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Isaiah 54:13 "And all thy children shall be taught of the LORD; and great shall be the peace of thy children."
Mar. 1, 2007
March 2007 Newsletter
PCHEA Newsletter
March 2007
Pottawatomie County Home Educators' Association
UPCOMING EVENTS
March
19th: Skate Day
19th: Mom’s Night Out
TBA Spelling Bee
29th: Curriculum & Round Table Discussion
April
5th: Tiger Safari
12th: Art Show
16th Skate Day
TBA: Iowa Testing
Mom’s Night Out
March 19th at Delta Café
Call Julie Cockroft for more information.
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SKATE DAY
When: Monday, March 19th
Time: 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.
Where: Orbit Skate in Prague
Cost: $2.00 per child, includes skates
For more information or to RSVP, email or call Kim VanBebber.
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Opportunities and Events:
Mabee Gerrar Museum of Art – Shawnee
Feb. 2 – March 18, 2007 – A special exhibit entitled “The Inspired Line: Selected Prints of Albrecht Durer and Rembrandt van Rijn.” To plan a group visit, call or email at least two weeks in advance to schedule your tour. http://www.mgmoa.org/index.htm
Oklahoma City Homeschool Land Run 2007 - OKC
Join other homeschoolers from around Oklahoma City for a reenactment of the 1889 Land Run. Join the Homeschool Land Run Yahoo Group for updates. http://groups.yahoo.com/group/landrun/
Wednesday, April 18th 11:00 AM (rain date: Friday, April 20th 11:00 AM)
Event Details: Line up with your wagons and lunch, wait for the gun fire then race to claim your own piece of land. Set up your cardboard house or store, go to the land office and get your deed, open shop to visitors and exchange swaps to celebrate the events of the day. Have fun playing in our own 1889 town and enjoy your lunch on your new land. Prizes will be given for costumes, buildings and covered wagons.
Location: TBD
Homeschool Curriculum and Used Book Sale – Midwest City
April 27th from 11:00 - 3:00 pm.
Douglas Boulevard United Methodist Church, 208 S. Douglas (Reno and Douglas)
Midwest City, OK. $5 per half table and $8 per table, $1 admission
Please contact: Kristy Gamez (405) 672-0079 or gamezgang06@yahoo.com
Diane Taylor (405) 771-5083 or peisfun@earthlink.com
Olympic Day 2007 – Midwest City
Track event for homeschooled children, ages 6-16. Thursday, May 10, 9 a.m. – 3:30 p.m., Regional Park. Cost - $3 per child. Entry deadline is April 30th. Contact Diane Taylor at 405-771-5083 for event details and entry form.
Homeschool Family Day at Frontier City – OKC
Friday, May 18, 4 -10 p.m. Open privately to homeschool families only.
Purchase tickets online at www.sixflags.com (use promo code home) by April 30th. No tickets will be sold at the gate. Questions: 405-478-2140 ext. 334
Incredible Pizza – OKC
Duane Brown, Director of Entertainment (and also a homeschool dad) at the Warr Acres Incredible Pizza, is considering an olympics of the minds, with ribbons or give away prizes in different categories and age groups in competitions like math, reading comprehension, puzzle solving. If this is something you'd be interested in, contact him with your ideas. http://www.ipcwarracres.com/ (405) 721-0038
Harold Keith Oklahoma Centennial Book Club – Cleveland, McClain, and Pottawatomie Counties
To encourage school age children in the Pioneer Library System service area to read and celebrate the State of Oklahoma and to promote the reading of books with Oklahoma themes or by Oklahoma authors or illustrators. After earning the required 100 points, children will be awarded an official Oklahoma Centennial coin and be eligible for other Oklahoma related prizes. http://www.pioneer.lib.ok.us/
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PCHEA Officers:
Yvonna Bourlan ~ Leader
Julie Cockroft ~ Secretary
Pam White ~ Treasurer
You may contact the leaders through their email addresses or phone numbers as found in the PCHEA directory, or you may email them at pcheainfo@gmail.com and your message will be directed to the proper recipient.
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