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Start the New School Year Right: Join THSC!
 It takes a lot of planning to have a successful school year, and becoming a THSC Association member should be part of your plan for success. In twenty-first century language, it's like having an anti-virus program running in the background, ready to warn you if something threatens your system! THSC is the 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!
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Tim Lambert to Speak September 9 in San Angelo
 Tim Lambert will speak September 9 at the monthly meeting of the Pachyderm Club in San Angelo. The meeting will be at Nacho's Restaurant in the Rodeway Inn, 2502 Loop 306, at noon. It is open to the public, and Mr. Lambert will be available to meet and greet local home schoolers following the meeting.
For more information, call Tony Massaro at 325-944-0764.
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 One day during math class I was talking to my three younger children, then ages eight, six, and five, about the difference between subtraction and addition. I asked, "If you have three pencils and take away two, what is that called?" My six-year-old answered, "Stealing." So, after a good laugh, I explained to her that it is called subtraction. ~ Cicely Simien-Avery, Houston D o you have a funny, home-school-related anecdote you'd like to share? We'd love to publish it! Please send it to THSC and include your name and city. |
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Home Schoolers Top National Average on ACT
"Compared with other students, homeschoolers scored higher than the national average on this year's ACT, a national standardized test used to gauge educational development and college readiness.
"The national average for 2009 graduating high schoolers reported by ACT (American College Testing) officials is 21.1 on a scale from 1 to 36. Homeschoolers scored a national average of 22.5."
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Central ISD Requires Unnecessary Forms, Gives Faulty Information
 When an Association member tried to withdraw her daughter from Central Junior High in Pollok, school representatives attempted to have her come to the school to sign forms, one of which was a "Statement of Intent to Homeschool." That form contained faulty information concerning home schooled students' admission to college. The mother sent a letter of assurance, per the TEA's guidelines, and was then visited by the school's truant officer. He demanded that she fill out the papers immediately. She contacted THSC; Tim Lambert faxed the principal of the school and explained how the state expects home schoolers to be treated by public schools.
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The Very Best Education for a High School Student
Kevin Swanson
Of the tens of thousands of hours spent in school classrooms, how much of it should we chalk up to a huge waste of time? To the extent that educational efforts fail to focus on faith and character, ignore the individuality of the child, and are hopelessly disconnected from relationships and real life application, we're just wasting time. That is not to say that all educational efforts are a waste of time. But the way that education is conducted in conventional schooling today is painfully inefficient....
Any education that fails to teach children how to fear God in science and history and neglects to adequately relate the parts to a whole system of thought, or fails to integrate that knowledge into life cannot be considered a good preparation for our children. In the end, it can only prepare our students to be very small cogs in a very large wheel.
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Fall Calendar
October 23-25, Waxahachie
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