Greenleaf Friends Academy is a private Christian school in
Greenleaf, Idaho
Greenleaf is a city in Canyon County, Idaho, United States. The population was 846 at the 2010 census. Greenleaf is part of the Boise-Nampa metropolitan area. The town was established by Quakers in the early-1900s and is named after Quaker poet ...
serving preschool through 12th grades.
Located in the tranquil Boise 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.
It was founded in 1908 by a group of Friends (Quakers) as a college preparatory high school for the Quaker-founded community of Greenleaf, Idaho.
Junior High grades were added in the mid-1960s and Elementary grades added in the mid-1970s.
Local professionals, representing various Friends churches, other supporting churches and the academy's alumni comprise the 11 member governing Board of Trustees.
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.
Notable alumni
* Emmett W. Gulley (1894–1981), missionary, professor, and president of Pacific College (now named
George Fox University)
*
H. Corwin Hinshaw
Horton Corwin Hinshaw Sr. (August 1, 1902, Iowa Falls, Iowa – December 28, 2000, San Rafael, California) was an American pulmonologist, known for the use of streptomycin as the first effective antibiotic for the treatment of tuberculosis (TB) ...
(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
* http://gfaschools.org/home/about/
Private high schools in Idaho
Schools in Canyon County, Idaho
Private middle schools in Idaho
Private elementary schools in Idaho
1908 establishments in Idaho
Quaker schools in Idaho
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