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St. Andrew's Episcopal School is a private school located in Amarillo, Texas, USA, providing education from pre-kindergarten to grade 8. The school was founded in 1951. In December 2010, the ''Plainview (Texas) Daily Herald'' described St. Andrew's as "regarded among the () Panhandle's finest private schools."〔(Around Us 12-17-10 ), ''Plainview Daily Herald'', December 17, 2010.〕 ==History== St. Andrew’s Episcopal School was founded in 1951.〔(History ), St. Andrew's School website, accessed January 30, 2011〕 by Betty and Lee Bivins, who perceived a need for a kindergarten. They were the parents of Teel Bivins, born four years earlier, who was later to become a United States Ambassador to Sweden and a Texas State Senator.〔(Betty Teel Bivins Lovell ), ''Amarillo Globe-News'', January 19, 2008〕〔(Miles 'Teel' Bivins dies: Influence far reaching ), ''Amarillo Globe-News'', October 27, 2009〕 The school opened as one kindergarten class conducted in the basement of St. Andrew’s Church.〔 Betty Bivins' sister, Margaret Teel, was the first teacher.〔 Additional grades were added in later years, until 1990 when the first eighth grade class graduated.〔 At one time in the 1950s, student transfers from St. Andrew's to the public schools of the Amarillo Independent School District were restricted due to a school district regulation against accepting private school transfer credits for students who had been taught by a first-grade teacher over 65 years old.〔William Henry (2009), (History of Amarillo Independent School District 1950 - 2000 ). Page 5.〕 By the 1980s the school purchased additional property for a new facility to accommodate its growing enrollment. A new main building was completed in 1985, including classrooms, a library, a gymnasium, a computer lab, a cafeteria, and other special purpose rooms. A second new building, named the Margaret Teel Building, opened in 1999. An expansion completed in January 2008 added more classrooms, an assembly hall, a new library dedicated to the middle school grades, a commons area, and areas for visual arts, orchestra and music.〔 Ron Ferguson became the headmaster in August 2004 replacing Scott Kimball. 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「St. Andrew's Episcopal School (Amarillo, Texas)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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