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Serving Texas Home Schoolers for Over 20 Years
February 3, 2009
A Valentine for Your Family
 
THSClogoOkay-it's not as immediately gratifying as chocolate, but the long-term effects are much more beneficial! Be sweet to yourself and become a member of the only statewide organization for home schoolers. (Click on the graphic for more information about who we are and what we do.)

Once you join, you'll be eligible to take advantage of all the discounts and benefits we offer to members. THSC Association is continually adding not only more member discounts to its Member Benefit Package but also new avenues to make joining more manageable. Check out the ways it has gotten even easier to budget for your membership!

And don't forget about our lifetime membership! Then you could mark that task off your to-do list forever!

To join, you can call our office toll-free at (888) 200-4903 and speak to our friendly, helpful staff, or you can download, print, complete, and mail or fax your application and order form.

If you would like to join or renew your membership, you can still do so online; however, the payment plan and Lifetime Membership options are not yet available at the Web store.

You'll YTHSC!

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College Plus! Essay Scholarship Contest 
 
CollegePlusCollegePlus! is revolutionizing college education for home school students by assisting them in earning a fully accredited bachelor's degree in two years, for under $15,000, all from home. Many students even combine their last years of high school and earn their degree by age 18.
 

Now CollegePlus! is offering a full-ride scholarship to students. The scholarship essay contest ends February 18. Enter now and earn your degree with a free year of CollegePlus! coaching!  

 
Home Schoolers Named as Finalists in Intel Science Talent Search
 
Big NewsTwo home schooled students were named finalists in the Intel Science Talent Search. Michael Wham, of The Woodlands, Texas, submitted a project titled "Computer-Assisted Analysis of Red-cockaded Woodpecker Vocalizations." Philip Streich, of Platteville, Wisconsin, entered a project titled "Determining, Quantifying, and Maximizing Carbon Nanotubes' Thermodynamic Solubility: The Missing Link to Practical Supermaterials and Maximizing Solubilities in General."

Finalists will compete March 5-10, 2009, in Washington, D.C.
 
Congratulations, guys! Great job!
 

 
A Merry Heart Doeth Good
From 20 Great Reasons You Home School
    
 
Reason #8:

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University of Houston Applies Different Standards to Home Schoolers
tim06After being informed of a possible double standard being applied to home schooled high school graduates, Tim Lambert wrote a letter to the admissions department of the University of Houston, advising that the state of Texas requires state institutions to admit home schoolers based on the same standards used for public school graduates.
 
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In This Issue
A Valentine for Your Family
American Heritage
Essay Scholarship Contest
Intel Finalists
A Merry Heart
Letter to University of Houston
Olive Plants
Olive Plants Round the Table
 
Frances Hannsz
 
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"Your wife shall be as a fruitful vine in the innermost parts of your house; your children like olive plants round about your table. Behold, thus shall the man be blessed who reverently and worshipfully fears the Lord. Yes, may you see your children's children. Peace be upon Israel!"  (Ps. 128:3-4, 6)
 
Our daughter, Jenni, was like an olive plant that was wilting and then blown to shreds by harsh winds of peer pressure. She had always been a quiet, sweet-natured girl, who was small for her age. Even though she was in a wonderful, Christian private school, other children would make fun of her and elbow her out of their way because they knew she would never protest.
 
When Jenni was 14, we decided to begin homeschooling her and our 9-year-old daughter, Melinda, in the middle of the year. As soon as we took them out of school, it was if we had brought shriveled, beleaguered olive plants into the house and given them a chance to thrive once again. The years that we homeschooled were some of the happiest years for our family. It was a delight to know what our children were learning and to be involved with them as they grew and made their own discoveries. We met some wonderful home school families, and our daughters developed new friendships with children who treated them with kindness.   
 
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