Next open house or event
We held a Barbecue Fundraiser on Saturday, May 10, 2025
We held a Fish Fry Fundraiser on Saturday, September 27, 2025
Check our Events Calendar for other Friends-sponsored events to attend.

John Merz taught us reading and writing in German and English at the Albert School. He was a scholar in his own right and a strict disciplinarian. The primary language of instruction was English, even though there were only two families in the community that were exclusively English-speaking at the time. Farmers' children grew up on the farm in the cotton patch, but they'd try to have all the cotton picked before school began in September. It was important that the children did not miss school. (from M. Martinello with Ophelia Weinheimer "The Search for Emma's Story")