Sugar Creek Christian Home Educators is a cooperative of Christian families committed to supporting and encouraging one another to teach our children at home. |
Newsletter Deadline
| The deadline for articles to be submitted for the September newsletter is August 20. |
President’s Perspective
| "And my soul shall be joyful in the Lord: it shall rejoice in his salvation." Psalms 35 9 (KJV) Yea! Summer is here. Let us rejoice and take a vacation from school. It's time to recharge the batteries and maybe get out of town for a while. We hope all of your families have plans for a joyful summer. SCCHE has some good ideas for this next school year. We are planning to add some extra Park Days for people who are busy on Fridays. We are setting up a new Family Fun Day in October - a pancake breakfast in the park! And, of course, we will continue to make childcare available while parents enjoy interesting speakers at our Mix & Mingle meetings. Keep an eye on the loop and newsletter for details. The parents' orientation meeting will be on August 3rd. Come and register in person and check out the tables with info about SCCHE and outside programs. The Back-to-School Workshop will be August 14th.We hope you will plan to attend and get the school year started off with a bang. Your servants in Christ, George and Dee |
Yearbook
| Student Portrait Days at Nesossi Studios Each year, Nesossi Studios graciously offers Student Portrait Days to SCCHE members. Students can have their portraits taken and submitted to the SCCHE Yearbook free of charge. Students can also have identification cards printed for a reasonable fee. Of course, Nesossi also offers reasonably priced portrait packages. So take advantage of the convenience and consider getting that long overdue family portrait done while the kids are groomed and smiling. This year's Student Portrait Days will be October 25-29. Sign-up for appointments will be available at the Parents' Orientation Meeting on August 3rd, and at the Back-to-School Workshop on August 14th. |
S.T.A.R.
| Spring 2011 STAR is just around the corner! STAR is a parent volunteer-driven co-op which offers eight weeks of enrichment classes for SCCHE students. Registration forms will be available in October - see your September newsletter for more details. |
Activities and Events
Parent's Orientation MeetingAugust 3Join us as we kick off the new school year! Be sure to bring your checkbook, and take this opportunity to: - renew your SCCHE membership - order a 2010-11 yearbook - register for other programs offered Agenda: 6:30pm Doors open. Handbooks and membership applications will be available (pre-printed renewal forms for previous members). 7:00pm Program begins. 7:45pm New member applications will be accepted at the end of the program. Also, after the program, all members will be able to browse tables upstairs, gathering information on SCCHE and outside programs. Remember - you must be a member of SCCHE to participate in SCCHE-sponsored activities, so timely receipt of your application is important. PLEASE - PARENTS ONLY AT THIS MEETING There is NO childcare available. If you must bring your children, keep them with you AT ALL TIMES. Previous Members: Please make every effort to attend this meeting! We will have a pre-printed renewal form ready for you, so updating your information will be a quick and easy process. Also, you'll want to look through your handbook and note the changes from previous years. If you cannot attend this meeting or the Back-to-School Workshop (on the 14th), we will automatically mail your renewal form to you. This will increase your membership dues by $5 ($20 instead of $15), to cover the additional cost of mailing your application and handbook. New Members: A brief interview, designed to familiarize you with SCCHE and to answer your questions, is the final step in the application process. Once you've turned everything in, please join us in browsing the information tables upstairs. If you can't make it to this meeting, your next opportunity to join SCCHE will be at the Back-to-School Workshop on Saturday, August 14th. After that date, you may join at one of our regular monthly meetings. Applications for membership must be submitted in person to an interviewer. |
Back-to-Homeschool WorkshopFeaturing: Dr. Bruce N. Shortt, Ph. DAugust 14 Dr. Shortt is a homeschooling father, an attorney here in Houston (graduating from Harvard Law and Ph.D. From Stanford Univ.) and passionate about homeschooling! He was co-sponsor of the Christian Education Resolution for the Southern Baptist Convention and is author of The Harsh Truth About Public Schools (2004), Privacy and due process problems in the federal income tax (1978), and Religious tax exemption and the First Amendment: Definition as establishment (1978). He and Voddie Baucham have co-authored resolutions for the Southern Baptist Convention, and we are very pleased to have Dr. Shortt pick up where Voddie left off last year, speaking on the following two topics:
Please take advantage of early registration. As always, we will have door prizes, and we will be distributing a special door prize to one of our pre-registered participants. |
Mix and MingleScheduled dates are the first Tuesday of the month, starting with September 7th. We will be needing volunteers for childcare. If you or your teenager are interested in helping, have a topic you would like to see someone address, or for questions please contact the Mix and Mingle Coordinator. |
Field Trips
| We welcome your contribution and encourage your involvement! Whether a new idea or an old favorite, if you would like to coordinate a field trip, please contact the Field Trips Director. The General Registration Form for Activities & Field Trips and General Permission Slips are available either online or in the back of your SCCHE Parent Handbook. All registration forms and fees (if applicable) must be postmarked by deadline and mailed to the noted field trip coordinator in order to be officially registered. Please, no registrations by phone. If you are sending your child(ren) in the care of another parent, please include a completed General Permission Slip along with your Field Trip Registration form. This is a must if someone else is going to be responsible for your children. Thank you! Field Trips are for SCCHE Members ONLY! |