Community Corner
Historic One-Room Schoolhouses: A Bus Tour
Visit five historic one-room schoolhouses in the
scenic Farmington Valley on this fun and informative bus tour, hearing expert
commentary at each site. Enjoy a relaxing lunch at Good Life Grill, Granby, and
try one of over 50 ice cream flavors at Tulmeadow Farm at the end of the tour.
Admission is $40 per person and includes bus
tour, lunch, and optional attendance to a pre-tour lecture with Michael Day, retired elementary school
teacher, former college instructor and curator of The Barkhamsted Historical
Society’s One Room Schoolhouse (lecture takes place on April 24, 7 pm, at the
Ellsworth Center, Hopmeadow Street, Simsbury, and is $5 without the bus tour).
Tour recommended for adults and children 13 and
older. Reservations are required:
call 860-676-8878 or visit www.fvva.com for
information and to reserve your seat! Presented by Historic Sites of
Connecticut’s Farmington Valley, part of the Farmington Valley Visitors
Association. Proceeds benefit HSCFV.