Ring the Bells for The DAR Schools

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Ring the Bells for The DAR Schools

• September 27, 2005
• Anan Harmon Chapter
• Glen Ellen Illinois

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We have two DAR Schools

• Kate Duncan Smith DAR School
• Tamassee DAR School

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And Four Approved DAR Schools

• Berry College

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And Four Approved DAR Schools

• Crossnore School

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And Four Approved DAR Schools

• Hillside School

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And Four Approved DAR Schools

• Hindman Settlement School

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Two American Indian DAR Approved Schools

• Bacone College
• Chemawa Indian Preparatory Academy

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Berry College Educating the Head, Heart and
Hands of our Students

• In the foothills of the Appalachian Mountains in
  Northwest Georgia, Berry College was the first
  DAR approved school.
• The founder of the school, Martha Berry was a
  dedicated member of DAR.

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Martha McChesney Berry 1866-1942
"The best way to help anyone is to give him a
chance to help himself."
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Berry College

• In 1902 Martha Berry founded a boys school.

• She then added girls in 1909

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Berry College

• In 1926 a junior college was established.
• By 1972 Berry College was a 4 year college with a
  graduate program.

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Crossnore School Education is the Best Way for a
Child to Rise Above his Circumstances

• In 1913 Drs.Eustace and Mary Martin Sloop started
  a school in the mountains of western North
  Carolina.

• They wanted to break the cycle of poverty,
  moonshine and child marriages of the mountain
  families.
• While preserving the ancient crafts and
  traditions.

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Crossnore School

• A teacher from Illinois, Betty Bailey suggested
  to Dr. Sloop that she contact the DAR
• In 1924 it was placed on the approved schools
  lists

DAR Cabin
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Dr. Mary Martin Sloop
Founder of the Crossnore DAR Chapter
I honor the National Society Daughters of the
American Revolution and will be forever grateful
for how they bent to the task in our earliest
years, and how they still hold us aloft today.
except from Miracle in the Hills by Dr.Mary
Sloop
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Crossnore School
Without the help of the DAR we could never have
served the boys and girls of our mountain section
to the extent that we have in the three decades
since Berry Bailey hit upon that wonderful idea.
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Crossnore SchoolMiracles in the Mountains

• Crossnore Academy
• Youth Clarification
• Family Clarification
• Emergency Care Residence
• Preparation for Adult Living
• Respite Care
• Daycare
• After School Care

The Weaving Room and Gallery
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Hindman Settlement School

• Founded in Kentucky in 1902

• At first Hindman provided all the educational
  programs in the area

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Hindman Settlement School
Today the school works with students having a
learning difference/dyslexic characteristics.
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Hindman Settlement School

• Summer Programs
• After School Tutorials
• Library and Bookmobile
• 4-H Program
• Appalachian Life and Culture Programs
• Artists in Residence
• Author in Residence
• Community Education
• Clothing and Food for the Needy
• GED

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Hindman Settlement School
Mary Stone, one of the founders of the Hindman
Settlement School was a DAR member.
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Hillside SchoolFounded in 1901 in Marlborough, MA
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Hillside School
Hillside School is a boarding school for 5th-9th
grade boys.

• Founded in 1901 by Charlotte Drinkwater and Mary
  Drinkwater Warren
• In 1925 became an approved DAR School

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Hillside School

• The DAR has truly formed a "noble partnership."
  In addition to offering generous donations,
  Daughters regularly come to campus to work on
  behalf of the boys

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Hillside SchoolCool Campus
The Assabet River flows through the Hillside
Schools 2200-acre wooded campus, which has its
own spring-fed pond, a working farm and 4 acres
of athletic fields.
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Kate Duncan Smith DAR SchoolThe Gem of Gunter
Mountain

• KDS is a privately owned, public school, for
  kindergarten through high school funded by the
  DAR.

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Kate Duncan Smith DAR SchoolLouise Willson
Jacobs Building
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Kate Duncan Smith DAR School

• This was an appropriate and lasting gift of the
  Old Elyton Chapter, the chapter for which Mrs.
  Kate Duncan Smith was regent.

KDS campus has so many reminders of the strong
bond with the DAR including the Pennsylvania
Water Tower which rings out on the hour.
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Kate Duncan Smith DAR School
The KDS Greenhouse was constructed in 1991-1992
as the Alabama State Regent's project in honor of
Mrs. Betty Swenson, State Regent, 1991-1994.
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Kate Duncan Smith DAR SchoolStriving for
Educational Excellence

• Florence H. Becker Recreation Hall named in honor
  of President General of NSDAR
• Built in 1937 with vertical logs cut from Gunter
  Mountain forests by the community and funded by
  DAR.

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Kate Duncan Smith DAR SchoolDedication Day

• KDS Executive Director Charles Edmonds, Jr.,
  National School Chairman Mindy T. Kammeyer, and
  President General Presley M. Wagoner visit
  between Dedication Day activities in October 2004

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Tamassee DAR SchoolBlue Ridge Mountains of SC
Established in 1919 by the Daughters of the
American Revolution in South Carolina, Tamassee
was adopted at the 29th Continental Congress as a
National Society DAR project. Every state, and
some outlying possessions, have made
contributions toward the growth and maintenance
of the School.