Our next support group meeting will be Monday, March 8th at 7:00 at Coppell Bible Fellowship.  

We hope to see you there!

The Irving Homeschool Group is inviting our group to join them in their 3rd Annual Homeschool Fair!  

The information is below:

Irving’s 3^rd Annual Homeschool Fair at Lee Park Recreation Center!

Saturday, March 27, 2010

^{11:00am – 4:00p} 

Do your children like to paint? Write? Create? Coming in March will be a wonderful opportunity for our homeschooled children to showcase their many talents!

The fair will be open to all homeschooling families that live in the City of Irving and/or those that are members of an Irving based Homeschool Group or part of the Coppell Homeschool Group. Pre-registration is required with registration forms available Soon! Cost - $2.00 per person..  Homeschool Fair T-shirts will also be available. These forms will also be available soon. 

So that your children can get started, listed below are the divisions available. Children can enter as many divisions as they would like. Every entry will receive an award ribbon. Please note that a release form will be required for children to participate in the Olympic Games.

                                                             Division Age Groups:

Group 1 - ages 5 and under

Group 2 - ages 6, 7, 8

Group 3 - ages 9, 10, 11, 12

Group 4 - ages 13 and up

Please note: All entries must have the child’s full name and age on the back of each item.

Please limit entries only to those projects made/completed during the 2009/10 homeschooling year.

Categories:

Photography – any color or B&W photo – must be enlarged to 5 x 7 or 8 x 10 only- no frames

Fine Art:  any original watercolor, oils, charcoal, crayon – size limit 12 x 16 – no frames

Hobbies and Crafts:  examples- woodwork, Lego’s, pottery, sculpting, models, etc.

Sewing:  sewing, needlepoint, weaving, knitting

Baking: desserts only – no refrigerated items

Historical/Cultural/Geographical Display: example – maps, models, displays –

“I’m Recyclable!” – Take something old and make it into something new! Use any type of

recyclable material. Size max – H-L-W – 24”

Writing: 3 categories

Original poetry – all ages – 25 to 250 word max

Essays – Subject: “If I Lived Beneath the Sea”

      Group 2 -  25 to 100 words  Group 3 – 50 to 200 words  Group 4 – 200 to 500 words

Short fictional stories – any appropriate subject:

           Group 2- 50 to 200 words    Group 3 – 300-1000 words   Group 4 – 1000 to 2500 words

Science Projects –

Projects can be from any field of science (life, physical, earth, etc.)  Short written explanation of project is required.

**** The following items are NOT allowed in Science fair projects.

Any body parts                            Dangerous Chemicals

                Hypodermic needles                        Material that explodes or can catch fire

                                       Drugs

Olympic Games: 25 yard dash; sack race; tug of war; hula hoop; obstacle course; relay race

  (subject to change)

Additional information:  The 3rd Annual Homeschool Fair will be held Saturday, March 27th at Lee Park Recreation Center. We reserve the entire center for this event. The Fair is set up so that homeschoolers have the opportunity to showcase their many talents. One of the gym is set up with all of the entered items. It is basically like going to the State Fair in the Woman's building and getting to look at all of the crafts, baked goods and so on that people have entered. Everyone gets ribbons for their entries. We also have a vendor area which will have vendors who have services that pertain to homeschoolers. Hourly door prizes will be given away.  We also have entertainment. This year, we are focusing on "music."  Lunch is included at this event. After lunch, we head outside for Olympic Games. These are great fun.......  Volunteers are needed to help before and after the event!

 

I hope this helps to answer some of the questions. Please feel free to contact me if you have any other questions. Participation forms will be available in the coming weeks.

 

Karen Harmon

kharmontx@aol.com

UPCOMING FIELD TRIPS

  

February 23, Tuesday (NOTE DATE CHANGE)-- Mary Kay

2pm @1330 Regal Rd., Dallas

FREE TOUR

RSVP:  Montse Vargas (montse.vargas@yahoo.com) by Friday, February 19

A great factory tour.  Children have to be 10 years of age and up; if under 12 they must be accompanied 

by an adult.  They require shoes to be closed toe and no high heels.  Maximum of 40 people.

Early March-- PUTT PUTT FUN CENTER – FM 407 Lewisville

RSVP to Kim Brown (mkjecbrown@verizon.net) Checks payable to Jan Sorrell

FM 407 Lewisville (tentative) more information to follow when date is closer.

Options for group rates are:

Golf and 12 tokens - $4.99 per child

Golf and 16 tokens, plus 1 go kart - $6.00 per child

March 19, Friday -- Dr. Pepper Star Center Ice Skating - Farmers Branch

$4.00 per person includes skates/pay at door

Public skate times are currently 12:30 - 2:45.  Date may vary due to schedule.

RSVP to Kim Brown (mkjecbrown@verizon.net) a week prior to skate date.

 

Thursday, March 25-- Rehoboth Ranch & Mary of Puddin' Hill-Greenville, TX

Please send your payment to Kim Brown (3808 Gillespie, Carrollton, 75010) with checks 

made out to Jan Sorrell by MARCH 10TH!!  

Tickets are $5 per student; adults and children under 3 are FREE.  

REMINDERS:  They do not have public restrooms, only the bathrooms in the house.  Visitors are welcome to use them as needed, 

but they are just conventional bathrooms.  Some groups waste a lot of time waiting for people to cycle through the bathrooms, so they recommend arriving early to give the group time  to use the bathroom prior to the field trip start time.  So we need to arrive 

BY 9:30AM at the latest, so everyone can use the bathroom, and they will start at 10:00AM for the tour.  It will last about 2 hrs.  

with a walk length about a mile, in the fields on the farm.  So plan accordingly with strollers etc. 

Here is the family's suggestion on traveling to their farm:

Take 121 North to McKinney.  Continue north on Hwy 5 to Hwy 380.  Then East on Hwy 380.  Turn North on Hwy 903, 

turn east on Farm Road 2194, turn left on C.R. 1081.

Please also mapsco it way ahead of time so you know how to get there and leave early enough to make it by 9:30am!

The tour consists of walking around the farm to see the Grade A Raw Goat

Milk Dairy and hand milking goats for everyone who wants to try, tasting 
Grade A Raw Goat Milk, walking the pastures to see the beef cattle, pastured 
chickens, pastured pigs, and laying hens, gathering eggs from the 
"eggmobile" portable hen houses.  Along the way, I explain what the children 
are seeing in the way of organic and sustainable farming vs. conventional 
factory farming.  We then return to the house area for a goat cheese making 
demonstration and goat cheese tasting.  The group is welcome to stay for

lunch.  I use portable sound amplification equipment as we walk so everyone can hear. The total

walk is approximately one mile. There is a moderately strenuous hill to come back up.  Half the

walk is down, half is back up again.  Anyone who needs to can drive their own vehicle down in

 the pasture behind the walkers. Bring picnic lunch to enjoy together OR eat at Mary of Puddin'

Hill in their deli.

Afterwards, we can proceed to Mary of Puddin' Hill: Come take the free special-guided

tours and see our Candy Kitchen, take the tour, smell the chocolates that are made right

 before your eyes! While you are here enjoy a good meal in a quaint country atmosphere. Our

Puddin Hill Deli offers a wide variety of delicious sandwiches, soups and salads. You will not find

 a better choice for your lunch.  Call ahead and place your order, we will have your lunch ready for

 you when you arrive.  After you finish your meal be sure to spend some time looking around. We

have a lot of gorgeous and unique range of items along with many candy items to choose from.

The following have signed up:

Cobb +3
Brown +2-3
Vanyo +3
Audish +2
Frantz +2
Estes +2
Butler +1
White +2
Benettson +2
Sorrell +1
Bissot +2
Liptak +2
Keeling +1
Boyd +4
Anderson +1
Wehmeyer +2
Moody +3
Taylor +2
Robinson +1
Broncano +3
Coombes +1 (2 free)
Joseph +3
Wesselius +2-3

Morris +2

Gruzins +1

 

April 7, Wednesday -- Casa Manana's Cinderella

Meet the group at 9:30.  This field trip is now closed.  Please 

contact Jewel Johnson of NICHE at johnsonkjhs@verizon.net if you have any questions.

April 13, Tuesday -- DSO "Back to the Future"

This field trip is now closed.  Please contact Kim Brown

at mkjecbrown@verizon.net if you have any questions.

April 20, Tuesday -- DCT's "The Lion, The Witch,

and the Wardrobe" Rosewood Theater

Meet the group at 9:30.  This field is now closed.  Please

contact Melissa Helm of NICHE at atthehelm4@verizon.net if 

you have any questions.

April 29, Thursday-- Japanese Botanical Gardens

$3.00 per child/$4.00 per adult--Minimum of 10 paid admissions for docent-

guided tour.

RSVP to Kim Brown (mkjecbrown@verizon.net) 

Enter a world of mystery and enchantment in the Japanese Garden. Serpentine paths

entice you to surrender your senses and discover a new treasure at every turn. Feed

thousands of exotic Imperial Carp (Koi) that beseech your attention; some will accept a

gentle caress in exchange for a few pellets of food. Stone, earth, leaf, and water become

one in this 7-acre land of wonder

The following have signed up:

Cobb - 3

Brown - 2

Williams - 3

Audish - 2

Teeter - 1

Frantz - 1

Estes - 2

Butler - 1

Keeling - 1

Broncano - 3

Anderson - 1

Wehmeyer - 2

Moody - 2

 

May 4, Tuesday--- Scarborough Faire

9:00 am-2:30 pm Admission is only $5.00 per student and chaperones may

purchase tickets in advance for only $5.00. If purchased at the gate, these tickets

will cost $10.00

RSVP to Kim Brown (mkjecbrown@verizon.net) DEADLINE IS EXTENDED!  You may sign

up over the next few months as payment is not needed at this time!

Students are invited to enter the realm of England's legendary King Henry VIII and

experience the intellectual, cultural, and artistic splendor of the Renaissance first hand.

Classes will experience a full day of demonstrations, shows, and educational interactions.

The Royal Court and villagers welcome, and in fact relish, discussions about daily life in

the Renaissance.. Student Days is open to school groups only and not to the general

public. www.scarboroughrenfest.com

 

The following have signed up:

Brown - 3

Teeter - 4

Frantz - 3

Estes - 3

Butler - 2

White - 3

Zeitsman - 5

Benettsen - 3

Anderson - 2

Wehmeyer - 3

 

May 27th, Thursday - Cobb Buffalo Farm in Lewisville

Tine:  1:30 - 2:30

810 W Round Grove Rd., Lewisville

RSVP:  Kim Liptak (3Liptaks@sbcglobal.net)

Join us for a visit to our very own Donna Cobb's family-owned ranch which is home to 17 

head of buffalo.  We plan to visit in the spring when the young buffalo are born.  This is a

great opportunity to study more about the buffalo ahead of time so that the kids can

ask some good questions.

ANNOUNCEMENTS

 

SIX FLAGS READING PROGRAM

Welcome Teachers!  In the reading club, each student in the grades K through 6 who reads for fun six hours can earn a free admission ticket valid at participating Six Flags theme parks.  Each teacher who submits a list of students who reach the reading goal is eligible for a free ticket. (One ticket per person)  Each ticket is good for one free admission between June 14 and August 8, 2010.

This year's program is online!  Teachers must be added to the CHSA account to participate.  Each teacher will have a unique use ID and password to access the teacher's section of the site where they create their Reading Club list and access the Downloads.

 

If you would like to participate in this year's program, please email me your name, student's grade(s), and email address.  In doing so, you give me permission to add you as a teacher on our CHSA account, and you will be given an ID and password to complete your entries online.  Your email will only be used for this program, so that Weekly Reader can send you your user information.

 

The deadline to submit your completed information/reading logs is **TOMORROW** February 19, 2010.

 

Any questions, email Kim Brown at mkjecbrown@verizon.net.

The following have signed up:

Connie Yonai - Jonathan, Matthew

Angela White - Emme, Kathryn

Janett Smith - Olivia

Heidi Coombes - Elliott

Jessica Witty - Eli

Rana Hicks - Bailey, Kendall, Dawson

Rhonda Wesselius - Nathan, Rachel

Kim Brown - Caleb, Jacob

Joanne Herda - Luke

Angela Schoessler - Jackson

Cathy Estes - Drew, Ashleigh

Marilee Hough - Zach, Caleb

Tammy Leupen - Charles, Dennis, Megan

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HOMESCHOOL DAY AT THE DALLAS ZOO 

Monday, April 12 11AM -- 3PM

Why do snakes flick their tongues? How do you train a harpy eagle? 
What adaptations do penguins have to help them swim? Find out the 
answers to these and many more questions at our first Homeschool Day at 
the Dallas Zoo! On Monday, April 12th the zoo will be filled with 
interactive and educational animal presentations, as well as an 
education booth to help provide you with science and nature lessons!

Add on an interactive and self-guided backpack program when you register!

Each pre-registered Homeschool Day participant will receive a 10% 
discount on purchases in our gift shop and restaurant.

In order to receive the special educator rate of just $4 per child and 
$4.50 per adult, and the 10% discount, you must pre-register for this 
event! Download our registration form and mail, fax, or scan and email 
back the completed form to education@dallaszoo.com 

If you are a current member of the Dallas Zoological Society, you 
receive free admission. Please make sure to include your member ID on 
the registration form if you are a zoo member!

Please note that parking is not included in homeschool day admission. 
Our parking rate is $7/vehicle and we can accommodate buses.

As an alternate travel option, the Dallas Zoo is conveniently located on 
the DART Red Line.

Questions? Email us at education@dallaszoo.com 
Our website link for Homeschool Day is www.dallaszooed.com 

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WholeHearted Mother Conference - February 26th - 27th

For more information, go to www.wholeheart.org

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Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs

Come see 70+ local children in the Actors Conservatory Theater's production of Snow White February 26th-March 7th.  See attachment for times and ticket prices.  Advanced tickets available for a discount.  Contact Shari Weaver at weaver_family@tx.rr.com .

 

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Son Soccer

Son Soccer is a Christ centered soccer program for students.  This program is designed to provide a place for students to learn the game of soccer, as well as practice and advance in their skills.  Our mission is to glorify God by providing friendships, physical activity, and teamwork keeping in mind that "Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord."  There will be classes for all ages at American Indoor Sports Facility in Carrollton.  If you need to contact Michelle Kernen for more information, her email is kernenfamily@aol.com

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Homeschool P.E. -  Velocity

 

This year both the Velocity in Coppell (801 Hammond, Suite 100, 469-293-4340) and the Velocity in Southlake (1800 East Hwy. 114, Suite 101, 817-416-0606) will be offering Homeschool P.E. Programs.  The Coppell Velocity will offer classes on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 1:30 - 2:30 and the Southlake Velocity will offer classes on Tuesdays and Fridays from 2:00 - 3:00.  You can contact each one for their pricing schedule!

 

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Please remember to let me know if your email changes during the year!  Thank you~