Schoolhouse #8 / Goals of Our Organization

The Goals of our Organization

Very briefly, the goals of Schoolhouse #8 History Center & Museum are twofold:
	1) To establish programs for educational institutions as well as the general public that will allow everyone to gain an appreciation of the early 1900s educational environment. 2) To operate as a New York State chartered museum.
Among the things to be learned from a visit to this restored schoolhouse will be:
	A) That very little space was available (20’ x 23’) for use by one teacher to instruct as many as eight different grade levels B) That there was no electricity C) That the only heat was a pot bellied stove D) That there were no indoor toilet facilities (only an outhouse) E) That the teaching aids available to the teacher were meager by today’s standards. That there was no easy method of communication to get help outside the schoolhouse in case of an emergency