Press Releases

We are honored to have the work we are doing featured in many print publications throughout the United States. Click on any of the articles to read them in PDF format.

 
 
 
 

Along the Road

"Interview with former students about their hill country school experiences."

OKRA-Real Southern Culture Magazine, credit: Deborah Burst, Winter, 2021, pgs 78-79
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Sustain and Endure

"A look at the history of the German rural schools."

Texas Architech Magazine, credit: Ben K. Shaklette, March/April 2021
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Designed for Repair-ability

"Learning from the German Country Schools of Gillespie County, Texas"

Texas Tech University, States of Disrepair/Acts of Repair, credit: Ben K. Shaklette, Spring 2021
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Day Trips: Gillespie County Country Schools

"Take a trip back in education history while enjoying the Hill Country scenery."

Austin Chronicle, credit: Gerald E. McLeod, May 22, 2020
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Discover the Gillespie County Schoolhouses

"A Fredericksburg-area non-profit works to preserve Gillespie County schoolhouses, nostalgic pieces of our region's heritage."

The Texas Wildflower, credit: Shawna Holly, July 24, 2018
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Preservation Partnership

County.org/Magazine, Vol 29, No 5, Page 8, (A Publication of the Texas Association of Counties), credit: Liz Carmack (Historical Highlights), Sep/Oct 2017
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Evelyn Weinheimer receives national 2017 CSAA Service Award

Fredericksburg Standard-Radio Post, Page A/B2, July 19 2017
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A look to the past

Fredericksburg Standard-Radio Post, Page D2, credit: Sherrie Geistweidt (Time Pieces), May 17 2017
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School friends adopt Gillespie County

Fredericksburg Standard-Radio Post, March 8, 2017
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Threads of Education

Gillespie Life, Fredericksburg Standard-Radio Post, credit: Yvonne Hartmann, September 2, 2015
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Meet Jane Woelhof: Lend-a-Hand Project

wildflowerknits, The Knitting Monthly: A New Knitting Community, credit: Kennita, December 16, 2012
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Open House at Cherry Mountain School

Hill Country Editor, credit: Jeanette Nash, May 4, 2011
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Oral History Project

"A Friends of Gillespie County Country Schools Oral History Project"

Texas Oral History Association, Sound Bites, credit: Terry Goodrich, Spring 2011
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A History Lesson featuring Crabapple School

Lake Country Life Magazine, credit: Dale Fry (Highland Lakes Newspapers), September 2010
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Day Trips: Gillespie County Country Schools

"Take a trip back in education history while enjoying the Hill Country scenery."

Austin Chronicle, credit: Gerald E. McLeod, September 28, 2001
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