Iowa Country School Preservation Conference – Country School Suprises

Event Description

Each year, Preservation Iowa sponsors an annual Iowa country school conference featuring speakers from across the country. A perfect venue for networking with other country school enthusiasts, the two-day conference typically features a full day of educational sessions followed by a day touring nearby country schools.

Friday Agenda

9:00 AM

• Welcome & Conference Overview
• Lessons Learned in a Country School
• The Iowa Core and Country Schools
• Preserving Country School Records & Photographs
• Finding, Photographing Country Schools, & Creating a Blog

12:00 PM

• Lunch and Walking tour of Iowa Arboretum Grounds
• To Move or Not to Move a Country School
• Stage Curtains in Country Schools – an update
• Taking a Country School Program on the Road
• New Books about Country Schools
• Lost & Abandoned Schools in Iowa
• Country School Association of America Update

6:30

• Dutch Treat Evening Meal and Program

Saturday Agenda

8:00 AM

• Meet at American Inn Motel Parking Lot (1215 S. Story Street, Boone, IA)
• During the morning we will visit four preserved country schools, the Battin Chapel, the Mamie Eisenhower Birthplace, and the Kate Shelley Railroad Museum.
• For Lunch we will be going to a wine tasting at a vineyard.

Registration Fees:

Friday Conference (Includes Morning Coffee, Handouts, and Lunch) $30
Friday Night BBQ & Program $11
Saturday Tour (Lunch & Wine Tasting) $12

For More information contact:

Bill Sherman
wsherman41@gmail.com
(515) 278-2242