"God will bless those schools that are conducted according to His design. When we were laboring to establish the educational work in Australia, the Lord revealed to us that this school must not pattern after any schools that had been established in the past. This was to be a sample school. It was organized on the plan that God had given us, and He has prospered its work. CT 533.1"
"And look that thou make them after their pattern, which was shewed thee in the mount."
The EGW passage explicitly mentions God revealing a 'pattern' for the school, directly echoing the language of Exodus 25:40 regarding the pattern shown to Moses on the mount. The context of following a divine design is also shared.