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AMERICAN ACADEMY SECONDARY SCHOOL
Our school follows a modified English National Curriculum designed to provide a well-balanced education, which caters to students' needs, and encourages the development of their full potential as citizens of tomorrow.
We offer:
- a wide choice of subjects at GCSE, IGCSE, AS and A-Level
- fully equipped Biology, Chemistry, Physics, D&T and ICT laboratories
- Art, Music, Drama rooms and a fully functioning Library
- American Academy School Leaving Certificate (Apolytirion) approved by the Ministry of Education and recognised by universities worldwide
- entry to the best universities of the UK, USA, Australia, Canada, as well as those of Cyprus, Greece and Europe
- excellent pastoral care, careers guidance and counselling
- a wide range of extra curricular activities including the prestigious Duke of Edinburgh International Award
Curriculum
Key Stage 3
Key Stage 3 covers the first three years of secondar y education (classes 1, 2 and 3) and is devised as a foundation course for Key Stage 4 (GCSE/IGCSE) study.
The core curriculum (compulsory for all students) is as follows:
Art, Drama, English, French, Geography, Greek/Special Greek, History, Information Communication Technology, Mathematics, Music, Physical Education, Religious Education, Science, Personal and Social Education.
Key Stage 4
Key Stage 4 covers classes 4 and 5. Prepares students for the GCSE/IGCSE and O-Level examinations.
All students study a core curriculum of English, ICT (Information Communication Technology), Sciences and Mathematics with the addition of Physical Education. This is suppor ted by choices from a wide range of options, which include all of the Key Stage 3 subjects with the addition of Russian, German, Accounting and Economics.
At the end of class 5 students sit for external GCSE/IGCSE examinations in up to nine subjects.
Post Sixteen Education
Covers classes 6 and 7. Prepares students for GCE Advanced Subsidiary and Advanced Level Examinations.
Compulsor y Subjects : English, Personal and Social Education, Physical Education.
Optional Subjects - students choose four from the list below (8 periods per subjec t): Accounting, Art, Biology, Business Studies, Chemistry, Drama, Economics, English Literature, French, History, Information Communication Technology, Mathematics, Music, Physical Education, Physics. Further Pure Mathematics is offered after school.
Every effort is always made to offer as broad a range of subjects as possible from the Key Stage 3 and Key Stage 4 curriculum, and students are helped to make informed and balanced choices. A full time careers advisor is available for careers education and a full time counsellor provides personal counselling and guidance. The school is an approved examination centre for the GCSE/IGCSE and GCE AS and A-Level examinations which are administered from the UK and which are recognised internationally.
The school's Extra Curricular Activities include:
Study Skills Club
Duke of Edinburgh Club
Dance Club
Technology Club
Comenius Club
Music Club
Year Book Club
Academy News Club
Physics Club
Drama Club
ICT Club
Film / Drama Club
Karate Club
Basketball Club
Volleyball Club
Tennis Club
Football Club
Archery Club
Public Speaking Club
Environmental Club
Assessment and Reporting
Assessment improves a student's performance by highlighting strengths and weaknesses, enabling appropriate strategies to be used by both teachers and students.
Assessment at the American Academy Limassol takes the form of written tests, homework, class work, coursework and class participation as well as formal examinations. Reporting upon progress and the results of assessment forms a significant part of school/parent communication and is fundamental to the learning process. Adequate and regular feedback enables students to develop a satisfactory awareness of their skills and capabilities and keeps parents informed of their child's progress.
Formal reporting takes the form of face -to-face regular interviews and written reports issued throughout the year. I n addition, a Parents Visit Schedule is issued in S eptember indicating when teachers will be available to see parents throughout the year.
The school curriculum is an entitlement for all students and special arrangements are made for students with specific learning difficulties. Cases are considered individually after referral to the Learning Support Center and in consultation with the Educational Phychologist.