NEWSLETTER
HIGHLIGHTS & EVENTS
UPCOMING EVENTS: JANUARY CCHE MEETING Parents, are you weary of anxious thoughts that accompany your homeschooling? Do you worry about jumping, climbing, and crawling through all the academic hoops so your kids can be up-to-par for high school graduation? David Knopp, a home school graduate who leads a class in World Views, would like to encourage you to get off the treadmill of fear-based academic decision-making, and get back to the biblical basis surrounding homeschooling. To learn more about David's worldview class, you can visit www.worldviewclass.org. Please join us Monday, January 9 at 7:00 p.m. and be refreshed as David speaks and then offers time for open discussion. The meeting will be at First Church of God, 3300 NE 78th Street, Hazel Dell in room 120 (enter through the double doors down a short flight of steps at the back of the main church building). WINTER CCHE MEETINGS Inclement weather is a possibility in Clark County during the winter months. We want you to be safe driving to and from CCHE events so our monthly meetings will be canceled if there is no school that day for Vancouver Public Schools. Even if we do have an event, we pray that you use discernment on the weather conditions in your area as well. EXCITEMENT! ACTION! ADVENTURE! Are you a planner, a doer, or have BIG ideas? Do you dream about seeing them come true? Well, stop dreaming - the CCHE Events Committee has got an opportunity for you! The CCHE Events Committee is looking for creative, action-oriented people to join in the fun of brainstorming, organizing, and hosting the CCHE monthly meetings that occur September through May. If you're interested in finding out more about the exciting opportunities that await you, attend the January 20th informational meeting. For additional meeting details contact Lisa Nichol at (360) 944-5186. COLLEGE ENTRANCE EXAMS The SAT and SAT Subject Tests are offered several times a year. Most students take the SAT for the first time during the spring of their junior year and a second time during the fall of their senior year. The next date for the SAT is January 28; the first registration deadline has passed, but you can still register for this test until January 13 by paying a higher fee. The next opportunity to take the SAT will be March10 and the registration deadline is February 10. The ACT is a national college admissions examination that consists of subject area tests in English, Mathematics, Reading, and Science. The ACT Plus Writing includes the four subject area tests plus a 30-minute Writing Test. ACT results are accepted by all 4-year colleges and universities in the U.S. The next date for the ACT is February 11 and the registration deadline is January 13. Websites with helpful information about the SAT and ACT tests:
The annual Homeschool Day at the Capitol, to be held on Wednesday, February 8, will be hosted by Christian Homeschool Network (www.chnow.org) and Christian Home Educators of Washington (www.ChristianHeritageOnline.org). Information for the event and a registration packet can be found on these websites. The deadline for registration is February 1. The purposes of this event include: to let our homeschooling families' light shine before our state legislators and government workers, to bring a blessing to those who serve us in our state government, to briefly share our homeschooling joys and concerns with our legislators, to learn more about the workings of our legislature, and to learn more about the Christian Homeschool Network and their crucial, behind-the-scenes work to safeguard our freedoms. 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. FIRST CLASS BOOKSTORE The First Class bookstore is now open! The bookstore is in the same location as First Class headquarters at the US Digital Outreach Center, 1400 NE 136th Ave. Suite 201, Vancouver, 98684. You can also go online to find what new and used curriculum the bookstore has. The website is still under construction, but is up and running! Check it out at www.fchm.org/bookstore. (The owner of US Digital has asked that kids not be brought along if possible.) HELP WANTED CCHE is still in need of a few volunteers to help with the newsletter. We are looking for people who are willing and able to report on one or two events or organizations each month. You can choose what you'd like to report on, or we can give you some suggestions, for example: the library, OMSI, CYT, First Class, etc. With just a couple items to report on, it shouldn't take much time but it would be greatly appreciated by the current newsletter staff! If you could spare a few hours each month and are interested in helping us out, please contact Connie Zumstein at czumstein@juno.com. WANTED: CCHE EVENTS IDEAS 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. |