I just wanted to let everybody know on the advice of one of our list members, Nancy Cleaveland who moderates another Yahoo Group, I've set the first time...
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robansuefarm
Aug 7, 2007 5:13 pm
Every year the Laura Ingalls Wilder Days Committee in Pepin, Wisconsin sponsors an essay contest. You do have to be a member of the museum, which you can join...
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jchoeft47
Aug 8, 2007 2:25 pm
Noticed the listing of a new book by Helen Augustine. Does anyone know of the availability of this book, source and cost. THANKS!...
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Scfineman@...
scfineman
Aug 10, 2007 1:14 am
Hello all: Helen Augustine's book, "They Opened the Door and Let My Future In," is fabulous!!! It is such a wonderful tribute to one-room school teachers. I ...
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suthoff@...
robansuefarm
Aug 10, 2007 1:45 pm
I really like the appendix with photo reproductions on glossy paper of a teacher contract, the opening page of an 8th grade exam, and the finance records of a...
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Annie
scrapsalaqq
Aug 12, 2007 11:55 pm
http://www.colorado-counties.com/twinlakes8.jpg << << I found this recent photo of an old schoolhouse online - (am still looking for photos of my...
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Susan
scfineman
Aug 19, 2007 11:56 pm
If anyone would like to purchase a copy of Helen Augustine's book of the above title, write to me directly and I'll forward you her address. I didn't want to...
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Leslie Goddard
leg717
Sep 6, 2007 4:57 pm
Can anyone help us learn how essential were platforms at the front of the schoolroom in early twentieth century schoolhouses? We're restoring a one-room...
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hickorystick1830
hickorystick...
Sep 6, 2007 5:19 pm
Well, not to sound like a wise-guy or anything, and knowing the pitfalls of ADA; you are NOT RESTORING anything if you are going to make it look like something...
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Caroline Bredekamp
cwhizkid_520...
Sep 6, 2007 5:59 pm
I agree that the platform should be made the way it was originally. Does the platform have to be located in the same spot in the room as the photo? Our...
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nansie cleaveland
ncleaveland
Sep 6, 2007 6:55 pm
The platform allowed the teacher and blackboard to be visible to students farther back in the room. The definition of pulpit is a "platform raised above the...
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Esther Carroll
lcarroll@...
Sep 7, 2007 12:16 am
In our research, the statement was made that the platform was found in the more elaborate schools, not all schools. I can't give you the source, but would be...
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dhavran@...
Sep 7, 2007 12:39 am
I am no expert. The one room school that I attended did not have a platform. The two one room schools where my older sister taught did not have platforms....
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Langs
wetherbeewoman
Sep 7, 2007 12:42 am
The school I'm restoring to 1913 has no platform. I'd say it was more common at that time to not have a platform. Julie ... From: Leslie Goddard To:...
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Dwight Tomes
d.tomes@...
Sep 7, 2007 1:51 am
I went to a one room school in Kentucky for the first five grades. It had a platform and it was tradition to have platforms in this region of Kentucky. Most...
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Leslie Goddard
leg717
Sep 7, 2007 11:51 am
Thanks to everyone for your thoughtful comments and great insights regarding the issue of platforms. I've got plenty here to take back to our committee. I so...
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Fay Stone
stonefuwplatt
Sep 17, 2007 2:34 pm
I agree. The school I taught in had no platform near the teacher. It simply had moveable small chairs. A platform was optional, according to the school board...
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robansuefarm
Sep 27, 2007 4:57 pm
I just got an e-mail from a reporter wanting to know if there were any one-room school fighting to keep traditional landscape (farm fields, woods, prairie,...
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Fay Stone
stonefuwplatt
Oct 3, 2007 9:38 pm
Our deserted one room school was on a farm, and the farmer wanted to get rid of it. The local fire dept wanted to burn it for 'practice'. Because his mother...
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Esther Carroll
lcarroll@...
Oct 4, 2007 12:56 am
Similar story. West Virginia. "It's been moved" was the reason for not listing our building on the National Register. Schools were moved to the population....
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hickorystick1830
hickorystick...
Oct 4, 2007 12:50 pm
Hi folks, Well relocation or moving doesn't have to be a reason for not listing a property. In Westfield Massachusetts we were able to get the farmhouse owned...
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schoolmarm79
Oct 13, 2007 7:29 pm
Are the dates set for next year's conference? Or a location? I am trying to get my calendar set for the summer and want to put CSAA on the docket. We have to...
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oneroom@yahoogroups.com
Oct 13, 2007 7:30 pm
Hello, This email message is a notification to let you know that a file has been uploaded to the Files area of the oneroom group. File :...
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Pamela Stover
schoolmarm79
Oct 13, 2007 7:34 pm
I'm not used to posting directly from yahoo, but I realized that you all might not know that "schoolmarm79" is Pam Stover. Sorry about that. I also uploaded...
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Lucy Townsend
blackwelled
Oct 13, 2007 10:48 pm
Hi, Pam: Here is some information. We sent emails to several hundred people, but sometimes email goes into cyberspace. Oh well.. 8th Annual Country School...
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Susan
scfineman
Oct 16, 2007 7:12 pm
Hi Everyone: Here's the preliminary information on the 2008 CSAA Conference to be held in Ohio. Suzanne Daniel and Nancy Hughes are planning a wonderful ...
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Mocdel1049@...
bedford3133
Oct 16, 2007 10:37 pm
Hi Susan I saw this posting and thought of the great experience I had this year in NH it was a wonderful conference!! Unfortunately I have committed to ALHFAM...
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robansuefarm
Oct 19, 2007 2:26 am
It's that time of year again. I'm about to send out invitations to join the listserv from the attendee list. I'm working off a list of addresses and I'm not...
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Susan
scfineman
Oct 19, 2007 1:34 pm
I find more and more that people are contacting the CSAA for ideas to help them convince locals to "save" their schoolhouses. I'm preparing a Powerpoint...
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Picard, Dennis
hickorystick...
Oct 19, 2007 1:47 pm
Susan, I know several around here that have been moved or not and used for school programs and community programs. Conway MA spent several years first moving...
