[Oe List ...] 5th C preschool

[Jean Long]

Hallelujah -
Thank you, Karen, for still having a memory for that trip to meet with the
Sesame Street Planning Committee.

Maybe we can get some stories from that time.

Jean Long


On Tue, Jul 30, 2013 at 1:52 PM, Karenbueno <karenbueno at aol.com> wrote:

> I was on that trip!  What year was it?  Probably 1971?  Lela Campbell was
> in charge.  Besides Ruth Carter, we had two other 5th City staff in our
> three cars.  We drove in tandem from Chicago to New York.  One fun story:
>  At a stop for overnight at a colleague who lived in the country, it was a
> very dark night when we arrived.  One of the 5th City staff was totally
> frightened about even getting out of the car, because it was so dark.  It
> was clear, and numerous stars could be seen.  This woman had never been
> outside of the city of Chicago, and had never experienced a night without
> street and city lights!
>
>  Karen (Wright) Bueno
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jaime R Vergara <svesjaime at aol.com>
> To: oe <oe at lists.wedgeblade.net>
> Sent: Tue, Jul 30, 2013 12:36 pm
> Subject: [Oe List ...] 5th C preschool
>
>  Good to know, Jean.  Might not be a bad idea (since Kemper is in Time's
> Chicago) if we can locate the Time issue (I'll see what I can google).
>
> j'aime la vie
> in China
>
>  *Yesterday, appreciate; tomorrow, anticipate; today, participate. In
> all, Celebrate!*
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jean Long <jean.long512 at gmail.com>
> To: Order Ecumenical Community <oe at lists.wedgeblade.net>
> Sent: Tue, Jul 30, 2013 11:27 pm
> Subject: Re: [Oe List ...] Completed Life of Ruth Carter
>
>  Dear colleagues -
> Working with the archives - and the living stories that have been shared
> with us - have made us (the archive team and volunteers) aware of the gift
> to the nation that Ruth Carter and the imaginal education approach to
> teaching used in the 5th City Preschool came about.
>
>  Ruth and another preschool teacher were invited by the team that was
> putting together Sesame Street to come to New York and share with them the
> imaginal education curriculum being used in the successful Fifth City
> Preschool.
>
>  Why?  Apparently the Preschool had been named one of the top two
> preschools in the nation.  Sargent Shriver had visited the preschool and
> said that the curriculum made it number 1 - but the facilities required he
> name it number 2.
>
>  We have also heard that there was an article - and picture - in a Time
> magazine talking about the 5th City preschool - and that is why the Sesame
> Street planning crew asked Ruth  and  colleague to come to New York and
> talk to them.
>
>  ...and that one bright shining moment pales in the face of the
> additional 50+ years that she gave caring for and nurturing the teachers
> and students of the 5th City Preschool.
>
>  God bless you, Ruth.
>
>  Jean Long
> Kemper Building
> Chicago
>
>
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