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Chapters: Wasatch Academy, West Ridge Academy, Provo Canyon School, Oakley School, Old West Academy, Cross Creek Programs. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 31. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt:Educating citizens of the rural West and later of the world since 1875, Wasatch Academy is Utahs only independent, coeducational, college preparatory boarding school for grades 9-12. Founded in 1875 by Duncan McMillan, Wasatch Academy sought to improve the lives of the people of the Sanpete Valley through education. Mr. McMillan, who famously said, Let it endure like the Wasatch Mountains, call it Wasatch Academy, provided educational opportunities where previously none existed. The Head of School is Joseph Loftin, who celebrated 20 years of leadership in April 2009. Wasatch Academy consists of the Loftin-Lewis Student Center, Craighead Humanities Building, Reemtsma Mathematics and Science Building, the recently completed Anne N. Coltharp Center for Evolving Technologies, the Multi-Purpose Building (which houses the schools main gymnasium, and its music and visual art classrooms), the Tigers Den Performing Arts Center (with a complete renovation to be completed by January 2010), six residence halls, an administration building, a wellness center, a coffeehouse, and an additional off-campus gymnasium. The majority of the faculty live in school-owned housing surrounding the campus. The school also has a new campus in Ruian, China, as a part of a newly inaugurated joint educational venture with Ruian High School. This program, the license for which is the first ever granted by the Chinese Ministry of Education, will provide top Chinese students with a dual diploma, one from Ruian High School and one from Wasatch Academy. As an international academy, Wasatch Academy enrolls students from more th...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=3104533 ... Read more