Honor An Educator; Move A Schoolhouse

From the Oxford Historical Society: The Oxford Historical Society recently announced an opportunity to honor teachers, past and present. Titled “Honor an Educator; Move a Schoolhouse”, this fundraiser offers families and friends of Oxford’s children to recognize the teachers who shaped their lives while making a contribution towards moving and restoring Mr. Munn’s School, Oxford’s only remaining one room schoolhouse.

Currently sited on Oxford Road and built in 1850, the building served as a private boys’ boarding school for several years and then became a public high school for Oxford’s older students. The Historical Society plans to preserve the schoolhouse by relocating it to stand near the Twitchell-Rowland Homestead Museum at 60 Towner Lane this summer and then restoring it. Once renovated, it will be used to offer Oxford students the real life experience of a day in a one room school as part of the third grade curriculum.

Those making a donation of $5.00 to the project will receive a notecard decorated with a photo of the Munn School to send to the educator being honored. Inside is a place to inscribe the teacher’s name and a message that a contribution has been made in his or her honor.

The cards may be purchased in the Town Clerk’s Office during regular business hours or at the Twitchell-Rowland Homestead Museum Open Houses from 2-4 p.m. on the first and third Sundays of each month. Forms to buy cards by mail are available online at www.oxford-historical-society.org

Image Courtesy of the Oxford Historical Society