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Annual Report
2007
JCHS Mission: To
actively discover, collect, preserve, and promote the heritage |
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Education Committee members with the newest "Museum in a Trunk." Back row, left to right, Karen Russell, Beth Mackey, JoAnn Bussa, front row, Julie Marston and Pam Clise.
Education Committee member, Julie Marston, shows students photographs from the latest Museum in a Trunk on the Chinese Community in early Jefferson County.
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Education Committee The Education Committee works throughout the year to promote our Mission: To increase knowledge, understanding, and appreciation of Jefferson County history through projects and programs directed at residents and visitors of all ages, with particular attention to school-aged children. Members of the committee are: Julie Marston, Pam Clise, Steve Ricketts, JoAnn Bussa, Beth Mackey, Margo Garton, Karen Russell, Sheila Burrell and Robin Ornelas Beginning with the Victorian Festival, Steve Ricketts' very popular Cemetery Tour was once again a highlight of the festival along with the annual Victorian Fashion Show—the primary source of the scholarship fund. These scholarships are given to a students pursuing a degree in history or a history-related field. Chimacum High School student Vanessa Shaw and 2003 Port Townsend High School student, Ashley Lawrence-Pine each received a $400 scholarship. Another highlight of the Victorian Festival was the History Treasure Hunt in the form of a passport designed by the committee. This treasure hunt is focused around historic buildings in downtown Port Townsend. Completed passports were returned to the committee and raffle prizes were given for correctly completed passports. This was a popular family event. The committee completed work on its fifth Traveling Museum Trunk , The Chinese Story in Jefferson County, 1870-1930. With this interactive learning tool, students can learn about the early Chinese ("The Celestials") in our community, their strong connection to the local economy and their impact on the everyday lives of people in east Jefferson County. Students will learn why the Chinese left their own country to live in our communities, see and read about the businesses that were in our community, "meet" some of the Chinese people through stories and pictures and learn ancient Chinese traditions through games, music, clothing, words, symbols, art activities, maps and books. Previously developed traveling museum trunks, A Sailor's Life and Navigation Sea Chest, Early Settlers of Jefferson County, Native Peoples of the North Olympic Peninsula, From Forest to Mill: The History of Logging in Jefferson County, 1850-1950, continue to teach the history of Jefferson County by enabling students to expand their geography, social studies and critical thinking skills through hands-on, in-depth exploration of artifact replicas, books, games, music, charts, maps, and videos. Outreach to include all parts of the county include committee members acting as judges for the annual History Day Event at Olympic College in March, being docents for school groups visiting the museum, displaying the trunks around the county at various events and delivering the trunks to those wishing to use them. Pam Clise continues to write history articles about the county for The Leader and the Peninsula Daily News providing historical knowledge to Jefferson County residents. To promote visitation to the Museum by Jefferson County classes, Pam established a transportation fund which covers the transportation costs, when needed, for classes wishing to visit the Museum. For the ninth consecutive year, Steve Ricketts has presented his Trapper and Trader living history program each semester to every Washington State History class at Port Townsend High School.
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