This historical update was prepared by Sarah Insalaco, Flood Recovery Archivist. “When I count my children I alway get it mixed, I only gave birth to five But Mike says he’s number six. You say he must be adopted I don’t see how that can be. I don’t remember adopting him, But he might’ve adopted […]
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It’s not difficult to imagine with as many success stories as we hear coming from the 34 tutors serving in our Reading Labs across our 21 partner school sites in Eastern Kentucky that our ReadingCorps members love their service and find it incredibly impactful not only for the children receiving support, but also in their
This program update was prepared by Sarah Kate Morgan, Traditional Arts Education Director. Emmalena Elementary in Knott County is home to an enthusiastic group of budding young artists and craftspeople. For the last two years, about 20 4th through 8th graders have spent every Monday afternoon pursing creative endeavors as part of our Arts & Crafts Club,
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“Untelling” is a regional colloquialism used when storytelling or speculating, such as “It’s untelling what will happen.” It is a point of not knowing. We want to publish work that takes us to that point of not knowing, and then connects us, teaches us, and makes us see and understand the world in new ways. While
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Because the writing family of Hindman Settlement School and the community surrounding campus who experienced the July 2022 flood are both so broad, only the smallest gathering of poems, stories, essays, photographs, and experiences could be included in the anthology Troublesome Rising: A Thousand-Year Flood in Eastern Kentucky, which came out September 2024 from Fireside
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Each day in partner public schools across southeastern Kentucky, our ReadingCorps tutors work with students to teach fundamental reading skills. Our curriculum is designed to aid in word identification, word attack (the ability to decode, pronounce, and understand unfamiliar words), and passage comprehension. Periodically, we showcase some of the students who are making great strides
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Our offices may have been closed due to the heavy snow for much of last week, but I kept daydreaming about our annual seed shower to escape from the chilly weather. Our seed shower is officially set for March 28th– a tad earlier than usual. Why the shift? Well, it turns out many families are
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In mid-December we held our first Winter Burrow Literary & Arts Conference, and it was an inspiring and educational weekend. The idea behind Winter Burrow was to create a gathering before many of the December holidays began that could bring together people with interests in Appalachian art, literature, and music as well as educators and scholars
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Thanks to your ongoing support, stories of hope are seen and felt every day here in Hindman. While many kids and their families experience a world that is riddled with challenges and obstacles, we are blessed to hear the stories of how lives are changed by the work of Hindman Settlement School. Below are just
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It was standing room only at the Hindman Settlement School Pick & Bow Program’s Christmas Concert on December 7. More than 30 elementary and high school students took the stage to showcase their musical talents in solo and group performances to an audience of their family members and friends in the school’s Great Hall and
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Tutoring programs are funded, in part, by the AmeriCorps federal agency through Serve Kentucky, the state service commission
