King's Academy

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King's Academy
Location
Madaba Jordan
Information
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.edu.jo

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]