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Category Archives: Education
Three screens enhance John Updike Childhood Home visits
Thanks to a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities, the John Updike Childhood Home now has three new media screens that loop in Updike interviews, so people can hear the author’s voice as they enjoy ten rooms of … Continue reading
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Free teen summer creative writing seminar offered
Thanks to a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities, the John Updike Childhood Home museum is pleased to announce that the one-week summer creative writing workshop which will take place at the home at 117 Philadelphia Ave. where … Continue reading
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Summer Camp teens to write in Updike’s home
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Diverse groups enjoy Updike house tours
During May and June two very different groups—members of the local chapter of DAR, and Mr. Burkart’s Muhlenberg School District AP Literature class—toured The John Updike Childhood Home and came away with the same impression: it was a pretty unique … Continue reading
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Childhood Home docent talks about Updike and art
Artist and John Updike Childhood Home docent Barbara Post drew an appreciative audience for her talk on “The Artistry of John Updike: Throughout His Prolific Writing.” The June 1, 2024 event was the most recent in the JUCH Speaker Series … Continue reading
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TLC Fore Reading Education Series visits the Updike house
John Updike Childhood Home director Maria Lester welcomed another group of schoolchildren to the house recently, which resulted in a YouTube video documenting the visit. Education Series—John Updike Childhood Home offers a nice account of what goes on when young … Continue reading
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Reading Education Foundation to support Updike house visits
On September 14, 2022 the Reading Education Foundation announced their grant awards for the year. Among the approved projects was one proposed by John Updike Childhood Home director Maria Lester titled “Teaching Berks County’s Native Son, John Updike.” The grant … Continue reading
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Wikipedia discovers The John Updike Childhood Home
Students use it, and if truth be told, so do teachers. And recently, Wikipedia added an entry on The John Updike Childhood Home. Thanks to some civic-minded Berks Countians, the house-museum is now searchable (and findable) on the biggest and … Continue reading
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Governor Mifflin students plant victory garden
As part of the continuing partnership between Governor Mifflin School District and The John Updike Childhood Home, students under the direction of Intermediate School teacher Damien Drago planted four raised beds with vegetables that were either mentioned by Updike as … Continue reading
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Gov. Mifflin Middle School students visit Updike house
On Monday, May 2, about 120 students from Governor Mifflin Middle School toured The John Updike Childhood Home with their teachers, Ms. Werle and Miss McKay. Organizing the event and leading the tour was Director of Education Maria Lester, who … Continue reading
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