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Special Needs Conference for Home Schoolers and Home-Schoolers-to-be!
You are invited to a
SPECIAL EVENING
in the D/FW area
for a time of ENCOURAGEMENT and SUPPORT for homeschoolers working with SPECIAL NEEDS.
Pass the word along.
This opportunity doesn't come around every day!
(Experienced already? We need your help.)
Admission is free!
MidCities Bible Church
3224 Cheeksparger Rd., Bedford, Texas, 76021
Friday, February 8, 2008, 7:00-9:00 p.m.
Speakers will include Tom and Sherry Bushnell - National Challenged Homeschoolers Associated Network (NATHHAN /CHASK), Lyndsay Lambert - Texas Home School Coalition, and Doug and Patsy Arnold - Texas Special Kids.
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College Planning Resources
 As our children get older, we start thinking about their futures. If college is a possibility for yours, take a look at the three great resources with discounts offered to members of Texas Home School Coalition Association.
College and Career Planning Services provides home schooled students with services from career assessment to help with college enrollment, as well as job skills training. THSC Association members receive a 10% discount at CCPS.
College in the Bag gives your high schooler everything needed to begin earning college credit at home. Included in this package are Distance Learning from Home, the Princeton Review's Cracking the CLEP study guide, Dynamic Memory Course, the Maximum Speed Reading course, and IEW's Advanced Communication Series. THSC Association members are given a discount of $25 on this great resource.
Finally, College Plus! provides coaching and mentoring for the new college student who wants to earn a fully accredited bachelor's degree in less than half the normal time and at half the cost of a traditional college education. This service comes at a $120 discount for THSC Association members.
These are just some of the benefits of membership in the Texas Home School Coalition Association. Find the ones that are right for your family.
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Kyle Orth Wins Piano Competition
News Release
MTNA
Music Teachers National Association
Texas Piano player Kyle Orth
is a Division Winner
in the MTNA Senior Piano Competition.
Kyle Orth, a 16 year-old, home schooled junior from Richardson, has earned a chance to compete in the Music Teachers National Association (MTNA) Senior Piano Competition in Denver, Colorado. The competition is in March. Read more about Kyle.... |
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"Chance" Meeting on Airplane Leads to Teen's Adoption
 Seeing 17-year-old Christina Friesen curled on the couch with her father affirms their obvious bond. She looks as content as any teenage girl who has her father's heart wrapped around her little finger.
While he talks, Rick Friesen holds Christina's bare foot, tenderly squeezing her toes in his hand. The only hint that they haven't spent the past 17 years together is the way Rick looks at Christina with the wonder and pride only the father of a newborn can have.
She is new to him, and he is new to her.
They met on a flight between Burbank, Calif., and Salt Lake City in June 2005. Christina was returning to her home state of Mississippi after a foster care arrangement with a family in California fell apart. She and her older sister had lived with the family for about two years. The older sister stayed in California, and Christina feared she would never see her again.
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Writing Contest for Home Schooled Students
2008 Picture Book Writing Competition
The Sylvan Dell Publishing Company is sponsoring a picture book writing contest for home school students working at a high school level. Manuscripts may be submitted between March 1 and March 31. The first place winner will receive $200, and his manuscript will be considered for possible future publication. Click on the graphic for more details. |
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A Merry Heart Doeth Good...
Reprinted with permission. Taken from the Official Book of Homeschooling Cartoons www.familymanweb.com |
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Hondo ISD Officials Harrass Home Schooler
Two representatives of Hondo ISD appeared at a home schooler's door, inquiring about her son's absence from school. After the mother sent the required letter of assurance, the officials continued to insist that she come to the school and present her curriculum for inspection. Tim Lambert spoke to the school officials and then followed up with this letter, warning them to abide by the law and leave the family alone.
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Just Do It!
I know, I know! I know what you're muttering to yourself: another article on letter writing! How do I know that you are saying that? Because I've said it myself a hundred times over the years. You know--when that little nagging voice in your mind keeps telling you, "I need to write them a note; I really need to write them a note." But you keep putting it off because you don't have time, letters are antiquated, and nobody writes them anymore; I'm too busy; it won't make any difference; they know I appreciate them; etc., etc.
Well, I'm not here to beat you over the head, but to share with you some of my experiences over the years in which the Lord has used my willingness to be available, frequently to be a blessing, but sometimes to remedy situations that needed to be repaired. I'm not an expert on this subject by any means. Even though Scripture says that our words can be a blessing and a curse, too often I make mistakes with my words. But I'm here to tell you a few specific instances where the written word made a positive impact in my life and in the lives of others.
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Printable Jan Brett 2008 Coloring Calendar
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