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Plan Your Destination - Geography Fair

Thu, 12 Nov 2009 12:39:00 -0600

The annual PCHEA Geography Fair is scheduled for January 28th. So far, five families have signed up. The countries taken to date are Australia, Saudi Arabia, Ancient Egypt, and Medieval England.

As you can see, people are not only choosing countries, but some are also choosing periods of history for their countries. That means modern Egypt and England are still up for grabs!

So where are the rest of you going to take us for a virtual vacation? Let me know! =-)

Have a blessed day!
Sarah Montgomery

P.E. UPDATE

Thu, 12 Nov 2009 12:31:00 -0600

There will be no P.E. November 26 (Thanksgiving Day).
Also, there will be no P.E. during the month of December.
We will resume P.E. January 7, 2010.

Cyndi Seeley

Keepers of the Faith Club

Thu, 12 Nov 2009 08:26:00 -0600

Hi all,

Just a reminder that the next Keepers of the Faith meeting will be on November 17th from 4:30-6:30 @ New Beginnings Church off of Harrison St. If you've ordered a book recently and have not paid for it you will need to do that before the order can be placed. Keepers of the Home girls should be finishing up their dolls so they can be ready to start sewing the outfits for the dolls at the next meeting. Please remember to bring your doll project with you. If you signed up for a month to coordinate the Lil' Keepers please e-mail and let me know so I can have a record on who is doing which month.

Have a wonderful week!!

Fondly,

Teresa

Mark Your Calendars: Skating and Bowling Days

Thu, 12 Nov 2009 08:20:00 -0600

Please mark your calendars now!!!

Here are the dates for Skate Days for the Spring Semester:

Friday, January 8th, 10:30 to 12:00 @ Star Skate in Shawnee

Friday, March 5th, 10:30 to 12:00 @ Star Skate in Shawnee

Here are the dates for Bowling Days for the Spring Semester:

Friday, February 5th, 11:00 to ??? @ Shawnee Bowl

Friday, April 2 11:00 to ??? @ Shawnee Bowl

More information will follow closer to the actual dates, but PLEASE get them on your calendar so that you and your family won't miss out on all the fun!!

Ghislaine Washburn

Show Your Talent!

Thu, 12 Nov 2009 09:06:00 -0600

Presentations Night--coming March 25th

A night of presentations: An evening for PCHEA members to show off their talents. Family and friends will be welcome to come watch as we play the piano, recite a poem or scripture, display items of handiwork or items related to a recent study, perform a talent.... Time to be announced....

Dephanie Lilite (Coordinator)

Also, Dephanie's husband, Louima, may be directing a play for home school children to participate in this coming summer or early fall. Be on the watch here for an announcement. If this is something you're interested in for your children, please leave a comment.

November 2009 Newsletter

Thu, 29 Oct 2009 23:40:00 -0500

November 2009 Newsletter

Coming PCHEA Events:

Friday, November 7th
Skate Day, 10:30-noon
www.Starskate.com
RSVP – Ghislaine W.

Geography Fair, January
~needs a coordinator and helper~

Capitol Day , February
Unofficial PCHEA Lunch
~needs a contact person~
________________

Repeating Events:
(come as you can, note RSVP)

Moms' Night Out,
second Tuesdays
Nancy Schwab

Keepers of the Faith
third Tuesdays
Teresa Burnett

Skating and bowling,
first Fridays
RSVP Ghislaine Washburn

Physical Education at OBU
every Thursday at noon
Cyndi Seeley

Hello PCHEA Family!

     Hope everyone is enjoying Fall, and all the special celebrations that go along with it. Our Fall Social held at the New Hope Baptist Church, and then later at the Akins' home, was a great success, despite the weather. We all enjoyed the hayride throughout the Akin's back pasture, and the hot apple cider afterwards.
     We had a fun dessert contest held at the Shawnee Library. The kids had a blast. The dads had the hard job of picking the winners in each category, and we all got to help eat all the beautiful and yummy creations. Thanks kids, for doing such a great job of baking. Everything was delicious!!
     So far this year we have had several field trips, and events, and all have gone well. There are no special events planned for November and December, but we are needing some help with events planned for the early part of next year. Please check out our website, homeschoolblogger.com/pchea , and look under "around the blog/2009/10 calendar of events" for details of upcoming events. There are several that are in need of coordinators or helpers. If interested in helping, please contact Jeri Akin or Nancy Schwab.

Happy Thanksgiving!!!
Will and Nancy Schwab

Skate Day
Nov. 6th, 10:30 - noon
Star Skate, Shawnee
www.starskate.com
Come one, come all – be there!
This is the last one for 2009
$ 5 per skater if we have
at least 40 skaters!!!
IMPORTANT:
RSVP by Wednesday, Nov. 4th
gwashburn [at] allegiance [dot] tv

High School food drive to benefit the Shawnee Rescue Mission:
Our PCHEA high school group is collecting non-perishable goods through the month of October. (Ivy Poe, Michael_Poe [at] att [dot] net)

The National Weather Center in Norman will be open to the public on Saturday, November 7th. www.norman.noaa.gov/events/nwf09/

The Oklahoma Homeschool Science Fair entry deadline is Nov. 24th. ou.edu/science

Some PCHEA families brave the drizzle
and have fun getting lost in the Mikles's maze. 10-21-09

Share your event photos. Create an album, or post to an existing one, at our Yahoo PCHEA group. Or, send pictures to Ruth at eightsmiths [at] gmail [dot] com for posting to homeschoolblogger.com/pchea .

Have you missed the
invitation to our private
group site? Send a note to
groups.yahoo.com/subscribe/pcheagroup .

Challenge! Get to … groups.yahoo.com/group/pcheagroup
save to your favorites, or as an icon on your toolbar.

Here you will have access to our monthly newsletter, current member directory, calendar of events, local resource & family business directories, group event photos, curriculum swap & shop, and an archive of postings from PCHEA friends.

When replying to posts, from site or e-mail, please delete the original message text, and check where your reply will be sent (to the group, or to the person). Likewise, consider editing your membership to control receipt of group activity. Administrative, & informative announcements, will be sent as special notices – this would be the best choice for basic PCHEA news (You can catch the “extras”, at site, on your own time).

If you like constant contact, choose individual e-mail. Or, the daily digest will forward each day's individual posts to you as one. Many of you work PCHEA group from your e-mail because you are not able to log in. Easy site access requires a current Yahoo account (apparently, group communiqué is not account activity). So, … start at one of these for help with this: help.yahoo.com, or groups.yahoo.com

American History Students

Wed, 28 Oct 2009 10:59:00 -0500

Do you have pictures of your children that you would like to share with the PCHEA group? How about pictures of a field trip or other school activity or event? Send them to me, and I will post them here on the website! We all enjoy seeing what other home schoolers are doing!!!

Ruth
eightsmiths [at] gmail [dot] com
or
pcheainfo [at] gmail [dot] com

This picture shows the five students who are in my American history class at CFA. At the end of the first quarter they each wrote a 3-5 page paper on a topic related to the colonial time period and also made a display item related to their topic. The students did great on their presentations!

For more pictures, go here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/pchea/ .

Drew, Hunter, Andrew, Belle, Ellen, Ruth (me!)

Skate Day November 4th

Wed, 28 Oct 2009 10:27:00 -0500

Skate Day is Friday November 6th!!

10:30 am to Noon

Star Skate in Shawnee

www.Starskate.com

$5 per skater if we have at least 40 skaters!!!

Come one come ALL!!! This is the last one for 2009, so plan to be there!!!!!!

PLEASE RSVP by Wednesday, November 4!! This is IMPORTANT!!!

For more information, contact Ghislaine.
gwashburn [@] allegiance [dot] tv

October 2009 Newsletter

Wed, 30 Sep 2009 23:01:00 -0500

2009-2010 PCHEA Leaders

Leaders:
Will and Nancy Schwab
willsouthwest [at] integrity [dot] com
Co-leaders:
Fredrick and Jeri Akin
Teresa Burnett
Secretary:
Donna Snyder
Treasurer:
Dephanie Lilite
Newsletter:
Susan McMullen
Website:
Ruth Smith

PCHEA website: http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/pchea

October 2009 Newsletter

Coming PCHEA Events:

Friday Night, October 9th
PCHEA Fall Social - new date and location

Wed. Morning, October 21st,
Shawnee Maze & Pumpkin
RSVP-Susan McMullen

Thursday night, Oct. 22nd,
Dessert Contest
Kim VanBebber

Geography Fair, January
Coordinator? Helpers ?

Capitol Day , February
Unofficial PCHEA Lunch
Point of Contact?

Art Show- March
Night of Presentations
Coordinator? Helpers?

OBU Children’s Theatre
Field Trip, April (TBA)
Point of Contact?

Repeating Events:
(come as you can, note RSVP)

Mom’s Night Out,
second Tuesdays,
Nancy Schwab

Skating and bowling,
first Fridays. RSVP
Ghislaine Washburn

PCHEA Fall Social
Friday, October 9th, 6:30P.M.
at the Akin's home in Tecumseh.
Please bring a main-dish and a dessert or side-dish to share.
Paper goods & drinks are provided.
We plan to have games for the little un's,
volleyball for the big un's,
and a hay ride for every body.
We look forward to meeting new members
and fellowshipping with friends.

Dessert Contest in the works
For Thursday, October 22nd!
Later information via e-mail.

Be an Event Coordinator !
We are in need of some coordinators for up-coming PCHEA events.
Some of the same people have been coordinating these events and they would like a break!!!
Sooooo... If we would like to see these events continue, we will need some volunteers to head them up. Check our Events Volunteer Sign-Up from the September newsletter or online.
Volunteering to coordinate does not mean you are on your own to "make it happen". There is plenty of help for finding locations, how to go about planning, paper goods, etc. Mainly, the job of the coordinator is to send out emails and reminders to the group, secure a location, and plan the activity. The helper is there for you to work with and plan with. It really is not all that scary to coordinate one of these events!!! They have been done before so you don't have to "reinvent the wheel", there is a format in place!! For now we’ll focus on the Geography Fair, sometime in January, and our own Capitol Day family lunch in February. If you would be willing to head up one of these activities please let me or Jeri know ASAP and we can help you with what to do and what is expected.

Thank you,
Will and Nancy Schwab

2009-2010 Member Directory Soon to be released!
Member family information will be available online at our private yahoo site. There is a $3.00 charge to have an actual printed copy sent to your home. A draft will be available at the Fall Social; You are welcome to double check your families information and, if you want, pay for printing and postage at that time. groups.yahoo.com/group/pcheagroup

If you have not yet received an invitation to our private yahoo site, your link has expired or you would like help to figure this out, contact Susan McMullen

THUNDER MAZE

Wednesday, Oct. 21st,
10a.m – 1:30p.m.
Homeschool Day at
Shawnee Maze
& Pumpkin Patch
$5 per person
Ages 3 and under are free.
Group reservation required.
RSVP to Susan McMullen.

The Oklahoma History Center presents
"Home School Day" Monday, October 5, 2009.
This special program will run from
10:00 AM through 2:00 PM.
It is designed for family learners and home school groups to come, experience, and do!
No registration is required and you can join the activities at any time. Best of all it is Free!
There will be activities for students of all ages.
Special living history programs will take place hourly.
Visit www.okhistorycenter.org, or contact Jason Harris,
(405)522-0785, jharris@okhistory.org, for information

~Shawnee Fire Clowns~ October 8th

Wed, 30 Sep 2009 08:23:00 -0500

Submitted by Esther Anderson

Good evening all,

The Shawnee Fire Clowns will be having their clown show at the Expo Center NEXT Thursday, October 8th I believe at 6:30 p.m. It's for you and all of your family and friends. This year the theme is "Are You Smarter Than a Clown?" taken off the T.V. show, "Are You Smarter Than a Fifth Grader". From the little I've heard of it, it should be pretty funny. Will be in Revival at church so unfortunately we will not be there but I hope you all enjoy yourselves!

Esther Anderson