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Texas Legislature Now in Session
Stay Informed and
Prepared to Act
 This year
there is a great deal of uncertainty around the country and in the state regarding
our home school freedom. The Texas Home School Coalition Association will be
monitoring the bills and activities of the Texas legislature closely, as well as any
federal issues that could impact home schooling and parental rights. Our number
one agenda item is always to protect the home school freedoms that we
currently have in Texas.
Tim Lambert
will post bills of concern on his blog, Right in Texas. First he will explain the
bill and link to its specific language. Then he will sound
the alarm when it becomes necessary to act on a bill - when bills, either detrimental or
helpful, are before a committee or one of the houses of the legislature and
opposition or support is needed. Texas
home schoolers have had great success and impact by responding to such alerts
in the past by calling and writing their legislators and making their opinions
known!
You can now subscribe
to Right in Texas via e-mail or feed. Sign up today and keep your powder dry!
Read the latest....
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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 through membership in the Texas Home School Coalition Association.
College in a Box 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.
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.
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.
These
are just some of the great benefits of membership in the Texas Home School
Coalition Association. Find the ones that are right for your family.
Join THSC now!
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February 1 Application Deadline for Patrick Henry College
 The regular deadline for applying to Patrick Henry College for the Fall
2009 semester is February 1. Applications for admission and financial aid are
reviewed on a rolling basis, and space is still available in the PHC Class of
2013.
The Applications for Admission and
Financial Aid can be found online at:
Don't forget to apply
for THSC's PHC Scholarship
for Texas home school graduates. The deadline to apply is coming up on February 6. Get more information about the scholarship....
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Explore the World - At Home or Abroad
 Expand your horizons this summer!
Explore the world by participating in a
homestay program this summer. Develop new friendships and share cultures, customs
and heritage. Open your heart and home to a delegate from Japan, or allow your
teenager to travel to Japan for a month-long homestay. The homestays are
sponsored by Texas Global Education and Cultural Exchange (TGE) and their
partner organizations in Japan. Opportunities to travel to Australia or Greece
are also available!
A teen who participated in 2008
describes her month-long adventure. "My
homestay in Japan was AMAZING! I don't even think that describes it enough. It
was the best summer of my life."
Plan
an amazing summer for your child(ren) by applying to be a host family or by
encouraging your teen to apply for a homestay in Japan, Greece, or Australia. Deadline for submitting the application is
March 1, 2009.
Get the details!
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More Kids Learn at Home
Amarillo families discuss the reasons they began homeschooling and
the changes that have taken place in the movement over the last twenty years.
The
National Center for Education Statistics, a division of the Department of
Education, estimates a 36% increase in the number of home schoolers from
2003-2007. This report has been the catalyst for many local articles across the
state and country, which have been good public relations for the home school
community!
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Ultimate Political Science Field Trip
 Come to Austin for
any or all of the three 2009 THSC
Association Capitol Days and show your
family how they can make a
difference.
Attendees will have fun learning about the legislative process and
will gain a fuller understanding of government and of current issues affecting
home education. Legislators and their staff will meet with home school students
and parents, only to have their hearts touched and their minds changed as they
grasp the positions and needs of Texas home schoolers. Complete your field trip
by adding a visit to one of the many educational attractions
Austin has to offer!
Capitol Days only
come every other year. Don't miss them in 2009!
Get more details!
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A Merry Heart Doeth Good....
From 20 Great Reasons You Home School
Reason #7:
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Floydada ISD Requests Unnecessary Forms
 After a parent withdrew her child via written
notice in order to homeschool him, school officials told her she needed to
complete school withdrawal forms. She asked for the request in writing and sent
a letter of assurance to the school. She also contacted THSC. Tim Lambert wrote
to Floydada ISD and informed its officials of the state's requirements for
withdrawing a child to homeschool him.
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The Picture
Perfect Family
With eight children
ranging in age from twenty to two, I do not look forward to the prospect of
having a family portrait made. In fact, I do not believe we have attempted that
adventure since we were a family with six children. This past Christmas,
however, I decided it was time to acknowledge the existence of those two
younger children by updating the pictures on the living room wall; hence, a
trip to the local portrait studio. I share with you here the surprisingly
painless result. Don't we look lovely? A real Picture-Perfect Family, aren't we?
The funny thing about
family portraits is that there are so many things you do not see. For example, we all appear to be dressed in our Sunday
finest - but three of us are wearing blue jeans, one of us in ragged jeans with
strands of denim dragging the floor. (I will not say which one.) And as we were
getting dressed that morning, we encountered the usual nightmare of finding
socks for three little boys. In frustration I finally exclaimed, "You know
what? It doesn't matter if they match - they won't show in the picture. Just find
socks!"
Read the article....
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Capitol Days 2009
Wednesday, March 4
Registration deadline: February 25
Tuesday, April 7 (Rally Day)
Registration deadline: March 31
Wednesday, May 6
Registration deadline: April 29
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