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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Hello:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'> This newsletter from Perkins tells of some school history.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Regards,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Robert<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'> Perkins History & Happenings [mailto:supportperkins@perkins.org] <br><b>Sent:</b> Thursday, October 10, 2013 10:01 AM<br><b>To:</b> rjaquiss@earthlink.net<br><b>Subject:</b> Farm to School<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div align=center><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width=600 style='width:6.25in;background:white'><tr><td style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><div align=center><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width=600 style='width:6.25in;background:white'><tr><td width=600 colspan=2 style='width:6.25in;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal align=right style='text-align:right'><span style='font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Fun Fact: Perkins' Pappas Horticulture Center uses an existing 500-foot deep well as a pollution-free<br>climate-control system to heat and cool the greenhouse.<br><a href="http://support.perkins.org/site/R?i=Uwwi50c-8nolBuUFrh-YTw"><span style='color:#008745'>View this email as a webpage</span></a>.</span> <o:p></o:p></p></td></tr><tr style='height:6.0pt'><td width=600 colspan=2 style='width:6.25in;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;height:6.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p></td></tr><tr><td style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><div align=center><table class=MsoNormalTable border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width=598 style='width:448.5pt;background:white;border:solid #E2E2E2 1.0pt'><tr style='height:15.0pt'><td width=598 style='width:448.5pt;border:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;height:15.0pt'></td></tr><tr><td style='border:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width=598 style='width:448.5pt'><tr style='height:43.5pt'><td width=412 style='width:309.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;height:43.5pt'><p class=MsoNormal><img border=0 width=412 height=58 id="_x0000_i1025" src="http://support.perkins.org/images/content/pagebuilder/fy13-history-and-happenings-header.jpg" alt="Perkins History and Happenings"><o:p></o:p></p></td><td width=186 style='width:139.5pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;height:43.5pt'><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width=186 style='width:139.5pt'><tr style='height:6.75pt'><td width=186 style='width:139.5pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;height:6.75pt'></td></tr></table><p class=MsoNormal><span style='display:none'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width=186 style='width:139.5pt'><tr style='height:28.5pt'><td width=186 style='width:139.5pt;background:#008745;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;height:28.5pt'><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:white'>October 2013</span></b><o:p></o:p></p></td></tr></table><p class=MsoNormal><span style='display:none'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width=186 style='width:139.5pt'><tr style='height:8.25pt'><td width=188 style='width:141.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;height:8.25pt'></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td width=598 style='width:448.5pt;border:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width=598 style='width:448.5pt'><tr style='height:11.25pt'><td width=598 colspan=5 style='width:448.5pt;background:white;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;height:11.25pt'><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'> <o:p></o:p></p></td><td style='border:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in' width=32><p class='MsoNormal'> </td></tr><tr><td width=598 colspan=5 style='width:448.5pt;background:white;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><div align=center><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width=598 style='width:448.5pt'><tr><td width=15 style='width:11.25pt;background:white;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p></td><td width=568 style='width:426.0pt;background:white;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:7.5pt;margin-left:0in'><b><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:black'>Welcome to Perkins History & Happenings<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p style='margin-bottom:7.5pt'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Welcome to our latest issue of Perkins <b><i>History & Happenings</i></b>—a monthly email series that gives you an inside look at the nation's first chartered school for the blind.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin-bottom:7.5pt'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>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.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin-bottom:7.5pt'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>With each issue of <b><i>History & Happenings</i></b>, 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.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin-bottom:7.5pt'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>I hope you enjoy learning more about Perkins and welcome your ideas and input at <a href="mailto:SupportPerkins@Perkins.org"><b><span style='color:#0091B3;text-decoration:none'>SupportPerkins@Perkins.org</span></b></a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td width=15 style='width:11.25pt;background:white;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p></td></tr></table></div></td><td style='border:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in' width=32><p class='MsoNormal'> </td></tr><tr style='height:7.5pt'><td width=598 colspan=5 style='width:448.5pt;background:white;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;height:7.5pt'><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'> <o:p></o:p></p></td><td style='border:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in' width=32><p class='MsoNormal'> </td></tr><tr><td width=598 colspan=5 style='width:448.5pt;background:white;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><div align=center><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width=598 style='width:448.5pt'><tr><td width=15 style='width:11.25pt;background:white;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p></td><td width=568 style='width:426.0pt;background:white;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width=568 style='width:426.0pt'><tr><td width=95 rowspan=2 valign=top style='width:71.25pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><img border=0 width=90 height=102 id="_x0000_i1026" src="http://support.perkins.org/images/content/pagebuilder/FY13-Kathy-Signature-Image.jpg" alt="Photo of Kathy Sheehan, Executive Director"><o:p></o:p></p></td><td width=473 valign=top style='width:354.75pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellpadding=0 width=473 style='width:354.75pt'><tr><td width=473 style='width:354.75pt;padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'><p class=MsoNormal><img border=0 width=217 height=47 id="_x0000_i1027" src="http://support.perkins.org/images/content/pagebuilder/kathy-sig-217x47px.jpg" alt="Signature: Kathy Sheehan, Executive Director, Perkins Trust"><o:p></o:p></p></td></tr><tr><td width=473 style='width:354.75pt;padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Kathy Sheehan<br>Executive Director<br>Perkins Trust</span><o:p></o:p></p></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'></td></tr></table></td><td width=15 style='width:11.25pt;background:white;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p></td></tr></table></div></td><td style='border:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in' width=32><p class='MsoNormal'> </td></tr><tr style='height:18.75pt'><td width=598 colspan=5 style='width:448.5pt;background:white;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;height:18.75pt'><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'> <o:p></o:p></p></td><td style='border:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in' width=32><p class='MsoNormal'> </td></tr><tr><td width=15 style='width:11.25pt;background:white;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'></td><td width=10 style='width:7.5pt;background:#F0F0F0;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p></td><td width=573 colspan=4 style='width:429.75pt;background:#F0F0F0;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 align=right width=359 style='width:269.25pt'><tr style='height:187.5pt'><td width=10 rowspan=3 style='width:7.5pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;height:187.5pt'></td><td width=349 colspan=3 style='width:261.75pt;background:#F0F0F0;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;height:187.5pt'><p class=MsoNormal><a href="http://support.perkins.org/site/R?i=Uu7Vpzd4t1mj5oLVT7jhlw"><span style='text-decoration:none'><img border=0 width=349 height=250 id="_x0000_i1028" src="https://secure2.convio.net/psb/images/content/pagebuilder/fy13-history-and-happenings-oct-sec1-farm-to-school.jpg" alt="Photo of three boys from the Boys' Department at Perkins School for the Blind working in the poltry yard circa 1939."></span></a><o:p></o:p></p></td></tr><tr style='height:3.75pt'><td width=349 colspan=3 style='width:261.75pt;background:black;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;height:3.75pt'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:1.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr><tr><td width=10 style='width:7.5pt;background:black;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p></td><td width=329 style='width:246.75pt;background:black;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><p style='margin-bottom:7.5pt;text-align:justify'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:white'>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.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p></td><td width=10 style='width:7.5pt;background:black;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'></td></tr><tr style='height:15.0pt'><td width=359 colspan=4 style='width:269.25pt;background:#F0F0F0;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;height:15.0pt'></td></tr></table><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:15.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:7.5pt;margin-left:0in'><b><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:#008745'>farm to school<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p style='margin-bottom:7.5pt'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>In 1912, Perkins moved from South Boston to its current<br>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.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin-bottom:7.5pt'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>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 <a href="http://support.perkins.org/site/R?i=LztIBUKss2duf7Dc5zTOpw"><b><span style='color:#008745;text-decoration:none'>Perkins' 1934 Annual Report</span></b></a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin-bottom:7.5pt'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Today, students of all ages and abilities participate in innovative plant-oriented programs through Perkins' <a href="http://support.perkins.org/site/R?i=ODIIWQGg2qVVJ-DHu0FUHw"><b><span style='color:#008745;text-decoration:none'>horticultural therapy program</span></b></a> housed in the <a href="http://support.perkins.org/site/R?i=GVOhMX8LKhZzGShDjeOI-w"><b><span style='color:#008745;text-decoration:none'>Thomas and Bessie Pappas Horticulture Center</span></b></a>. 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.<o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr><tr style='height:11.25pt'><td width=15 style='width:11.25pt;background:white;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;height:11.25pt'></td><td width=10 style='width:7.5pt;background:#F0F0F0;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;height:11.25pt'><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p></td><td width=573 colspan=3 style='width:429.75pt;background:#F0F0F0;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;height:11.25pt'><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p></td><td style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;height:11.25pt'></td></tr><tr style='height:40.5pt'><td width=15 style='width:11.25pt;background:white;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;height:40.5pt'><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p></td><td width=10 style='width:7.5pt;background:#F0F0F0;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;height:40.5pt'><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p></td><td width=15 style='width:11.25pt;background:#F0F0F0;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;height:40.5pt'><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p></td><td width=56 style='width:42.0pt;background:#F0F0F0;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;height:40.5pt'><p class=MsoNormal><a href="http://support.perkins.org/site/R?i=D_P9yxV2T0pmAZMdx7DsIQ"><span style='text-decoration:none'><img border=0 width=56 height=54 id="_x0000_i1029" src="https://secure2.convio.net/psb/images/content/pagebuilder/fy13-history-and-happenings-flickr-sec1.jpg" alt="Flickr Icon"></span></a><o:p></o:p></p></td><td width=502 style='width:376.5pt;background:#F0F0F0;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;height:40.5pt'><p class=MsoNormal><a href="http://support.perkins.org/site/R?i=RLG8DAX3mj54X3d0P9TkGA"><b><span style='font-size:15.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:#008745'>View Perkins' Agriculture Photographs on Flickr</span></b></a><o:p></o:p></p></td><td style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;height:40.5pt'></td></tr><tr style='height:11.25pt'><td width=15 style='width:11.25pt;background:white;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;height:11.25pt'></td><td width=10 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<o:p></o:p></p></td><td width=548 style='width:411.0pt;background:white;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><div align=center><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width=548 style='width:411.0pt'><tr><td width=548 colspan=3 style='width:411.0pt;background:white;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:7.5pt;margin-left:0in'><b><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:#0091B3'>then & now – farming at Perkins<o:p></o:p></span></b></p></td></tr><tr style='height:187.5pt'><td width=250 style='width:187.5pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;height:187.5pt'><p class=MsoNormal><img border=0 width=250 height=250 id="_x0000_i1030" src="https://secure2.convio.net/psb/images/content/pagebuilder/fy13-history-and-happenings-oct-sec2-farm-to-school-then.jpg" alt="Photo of two boys kneeling outside in the grass on Perkins' Watertown campus holding feeding bowls for two goats."><o:p></o:p></p></td><td width=48 style='width:.5in;background:white;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;height:187.5pt'><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p></td><td width=250 style='width:187.5pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;height:187.5pt'><p class=MsoNormal><img border=0 width=250 height=250 id="_x0000_i1031" src="https://secure2.convio.net/psb/images/content/pagebuilder/fy13-history-and-happenings-oct-sec2-farm-to-school-now.jpg" alt="A student interacts with a baby dairy goat at the third annual Farm to School Fair on the Perkins' campus"><o:p></o:p></p></td></tr><tr style='height:15.0pt'><td width=548 colspan=3 style='width:411.0pt;background:white;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;height:15.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p></td></tr><tr><td width=548 colspan=3 style='width:411.0pt;background:white;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:7.5pt;margin-left:0in;text-align:justify'><b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Left:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'> 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 <a href="http://support.perkins.org/site/R?i=jpG545QHfBT_rMMwCQzmLA"><b><span style='color:#008745;text-decoration:none'>1933 newspaper clipping</span></b></a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin-bottom:7.5pt;text-align:justify'><b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Right:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'> Two baby dairy goats stole the show and student's hearts during the <a href="http://support.perkins.org/site/R?i=eJzA9uT_nUOFsA4dwfL7bw"><b><span style='color:#008745;text-decoration:none'>third annual Farm to School Fair</span></b></a> in September 2012. 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