Country School Association of America

Silent Auction to be Held at Conference

CSAA Conference Seeks Silent Auction Items

When you attend the upcoming conference at Rider University on June 13-15 in Lawrenceville, NJ, be sure to visit the silent auction and you may find some interesting schoolhouse items. In fact, if you have any extra schoolhouse memorabilia lying around that you find redundant or useful for someone else's time period, and you are willing to donate it, someone at the conference will surely consider it a treasure for their school!

Last year we sold numerous books, framed pictures, maps, DVD's, items with a schoolhouse theme, and actual schoolhouse artifacts. Attendees brought their items for donation and proceeds were used to help fund our CSAA awards and grants. Take a look around your collections and you'll probably come up with something you're willing to part with. Your donation will certainly be appreciated. The auction is also a fun addition to the festivities! Suzanne Daniel and Catharin Lewis have volunteered to run this year's auction.

Join the effort. Take a look around. Find something? Pack it in your bags. It will fly off the table!

To register for the conference refer to the next article below!

 

 

Register Now for 2011 Conference

On-Line Registration Available for 11th Annual       CSAA Conference:

                            "An Investment in Knowledge:                                Preserving and Presenting Schoolhouses"

The Country School Association of America’s annual conference will be held this year in the Mid-Atlantic states at Rider University in historic New Jersey.  As in the past, the two-day conference will include more than 20 presentations on Monday and Tuesday, June 13 and 14, and will offer the ever popular bus tour/workshop on Wednesday, June 15th.

 

We thank Maureen O'Connor Leach of Freehold, NJ, our conference coordinator for 2011.

Online (and paper) registration is now open at:  www.countryschoolassociation.org 

If you would like to see an UPDATED conference program outline please select this link: 

Download DailySchedule2011

This event draws a diverse group of participants from a broad spectrum of organizations, museums, academic institutions as well as cultural and heritage centers. Each year it provides museum personnel, teachers, staff, faculty and students, preservationists, historians and re-enactors from across the country, a valuable forum to exchange ideas, discuss their programs, and share preservation efforts with colleagues in the field.  

With such an energetic atmosphere, dynamic events, educational sessions, and networking opportunities, you do not want to miss this conference. Our attendees return home with countless ideas and renewed enthusiasm for their local schoolhouse programs.

Photo: Cross Keys School, Medford, NJ (schoolhouse on the tour)