PCHEA, April 2008 Newsletter
2007 - 2008 PCHEA Officers
Leaders: Fredrick and Jeri Akin,
Co-leader: Teresa Burnett
Secretary: Julie Cockroft
Treasurer: Kim VanBebber
A Note from Our Leaders:
The Annual OCHEC convention is just around the corner and we would personally like to encourage you all to prayerfully consider going as a couple.
Over the years, the State convention, both here and in Colorado, have added much to not only our homeschooling, but our family also.
We have always been slow to change or add new curriculum, but twice that I can think of we did find a new curriculum that worked much better for our children. At that time it was an answer to prayer. Even more importantly, as a couple we have talked to vendors or heard speakers that challenged us to teach and think of everything from a Christian world view. We have been motivated to continue on when we were weary. We have been encouraged as we sought to raise our children to love the Lord and serve Him with a whole heart.
Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
Jeri Akin
Men among men! Did you ever feel that way? Well now that you homeschool, you are truly men among men; Men that have risen above the wants and desires of this world and are providing leadership for your wife and greatness to your children. I could lay out that old line: Please come to the OCHEC convention and find the support you need. But I say: Give everything you have to homeschooling! Don’t hold back on anything! Homeschooling is in God’s will! You are in God’s will as you use homeschooling as an avenue to teach and train your children! Take your wife by the hand and go forth! Conquer the world and give it to your children! The State convention is just one step along that chosen homeschooling path.
Fredrick Akin
2008 OCHEC Convention
May 2-3, Cox Convention Center, Oklahoma City
Keynote Speakers:
Chris Klicka, HSLDA
Kevin Swanson, Christian Home Educators of Colorado
Convention rates:
$35 for one parent and their spouse
plus $7 for each child age 2-19.
Visit OCHEC.com to register online or to print out a mail-in
registration form; Cutoff date for pre-Registration is 17 April.
Also, online, get information on how to preorder boxed lunches, learn
about convention incentives offered by the Character First Center, apply
as a volunteer helper, or just check the schedule and speakers list.
Coming soon: Home-school Baseball
When: Beginning on Tuesday, April 1 and continuing
every Tuesday evening through April and May.
Time: 6:30 – 8:00
Who: Open to all home-school boys and girls ages 6 years and older.
Where: At the home of Teresa Burnett
Cost: $15, 1 child ; $25, 2 children ; $30, 3 children ; $35, 4 or more children
Gear needed: All your child needs to play is a baseball glove. We will provide helmets, bats, and balls. If they already have a helmet please have them bring it to use.
Please Note: The cost to play baseball is a one time fee that will be used to pay for some of the food for our end of the season family cookout. Team t- shirts were purchased last year, so if you played baseball last year please use the same shirt. I have 2 size small (6-8) shirts and 2 size medium (10-12) shirts that are available for purchase. They are $5.00 each. T-shirts are not required in order to play.
To sign up please RSVP to Yvonna Bourlon
Skate Days $5 per skater Star Skate in Shawnee
Contact Ghislaine Washburn
Friday, April 4th, from 10:00 a.m. till noon.
Friday, May 9th, from 10:00 a.m. till noon
PCHEA Art Show
Thursday, April 10th
more detail will soon be available
on the PCHEA yahoo group
Mom's Night Out
April 24th, 6:30 - 8:30, Oakland Chapel, Shawnee
Come, enjoy visiting with friends, sipping coffee and snacking
on cakes, while we have a discussion on what worked this year
in homeschool, and what didn't. You can bring books, examples
of kid's work, etc... RSVP to Nancy Schwab.
Please Note
The position of PCHEA secretary is open for next year! Anyone willing
to fill this position should submit their statements to the May newsletter .
You may contact Julie Cockroft, our current secretary, to get more information
about what is involved with this position.
Other Upcoming PCHE Events:
May 8th, Awards Ceremony & Highschool Graduation
time and location to be announced (probably, Lakeview Church of Christ)
May 22nd, Annual Planning Meeting & Fellowship Dinner
Shawnee Public Library, 5:45 potluck dinner, 6:30-8:30 Planning Time
C-FEST (Christian Families Educating & Serving Together)
Shawnee home-school co-op 2008 fall enrollment dates:
- For current C-FEST families enrollment begins March 31 and ends April 15.
- For new families enrollment begins April 21 and ends June 1st.
For more information please visit our web-site at
http://www.cfestco-op.com.
peisfun.com - Olympic Day has been an annual event for the homeschooled students in the state of Oklahoma for the past 14 years. Students come from all over the state to compete in five of the thirteen events offered. Last year 700 students participated at Regional Park in Midwest City and over 1,800 ribbons were awarded. Each student competes against their own age level and gender. …Because the crowd size has outgrown the park, two Olympic Day Track meets are planned for this year. The South track day will be at Andrews Park in Norman, OK on May 8, 2008. The North track day will be at Regional Park in Midwest City on May 15, 2008.
The registration deadline for Olympic Day is April 30th. My family will be attending the event in Midwest City on May 15th. Get mail in registration forms at peisfun.com; if by chance you can not access this, I can copy forms for you.
Also, some of us thought it would be fun for the children to practice some of the track events. If you are interested in attending an afternoon or evening of Olympic trials, probably in the large yard at Oakland Chapel, Let me know so we can set a day and time for this.
