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Akureyri Junior College
Menntaskólinn á Akureyri
Schola Akureyrensis
The oldest school building, from 1904
Akureyri,Iceland
Information
School type	PublicGymnasium
Motto	Virðing, víðsýni, árangur (Respect, liberality, success)
Established	1880
Headmaster	Karl Frímannsson
Key people	Sigurlaug Anna Gunnarsdóttir, vice headmistress
Number of students	750
Song	Skólasöngur MA
National ranking	2nd[1]
Newspaper	Muninn
Yearbook	Carmina
Website	https://www.ma.is/is/english

TheAkureyri Junior College (Icelandic:Menntaskólinn á Akureyri[ˈmɛn̥taˌskouːlɪnauˈaːkʏrˌeiːrɪ], regionally also[ˈmɛntʰa-,ˈaːkʰʏr-];Latin:Schola Akureyrensis) is anIcelandicgymnasium (academic secondary school). It is one of the oldest educational institutions in Iceland.^[2]

The Menntaskólinn á Akureyri traces its roots to the ancient school inHólar inHjaltadalur valley, founded in the beginning ofJón Ögmundsson'sepiscopacy in 1130. Operation of that school was discontinued in 1802 but a campaign to reopen the school of the 'Northland' was soon launched. Success came in 1880 when a 'learned school' was opened atMöðruvellir in the valley ofHörgárdalur. The building in Möðruvellir burnt down in 1902 and the school was moved toAkureyri, where it is currently located.

Today the Junior College is attended by about 700 pupils every year, and on the national day of Iceland, 17 June, approximately 120 students graduate yearly. The Junior College's headmaster isKarl Frímannsson. Tryggvi Gíslason (born 11 June 1938) was headmaster of Akureyri Junior College from 1973 to 2003. Tryggvi graduated with a mag. art. degree and taught Icelandic at theUniversity of Bergen in Norway.

The college is based on tradition. A few of these are:

• Singing: A few times each semester, students gather outside the headmaster's office to sing for him. If they sing well enough, he grants the students permission to skip the next class and gather in the auditorium to sing. (English:singing in the auditorium)
• No alcohol: All gatherings in the name of the school are alcohol free. Almost all students respect this and consider it something that distinguishes their school from others in Iceland.
• Different school year: As in other schools in Iceland this one has two terms, an autumn term and a spring term; but this school has its autumn exams after Christmas, while most other schools have the exams before Christmas.

• Björgvin Guðmundsson, composer
• Páll Skúlason, philosopher
• Steingrímur J. Sigfússon, politician
• Tómas Ingi Olrich, later member ofAlþingi, Minister of Education, and ambassador to France
• Tryggvi Gíslason, headmaster from 1973 to 2003

• Ari Brynjolfsson, physicist
• Eysteinn Björnsson, writer
• Jens Garðar Helgason, politician
• Sigurður Helgason, mathematician
• Sigurður Þórarinsson, geologist

• The school's website
• The school paper's website

65°40′35″N18°05′40″W / 65.6765°N 18.0944°W /65.6765; -18.0944

• Akureyri
• Gymnasiums in Iceland
• Universities and colleges established in 1880
• 1880 establishments in Iceland

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