AA students have also been referred to as Okamory Boys due to the area in which the school is located in Freetown.

Although the school has a Christian tradition, the United Methodist Church, students from all religious background can attend.

The alumni associations make contributions to the school including, for example, giving scholarships and grants to students.

[2] The UBC mission was responsible for finding land for the school, and originally proposed locating it in Shenge, the home of missionary Ira Albert.

[3] Eventually, however, the board decided that Shenge was too small, so they established the school in the colony's capital at Freetown.