The Montessori Lyceum Amsterdam, shortly MLA, is a school in Amsterdam-Zuid, a borough of Amsterdam, Netherlands. It was the first Montessori secondary school in the world. The school is a lyceum with the directions VWO (atheneum and gymnasium), HAVO and VMBO-T. The school is part of the Montessori Scholengemeenschap Amsterdam, or MSA, which encompasses five schools: Montessori Lyceum Amsterdam, Montessori College Oost, IVKO School, the Cosmicus Montessori Lyceum and Amstellyceum.