Greenleaf Friends Academy

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

Greenleaf Friends Academy
Location
Greenleaf , Idaho United States
Coordinates	43.67266°N 116.820379°W / 43.67266; -116.820379
Information
Type	Christian (Quaker)
Motto	Inspiring students to think clearly, act responsibly, serve passionately. Based on Romans 12:2 "Do not conform to the pattern of this world but be transformed by the renewing of your mind so that you may discern what is the good, pleasing and perfect will of God."
Religious affiliations	Quaker and interdenominational
Established	1908
Oversight	11 member Board of Trustees
Principal	Christopher Browne
Faculty	22
Grades	PreK-12
Number of students	200
Colors	Red and Black
Mascot	Grizzlies
Yearbook	Stacie Workman
IHSAA Division	1A
Website

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