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Press Releases & Articles

 

We are honored to have The Friends’ work featured in newspapers, magazines, and other publications. Browse the articles below to read stories about Gillespie County’s historic country schools and the efforts to preserve them for future generations.

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Evelyn Weinheimer Receives National 2017 CSAA Service Award
Fredericksburg Standard-Radio Post, Page A/B2, July 19 2017
A Look to the Past
Fredericksburg Standard-Radio Post, Page D2, credit: Sherrie Geistweidt (Time Pieces), May 17, 2017
School Friends Adopt Gillespie County
Fredericksburg Standard-Radio Post, March 8, 2017
Threads of Education
Schoolgirl samplers helped children learn the alphabet and numbers and promoted reading, writing, and math skills. Often, the student's name
Meet Jane Woelhof: Lend-a-Hand Project
wildflowerknits, The Knitting Monthly: A New Knitting Community, credit: Kennita, December 16, 2012
Open House at Cherry Mountain School
Hill Country Editor, credit: Jeanette Nash, May 4, 2011
Oral History Project
"A Friends of Gillespie County Country Schools Oral History Project" Texas Oral History Association, Sound Bites, credit: Terry Goodrich, Spring
A History Lesson Featuring Crabapple School
Lake Country Life Magazine, credit: Dale Fry (Highland Lakes Newspapers), September 2010
Day Trips: Gillespie County Country Schools (2001)
"Take a trip back in education history while enjoying the Hill Country scenery." Austin Chronicle, credit: Gerald E. McLeod, September
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