School Events 2017

North Carolina Council on the Holocaust, Columbia, North Carolina – USA

The Arnold-Liebster Foundation contributed educator resources for the Teacher Workshop: History of Anti-Semitism.
November 29

North Carolina Council on the Holocaust, Lillington, North Carolina – USA

The Arnold-Liebster Foundation contributed educator resources for the Teacher Workshop: Resistance.
November 28

Northrop High School, Fort Wayne, Indiana – USA

Skype conference with 50 10th-12th grade students and Simone Liebster.
November 20

Highland High School, Highland, Illinois – USA

Skype conference with 66 10th-12th grade students and Simone Liebster.
November 15

North Carolina Council on the Holocaust, Boone, North Carolina – USA

The Arnold-Liebster Foundation contributed educator resources for the Teacher Workshop: History of Anti-Semitism.
November 2

North Carolina Council on the Holocaust, Burnsville, North Carolina – USA

Diana Zientek presented information and resources for the Teacher Workshop: History of the Holocaust.
November 1

Arizona Council for the Social Studies Fall Conference, Phoenix, Arizona – USA

The conference theme was “Ready…Set…Global…” and held at Camelback High School. Exhibitors Kristin Dickman Walter and Renee Ochsner shared educator resources.
October 21

Florida Council for the Social Studies, Palm Harbor, Florida – USA

“Honoring the Past, Preserving the Present, Shaping the Future” was the theme of the 60th annual conference. Exhibitor Carol Confehr shared classroom resources with educators.
October 20-22

Florida Council for the Social Studies, Palm Harbor, FL
Florida Council for the Social Studies, Palm Harbor, FL

Illinois Council for the Social Studies, Palatine, Illinois – USA

Harper College hosted the fall conference. A workshop by Gaye Flowers and Marge Fulton included first-person testimony by Simone Liebster, who survived the Holocaust era as a Jehovah’s Witness youth. An exhibit table provided resources for educators.
October 13

Illinois Council for the Social Studies, Palatine, IL
Illinois Council for the Social Studies, Palatine, IL

Wawasee Middle School, Syracuse, Indiana – USA

Skype conference with 160 8th grade students and Simone Liebster.
October 11

Wawasee Middle School, Syracuse, IN
Wawasee Middle School, Syracuse, IN

Illinois Reading Council, Peoria, Illinois – USA

The 51st “Read the World” conference at the Peoria Civic Center included a workshop and exhibit table by Marge Fulton and Gaye Flowers. Simone Arnold Liebster, author of Facing the Lion: Memoirs of a Young Girl in Nazi Europe was interviewed on Skype from her home in France.
October 5

Illinois Reading Council, Peoria, IL
Illinois Reading Council, Peoria, IL

Arizona Council for History Education Conference, Phoenix, Arizona – USA

Held at the Phoenix Zoo, the conference theme was “Taking a Stand.” Renee Ochsner and Kristin Dickman Walter’s session “Standing Up and Standing Out in Nazi Europe” featured an interview with Simone Liebster and an exhibit table with classroom resources.
August 26

Arizona Council for History Education Conference, 2017, Phoenix, AZ
Arizona Council for History Education Conference, 2017, Phoenix, AZ

Lake Forest Academy, Lake Forest, Illinois – USA

Skype conference with foreign exchange students and Simone Liebster. The students were from Russia, Mexico, South Korea, and China.
August 10

Fort Wayne, Indiana – USA

Skype conference with 20 students and members of the community and Simone Liebster.
June 30

Fresno, California – USA

Skype conference with 29 students and members of the community and Simone Liebster.
June 24

Paulding County Carnegie Library, Paulding, Ohio – USA

Skype conference with 32 students and members of the community and Simone Liebster.
June 23

Park Forest Middle School, State College, Pennsylvania – USA

Skype conference with 50 6th grade students and Simone Liebster.
June 5

Chicago, Illinois – USA

Skype conference with 30 middle and high school students and Simone Liebster.
June 3

Beveridge Magnet School, Omaha, Nebraska – USA

Skype conference with 304 8th grade students and Simone Liebster.
May 16

Lakeview Fundamental Elementary School, St. Petersburg, Florida – USA

Skype conference with 50 5th grade students and Simone Liebster.
May 15

Basalt Middle School, Basalt, Colorado – USA

Skype conference with 85 8th grade students and Simone Liebster.
May 12

Basalt Middle School, Basalt, Colorado – USA

Skype conference with 75 8th grade students and Simone Liebster.
May 11

Union Intermediate School, Clinton, North Carolina – USA

Skype conference with 50 5th grade students and Simone Liebster.
May 8

Napoleon Elementary School, Napoleon, Ohio – USA

Skype conference with 60 6th grade students and Simone Liebster.
May 5

Milligan Academy, Decatur, Illinois – USA

Skype conference with 17 high school students and Simone Liebster.
May 4

West Noble Middle School, Ligonier, Indiana – USA

Skype conference with 80 8th grade students and Simone Liebster.
May 2

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West Noble Middle School, Ligonier, Indiana – USA

Skype conference with 70 8th grade students and Simone Liebster.
May 1

Springfield Learning Academy, Springfield, Illinois – USA

Skype conference with 15 high school students and Simone Liebster.
April 28

Pontiac Junior High School, Pontiac, Illinois – USA

Two Skype conferences with 100 7th grade students and 125 8th grade students and Simone Liebster.
April 27

Chimacum Middle School, Chimacum, Washington – USA

Skype conference with 54 7th grade students and Simone Liebster.
April 24

Baltimore, Maryland – USA

Skype conference with 50 elementary, middle and high school students and Simone Liebster.
April 22

Highland High School, Highland, Illinois – USA

Skype conference with 13 10th-12th grade students and Simone Liebster.
April 20

Leesburg Elementary School, Leesburg, Indiana – USA

Skype conference with 60 6th grade students and Simone Liebster.
April 18

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Washington, D.C. – USA

Skype conference with 30 elementary, middle and high school students and Simone Liebster.
April 15

McKendree University, Lebanon, Illinois – USA

Skype conference with 14 students from Methods of Teaching Social Science (Elementary) class.
April 6

Rock Falls High School, Rock Falls, Illinois – USA

Skype conference with 90 10th-12th grade students and Simone Liebster.
April 3

Maiden Middle School, Maiden, North Carolina – USA

Skype conference with 120 8th grade students and Simone Liebster.
March 28

Cramerton Middle School, Cramerton, North Carolina – USA

Skype conference with 135 7th grade students and Simone Liebster.
March 23

Cramerton Middle School, Cramerton, North Carolina – USA

Skype conference with 135 7th grade students and Simone Liebster.
March 21

Napoleon Elementary School, Napoleon, Ohio – USA

Skype conference with 60 6th grade students and Simone Liebster.
March 17

Natrona Virtual School, Casper, Wyoming – USA

Skype conference with 20 5th-8th grade students and Simone Liebster.
March 9

Boston Latin Academy, Dorchester, Massachusetts – USA

Skype conference with 30 10th and 11th grade students and Simone Liebster.
March 3

Westview Elementary School, Topeka, Indiana – USA

Skype conference with 200 6th grade students and Simone Liebster.
February 23

Westview Elementary School, Topeka IN
Westview Elementary School, Topeka IN

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Florida Holocaust Museum, St. Petersburg, Florida – USA

Jehovah’s Witnesses: Faith Under Fire is on exhibition from February 18 through July 16, 2017.
February 14

Lakeland High School, LaGrange, Indiana – USA

Skype conference with 80 10th grade students and Simone Liebster.
February 10

Momence Junior High School, Momence, Illinois – USA

Skype conference with 84 7th grade students and Simone Liebster.
January 13