American Academy of Larnaca

Infobox School
name = The American Academy, Larnaca


imagesize = 98
motto = To Grow and to Serve
established = 1908
type = Private
grades = K-13
director = Tom Widdows
colours = Red, blue
location = Larnaca
country = Cyprus
website = [http://www.academy.ac.cy/ academy.ac.cy]

The American Academy Larnaca is a non-profit private school in Larnaca, Cyprus offering pre-school to University entrance education of the highest standard. It is a selective, co-educational, independent school, registered under the Private Schools’ Law, 1971, of the Republic of Cyprus.

The school was founded in 1908 by the Foreign Mission Board of the Reformed Presbyterian Church of North America but was given in the late 1970s to the alumni of the school who govern it through an elected council and two representatives from the local Evangelical community. The school motto "to grow and to serve" underlies the philosophy of the school. It is an extension of the culture and/or ethos of the school referred to as "the Academy spirit" which is characterised by a democratic and positive climate, respect for each other, understanding and co-operation between students and staff as well as student and staff involvement in humanitarian, social, cultural and other activities for the welfare of the people and the community. The school was always a multi-communal school with student enrolment and faculty from the Turkish Cypriot, Greek Cypriot, Maronite, Armenian and Latin communities along with foreign nationals.

The school is celebrating its [http://aa100.info centenary] in 2008 with a new negative energy building (a first of its kind on the island) and a series of special events.