Delphi Schools
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Delphi Schools, Inc. operates private schools that utilize the study methods known as Study Tech that were developed by Church of Scientology founder L. Ron Hubbard. The headquarters for Delphi Schools, Inc. are located at 20950 SW Rock Creek Road, Sheridan, Oregon 97378. This is also the address where the founding school, The Delphian School, is located.[1] It was incorporated in 1973 as the Delphi Foundation, and changed to the present name in 1987.[2] Delphi Schools says that its schools teach using "The Delphi Program", which "is a unique, integrated approach to learning." The Study Technology is licensed through the Scientology related group Applied Scholastics. Several Delphi schools use the Heron Basics Program of Heron Books for instruction.
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[edit] Campus information
In addition to the founding school in Oregon, Delphi Schools, Inc. operates Delphi Academy schools in Los Angeles, San Francisco, San Diego, Santa Monica, California, as well as Milton, Massachusetts, Chicago, Illinois, and one in Clearwater, Florida.
The Delphian School in Oregon offers preschool, primary, and secondary education. The school is a boarding school and most students board, either full-time or five-day (going home for the weekends). The school also accepts day students; boarders must be at least eight years old, while day students can be as young as five.[3]
Only the Oregon and Los Angeles, California Delphi schools offer a high school program (K-12) and grant graduates a high school diploma.[4] The remaining Delphi schools offer only a kindergarten to middle school (K-8 or K-9) or a kindergarten to elementary school (K-6) education.
[edit] Accreditation
The founding Delphian School in Oregon is registered with the Oregon Department of Education and is listed as "privately accredited".[5] It is a candidate member of the Pacific Northwest Association of Independent Schools (PNAIS). According to PNAIS, "Candidate Members are schools the PNAIS Board of Governors have approved as being able to meet the PNAIS Major Standards within a five-year period."[6] The Delphi Academy of Los Angeles is listed with the California State Department of Education as offering a high school diploma. It has not received accreditation by either recognized regional accreditation body, the Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC) or the California Association of Independent Schools (CAIS). [7][8]
All of the remaining Delphi schools are listed with their respective state education departments but none carry accreditation from their respective regional or national accreditation bodies.
[edit] Alumni
- Sky Dayton -- Co-founder of Earthlink and Boingo Wireless
- Philip Gale -- Software developer for Earthlink and MIT sophomore
[edit] References
- ^ Delphi Schools, Inc. official website (last accessed Oct. 22, 2006)
- ^ Oregon Business Registry.
- ^ http://www.delphian.org/campuslife-home.html accessed 2006-10-22
- ^ http://www.delphifl.org/faq.html accessed 2006-10-22
- ^ http://www.ode.state.or.us/teachlearn/specialty/private/rptSchoolListingByCountyPrivate.pdf accessed 2006-10-22
- ^ http://www.pnais.org/membership/faqs.aspx You can also use the search function to verify the membership status. accessed 2006-10-22
- ^ Western Association of Schools and Colleges: list of accredited schools (last accessed Oct. 22, 2006).
- ^ http://www.caisca.org/find_search.asp accessed 2006-10-22
