Ring the Bells for The DAR Schools

September 27, 2005

Anan Harmon Chapter

Glen Ellen Illinois

We have two DAR Schools

Kate Duncan Smith DAR School

Tamassee DAR School

And Four Approved DAR Schools

Berry College

And Four Approved DAR Schools

Crossnore School

And Four Approved DAR Schools

Hillside School

And Four Approved DAR Schools

Hindman Settlement School

Two American Indian DAR Approved Schools

Bacone College

Chemawa Indian Preparatory Academy

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Berry College: Educating the Head, Heart and Hands of our

Students In the foothills of the

Appalachian Mountains in Northwest Georgia, Berry College was the first DAR approved school.

The founder of the school, Martha Berry was a dedicated member of DAR.

Martha McChesney Berry 1866-1942

"The best way to help anyone is to give him a chance to help himself."

Berry College In 1902 Martha

Berry founded a boys school.

She then added girls in 1909

Berry College

In 1926 a junior college was established.

By 1972 Berry College was a 4 year college with a graduate program.

Crossnore School: Education is the Best Way for a Child to

Rise Above his Circumstances

In 1913 Drs.Eustace and Mary Martin Sloop started a school in the mountains of western North Carolina.

They wanted to break the cycle of poverty, moonshine and child marriages of the mountain families.

While preserving the ancient crafts and traditions.

Crossnore School A teacher from

Illinois, Betty Bailey suggested to Dr. Sloop that she contact the DAR

In 1924 it was placed on the approved schools lists

DAR Cabin

Dr. Mary Martin Sloop

“I honor the National Society Daughters of the American Revolution and will be forever grateful for how they bent to the task in our earliest years, and how they still hold us aloft today.”

except from Miracle in the Hills by Dr.Mary Sloop

Founder of the Crossnore DAR Chapter

Crossnore School

“Without the help of the DAR …we could never have served the boys and girls of our mountain section to the extent that we have in the three decades since Berry Bailey hit upon that wonderful idea.”

Crossnore SchoolMiracles in the Mountains

Crossnore Academy Youth Clarification Family Clarification Emergency Care Residence Preparation for Adult Living Respite Care Daycare After School Care

The Weaving Room and Gallery

Hindman Settlement School

Founded in Kentucky in 1902

At first Hindman provided all the educational programs in the area

Hindman Settlement School

Today the school works with students having a learning difference/dyslexic characteristics.

Hindman Settlement School Summer Programs After School Tutorials Library and Bookmobile 4-H Program Appalachian Life and Culture

Programs Artists in Residence Author in Residence Community Education Clothing and Food for the

Needy GED

Hindman Settlement School

Mary Stone, one of the founders of the Hindman Settlement School was a DAR member.

Hillside SchoolFounded in 1901 in Marlborough, MA

Hillside School

Founded in 1901 by Charlotte Drinkwater and Mary Drinkwater Warren

In 1925 became an approved DAR School

Hillside School is a boarding school for 5th-9th grade boys.

Hillside School

The DAR has truly formed a "noble partnership." In addition to offering generous donations, Daughters regularly come to campus to work on behalf of the boys …

Hillside SchoolCool Campus

The Assabet River flows through the Hillside School’s 2200-acre wooded campus, which has its own spring-fed pond, a working farm and 4 acres of athletic fields.

Kate Duncan Smith DAR SchoolThe Gem of Gunter Mountain

KDS is a privately owned, public school, for kindergarten through high school funded by the DAR.

Kate Duncan Smith DAR SchoolLouise Willson Jacobs Building

Kate Duncan Smith DAR School This was an appropriate and lasting gift of the Old

Elyton Chapter, the chapter for which Mrs. Kate Duncan Smith was regent.

KDS campus has so many reminders of the strong bond with the DAR including the Pennsylvania Water Tower which rings out on the hour.

Kate Duncan Smith DAR School

The KDS Greenhouse was constructed in 1991-1992 as the Alabama State Regent's project in honor of Mrs. Betty Swenson, State Regent, 1991-1994.

Kate Duncan Smith DAR SchoolStriving for Educational

Excellence Florence H. Becker

Recreation Hall named in honor of President General of NSDAR

Built in 1937 with vertical logs cut from Gunter Mountain forests by the community and funded by DAR.

Kate Duncan Smith DAR SchoolDedication Day

KDS Executive Director Charles Edmonds, Jr., National School Chairman Mindy T. Kammeyer, and President General Presley M. Wagoner visit between Dedication Day activities in October 2004

Tamassee DAR SchoolBlue Ridge Mountains of SC

Established in 1919 by the Daughters of the American Revolution in South Carolina, Tamassee was adopted at the 29th Continental Congress as a National Society DAR project. Every state, and some outlying possessions, have made contributions toward the growth and maintenance of the School.