A special $4,000 donation from the Anderson Marsh Interpretive Association (AMIA) will fund Konocti third-grade studies in local history.
“California standards for the third grade focus on local history,” said Superintendent Dr. Louise Nan in response to AMIA”s presentation. “Teachers have difficulty finding materials.”
Last year, AMIA introduced an Old Time Bluegrass Festival at Anderson Marsh State Historic Park. This successful event attracted thousands of visitors and was honored as “Best Idea of the Year” at the recent Stars of Lake County Community Awards.
AMIA and its community partners will host a two-day event this year, on Saturday, Sept. 22, and Sunday, Sept. 23. For more information on this year”s Old Time Bluegrass Festival, call 995-2658 or visit www.andersonmarsh.org.
Using festival proceeds, AMIA proposes to create local-history teacher and student workbooks suitable for a third-grade curriculum. Third-grade educator Nancy Langdon is chairing a teachers” committee that will preview drafts of the documents. The project involves contributions by Anderson Marsh State Historic Park and the Lower Lake Historic Schoolhouse Museum.
The $4,000 donation to Konocti is also projected to cover class field trips to Anderson Marsh and the Lower Lake museum.
“A long-range goal will be for Anderson Marsh to host a variety of science and art events,” said Bluegrass festival organizer Frank McAtee.
AMIA is also partnering in October with the Children”s Museum of Arts and Science (CMAS). An art and science camp for fourth- to sixth-graders takes place Saturday, Oct. 20. According to CMAS President Carolynn Jarrett, who also presides on the Konocti school board, children will rotate through activity centers focused on art, science and music at Taylor Observatory and Anderson Marsh.
Contact Cynthia Parkhill at cparkhill@clearlakeobserver.com.
