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THSC Convention & Family Conference Thursday Night Movie and $1 Popcorn
 Plan to kick off your Convention weekend at the FREE Thursday evening program! After keynote speaker Jeff Myers starts the evening with The Christian Worldview - A Call to Reason, your whole family will enjoy a movie and $1 popcorn! If you haven't yet seen the documentary Taking a Stand in Texas: The Battle for Home School Freedom, this is an evening you can't miss. Learn the touching story of the heroes of Texas who paved the way for the freedoms we now enjoy. Click here to see a clip of the documentary.
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Pre-Print Sale on New THSC Handbook!
 The newly updated 2008-2009 Handbook for Texas Home Schoolers will be hot off the press and available in time for the THSC State Convention & Family Conference, August 14-16. With a new look, up-to-date articles, and the most current legal information, you won't want to miss getting your copy! Click on the graphic to see what is included in this informative publication.
THSC Association is having a pre-print sale on bulk orders of this new book for a limited time only. The price of the Handbook is going up this year for the first time in many years. The 2008-9 edition will retail for $20 per copy, with bulk prices of $14/item for 5+ books and $12 each for 10 or more Handbooks. The pre-print sale price is a rollback to the bulk price of the last several years; if you order 10+ Handbooks by August 14, 2008, you can purchase them for $10/book! In order to participate in this sale, payment must be made when the order is placed. In addition, orders of case quantities (48 books/case) will not incur shipping and handling fees.
Now is the time to stock up on these informative books. Many support groups take advantage of this annual sale to purchase them in bulk, as they are great resources to put into the hands of people just starting or looking into home schooling. They will answer more than 95% of the questions that these people will ask!
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Take Advantage of the HEP Bookstore Discount with Your THSC Membership
 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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CA Judge Dismisses Juvenile Case That Prompted Home Schooling Ban
"A judge in California has ended juvenile court jurisdiction over two children in a family case that prompted an appeals court at one point to declare that parents had no right to homeschool their children in the state.
"The opinion in the Rachel L. case when WND broke the story in February rocked the foundations of homeschooling in the state and across the nation, because of its implications that without such rights, parents could be liable for civil and criminal penalties simply for teaching their own children at home." |
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Science Author Van Cleave Invites Questions
 Janice VanCleave, author of several science experiment books for kids, is designing a science project blog. The objective of this Web site is to provide science information and instructions relating to science projects for kids, parents, teachers, and home study groups. At this time she is concentrating on materials useful in elementary and middle school.
VanCleave needs specific inquiries from parents, classroom teachers, and home study educators about the following topics:
1. Science Teaching Techniques
2. Science Fair Projects
3. Home Study with kids of various ages
4. Science Homework.
There is no limit as to the number of questions you may send. Just be specific with your questions. If she uses your questions on her Web site, she will contact you via e-mail. No names or e-mail addresses will be published.
Please send your inquiries to:
Janice@sciencefairprojectideasforkids.com
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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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Tarrant County College Requires Notarized Transcripts
After several Association members expressed concern over Tarrant County College's (TCC) policy which requires notarized transcripts from home schoolers, Tim Lambert wrote a letter to the Director of Admissions and Records. He noted that while the college's Web site requires an "official transcript," once parents and students present the transcript, they are told it must be notarized. He stated that the policy seemed arbitrary and designed to make enrollment by home schoolers difficult. He suggested alternative methods to ensure that transcripts are secure and official.
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Do You Need an Attitude Adjustment?
How can we move forward with school each week when obstacles push us back? After all, there are only twenty-four hours in the day! We all face challenges like aging parents, a spouse who has surgery with a three-month window of recovery, no money to purchase curriculum, relationship problems, job loss, tornado damage to the house, sudden death of a loved one, special-needs foster child, two-year-olds, teenagers, mothers-in-law, and on go the possibilities. Does it ever end? Yes, it ends when you end. Webster says life is "the quality that distinguishes a vital and functional being from a dead body or inanimate matter." You had better hope the challenges and tasks keep coming! You are alive!
More importantly, it is our attitudes and actions toward these challenges that weaken or strengthen us and those around us. The influence of our decisions on those around us is immeasurable. What lessons our children learn from us during troubled times! Since each of our actions is preceded by a thought, maybe our thinking needs to be addressed. We are often too ready to adjust our children's attitudes from time to time, but maybe we need an attitude adjustment.
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