Country School Association of America

06/03/2026

https://www.aol.com/articles/st-francis-xavier-students-enjoy-080111447.html
This year marked the 39th class of fourth grade students at St. Francis Xavier School (MI) to have spent a day recreating a one room schoolhouse experience at the Little Traverse History Museum

On Tuesday, June 2, St. Francis Xavier students dressed for a school day in 1895 and walked to the Little Traverse History Museum with their lunches in hand to begin a day of lessons in elocution, penmanship and recitation.

05/26/2026

CSAA Conference attendees - Arriving early? Be sure to take advantage of these specially-arranged optional Saturday activities for CSAA conference-goers

4 pm Exclusive docent-led tour of the Smith Center for the Arts –
the Finger Lakes’ premier grand opera house. Don’t miss this
behind-the-scenes tour! 80-82 Seneca St., downtown Geneva

5 pm Private after-hours visit to the Dove Block Project – a community art exhibition space also
with a storied history. 465 Exchange St. (5-minute walk from the Smith Center)

6-8 pm Early evening drop-in at the Finger Lakes Welcome Center - spectacular views of Seneca
Lake and on-your-own samplings of Finger Lakes wines; light-fare menu also. One of our
Geneva hosts will be on hand to greet you and answer
any questions you might have about this special area
of the Finger Lakes—including offering “personal
favorite” restaurant recommendations and updated
regional nighttime entertainment options.
35 Lake Front Dr. (best to drive here).

more details are availablehttps://www.countryschoolassociation.org/uploads/1/0/0/3/100377070/saturday_options.pdf

05/26/2026

https://cowboystatedaily.com/2026/05/25/bell-at-famous-red-shell-schoolhouse-ring-again-after-decades-of-silence/

Kudos to the Shell residents, especially Gary Knutson, who have restored the beautiful 1915 Red Shell School (WY) and are devising inventive ways to keep it vital in the community. Current plans include a museum, a vacation rental and a community hub.

The bell at the Red Shell School is ringing again after a decades-long effort to save the iconic 111-year-old one-room Wyoming schoolhouse. It’s so…

05/13/2026

https://www.wgnsradio.com/article/98025/ransom-school-a-oneroom-classroom-that-became-a-community-treasure
TENNESSEE

  MURFREESBORO, TN (WGNS) - The story of the Ransom Schoolhouse begins long before it became the Rutherford County Historical Society’s headquarters. Built in the late 1800s, the small brick building at 717 N. Academy Street was once a private school for young boys—usually elementar...

05/13/2026

https://coastalreview.org/2026/03/saved-from-demolition-rosenwald-school-still-needs-help/
NORTH CAROLINA

The National Register of Historic Places-listed structure was described in 2016 as the only graded public school that, from the 1920s-1950s, served both local African American and Native American students in the Pleasant Plains community.

05/13/2026

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AE6tdq1Dugg
WISCONSIN

Spirit of America: Ripon schoolhouse etched in history as Birthplace of the Republican Party

05/13/2026

https://hagadonenewsnetwork.com/news/2026/mar/25/students-get-a-taste-of-school-life-in-1895/
MONTANA

The students stood in rows, hands over their hearts, “My country tis of thee, sweet land of liberty, for this I sing...” they sang as teacher Melissa Barker pointed at the words on the poster board.

05/13/2026

https://www.caledonianrecord.com/news/local/landaff-s-blue-school-among-last-one-room-schools-in-n-h-to-close/article_343ba5b9-5e86-5dc3-9cd6-f1b1a1f54367.html
NEW HAMPSHIRE (FYI only) requires log in...

LANDAFF, N.H. — One of the last one-room schoolhouses in New Hampshire will close at the end of the school year, as declining enrollment and demographic shifts force the town

05/13/2026

https://www.chronline.com/stories/julie-mcdonald-retired-nonagenarian-teacher-shares-experiences-attending-one-room-schools,402200?

At the dawn of the 20th century, children in Lewis County attended one of nearly 180 local one-room schools, but today it’s harder to find people who recall doing so. Last month, I joined more …

05/13/2026

https://www.kcrg.com/2026/04/13/we-people-its-more-about-just-building-school-effort-underway-restore-one-iowas-oldest-classrooms/

A small stone building in Johnson County is telling a much bigger story about how education began in Eastern Iowa and now, there’s a push to preserve it before that history is lost.