Greenleaf Friends Academy
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.[citation needed]
It was founded in 1908[citation needed] 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.[citation needed]
Local professionals, representing various Friends churches, other supporting churches and the academy's alumni comprise the 11 member governing Board of Trustees.[citation needed]
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.[citation needed]
Notable alumni
- 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
- ^ Sowards, Adam M. (1 July 2014). Idaho's Place: A New History of the Gem State. University of Washington Press. p. 115. ISBN 978-0-295-80507-8.
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