Fall 2021 – Volume 10
Lasting Education Events to Celebrate Fredericksburg’s 175th Birthday.
Designed for Repair-ability
“Learning from the German Country Schools of Gillespie County, Texas” Texas Tech University, States of Disrepair/Acts of Repair, credit: Ben K. Shaklette, Spring 2021 Read the story . . . ← Back to Press Releases
Spring-Summer 2021 – Volume 10
The German Emigration Company promised free education, a compelling reason to emigrate to Texas.
Sustain and Endure
“A look at the history of the German rural schools.” Texas Architech Magazine, credit: Ben K. Shaklette, March/April 2021 Read the story . . . ← Back to Press Releases
Along the Road
“Interview with former students about their hill country school experiences.” OKRA-Real Southern Culture Magazine, credit: Deborah Burst, Winter, 2021, pgs 78-79 Read the story . . . ← Back to Press Releases
Winter 2021 – Volume 10
Even in the early 1900s, “closing school for short periods was common, and people understood quarantine because disease was more prevalent with little or no availability of vaccines.” ← Back to Chalkboard Notes