Aug. 4, 2009
A New Homeschool Year Begins Again
Well, it's been a while and I apologize for not keeping the Homeschool Nation up to date on what is happening on Guam in the homeschooling world. First I want to assure you that homeschooling on Guam is alive and well, thriving in fact. This year has seen a surge of new homeschoolers taking the plunge in an attempt to take control of their children's education. Our public school system continues to have issues with over crowding, poorly constructed classrooms (several schools last year were temporarily shut down to correct some of these errors) and lack of buildings. Two high schools had to share a campus when one school's facilities were condemned and deemed unfit to house students. When these things are happening in the public schools, then homeschooling begins to look better and better. I know that I thanked God daily that I didn't have to worry about where my children would be attending school this past year!
The Guam Homeschool Association will be going through some changes this year as our leader of the past 3 years has decided to step down. We are in the process of finding just the right person (or persons) to take over that leadership role. Several years ago I held this position and it can be a daunting task to try to lead such a diversified group. But I believe with a lot of cooperation amongst parents that GHSA will be able to grow and prosper and continue to fulfill its mandate of offering support to all homeschooling families on Guam.
Some events that will be coming up include:
1. Our Annual Labor Day Picnic - this is a great time to meet new families and touch bases with old. Our tentative location for the picnic will be Asan Beach Park, on Saturday, Sept. 5th. Set up is usually sometime around 9am, with the official start time being an hour later. This can be an all day event if the weather is good.
2. Academic Challenge Bowl - already we are recruiting middle and high school students to represent homeschoolers in this fast-paced half-hour quiz where teams of students from both public and private middle and high schools compete against each other. Students answer a variety of questions pertaining to science, history, current events, math, spelling and history. If you have a student in middle or high school that would be interested please let me know!
3. Field Trips - Every year we try to do at least one field trip a month. You can access our group website to see what the is the monthly field trip at http://www.tumon.com/ghsa (hopefully I'll be able to keep this better updated this year!
4. Art Classes - We are hoping to have monthly art classes available this year. Again, check the website for this.
5. Mom's Night Out - Our first mom's night out will be this Thursday (August 6th) at 6pm at the Top o' the Mar in Nimitz Hill. This is a time for new and old homeschooling moms to get together and share their concerns or offer advice to help your homeschooling journey be a sucsess. I for one am looking forward to the good food and fellowship offered at these events.
6. P.E. activities - ongoing are tennis lessons at Agana Tennis Courts, weekly Jump Rope classes at Asan Community Center, and Swimming lessons at Agana Swimming Pool. Other options for P.E. include gymnastic classes, local village soccer teams, the Mustard Seed Basketball classes and numerous martial arts or dancing classes.
These are just a few of the many activities the GHSA hopes to offer in the coming school year.
Here's to another great year! |
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