2. To accommodate our hearing impaired classmate, students learned to sign. Twinkle Twinkle Little Star was performed during our 8 th grade graduation.

3. Our monthly newsletter. A preliminary “literary magazine!”

4. To raise consciousness and to build community service, we annually took part in Beach Sweep on the Outer Banks of North Carolina.

5. For another community project our students participated in Manteo’s Constitution Day by reciting the Preamble of the Constitution.

6. We extended our program by offering a 12 week summer enrichment program focusing on visual arts, creative movement/dance & drama, music & voice, storytelling, writing,classic literature, bookmaking, gardening, nature walks, cookery, sports, and games. Helpfulness and service were encouraged rather than competition. These activities enhanced student interest for the coming school year.

7. The following is a story written by one of our students in 1989: What has four white feet, weighs 700 pounds, and has thick hair? It’s Stanley, the pony. He is the new pony who lives at Village Run Schoolhouse. He is 5 yrs.old and 9 hands tall. Height is measured in hands from the ground to the top of the pony’s withers. One hand equals 4 inches.Stanley loves to eat his grain and his bestfriend is Bo. Everything in his stall is little because he is small. Most people think a pony is just a small horse, but it’s not. A pony is a horse of a different breed. Stanley does not bite people. When he eats an apple, he snorts like a little pig! His owner is Eric, Kim’s son. I think Stanley is a neat pony, don’t you? Carrie K Writer Copper the horse and Stanley the pony provided entertainment for the students! Horseback riding lessons were offered after school.

8. Based on the student’s learning rate we stress mastery of content Our instructional programs are aimed at developing the full range of human capacities; not just the intellectual.

10. “ The size of Village Run may limit social lives, Stormont (parent) said, ‘but manners and sharing are taught there, and that may be more important in the long run.’”

11. Annual fund raisers helped our finances and broadened community support.

12. Familiar classroom scene

13. Practicing penmanship Doing chores Storytelling Learning to sketch

14. Village Run students may take the same achievement tests as their public-school counterparts, but their school days often are different. Students conducted the same science experiments found in public schools, but they also clean classrooms, wash dishes in the kitchen sink, sweep the front porch and feed the school’s rabbit, birds, horses and fish…. Most say they like the chores because it made them feel more at home and more responsible for their school. Two of last year’s students liked doing the dishes so much that they bought rubber gloves.

15. Total involvement from children, parents, families, friends, and supporters of Village Run Schoolhouse was crucial to the life of our school. “Better Your Best” became the school’s motto.