New Life for the Redland Farm Life School

Redland Farm Life School
Students at this circa 1918 home economics classroom work with two-burner gas stoves at “kitchen compartments.” (Photo: South Florida Pioneer Museum)
Annual May Day Celebration in the courtyard. Homestead resident Rosemary Eliker, who went to Farm Life School in the 1930s and 1940s, says her sister Phyllis Burk was crowned May Queen in this 1947 picture – Rosemary had been named queen two years earlier. She recalls dances and festivals at the school. “There was a big carnival at Halloween – the teachers were so involved. Everyone participated.” (Photo: South Florida Pioneer Museum)
Photo by Robert Parente
Charles LaPradd and Barbara Hanck survey one of the former classrooms. While the roof and windows are new, the walls are untouched, revealing old blackboard spaces and old stucco. (Photo: Robert Parente)
Photo by Robert Parente