Old School Desks for Hornbine School

Thanks to our Rehoboth Reporter and Facebook friends, we’ve been given several donations of old school desks in the past. Recently, Abby Abrahamson gave us a unique old student desk. (See Picture) Thank you, Abby. (NOTE: Time Flys!) This writer taught 3rd grade at Palmer River School for years and had her father, Scott, as a student.

The Hornbine School Museum desks are becoming rare and more difficult to replace. Every once in a while, one of our desks will break and we can’t always repair the desk. Having extra desks on hand is very helpful.

We don’t have room to store extra desks at the school. This is because we need space for visiting school classes to more around in the building. We do try to display some of the extra desks in the summer for our OPEN HOUSES. We hope that someday, there will be space somewhere in Rehoboth to display school related artifacts such as these desks.

The Hornbine School Museum has begun planning for the 2025 season. We have a number of classes visiting from several towns this spring. We will have our OPEN HOUSES beginning Sunday, June 8th and continuing every 2nd and 4th Sunday of the month from June to September. We will be open from 2:00 P.M. - 4:00 P.M. Come visit with us. We have Hornbine School Museum magnets for sale. Do you enjoy scavenger hunts? We have a scavenger hunt for the young ones as well as ”Old Fashioned Activities” which include writing with a quill ink pen and slate pencil or playing “Roll The Hoop”.

We are planning some special events for this season. Our “Tea Party” was very successful last fall and we may have another this season. Watch our Facebook Page or the Rehoboth Reporter for details.