ˌeɪˌeɪˈaɪ wʌz fˈaʊndᵻd ɪn nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd twˈɛnti nˈaɪn æz ðɪ ɐlˈaɪəns ɐkˈædəmi, tə pɹəvˈaɪd ɐn ˈɪŋɡlɪʃlˈæŋɡwɪdʒ ɐmˈɛɹɪkən ˌɛdʒuːkˈeɪʃən fɚðə tʃˈɪldɹən ʌv mˈɪʃənˌɛɹiz ʌvðə kɹˈɪstʃən ænd mˈɪʃənˌɛɹi ɐlˈaɪəns sˈiː ænd ˌɛmˈeɪ ænd ɪz nˈaʊ ɐn ˌɪndᵻpˈɛndənt skˈuːl ðæt sˈɜːvz mˈɛni nˌæʃənˈælᵻɾiz ɪn ɐn ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ ɪmˈɜːʒən sˈɛɾɪŋ wɪð ɐ kɹˈɪstʃən wˈɜːldvjuː.
AAI was founded in 1929 as the Alliance Academy, to provide an English-language American education for the children of missionaries of the Christian and Missionary Alliance (C&MA) and is now an independent school that serves many nationalities in an English immersion setting with a Christian worldview.