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Laurelwood Academy is a private secondary school affiliated with the Seventh-day Adventist Church near Jasper, Oregon, United States. It is a part of the Seventh-day Adventist education system, the world's second largest Christian school system.〔http://www.csmonitor.com/Commentary/Opinion/2010/1115/For-real-education-reform-take-a-cue-from-the-Adventists"the second largest Christian school system in the world has been steadily outperforming the national average – across all demographics."〕〔http://www.religionfacts.com/christianity/denominations/seventh_day_adventist.htm〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://education.gc.adventist.org/about.html )〕 Founded in 1904 in Laurelwood, Oregon, the boarding school moved to a new campus in rural Lane County outside of Eugene in 2007. The school has grades 9 through 12 and focuses on agriculture in addition to academics. ==History== In 1877, the Seventh-day Adventist Church established a Conference in Oregon, and in 1904 established the Laurelwood Academy at Laurelwood near Gaston.〔Corning, Howard M. (1989) ''Dictionary of Oregon History''. Binfords & Mort Publishing. p. 3.〕 The school was built on the former Donation Land Claim of R. D. Walker with the first building on campus a one-story dining hall. When it opened it had grades one through ten under the direction of principal Robert Arye and an enrollment of 16 students – four girls and 12 boys.〔〔“Adventists sell Laurelwood properties to alumni organization”, ''The Oregonian'', August 3, 1988, p. B4.〕 The first graduate of the academy was Henry Dirkson in 1906.〔 Initially built on , the academy purchased more land from Walker in later years.〔 The institution was expanded with the addition of a chapel in 1908 that was subsequently renovated and expanded in 1919.〔 Principal Arye left the school in 1907 and J. L. Kay became the principal, expanding the curriculum to twelve grades.〔 The academy added a building for teaching manual labor in 1925 followed by an new administration structure in 1943.〔 In 1950, the unaffiliated but adjacent Laurelwood Adventist Elementary School opened.〔Leeson, Jeanne. “Washington County private schools grow”, ''The Oregonian'', September 13, 1990, West Zoner, p. 6.〕 Adventist owned Harris Pine Mills had a furniture making plant across the street that provided some employment to students after it opened in 1965.〔 By 1976 the four-year academy grew to as large as 350 students.〔 In 1976, Charles Hanson was the principal and the school had dormitories, a science building, gymnasium, and an administration building.〔 The companion elementary school had an enrollment of around 115 students at this same time.〔 Laurelwood Academy was closed in 1985 after enrollment had declined at the schools of the Oregon Conference of Seventh-day Adventists.〔 In 1988, the Oregon Conference sold the academy to a private group run by alumni of the school for $1.5 million.〔 The school also owned stands of timber and other agricultural property, as well as a furniture production facility leased to Harris Pine Mills that closed in 1986.〔〔 When sold, the school had more than a dozen private residences, three academic buildings, two residence halls, and the gymnasium.〔 In September 1988, the company that bought the campus re-opened Laurelwood Academy with 40 students under the direction of principal Harold Clark.〔Ostergren, Jack. “Doors opening, shutting in Laurelwood”, ''The Oregonian'', September 15, 1988, West Zoner, p. 1.〕 Enrollment increased to around 90 students by 1996,〔Gaynair, Gillian. “Gaston students plan trip to Belarus”, ''The Oregonian'', December 26, 1996, West Zoner, p. 9.〕 and was around 80 in 2001.〔Smith, Jill. “Feeding the whole family without hoofs and horns”, ''The Oregonian'', December 27, 2001, West Zoner, p. 10.〕 In 2007, the school re-located to the Eugene, Oregon, area after enrollment was at 90 students. The new campus on Jasper-Lowell Road opened that year on a piece of property with 19 students.〔 The land was donated to the academy by the McDougal Foundation.〔 Laurelwood Seventh-day Adventist Elementary School still operates in Laurelwood, and now has enrollment of about 20, in grades 1 through 8 while the former academy buildings there housed the Mission College of Evangelism for a few years.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Home )〕 The former grounds in Laurelwood were sold to the religious group Ananda in May 2011. The Academy closed after the 2010-2011 school year, due to financial issues. They have decided to run a "small school" for the 2011-2012 school year, and they hope to regain financial footing for the 2012-2013 year. The campus will still be used for a yearly camp-meeting by Light Bearers Ministries. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Laurelwood Academy」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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