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Cambodia, Phnom Penh
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Boarding is on-site at two Khmer-style campus locations near Phnom Penh. The Junior Campus houses four dormitories for students aged 11 to 14, each dormitory with sleeping, study and play areas and up to 15 students. The Senior Campus provides eight self-contained apartments across four residential buildings for students aged 15 to 18; each apartment has two bedrooms, two bathrooms, a lounge, a kitchen, and a guest bathroom. Students perform daily household duties, including cooking meals, cleaning, laundry, and budgeting, using the Liger Digital Currency developed by the student body.
There is a canteen on campus and a dining hall on site. Seniors learn to manage their meals in on-campus living, including cooking in self-contained apartments.
The school is governed by The Liger Charitable Foundation (DBA Liger Leadership Academy Foundation), a tax-exempt organization described in 501(c)(3) of the United States Internal Revenue Code; The Foundation operates Liger Leadership Academy Cambodia. The Board of Directors includes Trevor Gile (Founder and Chair) and Agnieszka Tynkiewicz-Gile (Founder and Board Member). There is a collaboration with American University of Phnom Penh (AUPP) to support the Liger model.
Liger Leadership Academy is a residential secondary school on a five acre campus about twelve kilometres east of central Phnom Penh. The academy uses a school developed STEEAM curriculum delivered through core classes in English, Khmer literacy, mathematics and science, nine week project based Explorations, and advanced options including Advanced Placement coursework and international standardized tests. Students live on campus: junior dormitories house students aged eleven to fourteen in three bedroom dorms with a maximum of fifteen per dorm, and senior apartments accommodate students aged fifteen to eighteen in self contained units. Instruction is English immersion and Khmer language arts is taught four hours per week. The Liger diploma is recognised by Cambodia's Ministry of Education, Youth and Sport. Campus facilities include Innovation Center, science laboratories, study halls, dining assembly spaces, a clinic, sports courts, a swimming pool and a football field. The school provides transport to and from campus.
