Come, grasp the process of government, learn how to lobby, and put your newfound skills to use as you meet with elected officials and their staff! As a citizen lobbyist, you will impact current issues important to Texas home schoolers! The first 2009 Capitol Day is scheduled for March 4, and the deadline to register is February 25. Make plans now to attend!  

Debuting this year is the Good Citizen Pack! This packet of activities, projects, and reading is designed to be completed at home. It will complement your students' Capitol Day experience by giving them greater insight into their state government and help them fully grasp how the process works.

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Is your student ready for the challenges of secular university?

Come hear Dr. John Patrick,

renowned Christian apologist speak about "Faith and Culture" followed by a Q&A about Augustine College, an alternative and countercultural Christian program. Friday, Feb. 20 at 7pm. Church of the Incarnation in Dallas. 3966 McKinney Avenue (Uptown Dallas) 

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I continue to see from different sources e-mails and comments that quote a comment or policy proposal by President Obama or a Texas legislator calling on the recipient to take action or we will lose either our freedom to homeschool or some other freedom. The danger of such messages is twofold.

First, they cause well-meaning but uninformed people to react in fear, and they in turn spread the alarm. This often results in people taking action before they research the issue and spreading unwarranted alarm, which makes them and those who join them look foolish, because very often the information is wrong or misleading. The end result is a loss of credibility with the elected officials whom we contact. The moral? Check your information with sources you trust before you pass it on or take action!

Second, calling people to action is akin to calling them to arms. We have limited resources, just as in battle there are limited weapons, ammunition and soldiers.  Read on....