“Celebrating Country Schools,
Slates, Socials, Salutes and Scholars”
210 North Kansas
League City, Texas 77573
countryschoolassociation.org
The Country School Association of America
15th Annual Conference
June 14-17, 2015
Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, NY
Hosted by
Farm Museum
392 Old Schuylerville Road
Greenwich, NY 12834
washingtoncountyfair.com
A Sampling of the Presentations and Presenters
Alice School Restoration Project
Brad & Marilyn Allen, owners and restorers of Alice School, Texas County, Missouri
A Commerce Curriculum: The educational work of the Commercial Museum of Philadelphia.
Dr. Veronica Ent, Associate Professor in Education at Saint Vincent College, Latrobe, Pennsylvania
From Billy Goat Gruff to Dick & Jane
Larry Scheckel, Wisconsin author and retired physics and aerospace science teacher
How to Investigate and Promote Country Schooling - Dr. Lucy Townsend, Memphis, TN
Keynote -William (Bill) Krattinger, Administrator, New York State Division for Historic Preservation and
the State and National Registers of Historic Places
Patriotism In The Classroom 1880 – 1940
Debbie Shaefer-Jacobs, curator at the American History Smithsonian Museum
Phrenology in the 19th Century Schoolhouse
Mary Margaret Kuhn, Filer’s Corners Schoolhouse, The Farmer’s Museum, Cooperstown, New York
Preparing Teachers for Country Schools: Normal Schools in America
Mary Outlaw, retired educator, Berry College, Rome, GA
Schoolhouse Rarities Uncovered
Susan Fineman, Schoolmarm at the Nashua, New Hampshire District #1 Schoolhouse
Slate Roof Maintenance and Repair
Eric Braymer, Custom and Traditional Slate Roofs and Restorations, Hebron, NY
Tying the Anderson Schoolhouse curriculum to the Ohio Department of education curriculum standards:
A case for primary sources
Drs. Carla Abreu-Ellis and Jason Brent Ellis, Associate Professors at Ashland University, Ohio
Way Up South: The northern reach of Rosenwald Schools
Ralph Buglas, volunteer guide at Kingsley Schoolhouse in Montgomery County, Maryland
Webster in Your Classroom: Skool mas ter to A mer a ka
Susan Webb, traveling schoolmarm, Birmingham, Alabama
Plus more!!!