Shumway Academy, located in Rexburg, Idaho, is a world class school where students, teachers, and parents work together to realize their educational potential and create a community that instills strong moral character and values. Shumway teaches kindergarten through 8th grade.
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Our History
Charles Shumway was an enthusiast for education. He and his family left Sturbridge, Massachusetts and moved out West to Illinois. There, they met missionaries of the Church of Jesus Christ of Later-Day Saints and were baptized as members. Along with countless others, the Shumways were persecuted for their religious beliefs and moved further west.
Along their travels, they met Joseph Smith Jr. and Brigham Young. Charles Shumway was a devoted man whom Brigham Young sent on several church missions. Eventually, Charles settled in Shumway, Arizona, where he opened the first Shumway School.
Along their travels, they met Joseph Smith Jr. and Brigham Young. Charles Shumway was a devoted man whom Brigham Young sent on several church missions. Eventually, Charles settled in Shumway, Arizona, where he opened the first Shumway School.
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LaVyrle Jones, a descendant of Charles Shumway, has a strong passion for educating children. She started teaching children out of her home 1996. In 2001, with the help of her sister Delores, Shumway Academy was founded as a non-profit school. It has gone through many changes over the years, but the emphasis has always been on providing an excellent education for our children.
Core Values
- All children have gifts, talents, innate creativity, and leadership abilities that need to be developed, practiced, and shared.
- Teachers and parents collaborate at every level, showing respect for each student's and family's educational perspectives, beliefs, and values.
- Students, teachers, and parents are dedicated to principles of integrity, honesty, and excellence.
- Shumway Academy encourages discovery through and integrated approach that uses literature to introduce children to history, art, music, science, and math.
