Over the next few weeks, THSC’s Tim Lambert will be traveling around the state to address various home school support groups on “What Every Texas Home Schooler Needs to Know About the Law.” When home schoolers know what is and is not required of them, they can help preserve their rights to direct the education of their children.

Details on times and places follow:

Date: August 29th
Time: 6:30 p.m. Meal
Place: Bethesda Missions
Palestine, Texas

The dinner is open to anyone who would like to come. It is a fellowship potluck meal, so they just need to bring a dish relative to their family size. Please RSVP.

Childcare will not be provided.

For directions or more information, call Alicia Hutton at (903) 723-0902

Date: September 5th
Time: 7:00 p.m.
Place: Saturn Road Church of Christ 3030 Saturn Rd. Garland, Texas

Child care not provided.

For more information, contact Jamie Smith, (972) 471-0163.

THSC Association is happy to announce another in our growing list of benefits to members! Joining in this support is the Home Education Partnership (HEP) Bookstore
in Houston.

When shopping at the HEP Bookstore in Houston, THSC Association members can receive a 10% discount on most items they purchase for their home school. Join now and begin immediately to enjoy this and the many other benefits of membership!

You have attended the home school book fairs and workshops. Do you still need something to read for reassurance and insights? If God has called you to home schooling, or if you are just starting to investigate alternatives to public education, “The How and Why of Home Schooling” is a must. It will give you the knowledge and confidence you need to make good choices regarding your children's education.

Remember that THSC Association members can take 10% off this helpful book and any other resource purchased from THSC Association as well. Join now and begin receiving the benefits immediately!

Some have cited a lack of diversity and too much parental input as weaknesses in a home schooler’s education. Parents and friends connected to the home schooling movement refute these claims in a series of blogs posted August 10, 2006, on The News-Sentinel Website.

“What Are We Teaching?

“There are a couple of people I know at work, different in philosophies, politics, religious outlooks. They each home-school their children. As different as those two people are, if their children were in the same classroom, they'd have different reasons for questioning the curriculum and how it would affect their children. As it is, they each know exactly what's important to teach their children, so it's easy for them to set a course of study and measure whether goals are being met.”

Tim Lambert wrote to CPS on behalf of a member family requesting permission to homeschool two adoptive children already placed in their home and participating in the local home school community.