Greenleaf Academy - Amicus Yearbook (Greenleaf, ID)

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X we X , W 'D 'R . ,. rd X R ff . 1 ff , , ' Vr- 3 ' ,KV if M PRINCIPAL S MESSAGE This annual commemorates the completing of four decades since the founding of the academy -forty years of guiding young lives into paths of righteousness, forty years of seeing them established in the faith As institutions go forty years is a short period A brighter future lies ahead in the realization of im proved physical properties including the new building along with continued emphasis on spiritual values The task which lies ahead is too great to relax for even a moment' the forces of evil are attacking our youth as never before. It 1S in times such as these that those who carry the torch of Christian education should advance our cause to save as many of the youth of our day as possible We hope the members of the present student body will always cherish the opportunity they have had in attend- ing a Christian academy As we follow God s leading in the progress of the academy, we trust that each student will seek and follow His guidance in their own individual lives N' X X if X EDA: mmm X Q I-a i Azxjmicugy' ,Q-,..,, , -za e p sm I , . , gl . -NJ li A X ' ' w L X

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Ik' ., N., v l 't X 2' L J 15 f X . Q, .fa J . ti -, Aff! ' ff 2 ' X .- HISTORY OF GREENLEAF ACADEMY Greenleaf Academy is the only Friends preparatory school west of the Rocky Mountains. It is located at Greenleaf, Idaho, the largest rural Friends congregation in the West, six miles west of Caldwell in the fertile Boise Valley. Greenleaf Academy was founded to provide accredited high school training in a Christian atmosphere and with a definite Christian emphasis. Some forty years ago with the prospect of water on the government land a number of Friends began to migrate from the east and rniddle west to settle in the west. With a vision of forming H Quaker colony many of these people began settling in southwestern Idaho. They called the place Greenleaf, in honor of John Greenleaf Whittier, the Quaker poet. Soon a meeting house was built and a Quaker poet. Soon a meeting house was built and a monthly meeting was set up. As the children of the settlementfinished grade school work the problem of further education confronted them. Due to the difficulties of travel and lack of funds to go away to high school and, more important, the desire for schooling in a Christian environment the se early settlers set about to provide a secondary school. In the fall of 1908, Cora Beals began to make plans to teach her children and those of the community who wished to come. A committee was appointed to look into the matter of establishing a school building. After investigation and due consideration, they decided to open a school to be called Greenleaf Academy. With Perry Macy hired as teacher at a salary of S4-0 per month, the school formally opened on November 10 1908 with sixteen students in the eighth, ninth, and tenth grade s. ,The school room was the back of the church building. There were, of course, no graduates the first year. ' -. X 1 5 it EX f . .H f,K -at F Q -K. - rg .W . . -ik D .XA- L , I r N X X-,.a A'TwIl:u 5 p Al 4 'L P fgli A K