Early Education

ID: 3055 ~ Source: Courtesy of the Texas Collection; “Evangelia House Finds More Work Than It Can Do,” The Waco News-Tribune, January 18, 1925.
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Early Education

School age children staying at Evangelia attended Waco Public Schools. For younger settlement house residents, Evangelia hosted a kindergarten class and recreational activities on site.

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By Allie R. Lopez
Seeking to provide refuge to children and families in need, the Evangelia Settlement Home opened in 1908. Established by religious reformers Ethel Dickson and Nell Symes, the home aimed to care for the least of these throughout Waco’s community for…