NEWSLETTER HIGHLIGHTS & EVENTS
UPCOMING EVENTS: CCHE MEMBERSHIP CARDS This is a reminder that we will be including membership cards in the May newsletter. If your membership expires at the end of May, which numerous memberships do, please renew as soon as possible via PayPal or via mail to get your card in your home at the first of May so you can enter the booksale early, as CCHE members are allowed to do. May is our last newsletter before the booksale. Happy shopping! CCHE USED CURRICULUM SALE CCHE's annual used curriculum sale will be held on Friday, June 15 this year. For details, click on the tab above labeled "About CCHE." We hope to see you at the Used Curriculum Sale! MINI-CONFERENCE FRIDAY, MAY 18th Are you looking for homeschooling info? Or do you know some friends who are starting out or thinking about homeschooling? Looking for options for homeschooling high school? CCHE is hosting a homeschooling info night/"mini-conference" this spring - so there's time to think about opportunities and programs, before summer and the upcoming school year. There will be two different presentations, in two rooms at First Church of God, on Friday, May 18, from 7 to 9 p.m. Each presentation will have a main general speaker plus representatives from local groups—Classical Conversations, First Class ("Friday School"), ExCEL Academic League and "Echo" co-op, and Family Academy (Academy Northwest). In one room, Dorothy Karman from OCEANetwork will speak to beginning homeschooling families and those with younger students. In another room Kathleen Baker from Hope Learning Center will speak about homeschooling junior high and high school students. After hearing the main speaker (about 40 minutes), the homeschool-oriented groups will each do a short presentation, telling about what their groups offer to homeschooling families. There will also be a display of freebies and flyers - for homeschool classes and programs. Children are welcome to attend also - please bring quiet toys for young children. The presenters will be happy to visit with you and answer any questions for a while after completing their presentations, so come with questions ready! The "mini-conference" will be held in rooms 120 and 121 of First Church of God, located at 3300 NE 78th Street, Vancouver, WA 98665. Use the west entrance and drive around to the back of the brick church building. Enter through the double doors down a short flight of steps. SPRING HOMESCHOOL SOCIAL AND FORMAL DANCE Homeschool students 12 years old through 12th grade are invited to attend the Spring Homeschool Social and Formal Dance to be held on Saturday, May 5 from 6:30-9:30 p.m. at the Luepke Center. The cost is $8 per person if pre-registered and $15 per person at the door. Parents attend free! Everyone is asked to help in one of the following areas: decorations, serving, clean up, refreshments, security, chaperone (parents only), or other. Contact Carrie Patterson at 360-573-0857 or gpatter@juno.com. CURRICULUM SALE VOLUNTEER MEETING There will be a meeting on Monday, May 21 for all those volunteering to help at our annual Used Curriculum Sale. (NOTE THAT THIS IS THE 3rd MONDAY RATHER THAN OUR USUAL 2nd MONDAY.) For volunteers who are not able to attend this meeting, a second meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, June 5. Volunteers only need to attend one of these meetings since they are the same, but attendance at one meeting is mandatory. Trained volunteers help the sale go much more smoothly! At these meetings, we will go over the basics of how the sale will operate on both Thursday and Friday, June 14 and 15, and explain what is involved in the different areas for which we need help. Volunteers can then sign up for the jobs they want to do and the times they will be available to help. There are many different ways you can help out: setting up tables for the sale, checking in used curriculum on Thursday, processing purchases on Friday, collecting books at the end of the sale, and taking down tables, to name a few. Dads and teenage boys are especially needed to set up and take down tables, and teenage girls are needed for childcare during the sale. Both volunteer meetings will start at 7 p.m. and will be held at First Church of God, 3300 NE 78th Street in Room 120 at the back of the main church building. If you would like to volunteer, or if you have any questions, please contact Connie Zumstein at 360-887-4933 or czumstein@juno.com. We appreciate our volunteers and look forward to seeing you at one of the meetings! GET YOUR BOOKS READY TO SELL AT THE CCHE USED CURRICULUM SALE Now is the time to gather the books and other homeschool resources that you no longer need and get them ready to sell at the CCHE Used Curriculum Sale! Many of us have good intentions of cleaning out our bookshelves and closets at this time each spring, but then the days slip away and we find we are too late. Start now while you still have plenty of time, and you'll be glad you did! Instructions for labeling your books and other materials to sell are under the tab "About CCHE" above. There are four ways to get your labels. You may get your labels by mail, or by picking them up at one of our book sale volunteer meetings, or by making arrangements to pick them up from Laurie Prouty, or on book drop-off day (limit of 40 labels issued to you on drop-off day). Don't wait another day! Start collecting your items to sell today! CCHE LENDING LIBRARY NOW OPEN! The CCHE Lending Library is now open in the home of Carrie Patterson in the Salmon Creek area with easy access from both I-5 and I-205. The library is open by appointment by calling 573-0857. UPCOMING CONFERENCES Washington Homeschool Organization (WHO) Convention June 15-16, Puyallup Fair & Events Center, Puyallup, WA www.washhomeschool.org/convention/convention.html Guest speakers include Dr. Rebecca Keller of Real Science 4 Kids (www.gravitaspublications.com). Features of the convention include over 50 workshops, a huge exhibit hall, and family activities, including Chess4Life, Wolf Camp and Wolf College, Jaicee Designs (sewing), and the Humane Society. This is the largest homeschool convention on the west coast! There is no pre-registration; attendees pay at the door. Oregon Christian Home Education Conference June 22-23, Oregon Convention Center, Portland, OR www.OregonHomeschoolConference.com The theme this year is Start Strong, Stay Strong, Finish Strong. The keynote speaker will be Michael Farris, chairman of the Home School Legal Defense Association. Featured speakers include Bill Jack of Worldview Academy, Dr. Brian Ray of National Home Education Research Institute, Diana Waring, and Heidi St. John. The conference will feature over 50 workshops, covering just about every homeschool topic you can imagine! New this year is a special parent/child track for children ages 6-12 and a parent. The Used Curriculum Exchange is a great opportunity both to buy and sell used curriculum. Registration for the conference opens April 17, with a $10 discount until June 15. Qualifying parents of preschool students attend free if registered by June 15. CCHE 2012-2013 SCHOOL YEAR "KICK-OFF" MEETING Our Resource and Information Night is set for the evening of Monday, August 27, 2012 at Vancouver First Church of God, 3300 NE 78th Street, Hazel Dell. Find out what classes and homeschool resources are available in our area. Watch the August newsletter and this website for more information. HSLDA GROUP MEMBERSHIP CCHE has a group discount for the Home School Legal Defense Association (HSLDA). You can get a discount for HSLDA membership by signing up through CCHE. Whether you are renewing your HSLDA membership or wish to join for the first time, contact Kelly Williams at (360) 576-9273 for more information. CCHE EVENTS: HELP WANTED Last year CCHE's events committee had four members. These volunteers helped
with bringing refreshments to meetings, writing short articles about CCHE events for
CCHE's newsletter, making flyers and putting them up in the community, and
brainstorming for ideas for monthly homeschooling meetings. For various reasons
(spousal job changes, illness, other commitments) three of these members are
unlikely to be able to continue on the committee for next year, and CCHE is in need
of some new people to be a part of this committee. BECOME A CCHE MEMBER AND GET: GREAT PLAYS & PERFORMANCES: LEARN YOUR HOMESCHOOLING RIGHTS; KNOW THE LAW; KNOW MORE! VISIT CHRISTIAN HOMESCHOOL NETWORK ATTENTION NEW AND RENEWING CCHE MEMBERS--PLEASE ADD CCHE TO YOUR EMAIL LIST OF "SAFE SENDERS"!If you want to be assured of receiving updates and email from CCHE, please put us on your "safe list" for email. Otherwise, our email to you may be considered SPAM. For instructions on how to do this, please click here. |