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Convention "Appetizer" - NEW for 2009
 FREE shopping added to FREE Thursday evening workshop sessions! Beginning at 5:00 pm, convention goers can shop for free for two hours! After whetting your appetite for back-to-school shopping, you will enjoy our great Thursday evening keynote sessions with Voddie Baucham and Sally Clarkson! Great shopping and inspiring workshops for free; what more could you ask? Also, get an excellent FREE gift CD - $200 Value! Receive this great free resource CD just for registering! The CD is packed with electronic books and audio presentations that include topics such as family life, curriculum, time management, and so much more! After all of the great new things at the THSC Convention and Family Conference, you might be worn out! Great news! Perk up with the FREE Friday and Saturday afternoon coffee breaks! Don't forget; pre-registration deadline is coming up soon (June 5)!
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Convention Webinar Tonight!
Top Ten Reasons to Attend the THSC State Convention and Family Conference
You don't want to miss this Webinar! The THSC Convention, held in The Woodlands, Texas, is rapidly becoming the most popular home school conference in Texas.
Tune in to our live Webinar to hear details about the various programs for children, teens, and special needs children. Learn more about the speakers and exhibitors, plus information about some special activities. We are especially excited to announce a new addition to our already packed event calendar - this one is just for moms! Want to know more? Join us for a very special Webinar featuring convention planners and program leaders.
Click on the graphic for more details.
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Please Pray for Jessica Hulcy
 Popular home school speaker and Konos author Jessica Hulcy was in a serious accident recently. Jessica's Ford Explorer was broadsided in Melissa, Texas, about 11:30 on Monday morning, May 18. She was hit by a brush fire pump truck (a Chevrolet 1 ton carrying about 3,500 pounds of water) responding to a call. After a 25-minute extrication process, she was life-flighted as a level 1 (the most severe) trauma case to Parkland Hospital in Dallas. After some time of concern, the doctors determined that there is no catastrophic, irreparable brain injury. She does, however, have broken bones, and last week they discovered a torn diaphragm, which was the cause of her not being able to breathe without a breathing tube. We are asking Texas home schoolers to join us in prayer for Jessica and the Hulcy family. They have set up a Web site at which you can keep up-to-date on Jessica's progress. From Jessica's husband Wade: "We have a long way to go (a year) but the prayers of the saints are making those steps so easy for us."
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Bloomfield Board Votes to Close Family Home School
The Bloomfield, New Mexico, school board voted to close the Family Home School, which was funded and operated by the Bloomfield school district. It was located on the campus of Naaba Ani Elementary School and was established in 1995 to draw home schoolers back into the public school system. The school became involved in controversy in February when officials discovered that it was using the A Beka curriculum.
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Get a HEP Bookstore Discount with Your Membership in THSC
 When you become a member of the Texas Home School Coalition Association, you receive more than just a network of support that encompasses our state. You also gain access to many benefits, such as product and membership discounts and legal support.
The HEP (Home Education Partnership of Texas) Bookstore, located in Houston, has provided curriculum to the Texas home school community for almost seven years. It also offers a 10% discount to THSC members. Visit the brick-and-mortar site or shop online and purchase your curriculum at a great price! Present your THSC Teacher ID card, and HEP Bookstore will help save you money!
See more benefits of membership in the Texas Home School Coalition Association.
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Reprinted with permission. Taken from the Official Book of Homeschooling Cartoons, www.familymanweb.com
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Pflugerville Requires Home Schooler to Take TAKS Test
After an Association member withdrew his daughter from Pflugerville ISD, he was required to appear in court over truancy issues. During that hearing the father, due to a language barrier, appeared to say he would place his daughter back in school. The judge then ordered the daughter to appear at the school to take the TAKS test. A representative for the father contacted THSC, and Tim Lambert wrote to the school official and reminded him that the student had been withdrawn and was no longer under the district's jurisdiction.
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Choose Laughter
Though I wrote this with families of special needs children in mind, the thought occurs to me that maybe there are others who could use some laughter as well. Perhaps your child is not one who has special needs, but part of God's specific plan for him was to bring joy and laughter into your home. Enjoy!
Choose laughter.
If you are the parent of a special child, you know that some of the things your special child does are downright funny. So laugh. Some of the things he says are funny. Laugh. Some of the things that happen as you deal with agencies and service providers are so ridiculously absurd that they border on hilarious. Choose to laugh.
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June Events
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June 26-27, Austin
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