DUE TO PENDING WEATHER ISSUES, THE EVENT HAS BEEN MOVED TO THE VILLAGE HALL COMMUNITY ROOM. Come to thear author, Susan Apps-Bodilly, discuss her book, “One Room Schools” and to appreciate all that the author retells about rural kids growing up going to one-room schools in times past.

This presentation returns you to a time when Wisconsin’s rural children attended a school with all eight grades in one room with one teacher. This talk will celebrate the days when brothers and sisters went to school together; children put a jar of soup in a pot on the wood stove to warm for lunch, played recess games like anti-over, and practiced saying their “piece” for the annual Christmas program. Susan will talk about how she researched and gathered stories for the book. With many photos and engaging items from school days of the past, she will describe a typical day for students of the past. She will encourage the audience to think about ways to share their stories about the past with their family. There will be time for questions and story-telling at the end.

Susan is a retired educator and writer. She taught elementary and middle school students for 34 years. She holds a Bachelor’s in Elementary Education and a Master’s in Curriculum and Instruction. When she is not reading or writing, Susan enjoys spending time with her family, traveling to visit her children, hiking at the family cabin, kayaking, and trying new recipes.

The event is co-sponsored by the New Glarus Public Library and the New Glarus Historical Society, with support from the Wisconsin Historical Society’s Speakers Bureau. The Society is an Affiliate organization with the WHS.

Admission to this event is free.