Amish
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In a message dated 10/8/02 12:23:15 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
[email protected] writes:
from 800padutch.com:
Do Amish children go to school?
Yes...for the many Old Order Amish and Old Order Mennonite children living in
Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, the ringing school bell signals a time to
shift attention from field work to school work, a time to drop the hoe and
pick up a pencil.
Old Order children attend one-room schools through the eighth grade and are
usually taught by a young, unmarried Christian woman. As a result of the
County's growing Old Order population, enrollment in their one-room schools
is surging. During recent years Old Order leaders have been over-seeing the
construction of new one-room school buildings at the rate of about five per
year.
A 1972 Supreme Court ruling exempted the Old Order sects from compulsory
attendance laws beyond the eighth grade. The one-room schools restrict
worldly influences and stress the basics such as reading, writing and
arithmetic. The importance of the community and cooperation among its members
are also emphasized
See also here:
http://www.holycrosslivonia.org/amish/mackaye.htm
Mary J
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[email protected] writes:
> So, even though Pennsylvania has some of the strictest hsing rules andActually, they took the matter to court.
> regulations, the Amish, by right of religion (?) don't have to follow those
>
> rules? I assume that all schools in PA have to follow some sort of state
> mandated regulations just as they do here in Kansas. So why wouldn't the
> Amish schools (homeschooled or their own community school) have to follow
> those same regulations?
> ~Nancy
>
> Nancy--
from 800padutch.com:
Do Amish children go to school?
Yes...for the many Old Order Amish and Old Order Mennonite children living in
Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, the ringing school bell signals a time to
shift attention from field work to school work, a time to drop the hoe and
pick up a pencil.
Old Order children attend one-room schools through the eighth grade and are
usually taught by a young, unmarried Christian woman. As a result of the
County's growing Old Order population, enrollment in their one-room schools
is surging. During recent years Old Order leaders have been over-seeing the
construction of new one-room school buildings at the rate of about five per
year.
A 1972 Supreme Court ruling exempted the Old Order sects from compulsory
attendance laws beyond the eighth grade. The one-room schools restrict
worldly influences and stress the basics such as reading, writing and
arithmetic. The importance of the community and cooperation among its members
are also emphasized
See also here:
http://www.holycrosslivonia.org/amish/mackaye.htm
Mary J
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[email protected]
In a message dated 10/8/02 12:56:57 PM Central Daylight Time,
mc1mommy@... writes:
~Nancy
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mc1mommy@... writes:
> A 1972 Supreme Court ruling exempted the Old Order sects from compulsoryThank you Mary.
> attendance laws beyond the eighth grade. The one-room schools restrict
> worldly influences and stress the basics such as reading, writing and
> arithmetic. The importance of the community and cooperation among its
> members
> are also emphasized
> See also here:
> http://www.holycrosslivonia.org/amish/mackaye.htm
>
> Mary J
>
~Nancy
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