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A New Year and Panic Sets In…. |
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Written by Alice Pauquette
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Tuesday, 05 January 2010 |
This week our family back to school like many families after the Christmas break. This year is different. There is no panic, there is no thinking “we are behind!” or “we are not where I had hoped we would be in our homeschool plans.” For some families we see this time of year as the halfway point in our school year. Don’t panic! Help is on the way!
This past fall I was given the opportunity to help Linda Oberg and the University Area Community Development Corporation in planning the Tampa Bay Homeschool Conference & Expo. I am excited to tell you about this conference right here in Tampa! Linda and Ada, both part of the UACDC, have seen the vision of serving the Tampa Bay Homeschool Community. It has been such a pleasure to work with the people at the UACDC. I am so excited to share this opportunity for you to find encouragement and new ideas for your homeschool at this conference on February 6th, 2010 at the University Area Community Center Complex.
The conference will host numerous workshops and an exhibit hall with local, regional and national homeschool businesses. The workshops will range from encouraging you on your homeschool journey to how to write your own curriculum. This is the workshop I will be presenting. You will come away refreshed and excited to finish your school year with joy! There is even a special free Homeschool Orientation presented by my good friend, Kim Coley our FPEA District 5 Director.
I am so excited to share that the keynote speaker for this conference was hands down the favorite 2009 FPEA speaker, Linda Werner from Circle Christian School. She will be speaking on Strengths! If you have not heard her, you are in for a treat. I can honestly say I was brought to tears in her session on strength based teaching. She is a powerful speaker! You do not want to miss the keynote address at 11:30am.
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Written by Alice Pauquette
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Monday, 14 December 2009 |
“The wait is killing me!” I know, we are all hearing this from our kids and maybe even our spouse this week in anticipation for Christmas. Of course, I am not talking about Christmas and the excitement that comes with watching someone you love open the gift you chose just for him. No, I am talking about that awful time period where you sit waiting for the acceptance letter for the college of choice. I will admit it wasn’t all that long ago that was my letter I was waiting to receive.
I wanted nothing more than to attend graduate school. I was just about to complete my undergraduate degree at SUNY Empire State, but I knew I wasn’t done. I wanted a master’s degree in curriculum and instruction. I wanted to remain home with my children and remain homeschooling. I needed God to move in a way that I knew this was the time and the place. I still remember the day my letter arrived. Actually, a neighbor delivered my letter. For the only time in the ten years we lived at that address, the mail was delivered to the wrong house. I think I could have kissed that neighbor, poor guy! I was nearly squealing when I grabbed that letter from his hand and opened it before he was even off the porch! I was in! What a feeling! I was worthy of a spot at SUNY Albany in their CDIT program. It was a feeling I won’t forget for a very long time.
So here I sit with a very anxious young man, awaiting that same letter. My son has done all the right things to get in. He has studied. He has mastered the SAT. He has proven himself worthy of early admission to the local community college. He has done his part to get in. But is this what God wants for him, right now? We are resting in knowing that God has a plan. There are only so many seats available for this specific program. He second choice really isn’t a second choice – it is equally as exciting and worthy of his pursuit. We are waiting….. to see what God has in store…..waiting…..
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Last Updated ( Monday, 14 December 2009 )
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Written by Web Master
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Saturday, 01 August 2009 |
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