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On Nov. 13, advertising and mass communications students at Northeast Lakeview College raised money for the renovation of the Lower Valley School's historical two-room schoolhouse, donated to the college by the estate of Maxine and Lutrell Watts.
About $400,000 is needed for repairs, Dr. Martha Treviño, interim dean of resource development at the college, said.
The student fundraiser, which consisted of games like "duck, duck, goose," "root beer pong," "musical chairs," and a grand prize raffle of a $100 savings bond, which was donated by Frost Bank, helped the students to raise about $510, Victor Garcia, 24, journalism sophomore at the college, said.
The winner of the savings bond was Dr. Stephanie Greiner, interim chair of the sociology department, he said.
Treviño said, "I am thrilled that our students demonstrate their desire to carry out their ideas and provide an incredible service to others."
"The schoolhouse will be designed as a public living history museum and a field-trip destination for elementary school children to spend the day learning about early Texas education," she said. "And it's important that the building have modern-day amenities."
Treviño said the funds raised are equally important as the awareness that has been raised by the students' work.
Since accepting the donation of the schoolhouse, more than $30,000 in cash and in-kind contributions have been raised.
A grant writer consultant, funded by the National Trust for Historic Preservation, is writing proposals exclusively for the Lower Valley School restoration.
Northeast Lakeview will be the first community college in Texas to have a fully restored and functional rural schoolhouse on its campus.
Garcia said, "I took on this fundraiser project as part of my grade in advertising, but the project motivated me because I believe that education should be understood through all levels and backgrounds in the history of early Texas education."
John Williams, communications lecturer at the college, said, "I wanted my students to experience real-world projects and not just fictitious ones drawn up on paper."
Mirandah Cheatham, 19, communications freshman, said, "I actually grew up in Cibolo and used to drive by the schoolhouse all the time, and now that the same schoolhouse is here on campus, it's come full circle."
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