Date(s): 05/17/2024
Time: 9:30 AM - 1:00 PM
Community School Day Educational Program
May 17th from 9:30 am to 1:00 pm
In the colonial days, Historic Ephrata Cloister was THE town of Ephrata. Like any small village, it had craftsmen who wove cloth, baked bread, and built houses. Ephrata also featured a Printing Office to produce books and a doctor to care for the sick. These and other 18th-century activities come to life as part of Community School Day, an interactive educational program scheduled for May 17, 2024 from 9:30 am to 1:00 pm.
This program offers at least a dozen different stations around the historic site, each stop offering a 10- to 15-minute look at things such as lighting, clothing, and writing in the 1700s community. Students will be free to travel in small groups with chaperones in any order to the areas of their interest. A visit to the Bakery will show that bread did not always come in plastic wrappers, and the carpenter can explain that that not all roof shingles are made the same. A visit to doctor may make you glad for modern medicine, or a visit to the schoolhouse will show you how to write on stone!
Reservations are required. Please contact Ephrata Cloister to learn more by phone at 717-733-6600 or by email at Ephrata1732@gmail.com
