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All open houses and events on our calendar are open to the public.

We invite and welcome you to visit our schools during their open houses and learn more about the German history of the one-room schools in and around Fredericksburg. While you are in the area, stay at one of the local Bed and Breakfasts and visit our Trip Planner page for other historic sites and stores in and around Fredericksburg.

Nebgen School Open House, Saturday, February 4, 2023, 11 a.m. - 4 p.m.

Click on this link to visit the Nebgen School web page.
photo of Nebgen School
Special Activity Theme: "Making Valentine Cards and Decorations"

Cave Creek School Open House, Saturday, February 4, 2023, 11 a.m. - 4 p.m.

Click on this link to visit the Cave Creek School web page.
photo of Cave Creek School
Special Activity Theme: "Education in a One-Room School"

Junction School Open House, Saturday, February 4, 2023, 10 a.m. - 4 p.m.

Click on this link to visit the Junction School web page.
photo of Junction School
Special Activity Theme: Learn about the Junction School in the context of its influence on President Lyndon B. Johnson and his signing of the landmark Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 at the site.

White Oak School Spring Break Week, Monday-Friday, March 13-17, 2023

Click on this link to visit the White Oak School web page.
photo of White Oak School
Spring Break at FISD and GCHS Pioneer Museum: White Oak School

Rheingold School Open House, Saturday, April 1, 2023, 11 a.m. - 4 p.m.

Click on this link to visit the Rheingold School web page.
photo of Rheingold School

Special Activity Theme: "Easter in Pioneer Days".

Willow City School Open House, Saturday, April 1, 2023, 11 a.m. - 4 p.m.

Click on this link to visit the Willow City School web page.
photo of Willow City School

Special Activity Theme: "Hands-on Flower Pressing and Texas Wildflower Identification". You may bring your own flower for the press. A limited number of flowers will be available if you do not have one. Library books and native plant posters will be on display and usable for flower/plant identification. Early country school science class studies included flowers and plants, and students made a flower album or herbarium using pressed flowers. Students drew the flowers, labeled the parts, and wrote a brief paragraph of facts about each flower or plant. Saturday's visitors may view an original student Botany/Biology Notebook made by former Gillespie County student, Kermit Clarence Striegler, circa 1924.

Annual BBQ Meal and Prize Drawing Benefit, Sunday, April 2, 2023, 10:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.

Easter, Sunday, April 9, 2023

National History Day, Saturday, April 15, 2023

Historic Preservation Month, May 2023

Teacher Appreciation Day, Tuesday, May 2, 2023

Grapetown School Open House, Saturday, May 6, 2023, 11 a.m. - 4 p.m.

Click on this link to visit the Grapetown School web page.
photo of Grapetown School
Special Activity Theme: "The Students of Grapetown". Former students have been researched and obituaries have been collected. Information gathered from Ancestry, Find a Grave, newspapers, etc. will be available for viewing. Family Trees have been compiled to show relationships between former students, usually siblings and cousins! It may spark an interest in researching one's own ancestry! Forms to start your own Family Tree will be available.

Luckenbach School Open House, Saturday, May 6, 2023, 11 a.m. - 4 p.m.

Click on this link to visit the Luckenbach School web page.
photo of Luckenbach School
Special Activity Theme: Visit the former rural school built in 1855 and added onto in 1881 and 1905 along with the 1860's teacherage.

Meusebach Creek School Open House, Saturday, May 6, 2023, 11 a.m. - 4 p.m.

Click on this link to visit the Meusebach Creek School web page.
photo of Meusebach Creek School
Special Activity Theme: "Vintage Table Cloths and Table Settings".

Cherry Mountain School Open House, Saturday, May 13, 2023, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. and 4 p.m. to 7 p.m.

Click on this link to visit the Cherry Mountain School web page.
photo of Cherry Mountain
Special Activity Theme: Tour both the 1883 and 1926 schoolhouses.
4 p.m.: Live auction fundraiser featuring homemade arts and crafts and goodies starts.
7 p.m. BBQ meal of pork and chicken is available by donation.

Wrede School Open House, Friday, July 21,2023, Saturday, 11 a.m. - 4 p.m.

Gillespie County Fair, Thursday-Sunday, August 24-27, 2023

Cherry Spring School Open House, Saturday, September 9, 2023, 11 a.m. - 4 p.m.

Pecan Creek School Open House, Saturday, September 9, 2023, 11 a.m. - 4 p.m.

Click on this link to visit the Pecan Creek School web page.
photo of Pecan Creek School
Special Activity Theme: "Local Artist Ruby Lee Clark's Art Exhibit".

Lower South Grape Creek School Open House, Sunday, September 17, 2023, 10 a.m. - 3:30 p.m.

Click on this link to visit the Lower South Grape Creek School web page.
photo of Lower South Grape Creek School
Special Activity Theme: "Old Fashioned BBQ Fundamentals": along with the annual chicken meal benefit.

Williams Creek (Albert) School Open House, Sunday, September 17, 2023, 10 a.m. - 3:30 p.m.

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