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Canyonville Academy is a college prep Christian boarding school nestled in college preparatory, Boarding School, Girls Dorm, canyonville academy, west coast the beautiful mountains of Oregon. Canyonville Academy offers day classes for the local community and boarding facilities for grades 9 through 12, with college prep and ESL curriculum. The student teacher ratio at Canyonville Academy is approximately 9:1. Founded in 1924 by Rev. A.M. Shaffer, Canyonville Academy is one of the oldest Christian boarding schools in the western United States. Our dedicated Christian faculty places strong emphasis on developing our students’ character and enhancing their life skills.international students, college preparatory, christian academy, campus, Centrally located in southern Oregon near the Pacific Ocean and the Cascade Mountains, Canyonville Academy is within easy driving range both of Ashland’s Shakespearean Theatre and the city of Eugene, which is the home of the University of Oregon Ducks and the Hult Center for the Performing Arts. Numerous cultural and recreational trips are planned each year to these areas and other locations such as Los Angeles, San Francisco, and Seattle. Canyonville Academy graduates have gone on to Columbia University, Oxford (UK) University, University of London-King’s College, Penn State, University of California at Berkley, UCLA, and more than a hundred other major universities around the world. Alumni include the president of Toledo University, president of Northwest College and Wesley (Australia) Institute. Alumni also include senior White House staff member to George H.W. Bush. Promote the knowledge, skills and attitudes necessary to fully participate in human affairs, while encouraging the desire to work toward effecting change and solving problems, consequently helping to create a better future for us all. Transmit a knowledge and appreciation of the highest values, ideas and ideals of our Judeo-Christian heritage, upon which Western Civilization is founded. Cultivate critical thinking and problem-solving skills, while encouraging creativity and vision in all aspects of life. Encourage an appreciation for God’s creation and promote a balanced stewardship of the resources entrusted to man. Develop an awareness and knowledge of interpersonal relationships by learning communication skills, conflict resolution, social responsibility, and respect for authority. Honor the sanctity of life and promote an understanding of various cultures and backgrounds. Foster an awareness of the consequences of actions and a willingness to accept responsibility for individual behavior. Provide positive, creative, and safe ways of having fun. ADELE and REV. A.M. “DAD” SHAFFER founded this college preparatory christian boarding high school in 1924. Beginning as an orphanage, the school developed into a coeducational boarding high school of high spiritual and academic standards. The first graduating class was in 1932 and was made up of two graduates, one of whom was the founders’ son, Robert. The Academy has been a full-fledged high school in continuous operation with grades 9-12 since 1935. View full school