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New Village Leadership Academy (NVLA), also known as New Village Academy, was a private elementary school located in Calabasas, California, USA. Indian Hills High School previously used the campus, and in 2008 actor Will Smith funded New Village Academy and leased the Calabasas facilities for three years. Smith and his wife Jada Pinkett-Smith selected the management for the school. Educational methodologies used by the school include Study Technology, Montessori, Gardner, and Bruner methods. The school shut down on 28 June 2013 and is no longer active. ==Funding== The school's campus was formerly used by Indian Hills High School, which relocated to Agoura High School in Agoura Hills, California to save money. In 2008, actor Will Smith paid US$889,000 to lease the Calabasas campus for three years, restructuring it from a high school to a private elementary school called New Village Academy.〔 The school is located close to Will Smith's home in Calabasas. In 2004 Smith and his wife Jada Pinkett Smith gave $20,000 to the Scientology home-schooling organization Hollywood Education and Literacy Program (HELP),〔 which is licensed by the non-profit corporation Applied Scholastics. Prior to New Village Academy, Smith and Pinkett Smith's two children were home schooled by their mother.〔 The school was originally founded by the Smiths, who say they are not Scientologists, about three years ago as a homeschool for their younger children and those of several other families.〔 Smith and his wife installed their current director of philanthropy, Jana Babatunde-Bey, as the executive director of the school and Jacqueline Olivier as Head of School.〔 In an appearance on ''Live with Regis and Kelly'' Will Smith commented on the educational methodologies used by the school: "There are just very powerful educational concepts that we believe in, and we feel like we want to design the system that revolutionizes public education." "New Village Academy was born of a simple question, 'Is it possible to create an educational environment in which children have fun learning?' Jada and I believe the answer is 'Yes.'", said Smith in a released statement.〔〔 A spokesperson for Will Smith told ''The Guardian'': "Will is leasing the campus for three years, plus he'll cover all costs such as utilities. The academy will be run privately, and will include pre-kindergarten through grade six." New Village Academy's Calabasas facilities opened in 2008. In March 2009 the Associated Press reported that Jada Pinkett-Smith planned to open a companion high-school. Federal tax filing showed that Will Smith donated $1.2 million to the school in 2010. 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「New Village Leadership Academy」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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