NOTES – 1988

Pine Mountain Settlement School
Series 17: PUBLICATIONS PMSS
Notes 1988
April and November

NOTES – 1988

“Notes from the Pine Mountain Settlement School”
Spring Letter (April) and November 1988

GALLERY: NOTES – 1988 April

[Pine Mountain Settlement School is] sending teachers directly into the school, working with the regular class room teacher who identifies the students in need.

TAGS: NOTES – 1988 April, Intervention, Intervention teachers, Clella Sergent Cook, photographs, Sonia Cornett, Roxie Sumpter, Green Hills, Beech Fork, Kingdom Come, Saturday Fun School, Omeda Woods Holbrook, computers

TRANSCRIPTION: NOTES – 1988 April

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PINE MOUNTAIN
SETTLEMENT SCHOOL
PINE MOUNTAIN     HARLAN COUNTY    KENTUCKY 
Telephone: 606 / 558-3571

APRIL            PAUL HAYES, DIRECTOR            1988

SPRING LETTER
1988
INTERVENTION AT PINE MOUNTAIN SETTLEMENT SCHOOL

Pine Mountain Settlement School is reaching out in true tradition of the Pine Mountain Spirit to help children become more excited about learning.

This is being done by sending teachers directly into the school, working with the regular classroom teacher who identifies the students in need. Our Intervention Teachers take these students aside and give special attention to their deficiencies.

[Photograph of three children working at a table. Caption: “Saturday Fun at Pine Mountain Settlement School”]

Clella Sargent (sic) Cook, a former Pine Mountain student from Boarding School Days, and number one Intervention Teacher, says, “The teachers are delighted to see these children getting individual help. It positively helped some to bloom. It’s like watching a flower open before your eyes. I let the children know we are a team working together for a common goal… to improve self and in the process learning, to make it a joy and fun. Yes, they have weaknesses but SHUCKS, what’s a weakness when you have help, materials, and the “elbow grease” to do the repairs. We must roll up our sleeves and tackle the problem head-on with love and concern.”

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We all must face the staggering problem of children dropping out of school. Pine Mountain stands as an opportunity by providing leadership in a continuous process in which all solutions become a progression in the direction pointed for us by the founders and the dream of Uncle William Creech, to “make a bright and intelligent people after I’m dead and gone.”

[Photograph: “Sonia Cornett, Volunteer Parent, gives homework help, one-on-one”]

[Photograph: “Roxie Sumpter, Kingdom Come, Intervention Teacher helps with homework”]

We are sending three (two already retired) time-tested, caring teachers into three elementary schools, Green Hills in Harlan County, Beech Fork in Leslie County, and Kingdom Come in Letcher County. These teachers tutor students who are behind on basic skills. To supplement those efforts, we offer Saturday Fun School on our campus. This is open to all Intervention students, as well as neighboring children who want to come for a morning of fun, to learn about their rich heritage of hardy, creative ancestors who settled here and built their homes and communities in a rugged area. They also receive help with homework and computer training.

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[Photograph of children working at a table: “Learning can be fun too!”]

For an added bonus and more learning, the children with parents come to the campus four times each year, to spend the night in West Wind dormitory. Everyone enjoys a full evening of activity, eating in Laurel House Dining Room, folk dancing and old-time games followed by a Saturday morning of heritage classes, hikes and games. We fully recognize that it is essential parents must become involved to improve and encourage their children’s educational training.

[Photograph: “Omeda Woods Holbrook, Intervention Teacher at Green Hills, teaches computer skills”]

You can be a part of this great opportunity. Together, we can expand our outreach to other schools where the need is beyond our present resources.

Please be as generous as you can.

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Calendar of Events 1988
Pine Mountain Settlement School (606) 558-3571
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Pine Mountain Wildflower Weekend
April 22-24

Black Mountain Wildflower Weekend
May 13-15

Elderhostel
June 5-11

Elderhostel
June 12-18

Medical Botany Weekend
August 5-7

Homecoming
August 11-14

Elderhostel
September 18-24

Fall Color Weekend
October 14-16

Elderhostel
November 6-12

Nativity Play
December 11
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1913-1988
75th Diamond Anniversary

GALLERY: NOTES – 1988 November

As we draw to the end of the 75th anniversary year of celebration, we are proud that the purpose and goals of the founders are being fulfilled with the Environmental Education and the Intervention programs. – Paul Hayes

TAGS: NOTES – 1988 November, Matt Boggs, storytelling, Chapel, organ, workshops, dancing, botany, environmental education, Intervention, Mary Rogers, Afton Garrison, awards, school group schedule, photographs

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PINE MOUNTAIN
SETTLEMENT SCHOOL
PINE MOUNTAIN     HARLAN COUNTY    KENTUCKY
Telephone: 606 / 558-3571  –3542

NOVEMBER            PAUL HAYES, DIRECTOR            1988

[Featured photograph: Two children exploring in the outdoors. “Nature’s classroom, children learn to stretch their muscles and their minds as they become actively involved.”]

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Pine Mountain Settlement School’s unique gift to each and every person who comes here is the place … the quality of life in this extraordinary valley.

Since 1972, youngsters and grownups have come here to learn about geological formations, to do a writer’s workshop, to participate in country dancing, to carve with Matt Boggs, to hear stories of the old dragoman and hear “Wondrous Love” and Bach preludes in one evening on the chapel organ. They learn to recognize Trillium, Galax, Wood Anemone and Indian Arrowood. They hear the hoot owl and the lonesome whipperwill and they get in touch with life in its most basic parts, its simplest and most essential elements. Over 4,000 students have come here to participate in the Environmental Education Program from July, 1987 to June, 1988. Students learn of the delicate balances of the environment and the importance of conserving our natural resources. Pine Mountain is in the richest temperate forest in the world and as students walk the trails during all seasons they seek to find reasons for diversity and the design of plants and how they are linked to the rest of the living world.

Nature’s classroom in the great outdoors creates a setting in which children become receptive to traditional classroom subjects. Hands-on and minds-on activities are combined with development of community awareness; cooperation with social skills provide an unforgettable experience for the children and their teachers.

During their days spent at Pine Mountain the children begin to feel themselves, to feel glad to live in this world. This is the central focus of the Environmental Education Program.

As we draw to the end of the 75th anniversary year of celebration, we are proud that the purpose and goals of the founders are being fulfilled with the Environmental Education and the Intervention programs.

We ask that you please be generous with your gifts. We need your help to reach new horizons of service. We must keep Pine Mountain Settlement School going to educate future stewards of the land and caretakers of our earth in the years to come.

In the spirit of Pine Mountain,
[Signed]
Paul Hayes, Director

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Excellence In Education

With many years of dedicated service from Environmental Education staff and interns.

[Photograph: “Mary Rogers”]

[Photograph: Afton Garrison and student]

The Kentucky Association of Environmental Educators, at their annual meeting on September 23 and 24th, presented four Kentucky teachers with a plaque honoring them for their outstanding achievements in Environmental Education. Two of the four, Mary Rogers and Afton Garrison, are from Pine Mountain Settlement School. A special thanks to Mary and Afton for lending their special touch to the Pine Mountain experience for many years to so many fortunate children.

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A Typical Schedule
WASHINGTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

MONDAY, OCTOBER 10      1                  2                 3                 4                  5
11:30 a.m.  Arrival – Orientation – Move into Dorm
12:15           Dining Hall Orientation
12:30           Lunch
1:30             Geology/Native Americans/Streams/Early Settlers Summit
4:30             Free Time
5:30             Supper
6:30             Free Time/Gift Shop Open
7:00             Nite Hike/Nite Hike/Nite Hike/Crafts/Crafts

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 11
8:00 a.m.  Breakfast
9:00           Birds/Trees/Wildflowers/Plant Center/Water & Land
10:30         Trees/Wildflowers/Plant Center/Water & Land/Birds
12:00 p.m. Lunch
1:00            Wildflowers/Plant Center Water & Land/Birds/Trees
2:30            Plant Center/Water & Land/Birds/Trees Wildflowers
4:00            Water & Land/Birds/Trees. Wildflowers/Plant Center
5:30            Supper
6:30            Free Time/Gift Shop Open
7:00            Crafts/Crafts/Crafts/Nite Hike/Nite Hike

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 12
8:00 a.m.    Breakfast
9:00            Native Americans/Streams/Early Settlers.Summit/Geology
12:00 p.m. Lunch
1:00             Streams/Early Settlers/Summit/Geology/Native Americans
4:00             Free Time
5:30             Supper
6:30             Free Time/Gift Shop Open
7:00             Campfire

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 13
8:00 a.m.    Breakfast
9:00             Early Settlers/Summit/Geology/Native Americans/Streams
12:00 p.m.  Lunch
1:00             Summit/Geology/Native Americans/Streams/Early Settlers
4:00             Free Time
5:30             Supper
6:30             Free Time
7:00             Folk Dance
8:30             Chapel

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 14
8:00 a.m.    Breakfast
9:00             Clean-up Dorm/Pack up Gear
10:00           Games on the Playground
10:30           Depart Pine Mountain

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Calendar of Events
November 6-12, 1988………………..Elderhostel
December 11, 1988……………………Nativity Play
March 5-11, 1989……………………….Elderhostel
March 12-18, 1989……………………..Elderhostel
April 21-23, 1989………………………..Wildflower Weekend

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See Also:
ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION Guide
HISTORY PMSS Summary 1987-1988
HISTORY PMSS Summary 1988-1989

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