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.

Teresa Castrinos would like to borrow four silver chargers. If you have some you are willing to loan, please call her at 843-384-6833. She can pick up Wednesday night at church. Thanks in advance!

From Ninette – 

CBCCA STANFORD ACHIEVEMENT TESTING 2014

The Stanford Achievement Test will be administered to homeschooling students this spring. This testing

situation is available to CBCCA students as well as non-CBCCA homeschool students. The details are as

Place: Community Bible Church, Children’s Building

Dates: April 29 – May 1, 2014 (Tuesday – Thursday)

Grades: 4 – 12

Testers: Audrey Broggi, Cindy Smith, Ninette Hodgins

Time: 8:45 – 12:00 (approximate)

Administrative Fee: $40.00 per student.

Payment preferred in the form of a check made out to CBC, with “SAT fee” written in the memo

Give to Claudia Gay or Laura Caldwell (Front Desk of main building)

Deadline is April 16. No student will be tested Without Payment.

(Please don’t make us come to you; pay promptly. Thank you)

Parents are responsible for ordering and paying for the SAT-TASK for their child

(children). The instructions are:

1. Order online (bjupresstesting.com) or call BJUP (800.845.5731). You will be ordering the Stanford Test

for Homeschool (not the OLSAT) according to the grade level of your student this spring.

2. Should order by March 14, 2014 in order to ensure timely delivery to test administrator

3. You will need to identify the tester as Ninette Hodgins. Ninette’s tester ID number is 910564.

4. BJU will require you to verify that you homeschool your child (children).

5. On the same day you order your test, please e-mail Ninette (ninette3126@hargray.com) with the

following information:

a. Child’s first, middle initial, last name c. phone number

b. Grade level d. birthdate

4. Tests will be shipped to Ninette. The day after testing she will mail the tests back to

BJU. The parent (purchaser) will be notified by BJU when the results are ready for review

online, usually within 10 business days from the day the tests are received back at BJU.

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Thank you for allowing CBCCA the privilege of administering the Stanford to your student(s). Our desire

is to provide an optimum environment where the student can perform to his/her ability. If you have any

questions, please email or call Ninette (ninette3126@hargray.com) (757.6822).

Please remember to adhere to the March 14 and April 16 deadlines. Thank you

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

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.

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 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.

TTD2014_CBCCA-Card

From Monica W.

Dear Home Schooling Families,

Classical Conversations of Beaufort would like to help make standardized testing available to your family! Our local CC will be a testing site for the Stanford Achievement Test this Spring and while the test is still a few months out – I wanted to let you know this would be available. Early registration is helpful in coordinating enough proctors for the test.

Here is the link for anyone who would like to sign up for Standardized Testing which will be made available through our local CC campus. You do not need to be a CC family to participate.

https://cctestingservices.com/component/eventregistration/?id=652

What you need to do:
Go to the above link and sign up.
Fill in all required boxes and choose which grade level you would like your child tested for. Please check the box if you would like the test results emailed to you. If you do not check the box, please bring a self addressed stamped envelope on testing day for your results to be mailed to you.
On the next screen it will give you the option of purchasing a practice test for the test level selected. This is optional but available.
Complete check out and pay for the registered test {s}.

Registration closes March 30, 2014.

Testing Cost:
Cost of the test is $50 payable during the registration process. Cost of the test goes up to $55 after March 23rd.
There is also a $10 fee per student due the first day of the test, please bring $10 cash in an envelope with your child’s name on it. This offers our proctors a small compensation for their time and service.

Testing Dates:
Monday, April 14
Tuesday, April 15
9:30am-1:30pm

Testing Location:
Shell Point Baptist Church
871 Parris Island Gateway
Beaufort, SC

Registration Questions: please email Monica Wilkinson mohummingbird@hotmail.com or Amanda Hollingsworth amandah07@gmail.com.