Common Core Info
Senators Graham and Scott have put forth a resolution against Common Core and home schoolers need to know and need be supportive. Thanks, Tammy
Dear CBCCA Families,
Please thank SC Senators Lindsey Graham and Tim Scott for their support of homeschool freedom and for their introduction of S. Res. 345, a powerful resolution pushing back against the Common Core State Standards Initiative. Thank you!
http://www.hslda.org/elert/archive/elertarchive.aspx?6935
Volunteers Needed
Dear Friends,
A few more adult and older teen volunteers are needed to help provide childcare at our Community Bible Church Valentine Banquet this Friday at 6 p.m.
If you are available to help, please email me at
cbcevelyn@gmail.com
Thank you,
Evelyn Owens
Microscope Needed
Amy and I are in need of 1 or 2 more microscopes for this Wednesday at Kid’s Life for our science class.
If you have one that we could borrow for that day, would you please contact one of us and let us know?
Thanks so much.
Amy – f18fitz@hotmail.com
Sue – sue.cerrillo.201@gmail.com
National Engineers Week
Engineers and computer scientists innovate, create and solve problems. They work together to make the world better. They are key to our healthy, safety and happiness. When children and teens get to experience engineering and computer science, they realize how interesting and fun these professions can be. That’s why the National Engineers Week Foundation – and the College of Engineering and Computing (CEC) at the University of South Carolina – are dedicated to attracting and cultivating the next generation of engineers and computer scientists.
National Engineers Week, which celebrates professionals in all fields of engineering and computing, will be held February 16-22. With help from our sponsors URS Corporation, the CEC is hosting a week of activities including guest speakers, a Code-A-Thon for USC students (sponsored by Boeing IT), and an Open House geared toward kindergarten through 12th grade students.
The Open House will be held on Saturday, February 22 from 10am – 1pm at the Swearingen Engineering Center at 315 Main Street on the USC Columbia campus. The free event will feature dozens of interactive exhibits that highlight the CEC’s programs and research including the following:
A helicopter landing Fuel cell demonstrations Electric and hybrid vehicles
A concrete canoe Robots Computer Games Segway Rides Lab tours
Visit from Cocky
For a full list of activities, visitwww.cec.sc.edu/eweek.Visitors, of all ages, are welcome, as are school groups.
The speakers series will feature experts on the gender wage gap and the growing rolls of women in engineering and computing. To register for these free seminars, visit www.cec.sc.edu/eweek.
Independent Scholars Day at Middleton Place
INDEPENDENT SCHOLARS DAY
Join us Thursday, February 20 for a day dedicated to students who receive their education outside of the traditional school systems. Students will participate in a Plantation Overview Tour, exploring the plantation gardens and property; a Beyond the Fields Tour, concentrating on the lives & culture of enslaved people at Middleton Place; and a visit to the Plantation Stableyards, where they will visit skilled artisans demonstrating jobs performed by enslaved people. Students will also go on a Meet the Breeds Tour, concentrating on the heritage breeds of animals found on the plantation, and participate in hands-on
activities including rice processing, corn grinding, and butter churning. Admission is $10 per student and per chaperon. Please RSVP to Greg Smith, Director of Education, Middleton Place Foundation at gsmith@middletonplace.org . Tours will be given from 10am-12pm and 1pm-3pm. Students and chaperons will provide their own lunches and eat at the picnic tables from 12-1pm.
FEBRUARY HOMESCHOOL MTG.
I would like to invite you to our next homeschool meeting that is scheduled for Tues. Feb. 4th at 7 pm. *Please note the topic has changed* We are now going to stream live, from the Creation Museum, the debate between Ken Ham, creation apologist & CEO of Answers in Genesis and Bill Nye, evolution apologist & the Science Guy. This will be a fabulous opportunity to bring some of your older students along! We will be in room 102.
This will count as a regular CBCCA meeting.
Mark your calendars for Tues. Feb. 4th, 7-9:30pm (their Q&A session begins at 8:45, so you can leave early if you need).
***Please RSVP to tammywaldron@gmail.com so that we will be able to accommodate all who would like to come.
For more information about the debate: http://debatelive.org/
Blessings!
Tammy Waldron
PALS Spring Sports
Register Now for Spring Sports:
- Soccer (ages 4 – 18)
- Registration: January 27 – February 27
- Fee: $60
- Season: April – June
- Late Registration: February 28 – March 6, $90 ($25 late fee included)
- Flag Football (ages 4- 17)
- Registration: January 27 – February 26
- Fee: $55
- Season: April – June
- Late Registration: February 26 – March 5, $85 ($25 late fee included)
- Baseball / Softball (ages 4 – 18)
- Registration: January 27 – February 25
- Fee: $65
- Season: April – June
- Late Registration: February 26 – March 4, $90 ($25 late fee included)
To register or for more information visit our website at www.bcgov.net/PALS or call our Burton Wells office at 843-255-6680.
Ride needed
Is anyone interested in going to The High School Essay Intensive with Andrew Pudewa in N Charleston on March 6th? I have a child who really wants to go but I need a ride for him. Please contact me ASAP so I can get him signed up.
Thanks,
Theresa Osborne
Email: cre8tedinhim@yahoo.com
REAPERS
As a reminder the meeting for volunteers for the Reapers has been rescheduled for TONIGHT at 6:30pm in room 102. We still need volunteers so please come on out if you are able!!!
Teach Them Diligently Convention
Teach Them Diligently Homeschool Conventions is coming to Spartanburg April 3–5. Check out our website at www.TeachThemDiligently.net!
CBCCA has a special coupon code; please click and print below.
