When it first came out in paper Richard Lewis first let me know about the first one of these articles. I made a note to let people know when it came up online...
Here at the Blackwell History of Education Museum, DeKalb, IL, we have a reconstructed one-room school and are thinking about holding a summer camp. Do any of...
Hello, My name is Kathleen Samela and I work at the Shelton History Center in Shelton CT. We have been sponsoring summer camp utilizing our schoolhouse for...
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Hello one roomers :) I am new to the group; I'm the education coordinator of our city's museum system made up of 4 museums: village, farm, 2 story Victorian...
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Kathleen, your schoolhouse programs sound awesome! What fun :) You get to cover an earlier time period in history than our schoolhouse does. We do the late...
Kathleen, I am rereading your email message and thinking your 6-week program sounds awesome! We are starting a one-week summer program at our one-room school....
Hi Lucy, Our PTA's have a "Summer Program Fair" type of thing for the 6 or 8 elementary schools in town and the newspaper puts out a special insert with...
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Kathy, Thanks so much for this description of your summer program. It sounds fabulous! We are in the planning phase right now so your comments are especially...
I already responded to Lucy individually about our summer camp program, but I have had so much fun reading about everyone else's programs that I thought I...
Dear Casey, Thank you for shring the information about your summer program. It sounds wonderful. There are some things that we do, but many new ideas to...
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Hello: I am very impressed at the extent of Casey Smith's summer camp program and only wish we could offer this is in Nashua, NH. Who carries the insurance? ...
Our schoolhouse is part of a state-run historic site (www.lorenzony.org), so we are insured through the state. However, for some activities we host (ie. sleigh...
Casey, Sleigh ride to the school? What a marvelous idea. Lucy Townsend ... Our schoolhouse is part of a state-run historic site (www.lorenzony.org), so we are...
To say sleigh rides is a little misleading during a winter in Upstate New York that has been very mild. We have limited parking at the schoolhouse, so we...
Casey: All of this sounds just great! I am hoping we can sponsor a hay ride ourselves next fall. Lucy Townsend ... To say sleigh rides is a little misleading...
I heard today from Lynn Thornton of the Historic Village Green in Champion, NY that had a one-room school on the grounds. Her group would like to restore the...
Re: Champion, NY. Lynn said there "was" a schoolhouse on the playground,and it sounds as if it is not there now. She said, "We are trying to bring back the ...
... I sent the message below to Lynn in a private email but thought it might be of use to others on this list. Lynn did mention their target date was 1900....
Next to our one room schoolhouse in an open air village museum setting here in Greeley, CO, we have a merry go round. I am not sure of the era but the school...
Earlier this year I posted a message wanting individuals to fill out my school lunch survey. Several people did and I really appreciate it. I'm starting to get...
Do you have a favorite book or article about one-room schools? One you refer to a lot or one that sums things up nicely. Please share with the group. Sarah S....
My absolute favorite books are: Requiem for the Little Red Schoolhouse, by Gerald J. Stout, 1987, by Athol Press and The Country School, by Clifton Johnson,...
... you ... My absolute favorite books are: Requiem for the Little Red Schoolhouse, by Gerald J. Stout, 1987, by Athol Press and The Country School, by Clifton...
I think my favorite would have to be They Called Me Teacher: Stories of Minnesota Country School Teachers and Students 1915-1960. There's hundreds of stories...
Today is Arbor Day. A big day in the one-room school calendar. Does anybody remember doing anything in their school for it? Did any of the museums do something...
For our Arbor Day today, we had the local fifth graders come out to our little one room school that we are restoring where they planted a tree, a lilac bush,...
We just started celebrating Arbor Day at our historic site, which features a one-room schoolhouse, last year. Local fifth grade students volunteer every year...
In the one room school where I taught for thirty years, we always celebrated Arbor Day. It was tree planting time and we always did something special. One year...