On Commonplacing
“Buy the truth and do not sell it.” Proverbs 23:23 If you are listening carefully, you might hear a new word bouncing around the classrooms and hallways of GFA: “commonplacing.” If you have not heard
Greenleaf Friends Academy
Transforming lives since 1908
Since 1908
Since 1908, Greenleaf Friends Academy has been partnering with families to provide a Christ-centered education for their children. A lot has happened in the 115 years since GFA’s founding, but our signature joyfully classical approach to culture and education has never been stronger. Greenleaf Friends Academy remains committed to providing an education to its students that is academically excellent and predicated on a singular pursuit of Truth, Goodness, and Beauty.
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Christian Education is an Investment in Eternity
At Greenleaf Friends Academy (GFA), our primary work is the formation of the whole student: body, mind, and soul. While we care about the skills our students are acquiring – things like the ability to solve a long division problem, write a five-paragraph essay, or balance a chemical equation – these things pale when compared to the eternal formation of a person.
Located in the tranquil Treasure Valley, the Academy has grown much over the past century. Though GFA is an official ministry of Greenleaf Friends Church, our school is a very ecumenical and close-knit community. We have students from over 40 different churches from throughout the Treasure Valley and as far away as southeastern Oregon.
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GFA’s Desired Outcomes for a Graduate – Part 5
Guard your heart with all diligence, for out of it flow the issues of life. Proverbs 4:23 We are nearing the end of our series on the six characteristics our school board has identified as
GFA’s Desired Outcomes for a Graduate – Part 4
“We must [not] try to keep out of [our student’s] mind the knowledge that he is born into a world of death, violence, wounds, adventure, heroism and cowardice, good and evil…. Since it is so
GFA’s Desired Outcomes for a Graduate – Part 3
“A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in settings of silver.’” – Proverbs 25:11 A few weeks back we started our series on the six characteristics our school has established as being the
GFA’s Desired Outcomes for a Graduate – Part 2
“It seems to me a brief and true definition of virtue is ‘rightly ordered love.’” – St. Augustine Two weeks ago we started a new series on the six characteristics our school has established as
GFA’s Desired Outcomes for a Graduate – Part 1
We have spent the past few weeks discussing the nature of classical Christian education (cCe) and why it is good. We emphasized four core components of cCe: its telos, its structure of Grammar-Logic-Rhetoric, some of