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We Are Difference Makers

Chrystal, a second-term ReadingCorp member, is one of a four-person team serving students at Carr Creek Elementary in Knott County. Each day, Chrystal tutors 22 Kindergarten through 3rd-grade students both one-on-one and in small groups to help them overcome the barriers they face to reading on grade level.  Lilly is one of Chrystal’s students that …

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Stories of Service

AmeriCorps Week, celebrated annually during the second full week of March, is a time to recognize and give thanks to the millions of Americans who have committed to giving back to their communities through national service programs. At the core of service is a shared goal – to make a difference. AmeriCorps members serving in local …

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Announcing This Year’s Faculty and Logo for Ironwood!

We’re officially under 100 days away from Ironwood Writers Studio 2023!   Ironwood is a week-long residency for high school students to stay on our historic camps, study multiple genres of creative writing with respected regional writers, and build community with each other.  This year’s faculty includes Annette Saunooke Clapsaddle (fiction), Bernard Clay (poetry), Shawna Kay …

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Meet Rebecka

Hindman is thrilled to welcome Rebecka Fugate to our programming team to serve as our Foodways Program Director. Although she stepped into this role in late February, she is far from being a stranger to the Settlement School. In recent years Rebecka has served as the manager of the school-sponsored Farmers Market and has been …

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Meet Jack

The most recent addition to our staff is Jack Latta, who joined our dyslexia intervention team in early February as the Reading Labs Coordinator. His appointment to this role is a homecoming of sorts as Jack was one of the first students to go through Hindman Settlement School’s dyslexia program in the early 1980’s.  “In …

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Crystal Wilkinson to Deliver Keynote at 46th Appalachian Writers’ Workshop

Kentucky Poet Laureate and NAACP Award-Winning author, Crystal Wilkinson, will deliver the Jim Wayne Miller/James Still Keynote Address at the 46th annual Appalachian Writers’ Workshop at the historic Hindman Settlement School. Ms. Wilkinson’s address will be held near the conclusion of the workshop, on Thursday, July 27, and will be open to the public to attend. A …

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