Homes Offering Positive Education

We regret to announce that our February speaker, Shelley Noonan, has just had to cancel her "Total Momma Makeover" presentation scheduled for Friday's HOPE meeting due to the inclement weather and consequent travel conditions.  She sends her apologies for the inconvenience and we are hoping to reschedule her for sometime in the Fall of 2010.

Weather permitting, we will hold the Feb 5th HOPE meeting as planned - with an alternative venue.

Please keep an eye to our HOPE eloop and local TV/Radio for cancellation notices due to weather.

If Council Bluffs schools are delayed or closed due to inclement weather, HOPE will be cancelled as well.

Please join us on Friday, Feb 5th as we watch a video presentation called "Simply Charlotte Mason" - a professionally recorded homeschool conference seminar by author and speaker Sonya Shafer of SimplyCharlotteMason.com.  

Sonya Shafer is married to her best friend, John, and homeschools their four daughters near Atlanta, GA. With a passion to encourage moms in their homeschooling, she co-directs SimplyCharlotteMason.com and is a frequent speaker at homeschool groups.  She has been using the Charlotte Mason method of homeschooling for more than thirteen years. One of her main goals in creating the SimplyCharlotteMason web site and writing books is to communicate CM principles in a way that shows how practical and doable they are. To minister to younger mothers and those dealing with special needs, Sonya also shares her heart through IntentionalParents.com and her book This Anguishing Blessed Journey: A Mother’s Faith Journal through Autism.

Thank you for your understanding!

- the HOPE Core group

On the morning of Friday, December 11th, HOPE will host its annual homemade Cookie & Candy Sale at the Omni Center in Council Bluffs.
So dig out your aprons, push up your sleeves and call the whole family together for some good, old-fashioned cookie baking and decorating!
This is our main fundraiser to cover the costs of speakers and supplies for HOPE each year. Please consider participating by baking and decorating as many cute, unique homemade cookies and/or candy as possible and donating them to our annual Cookie Sale. Or perhaps, you’d rather volunteer to work during the sale?
We’ll be taking cookie & candy donations at the December 4th HOPE meeting and freezing them until the Sale. Or, you can bring them to the Omni Center early on December 11th.
Please contact our Cookie Coordinator, Denise Jacobsen for more details by email at denise@the-jacobsens.com.
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Karen Dean, M.A. Educational Consultant, is a homeschool mom of 4 who gets really excited about new curriculum and homeschool catalogs! She has worked with many homeschool families over the years to help them discover resources to fit both their learning needs and budget constraints.
At HOPE’s November 6th meeting, Karen will use a short "quiz" to help you discover your family’s curriculum style and needs and she'll have lots of samples of each of the styles. We will also look at some pros and cons of various textbook types. There will surely be a lively discussion of what works and what doesn't and what is best for YOUR students.
If you have specific questions about curriculum or homeschooling in general, please contact her directly and she will be happy to research the answer ahead of HOPE’s November workshop! Karen can be reached at karendean_7@msn.com or by phone at 712-623-3883.
We’ll also be bringing HOPE’s free homeschool lending library upstairs for you to explore. You’ll be surprised at the wide variety of resources available to HOPE members. Perhaps you’ll find just the thing God intends to bless your family with!
Please join us on Friday, Nov 6th. Come early—our doors open at 9am for fellowship & activity sign-ups. Karen Dean’s workshop begins at 9:30am!

2010 HOPE Graduation? Do you have a teen graduating this spring?  In the past, HOPE has helped sponsor graduation ceremonies for HOPE families.  If you are interested in having your graduating teen participate in a HOPE graduation, please contact Kelly Wilson at homeschoolmom@gotsky.com so that we can get interested families connected with each other!

http://www.hopecb.org/e107_files/downloads/hope_open_house_flyer.pdf

HOPE’s annual Homeschool Open House & Resource Fair is tomorrow – Tuesday, August 4^th from 6:30-8:30pm at Salem United Methodist Church!   (SUMC is located at 14955 Somerset Avenue, Council Bluffs)

What a great way to meet other homeschool parents and visit with over 20 representatives offering academic & extra-curricular opportunities for your homeschool family!  See the above download link for the flyer for more details. 

We’re looking forward to seeing you this Tuesday night!   

If you have questions about the Open House or would like to have your academic or extra-curricular opportunity represented at the Homeschool Open House please contact Kelly Wilson at homeschoolmom@gotsky.com or call her at 402-291-3794. 

If you have questions about HOPE (Homes Offering Positive Education) or have problems opening the attached flyer, please contact Beth Wagner at wagnerz@loganet.net or call her at 712-566-9066.

The May HOPE meeting is traditionally an evening event to showcase what your students have accomplished during the past year. Table displays, musical performances, oral presentations or other demonstrations are a few of the ways to highlight these accomplishments. The Educational Showcase is a great motivator for your students to do extra nice work or perhaps a special project. HOPE home educated seniors will also be recognized and a table will be available for their memorabilia. Start planning now and mark your calendars for May 1st, 6:30-9:00 PM Invite grandparents, uncles, aunts and anyone interested in homeschooling so they can put it on their calendars. Invitational flyers and registration forms will be available at the April HOPE meeting and on the HOPE website at [link]. Reserve your table, demonstration, presentation or performance spot early by contacting Eunice Bunch at embunch©cox.net or (712)322-9387. HOPE’s 9th Annual - Educational Showcase 

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