Yangon Academy

The secondary program at Yangon Academy offers a challenging college preparatory curriculum using a wide variety of American textbooks and materials. We also use high quality materials and resources from other publishers from around the world, together with the ever-increasing multitude of internet-based options. Topics and processes in Englishencountered include in-depth discussion and text analysis in world literature, guided practice in writing, grammar, spelling, speaking, and listening techniques, among others. he major elements of study in mathematics focus on the strands of arithmetic, algebra, geometry, statistics and probability, and measurement.Problem-solving tactics and strategies are built-in to the daily work. he science approach is inquiry-based while studying in-depth the content within the disciplines of the biological, chemical, and physical worlds.Social Studies engagement ranges through the important themes and elements of history and geography.Areas of study include ancient civilizations and more current emphases on regional studies - Asian, European, Russian and American. At the upper secondary levels we continue to extend our offering of Advance Placement (AP) exams as the high school grows. hese are courses set at the university level and students who make high scores on the externally scored exams often receive university credit for their work. Depending on student interest and teacher qualifications, we intend to put on offer courses such as AP Calculus AB, AP Statistics, AP Biology, AP Chemistry, AP Physics, AP Micro- and Macro-Economics, AP Psychology, and perhaps AP Studio Art. Yangon Academy also requires all students, both native and non-native Myanmar, to study Myanmar language and culture. his K-12 program is tailored to the individual levels of students entering the program. e believe we are the only international school in Myanmar that currently makes available this very important area of study and individual growth.