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American Farm School : ウィキペディア英語版 | American Farm School
The American Farm School is an independent, nonprofit educational institution located in Thessaloniki, Greece. The School was founded in 1904 by American missionary John Henry House to serve the rural population of Greece and the Balkans. The current major educational divisions include the Secondary School, Perrotis College, the Primary School Program, the department of Adult Education & Research and the Greek Summer program.〔http://www.americanfarmschool.org/amerfarm/html/about.htm〕 The School's mission is "to educate men and women, especially those from Greece and the Balkans, to become professionally accomplished in the latest aspects of agriculture and the life sciences."〔http://www.americanfarmschool.org/UserFiles/File/Mission%20Statement%20March%202%202006.pdf〕 == History == John Henry House with his wife, Susan Adeline Beers House, founded the American Farm School in 1904, on of barren land near Thessaloniki. The couple had been missionaries in the Balkan region for 30 years. The first students were boys orphaned in one of the many uprisings marking the collapse of the Ottoman Empire in Europe.〔(Farm School - TIME )〕 House's mission was to "educate the whole individual: the head, the hands, the heart."〔http://www.qub.ac.uk/afs/news/2004/An%20American%20Summer%20in%20Greece.htm〕 The curriculum included practical training in field and garden crops, vineyards and orchards, livestock and silkworm production, and in industrial skills such as carpentry, masonry and blacksmithing.
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