[Nfb-history] {Disarmed} FW: Farm to School

Fri Oct 11 03:42:18 UTC 2013

Very cool.  Thanks Robert

On 10/10/2013 2:12 PM, Robert Jaquiss wrote:
> Perkins School for the Blind
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> This newsletter from Perkins tells of some school history.
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> Regards,
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> Robert
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> *From:*Perkins History & Happenings [mailto:supportperkins at perkins.org]
> *Sent:* Thursday, October 10, 2013 10:01 AM
> *To:* rjaquiss at earthlink.net
> *Subject:* Farm to School
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> Fun Fact: Perkins' Pappas Horticulture Center uses an existing 
> 500-foot deep well as a pollution-free
> climate-control system to heat and cool the greenhouse.
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> *October 2013*
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> *Welcome to Perkins History & Happenings*
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> Welcome to our latest issue of Perkins */History & Happenings/*---a 
> monthly email series that gives you an inside look at the nation's 
> first chartered school for the blind.
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> Over our rich 184-year history, Perkins has grown from a small school 
> for the blind in Boston to become a national and international leader 
> and resource providing state-of-the-art education and services to 
> infants, toddlers, children, youth and young adults who are blind, 
> deafblind or visually impaired, including those with additional 
> disabilities, their families and the professionals who serve them.
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> With each issue of */History & Happenings/*, we will share with you 
> how Perkins has evolved to better serve the needs of children and 
> adults with visual impairments and show you what we are doing right 
> now to help these individuals reach their full potential.
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> I hope you enjoy learning more about Perkins and welcome your ideas 
> and input at *SupportPerkins at Perkins.org* 
> <mailto:SupportPerkins at Perkins.org>.
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> Signature: Kathy Sheehan, Executive Director, Perkins Trust
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> Photo of three boys from the Boys' Department at Perkins School for 
> the Blind working in the poltry yard circa 1939. 
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> *Three boys kneel outside of a chicken coop on Perkins' Watertown 
> campus surrounded by a dozen hens circa 1939. The boy on the right has 
> a basket filled with eggs and is inspecting one of them.*
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> *farm to school*
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> In 1912, Perkins moved from South Boston to its current
> 38.5-acre campus in Watertown, Massachusetts on the banks of the 
> Charles River. Originally the estate of whaling and sugar merchant 
> Josiah Stickney, the new campus came with an orchard and farmland. The 
> move allowed for an expanded curriculum that included planting crops 
> and raising animals.
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> In 1934, profits from the poultry business maintained by Perkins Lower 
> School boys defrayed the costs of an airplane ride organized as part 
> of a year-long transportation study. You can read more about their 
> adventure in *Perkins' 1934 Annual Report* 
> <http://support.perkins.org/site/R?i=LztIBUKss2duf7Dc5zTOpw>.
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> Today, students of all ages and abilities participate in innovative 
> plant-oriented programs through Perkins' *horticultural therapy 
> program* <http://support.perkins.org/site/R?i=ODIIWQGg2qVVJ-DHu0FUHw> 
> housed in the *Thomas and Bessie Pappas Horticulture Center* 
> <http://support.perkins.org/site/R?i=GVOhMX8LKhZzGShDjeOI-w>. Plants 
> are chosen to emphasize a variety of colors, tastes, scents, textures 
> and sounds to achieve as meaningful a sensory experience as possible. 
> Students who are visually impaired, including those with multiple 
> disabilities, use the horticulture center to gain garden and 
> greenhouse experience, participate in science classes and learn 
> vocational skills that include making gifts, wreaths, herbal teas and 
> potpourri. Many students at Perkins go on to use their newfound 
> horticulture skills in off campus work.
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> *View Perkins' Agriculture Photographs on Flickr* 
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> *then & now -- farming at Perkins*
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> Photo of two boys kneeling outside in the grass on Perkins' Watertown 
> campus holding feeding bowls for two goats.
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> A student interacts with a baby dairy goat at the third annual Farm to 
> School Fair on the Perkins' campus
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> *Left:*Two boys kneel outside in the grass on Perkins' Watertown 
> campus holding feeding bowls for two goats. During the first half of 
> the 20th century, Perkins offered agriculture and animal husbandry as 
> part of the curriculum. These activities provided students with 
> exercise and useful chores, as well as eggs, poultry, fruit and 
> vegetables for student meals, as highlighted in this *1933 newspaper 
> clipping* <http://support.perkins.org/site/R?i=jpG545QHfBT_rMMwCQzmLA>.
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> *Right:*Two baby dairy goats stole the show and student's hearts 
> during the *third annual Farm to School Fair* 
> <http://support.perkins.org/site/R?i=eJzA9uT_nUOFsA4dwfL7bw> in 
> September 2012. Perkins students had a hands-on, educational 
> experience identifying plants, making herbal tea and sampling a 
> mouth-watering smorgasbord made from local ingredients, including 
> vegetables from the campus garden. Part of the *Massachusetts Farm to 
> School Project* 
> <http://support.perkins.org/site/R?i=-oqhJ8rqbsOfShe5zNYvNg>, the fair 
> was organized in collaboration with Perkins and local farmers.
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> *Since 1829, Perkins has been committed to helping children and adults 
> who are blind, deafblind, or visually impaired, including those with 
> additional disabilities build productive, meaningful lives. Your gift 
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> are blind a fighting chance to reach their full potential.*
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> The Perkins Archives include collections related to the history of the 
> education of the blind and deafblind, institutional archives, and 
> correspondence of significant figures in the school's history, such as 
> Helen Keller, Annie Sullivan and Samuel Gridley Howe.
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> To learn more about the Perkins Archives and sign up for their 
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