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Great Exhibitors at the THSC Convention!
 A Beka Book, Driver Ed in a Box, and Saxon Homeschool are among the many companies planning to exhibit at the upcoming THSC State Convention and Family Conference. Find just what you need for your upcoming school year when you peruse all the great items in the carpeted Exhibit Hall, filled with a variety of exhibitors who can answer your questions. (Click on the graphic above for a current list of exhibitors.) In addition to the great shopping experience you won't want to miss our exciting Keynote Speakers! Take the time to hear Dr. Jeff Myers, Jessica Hulcy, and John Erickson speak on a variety of subjects. Also plan to attend the Friday evening session with Jim Weiss about Real Life Heroes: Fascinating Stories of Great People and the Saturday evening session with John Erickson and his Lessons in Life with Hank the Cowdog.
Online Pre-Registration now open! Register before June 13th and save!
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Planning for Next Year? Join THSC Now!
As you make your plans for next year, include joining THSC Association in your preparation. It is one plan that will work smoothly and a school purchase you will never regret! (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!
To take advantage of these options or to join, you can call our office toll-free at 888-200-4903 and speak to our friendly, helpful staff, or send your questions by e-mail to staff@thsc.org. You can download, print, complete, and mail or fax your application and order form.
If you would like to join or renew your membership, you can still join online, but the payment plan options are not yet available at the Web store.
End your school year on a great note - join today!
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This Contest Left a Bad Taste in Home Schoolers' Mouths!
Last week Subway® Restaurants launched a contest encouraging children to write stories telling how healthy sandwiches affect people's lives. The sandwich company, in conjunction with Scholastic News Service, offered lots of prizes, including a grand prize of $5,000 worth of playground equipment for the winner's school. And if the winner had no school because he was homeschooled? No problem - home schoolers were banned from competing.
No one knows what the real thinking was behind this hugely unpopular decision, but it is unlikely that Subway and Scholastic will ever ban "independent schooled" children again. Subway and Scholastic have both apologized, Scholastic doing so almost immediately after home schoolers began to react.
Ned Barnett for American Thinker presents his take on this meatball of a contest in this article from May 29.
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Doctoral Student Seeks Research Subjects
 A doctoral student from Texas A&M, Chris Cherry, is seeking home schooled alumni and older home schoolers and their parents to help in his research. His dissertation focuses on the relationship between socialization and fertility/family planning behaviors. Because of the "limited outside socialization" that home schoolers experience, he thinks they will be an interesting source of information. He plans to use brief, self-administered surveys and short personal interviews to achieve his research goals. If you are interested in helping, you may get in touch with Chris at: chrischerry@tamu.eduTexas A&M University (979) 777-5039
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SHE Mustangs Win State Softball Championship!
The Softball for Homeschool Educated (SHE) Mustangs hosted the second annual Texas Homeschool State Softball Tournament in Katy, Texas.
In pool play, the SHE Mustangs let the competition know that the road to the state championship would have to go through them. The SHE Mustangs (24-4) beat the Family Educators Alliance of South Texas (FEAST) Patriots (16-6) to put them in the loser bracket. As in last season, the two teams left playing for all the marbles were the two who met for last year's championship.
The FEAST Patriots, the visiting team, and SHE Mustangs, the home team, put runners on the bases the first two innings, but neither team could score runs.
After a hard-fought game between two longtime rivals, the SHE Mustangs came out on top, with a score of 3 to 1.
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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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Citizen Questions State Legislator's Comments
A Lubbock citizen takes a state official to task for his comments about the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (FLDS) case. One of the writer's main concerns is the senator's suggestion that the FLDS members should bear the cost of the legal procedures carried out against them. Read the letter.... | |
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The Metamorphosis of My Son
A Saturday, a few years ago, proved to be the beginning of one of the greatest lessons I have ever learned. God, as He does so often, taught me a lesson, and it came in the form of a tiny caterpillar. My step-cousin Tina knew that I had been looking for a monarch egg without success. On a bright Saturday during my visit to Dallas to see my family, Tina presented me with a tiny caterpillar, a bug box, and enough milkweed to feed him for a week. I was ecstatic! Tina warned me that my son would carry that bug box everywhere and that when the time came to let him go free, it would be hard to part with him. With great excitement and Tina's gentle warning tucked in my heart, Jordan's and my first "real" home school project began.
Tina was right about the bug box being carried around, but it was not Jordan; it was I! I was so captivated by this little caterpillar. I knew in my heart that God was going to use this little creation to teach me a lesson. To be quite honest with you, I was a little nervous about what the lesson was going to be.
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