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34-508: The district operates Freshwater Elementary School, a K-6 public school, and Freshwater Charter Middle School for seventh and eighth graders, both of which are on the same site. The original school was a one-room schoolhouse dating from the late 19th-century. In the 1920s, a two-room all wood construction school was built. A new, modern, ten room school was built in 1952 and has been renovated and expanded several times since. The school board consists of five members: The superintendent/principal

68-1376: A Gaelcholáiste. There are 31 Gaelcholáistí and 17 second-level Irish language units ( aonaid Ghaeilge ) on the island of Ireland, attended by over 12,000 students. Close to 4,000 further students receive their second level education through Irish in the Gaeltacht. Two new second-level gaelscoileanna opened in Ireland in 2014: Coláiste Ghlór na Mara in Balbriggan and Gaelcholáiste an Phiarsaigh in Rathfarnham (both in County Dublin ). Gaelcholáiste Charraig Uí Leighin opened in Carrigaline and Northern Ireland 's second gaelcholáiste Gaelcholáiste Dhoire opened in Dungiven Castle in 2015. Gaelcholáiste Mhic Shuibhne opened in Knocknaheeney in 2019. Gaelcholáiste Mhaigh Nuad opened in Maynooth in September 2020. Gaelcholáistí are supported and represented on

102-466: A charter school for seventh and eighth graders on the same site as the Elementary school. Four staff in the district are solely responsible for educating students in this setting, which prepares students to advance to high school. One-room schoolhouse One-room schools , or schoolhouses , were commonplace throughout rural portions of various countries, including Prussia , Norway , Sweden,

136-657: A little ground, with a little equipment, where a little teacher at a little salary, for a little while, teaches little children little things." A less romantic view by sociologist Newell Sims reported on the majority of rural schools of all sizes in the 1930s: The utter inadequacy of the majority is the striking feature of rural school buildings. They are poorly situated, often without any grounds, or, with grounds that are grassless, treeless and beautyless. As structures they are poorly planned, poorly lighted, poorly heated, poorly seated, poorly equipped or virtually unequipped either for comfort or education, and poorly kept. Drinking water

170-611: A living museum, and fourth-graders within the Nebraska panhandle spend a day at Flowerfield going through an average school day in 1888. The students have the opportunity to experience both log and sod versions of the house, writing with quill pens, and a trip to the nearby museum, where they learn about other aspects of life in 1888. In Vandalia, Indiana , the Vandalia District No. 2 one-room schoolhouse served Owen County's Lafayette Township students in grades 1 – 8 from

204-454: A new mother hen would care for her newly hatched chicks; always looking out for their health and welfare. A typical school day was 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., with morning and afternoon recesses of 15 minutes each and an hour period for lunch. "The older students were given the responsibility of bringing in water, carrying in coal or wood for the stove. The younger students would be given responsibilities according to their size and gender such as cleaning

238-573: A number survive in open-air museums, not a single one is listed on the Norwegian equivalent to the NRHP . Prussia was among the first countries in the world to introduce a tax-funded and generally compulsory primary education for either boys and girls. In comparison, compulsory schooling in France or Great Britain was not successfully enacted until the 1880s. The state-sponsored system was introduced in

272-591: A practical day-to-day basis by Gaeloideachas (who also support Irish-medium schools in the Gaeltacht) and An Chomhairle um Oideachas Gaeltachta & Gaelscolaíochta (whose name translates into English as "The Council for Gaeltacht and Gaelscoileanna Education") or COGG in the Republic of Ireland and by Comhairle na Gaelscolaíochta in Northern Ireland. In 2023 An Foras Pátrúnacha revealed that there

306-493: A reputation for providing excellent academic results at a moderate cost. They have been described as a system of "positive social selection" giving better than average access to tertiary education and the social and employment opportunities which follow. An analysis of "feeder" schools which send students on to tertiary level institutions shows that 22% of Irish-medium schools send all their students on to tertiary level, compared to 7% of English-medium schools. Supporters argue that

340-400: A room in an existing building. By the 1890s there was a school in every parish . Most extant one- and two-room school buildings date from the decades after 1891 when primary education became compulsory. Most of those still in use today have been extended following merger with neighbouring schools. Since 2002, any state-funded school with at least 10 pupils is entitled to at least 2 teachers;

374-447: A single teacher in a room or prefabricated building . One-room schools were used only in rural areas. As late as 1930 half of the nation's school children lived in rural areas. About 65% of the nation's school buildings were one-room, and they were attended by 30% of the rural students. Consolidation rapidly reduced their numbers in the 1920s and 1930s. They had a place in popular folklore, with one fondly recalling a, "little house, on

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408-502: A small population. In Calvert County, Maryland , Port Republic School Number 7 closed its doors in 1932 and sat unused for over 40 years. Then, in 1976 the Calvert Retired Teachers Association, looking for a Bicentennial Year project, decided to restore the one-room schoolhouse. On July 24, 1977, after months of hard work by teachers and community volunteers, the old school bell rang out once more, and

442-403: Is Sinon Talty, with a part-time vice-principal, Suzanne Nickols. These administrators oversee both schools on the site. The primary operation and largest school operated by the district is a rural K-6 public school located 5 miles northeast of Eureka, California . The school setting is on a large parcel among redwood trees and includes expansive areas for recreation and appreciation for nature of

476-740: Is a competition amongst educational patrons. Their success is due to effective (though limited) community support and an efficient administrative infrastructure. They are distinguished by being the product, not of state policy, but of a genuine community movement. In 1972 there were only 11 such schools at primary level and five at secondary level in the Republic of Ireland . As of September 2023 there were 188 gaelscoileanna at primary level, attended by over 40,000 students, and 31 gaelcholáistí and 17 aonaid Ghaeilge (Irish language units) at secondary level, attended by over 12,000 students in non- Gaeltacht areas across Ireland . 35 of these primary schools, two of

510-537: Is a demand for 7 new Gaelcholáistí in the Republic of Irealand and in 2021 Comhairle na Gaelscolaíochta revealed that there is a demand for 3 new Gaelcholáistí in Northern Ireland. The function and future of Gaelscoileanna in the Republic of Ireland falls within the scope of the 20-Year Strategy for the Irish Language 2010-2030 , published by the then Irish government in December 2010. This report emphasises

544-444: Is not usually supplied. Sanitary arrangements and toilet facilities are as likely to be entirely lacking as to be provided in even a half-way decent manner. Teachers in one-room schools were usually daughters of nearby farmers. They were recent graduates and spent a couple of years teaching before they quit to get married. The teachers were poorly prepared and needed to coach children of all ages/grades within one room. Their main role

578-460: Is well-described by a student from Kentucky in the 1940s: The teachers that taught in the one room, rural schools were very special people. During the winter months they would get to the school early to get a fire started in the potbelly stove , so the building would be warm for the students. On many occasions they would prepare a hot, noon meal on top of the stove, usually consisting of soup or stew of some kind. They took care of their students like

612-487: The California North Coast . There are 19 teachers and 31 staff which support the education of 271 students. The district modernized 10 classrooms in 2003 and recently finished building two new classrooms, a band room and a large community gym to augment a smaller multi-purpose building and gym that has existed since the most recent school was built on the site in 1952. The district developed and operates

646-492: The Irish language being an obligatory subject in the Republic of Ireland in both primary and secondary school. This has been attributed in part to the lack of Irish-language immersion programs. Gaelscoileanna have undergone a striking expansion over the last few decades, although there are now concerns that rules limiting the founding of new schools is affecting the establishment of new Irish-medium education in areas where there

680-516: The 1920s made longer distances possible, and one-room schools were soon consolidated in most portions of the United States into multiple classroom schools where classes could be held separately for various grade levels. Gradually, one-room school houses were replaced. Most one-room schools had been replaced by larger schools by World War II except in the most rural areas. However, they are still found in remote parts of Alaska where villages have

714-623: The 21 schools which fell below this threshold are located on offshore islands . In recent decades, an increasing number of schools have been founded for parents not content with the National School system. These include Gaelscoileanna (which teach through Irish rather than English) and multi-denominational schools (most Irish schools are controlled by one or other of the main Christian churches ). Although such schools eventually become eligible for state funding, they usually begin with

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748-584: The Republic of Ireland is An Foras Pátrúnachta , although the vast majority of schools under their patronage are at primary level. Students in the Gaelscoileanna acquire the Irish language through language immersion , and study the standard curriculum through it. Gaelscoileanna, unlike English-medium schools , have the reputation of producing competent Irish speakers. English-medium schools, in contrast, produce relatively few fluent Irish speakers, despite

782-520: The United States, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, Ireland, Portugal, and Spain. In most rural and small town schools, all of the students met in a single room. There, a single teacher taught academic basics to several grade levels of elementary-age children. While in many areas one-room schools are no longer used, some remain in developing nations and rural or remote areas where scarce students or teachers complicate organizing

816-417: The United States. The teacher's residence, or teacherage , was often attached to the school, or very close by, so that a male teacher's wife and family were an integral part of the management and support system for the school. Single, female teachers were more often billeted or boarded with a local family to provide for social norms requiring social supervision of single females. Motorized school buses in

850-407: The bilingualism resulting from early acquisition of another language is of general intellectual benefit and helps children to learn still other languages. Irish-language advocates of the immersion approach sometimes refer to studies showing that bilingual children have advantages over monoglot children in other subjects. A secondary-level Gaelscoil located in a non-Gaeltacht area is commonly known as

884-428: The black board (chalkboard), taking the erasers outside for dusting plus other duties that they were capable of doing." Transportation for children who lived too far to walk was often provided by horse-drawn kid hack or sulky , which could only travel a limited distance in a reasonable amount of time each morning and evening, or students might ride a horse, these being put out to pasture in an adjoining paddock during

918-523: The day. In more recent times, students rode bicycles. Southern students and teachers most often walked to and from school; a three-mile journey was not uncommon. Due to the poor quality of roads, automobiles were not frequently used. The vast majority of one-room schools have been torn down; a few were converted for other purposes. However, in a handful of rural communities, such as Mennonites and Amish , one-room or two-room schools survived longer. As of 2005, almost 400 one-rooms schools still operate in

952-548: The educational process differently. In the United States, the concept of a "little red schoolhouse" is a stirring one, and historic one-room schoolhouses have widely been preserved and are celebrated as symbols of frontier values and of local and national development. When necessary, the schools were enlarged or replaced with two-room schools . More than 200 are listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places . In Norway, by contrast, one-room schools were viewed more as impositions upon conservative farming areas, and, while

986-462: The island of Ireland. Additionally, more than 13,000 students are receiving their primary and second level education through Irish in the Gaeltacht. Gaelscoileanna and Irish-medium schools in the Gaeltacht are supported and represented by Gaeloideachas and An Chomhairle um Oideachas Gaeltachta & Gaelscolaíochta or COGG in the Republic of Ireland and by Comhairle na Gaelscolaíochta in Northern Ireland. The largest patron body of Gaelscoileanna in

1020-434: The late 18th century and has had a widespread influence ever since. The first Prussian schools were simple one-room schools, but by 1773 Friedrich Eberhard von Rochow had already set up a model school with primary education in two separate age-grouped classes . In Ireland, free primary education was mandated in 1831, prompting the establishment of many single-teacher National Schools across rural areas, most initially using

1054-603: The little one-room school house, filled with its memories and memorabilia, was ready for visitors. It is now one of the county's tourist attractions. A similar project was done in Queen Anne's County, Maryland , by retired Teachers and Community Volunteers. The restored schoolhouse is located in front of Queen Anne's County High School . In Iowa , over 125 small one-room school houses have been turned into local museums. The buildings in some places found new purpose as homes. In Harrisburg, Nebraska , Flowerfield School serves as

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1088-627: The postprimary schools and four of the postprimary units operated are in Northern Ireland. Additionally, some 4,000 children attend Irish-medium preschools or Naíonra í outside the Gaeltacht with around 1,000 children attending Naíonraí within the Gaeltacht. There is now at least one gaelscoil in every county in Ireland with over 50 in County Dublin; 30 in County Cork and 13 in County Antrim included. Gaelscoileanna have acquired

1122-524: The project by researchers and historians from across America. Gaelscoil A Gaelscoil ( Irish pronunciation: [ˈɡeːl̪ˠsˠkɛlʲ] ; plural: Gaelscoileanna ) is an Irish language - medium school in Ireland: the term refers especially to Irish-medium schools outside the Irish-speaking regions or Gaeltacht . Over 50,000 students attend Gaelscoileanna at primary and second-level on

1156-629: The time it was completed in 1868 until it closed in 1951. The building, restored by a group of volunteers in 1976, is presently maintained and preserved by the Vandalia Community Preservation Association. The One Room School House Project of Southwestern College in Winfield, Kansas , includes listings and information on some 880 schools throughout the state and nation. The information, pictures, and stories included in this site have been collected and sent to

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