Green Fields School
| Green Fields School | |
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6000 N. Camino De La Tierra , 85741 United States | |
| Coordinates | 32°19′01″N 111°02′14″W / 32.316823°N 111.037316°W |
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| Former name | Green Fields Country Day School |
| Established | 1933 |
| Category | Charter school |
| Grades | K-12 |
| Enrollment | ~150 (2018-19) |
| Color(s) | Green and white |
| Mascot | The Griffin |
| Accreditation | NCA Commission on Accreditation and School Improvement (NCA CASI) |
| Website | www.greenfields.school |
Green Fields School is a free public Charter school (a member campus of Accelerated Elementary and Secondary Schools[1]) in Tucson, Arizona, United States. It provides educational services for elementary, middle, and high school students (Pre-K..12).
Previously Green Fields School was an independent, non-profit school. The school closed briefly filing bankruptcy in July 2019[2].
Green Fields, also known as Green Fields Country Day School, was founded in 1933 as the Circle Double A Green Fields Preparatory School for Boys, a boarding school. It became coed and ceased operating as a boarding school in the 1960s[3].
Notable alumni
- Blake Masters (2004), COO, Thiel Capital
- Mark Poirier (1986), writer
- Kerri Strug (1995), Olympic gymnast and member of the Magnificent Seven
- Kit Bond U.S. Senator, Governor of Missouri
References
- ^ "Arizona Department of Education". www.ade.az.gov.
- ^ "Green Fields School to shut down after 86 years". KVOA.com.
- ^ TucsonSentinel.com. "Bankruptcy closes Green Fields School after 86 years". TucsonSentinel.com. Retrieved 2019-07-10.