman High School, with many other high schools in Lagos, Nigeria, participated in the National Television Authority (NTA) Educational Program tagged “WORK IT OUT” and won the first and the third prizes of the competition. Below are the photographs of the BFHS winners. 

Adam Akinwole won the 1st prize

Adewole Abiodun won 3rd prize

BIFOBA Celebrates Old Boys Born in November

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BIFOBA Celebrates Old Boys Born in November

November Celebrants with the Global President Barr. Kingsley Essien 

57TH FOUNDERS’ DAY CELEBRATION: BFHS Recorded 100% WAEC Success

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Dear Old Boys,

BIFOBA will celebrate our school’s 57th Founders’ Day Anniversary in a grand style on Monday, February 6, 2017. The theme for 2017 Founders’ Day Celebration – Getting The Best Out Of Students: My Experience – will be delivered by a renowned educationist Mrs Oluwayemisi Omowo: a former teacher and vice principal at Birch Freeman High School (BFHS). She will be speaking to BIFOBA members, parents, teachers and students.

Mrs O. Omowo made a great impact in the development of young boys to gentlemen at BFHS, and her memory is still held in awe by the old boys who partook in her tutelage. 

Following the recent 100% success of Birch Freeman High School’s finalists at the last WAEC examination, BIFOBA intends to go beyond the 100% academic success mark in young men’s education (in character and learning) at BFHS by placing BFHS as one of the foremost high schools to be reckoned with among the Ivy league schools in the nation. 

Dear fellow old boys – home and abroad – please be part of this great event on Monday 6th February 2017 in the New Multipurpose Hall at 9.30 am.

Up School! UP BIFOBA!! Up Great Freemen!!! 

BIFOBA 2015 Homecoming!!!!

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4 days to go …. I’m so excited about BIFOBA 2015 Homecoming …. Wow! we will be celebrating the very First Set to graduate from BFHS and 95 Set will be celebrating 20 years. Great Stuff!!!

Vacancy: Head Human Resources

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Job Description

The Head, Human Resources will attract, retain and inspire the best and the brightest. The right individual will help our organization strike the optimal balance between the company’s need and the needs of the workforce in order to differentiate us from the competition.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES AND DUTIES OF THE ROLE

Rport to the CEO

  • Develop and direct strategies for the Human Resources department and ensure strategies are aligned with the overall goals of the organization.
  • Manage the company’s Human Resources functions, provide expert professional advice and support to management and staff on all aspects of people management and execute all areas of the employee lifecycle.
  • Manage the HR Business units:  Business Partnering, Recruitment & Selection, Compensation & Benefits, Talent Management and Employee Services.
  • Lead the implementation of best practice Human Resources policies and procedures in the organization.
  • Track corporate, departmental and employee competency levels against requirements.
  • Work with functional managers to determine gaps and ensure adequate and effective learning and development.
  • Oversee the career development, capacity development and progression of all employee
  • Support management to develop and implement effective succession planning strategies.
  • Manage overall culture of the organization, initiate programs to ensure alignment of culture to company vision, mission and values.
  • Support executive management to manage all change initiatives impacting staff within the company.
  • Evaluate, implement and oversee the use of the Human Resources Information System.

PERSON SPECIFICATION

Experience

  • Bachelor’s degree in HR Management, Organizational Development, Business Administration or equivalent; Master’s degree preferred.
  • Proven operational experience in management and staff supervision: ideally has worked in a management role for 10+ years and has strong generalist human resources.
  • Experience in the Retail Chain/Multi-location organization (e.g. fast food, banks, telecoms, etc) or fast-growing company
  • Professional membership of CIPMN, SHRM or CIPD is an added advantage.

Core Competencies and Skills

  • Able to see the big picture and provide useful and strategic advice and input across the company and on the executive team.
  • Creative and critical thinker with high attention to detail Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
  • Highly professional and ethical with the ability to maintain confidentiality.
  • A strong change agent and communicator.
  • Excellent people management and development skills.
  • Possess  excellent  leadership  and  business  partnering  skills  to  achieve  results  through organizational resources.
  • Excellent organizational development skills Good Negotiation and persuasion skills.
  • Experience with HR software packages.
  • Demonstrated process improvement skills.
  • A good working Knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite like Word, Outlook, and Excel.

Interested candidates who meet the minimum requirement should a one page summary of their most significant achievements for the last 5 years with your application letter, a detailed CV and relevant copies of credentials to recruitment@hcdclimited.com and state the subject as Head of Human Resources