Английская Википедия:Greenleaf Friends Academy

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Greenleaf Friends Academy is a private Christian school in Greenleaf, Idaho serving preschool through 12th grades.

Located in the tranquil Snake River Valley just 6 miles west of Caldwell, the academy has grown over the past century from a one-room schoolhouse into a facility consisting of classrooms, a gymnasium, elementary building, preschool building, cafeteria, athletic fields, and playgrounds.Шаблон:Cn

It was founded in 1908Шаблон:Cn by a group of Friends (Quakers) as a college preparatory high school for the Quaker-founded community of Greenleaf, Idaho.[1]

Junior High grades were added in the mid-1960s and Elementary grades added in the mid-1970s.Шаблон:Cn

Local professionals, representing various Friends churches, other supporting churches and the academy's alumni comprise the 11 member governing Board of Trustees.Шаблон:Cn

Greenleaf Friends Academy holds affiliation with Associated Christian Schools International (ACSI), Northwest Yearly Meeting, part of Evangelical Friends International and holds state recognized school accreditation through AdvancEd.Шаблон:Cn

Notable alumni

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  • Emmett W. Gulley (1894–1981), missionary, professor, and president of Pacific College (now named George Fox University)
  • H. Corwin Hinshaw (1902–2000), physician, professor, and pioneer of the use streptomycin to cure tuberculosis
  • Arthur O. Roberts (1922–2016), author, missionary, pastor, and professor of religion

References

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