Defunct Military Schools

The site where the Hansen Military Academy was first established was
originally named the Dement House.  It was a lavish hotel situated on
Fourth Street and Tenth Avenue.  In 1861, Col. De Estynge cavert 
founded a
military school in the grounds of the Dement House, and named it the
Western Union College and Military Academy.  Due to the Civil War which
was on at that time, the academy had many students in their care.  It
flourished for five years, until Cavert resigned.  By this time, a 
company
who had investments in the academy organized a new college under a 
special
charter and renamed the academy as the Illinois Soldiers College.
The College survived through the years .  One of its presidents, Mr.
Hansen, created another set of changes for the College, including making
the college open for young women as well.  By that time in the year 
1873,
the name of the school was changed again.  This time, it bore the name
Northern Illinois College.
In 1903, the name of the school was changed for the last time.  It was
renamed as Hansen's Military Academy.  The academy building was raxed in
1934.

Harker School
The Palo Alto Military Academy was originally called the Manzanita 
Hall in
1893, a school meant for young boys.  Meanwhile, the Harker Day School,
which was called the Miss Harker's School in 1902, was a girl's
preparatory school.  The merging of both school in the year 1992 brought
forth the establishment of the Harker School.
Today The Harker School still retains the consistent core philosophy of
the original schools.

Known for its adherence in providing an efficient curriculum that will
best address the academic growth of its students, a school called the
Harvard Westlake School was formed in both the Holmby Hills and the 
North
Hollywood, Los Angeles, California.  The school is an independent,
co-educational college preparatory school which accepts enrollees from
grades 7 through 12.

It is the product of the merging of two schools in 1991, namely, the
Harvard School and the Westlake School for Girls.

Situated at the heart of Rocky Butte lies the Hill Military academy.

The academy was formed in 1852 in a cabin built by its founder, rev.
William Richmond and his wife, Yamhill Oregon.

The academy often had to change its location.  From the area where it 
was
originally established, it had to be moved to Milwaukie, and then to
Oregon.  Finally, in the year 1870, the Hill Military Academy settled in
to Portland.  By this time, the academy's name was also changed to 
Bishop
Scott Grammar and Divinity School in honor of the first Episcopal Bishop
of Oregon Territory, and was under the direction of the Right 
Reverend B.
Wistar Morris

A bad fire caused the destruction of the academy in 1877, forcing it to
close down.

The year 1914 marked the founding year when Frank Moran built the Moran
Junior College.  The college was established on a 40-acre prime real
estate found in Hambridge Island at Skiff Point, Winslow, 
Washington.  The
school reached its peak but the number of its enrollees dropped around
1933 and 1934.  Consequently, the school was forced to closed down.
After three years,  a man named Joseph Hill bought the land and the
building where the defunct school was located and named it the Puget 
Sound
naval Academy.
The academy was formally established on September 15, 1934 as a
preparatory school for the United States Naval Academy at Annapolis, and
the United States Coast Guard Academy at New London, Connecticut. 
Around
1950, the owners of the school decided to change its name to Hill Naval
Academy.

Seeing the need to have a school that would cater to the educational 
needs
of the local young boys in the area. The Hillsborough Military 
Academy was
conceptualized by Moses A. Curtis.  The academy was formally established
on January 12, 1859.  The academy's mission was to "prepare the cadet 
not
only to serve his country in time of crisis, but more importantly, to
serve his community as a civilian." The academy provided instruction in
scientific and engineering courses, as well as in military tactics and
drill.
Around May 1865, during the time of the Civil War, the academy was 
forced
to closed down.  After the Civil War, however, the academy was reopened
and run by Col. James B. White.  Due to lack of financial support 
from the
State, the academy was again forced to close its doors to the young
cadets.  Finally in 1866, Gen. Raleigh E. Colston reopened the academy.
It changed its name in 1867 to the North Carolina Military and 
Polytechnic
Academy.

In 1922, Anna Rice Cooke chartered the Honolulu Academy of Arts.  Its
doors opened to children on April 8, 1927.
In 1990, the academy was opened to provide a program of studio art 
classes
and workshops. By late 2001, the Academy opened the new Henry R. Luce
Pavilion Complex with the new Pavilion Café, Academy Shop, and the Henry
R. Luce Wing with 8,000 square feet (740 m²) of gallery space. In 2005,
the Asian Painting Conservation Center was opened to provide ongoing
conservation efforts for the academy’s renowned Asian collection.

Hoover Academy was a defunct military academy established in the 19th
century in Staunton, Virginia.  Despite the school's efforts in 
providing
quality military education to its cadets, it did not flourish and was 
soon
forced to closed down after it was established by its founders.  One of
the more prominent alumni of the academy is Walter Ashby Plecker.

In the year 1838, a Scotsman named Olive White founded a military 
academy
called the Fleetwood Academy.  The academy was situated six miles 
north of
Bruington Church. According to former cadets, the school had a good
environment that is ideal for studying; they also say that it has church
advantages and refinements in society that are “unsurpassed in the 
State”.

The academy  imbibed in their students the learnings on the classics, 
such
as math, natural philosophy, and a thorough English education, 
besides the
military curriculum that was incorporated in their line of study.

A military academy designed to offer many unique activities such as
fencing and horse-riding skills as part of its curriculum, apart from 
the
military training that it will adapt, was formed by members of the
Ocala/Silver Springs Rotary Club.  The school will be called the Francis
Marion Military Academy.  The academy is a proposed charter.  Details of
the charter is still to be determined.  However, certain details are
already set, such as the academy's funding, which was said to be 
worth an
estimated $1 million.