Arabic Year students at King’s Academy embarked on an exciting adventure to Morocco during the school’s spring break.
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On March 6, King’s Academy welcomed Plestia Alaqad as a guest speaker on the occasion of International Women’s Day, which falls on March 8.
On March 6, King’s Academy students participated in a virtual cultural exchange session with high school students in Japan.
Representing King’s Academy at the 19th National Robotics First Lego League Competition last weekend, the school’s robotics team RoboKings won the Overall Champions third place trophy.
On February 28, King’s Academy presented its annual Winter Play Festival with an outstanding series of student-directed plays.
On February 20, King’s Academy presented its fourth annual Shakespeare Monologue Competition, which proved to be the largest competition yet.
In February, the Abdul Majeed Shoman Auditorium at King’s Academy was transformed by red spots and giant red letters easily recognizable by people all over the world.
King’s Academy student Rateel Serdah ’25 was recognized for her exceptional academic achievements in Arabic at the Queen Rania Outstanding UK Learner Awards 2024 that took place on February 15 in partnership with the British Council in Jordan.
King’s Academy is celebrating one of its seniors, Bana Haloush ’24, who has been awarded the Morehead-Cain Scholarship to attend the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, which is one of the top public research universities in the United States. It is the first time that a student from Jordan wins this scholarship
King’s Academy hosted the ninth annual Jordan Model Parliament (JMP) conference on February 9 and 10, 2024 at which 350 students representing 53 public and private schools from across Amman and Zarqa participated.
Some 470 student delegates convened at King’s Academy last weekend to participate in the King’s Academy Model United Nations (KAMUN ’24) conference that took place from February 1 to 3.
King’s Academy is pleased to announce the appointment of Laura Burgess as the new dean of enrollment management.
King’s Academy hosted 85 student musicians for the annual Jordan Youth Musicians Conference (JYMC) that took place from January 18 to 21, 2024.
King's Academy hosted a dance performance entitled "Stop Calling Them Dangerous: Love Story Palestine" in the Gallery on Wednesday, January 17.
Global Online Academy (GOA) has awarded King’s Academy student Aisha Aliu ’25 a Global Learning Certification.
In what is being lauded as one of King’s Academy’s best theater productions ever, the fall play Suite Surrender, written by Michael McKeever and produced by special arrangement with Playscripts, Inc., took to the stage in front of a rapturous audience in the Abdul Majeed Shoman Auditorium for two nights at the end of November.
The Advancement Office in collaboration with the Department of Art, Design and Technology presented the King’s Academy Silent Auction from November 28 to 30.
Last week, private schools across Amman competed in the Amman Athletics Conference (AAC) tournaments for both volleyball and football.
King's Academy students enrolled in AP Capstone: Seminar have been studying a unit this semester on water crises affecting the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region.
King’s Academy students Omar Khamis ’24 and Jude Sulh ’26 participated in the 2023 Round Square International Conference (RSIC) that took place in Nairobi, Kenya from October 8 to 14 alongside around 1,400 delegates from 50 countries across six continents.
The King’s Academy University Counseling Office (UCO) hosted its annual “Big” University Fair on October 7, 2023, with representatives from some 27 universities and colleges from around the world participating.
October has been shaping up to be another busy month for the University Counseling Office (UCO) at King’s Academy, with almost daily visits to campus by universities from around the world in the first week alone.
This week, King’s Academy hosted an interschool cross country race at which six schools and 82 runners took part. In addition to King’s, participating schools included Amman Academy (AA), International Community School (ICS), American Community School (ACS), Mashrek International School (MIS) and International Amman Academy (IAA).
King’s Academy’s Dean of University Counseling Reida Baghdadi was a featured panelist during the Franklin University Switzerland Forum: “The Education Mosaic: A World of Perspectives" that took place on September 23 in Amman.
Last week, the Upper School Student Leadership Council (SLC) announced its newly elected representatives for the junior, sophomore and freshman grades. The senior class representatives were elected at the end of the previous school year.