Friday, March 6th - PCHEA Skate Day, 10:30-noon

Tuesday, March 10th, PCHEA Mom's Night Out
Friday, April 3rd - PCHEA Skate Day, 10:30-noon

Leadership Opportunities with PCHEA
At the end of this school year 3 of our current leaders will completing their 2 year commitment.
Fredrick and Jeri Akin: Leaders
Teresa Burnett: Co-leader
Kim VanBebber: Treasurer
These positions can be filled by an individual or couple. If anyone is interested in filling these positions or would like to suggest someone they think would do a good job in one of these positions now is the time to let us know. Our goal would be for the upcoming leader to work with us as we finish out this year and especially in the planning meeting. This will make the transition easier.
Two years ago PCHEA added a co-leader to help share some of the leader responsibilities. As leader, I have found this to be a great help both as Teresa and I divided up work, but also talked about ideas and concerns. One of the things we have felt would be helpful to the group would be and activities and field trip coordinator. This person would not be responsible to plan the events, but would further divided the work of the leaders by keeping track of scheduled events and communicating with whoever has
signed up to coordinate that event to make sure everything is going smoothly, to remind them when their event is coming up and when they need to start getting information in the newsletter, send out emails etc. They would also be a resource for anyone who has committed to scheduling an event. To ease the transition for the new leaders and co-leaders, Teresa and I have agreed to work as the field trip and activity coordinator next year. If you have any questions as to what is involved in the positions feel
free to email or call our current officers.

Skate Days: March 6, April 3
10:30 till noon at Star Skate in Shawnee (Highway 177 and 45th Street)
$5.00 per skater; 6 and under and adult "helpers" skate 2 for 1, Adults watch free
Plan to come! Contact Ghislaine Washburn.

march 10th, 7:00, is mom's night at starbucks
We are going to share books that have helped us with language arts--anything to do with phonics, reading, writing and hand-writing.
Nancy Schwab



March P.E. at the OBU Wellness Center
Join us for exercise, fun, and games on Thursday afternoons, 12:45-3:00.
Our group pays monthly according to the number of participants - $2.50-$3.00
per student for each week (spring break cuts us to three weeks in March).
Josh M. says, "It's fun, we get to play games and after the games we
get to go swimming! First, before we do the games we do stretches."
We have access to one court for the first hour, then into the pool till 3:00.
Parents are taking turns with the lessons/activities for each week. There is a wide
range of fitness challenge and games from witch to choose.
If you are interested, contact Cyndi Seeley


Keepers of the Faith Awards Banquet
4-6 P.M., Tuesday, March 24th
New Beginnings Church, Shawnee
1203 E. 42nd St., off N. Harrison St.
All members need to arrive @ 4pm to help with set up and for
organization of badges; Awards ceremony will start @ 5pm.
Members should order badges to bring with them to the Awards Banquet.
contacts: Teresa Burnett or Yvonna Bourlon


2009 OCHEC Convention
1-2 May 2009, Cox Convention Center, Oklahoma City
2009 Keynote Speakers:
Steve Demme, Math-U-See
David Quine, Cornerstone Curriculum

New events for this year's convention:
Art and Photo Contest for Homeschool Students
Five Age Categories: (Age as of January 1st, 2009.)
Ages 5-8, Ages 9-10, Ages 11-13, Ages 14-18
Media Categories: (One entry per artist in EACH category.)
Drawings, Paintings, Crafts, Three-dimensional art, Graphic Design,
Black and White Photography, Color Photography
Awards: Prizes and ribbons will be awarded for each age group in all media
categories. Student artwork will be displayed and judged at the 2009 State
Convention in Oklahoma City in May.
Complete rules and entry forms are available ochec.com . Please contact Contest
Coordinator Valerie Ecton at ecton@cox.net with questions and for volunteer opportunities.

Student Entrepreneur Expo
homeschooled students with a home business are allowed to rent a booth at
the convention to sell their products. More information including a link to the
registration form can be found at ochec.com.
Valerie Ecton, Homeschool Entrepreneur Coordinator ecton@ cox.net