Test your knowledge of Lancaster County's old schools; Plus highlights from a schoolhouse conference

Was Thaddeus Stevens the savior of public education? What did students learn in yesterday’s one-room schoolhouses? A group debated these questions and more when the Country School Association of America brought its annual conference to Lancaster County. Locals as well as school history buffs from around the country showed up for the sessions and a bus tour.

Habitat for Humanity's new homes in Columbia start with a build week for women; here's how to join

Alanna Clark usually spends her weekdays teaching geometry and statistics at J.P. McCaskey High School. As her summer break started, she traded the classroom for the construction site. On Clark’s first day volunteering, she was part of an all-female crew in the first Women Build of the year for Lancaster Lebanon Habitat for Humanity. The transformation of a shabby duplex started with last year’s Women Build, where women gutted the building. A few weeks ago, Clark and another group of women, put finishing touches on the fully renovated space near Lebanon Valley Mall. The next Women Build is coming up in Columbia in early August.
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