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| King's Academy | |
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| Type | Private, boarding International school |
| Motto | Floreat Scientia |
| Established | 2007 |
| Head of School | Penny Townsend [1] |
| Grades | 7–12 |
| Gender | Co-educational |
| Color(s) | Red, blue, and gold |
| Athletics | Co-educational curricular activities |
| Mascot | Lion |
| Website | kingsacademy |
King's Academy (Arabic transliteration: "كينغز أكاديمي") is an independent, co-educational boarding and day school for students in grades 7 to 12 in Madaba-Manja, Jordan. It is named in honor of King Abdullah II of Jordan and seeks to fulfill His Majesty's vision of producing "a new generation of enlightened and creative minds."[2]
King Abdullah attended high school at Deerfield Academy in the United States as there was no school of comparable standing in Jordan when he was a boy, but his son Crown Prince Hussein enrolled in the new school's second incoming class (2008). The school's first headmaster, Dr. Eric Widmer, was a past headmaster of Deerfield.[3]
The primary language of instruction at King's Academy is English. Both Arabic-speaking and non-Arabic-speaking students are required to study Arabic. The academy is a member of the G30 Schools group.[4]
The school is included in The Schools Index as one of the 150 best private schools in the world and among top 15 schools in the Middle East.[5]
- ^ Head of School Corner
- ^ "King's Academy". King's Academy. Retrieved 25 March 2018.
- ^ Paumgarten, Nick (27 August 2006). "Our Far-Flung Correspondents: Deerfield in the Desert". The New Yorker. Retrieved 2012-08-09.
- ^ "Home". g30schools.org.
- ^ Rizvi, Anam (2023-09-28). "10 UAE private schools named among Middle East's top 15". The National. Retrieved 2024-05-17.