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Green Fields School

Coordinates: 32°19′01″N 111°02′14″W / 32.316823°N 111.037316°W / 32.316823; -111.037316
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Green Fields School
Address
Map
6000 N. Camino De La Tierra

,
85741

United States
Coordinates32°19′01″N 111°02′14″W / 32.316823°N 111.037316°W / 32.316823; -111.037316
Information
Former nameGreen Fields Country Day School
Established1933
CategoryPrivate School
GradesK12
Enrollment~150 (2018–19)
Color(s)Green and white   
MascotThe Griffin
AccreditationNCA Commission on Accreditation and School Improvement (NCA CASI)
Websitewww.greenfields.school

Green Fields School is a Private, non-profit 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

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  • Bayani Birkinbine (1992), Five-time write-in candidate for Arizona State Mine Inspector
  • Mo Goldman (1992), famed antagonist
  • Blake Masters (2004), venture capitalist and political candidate, voted by high school classmates: most likely to try and fail
  • Mark Poirier (1986), writer
  • Kerri Strug (1995), Olympic gymnast and member of the Magnificent Seven

References

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  1. ^ "Arizona Department of Education". www.ade.az.gov.
  2. ^ "Green Fields School to shut down after 86 years". KVOA.com.
  3. ^ TucsonSentinel.com. "Bankruptcy closes Green Fields School after 86 years". TucsonSentinel.com. Retrieved July 10, 2019.