Jón Bjarnason Academy - 01.05.1936, Blaðsíða 6

Jon Bjarnason Academy
Board of Directors
J. J. BILDFELL, President
ARNI EGGERTSON, Vice-President
J. STEFANSSON, M.D., Secretary
S. W. MELSTED, Treasurer,
67 3 Bannatyne Ave., Winnipeg
T. E. THORSTEINSON, Asst.-Secretary
J. G. JOHANNSSON, Asst.-Treasurer
A. S. BARDAL
REV. B. THEODORE SIGURDSSON
O. ANDERSON
Staff
REV. R. MARTEINSSON, B.A., B.D.
Principal of the Academy
49 3 Lipton St., Winnipeg
MISS SALOME HALLDORSON, B.A.
Dean of the Faculty
AGNAR MAGNUSSON, M.A.
ROY HERBERT RUTH, B.A.
GENERAL INFORMATION
This school was founded by the Icelandic Lutheran Synod of North
America in 193 3 and was named after the best loved leader of the
Icelandic people on this continent.
The Academy is now completing the 23rd year of its existence.
During this time it has been functioning as a Christian secondary school
with special opportunities for the study of Icelandic. It now includes four
grades: nine to twelve, with particular emphasis on Gr. XII. We follow
the curriculum prescribed by the Department of Education in its Pro-
gramme of Studies. Our work is supervised every year by high school
inspectors, and the Department conducts Final Examinations in our
school for our students.
At the beginning, and for some years, all the students were Icelandic,
while now our largest group is the British-Canadian. AVe welcome all
nationalities. We work for friendship among all, and our students re-
spond to that aim perfectly.
The Academy has from the beginning been a monument to the con-
viction that Christianity is an essential factor in true education. This
remains unchanged in spite of the fact that we are now an independent,
undenominational institution, no longer sponsored by the Synod.
Although we are a small school we have a large and an increasing
circle of friends. May this continue to grow.
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