Susan Blackwell will be coming to Community Bible Church April 4-5 to administer Woodcock Johnson lll tests to students. She is also available to consult with families who homeschool a student with special needs. The time slots are filling up so please contact her as soon as possible to hold a spot for your student. Call 803-429-3899 or email sblackwelltesting@gmail.com

Name * Katie Turner
Email * katielguthrie@gmail.com
Phone Number (843) 540-4404
Announcement Request *
All Free!

—1 practically new diaper bag for a mom in need. Black and grey, used very minimally.

—1 large Canon camera bag, plenty of space for camera and several lenses.

—1 small digital camera bag by Altura photo.
Call, text or email!

Name * Nicole Shea
Email * nicolelynnshea@gmail.com
Phone Number (843) 473-0551
Announcement Request *
Looking to buy used soccer cleats and shin guards.

size 6
size 4
size 2
size 1

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Nicole Shea

PASS test money is due THIS Sunday, March 10th.
Please make sure to get to me either in the morning or at AWANA. You can also ask the front desk to put it in Webb’s box.
Feel free to text me at 843-271-0242.
Stacey Horry

Name * Zoe Howard
Email * sethandzoe@gmail.com
Announcement Request *
Free piano!

Request from Candida

USCB Center for the Arts is looking to borrow a digital Yamaha Montage 88 key keyboard for their show tomorrow night. This is a last minute need as their other situation backed out in an emergency situation. Does anyone have anything? If so, call me asap please. 🙂

Candida (843) 812-5281

Just a reminder that progress reports for students in grade K-8 are due on March 10th.

PLEASE have them turned in at the front desk no later then Sunday. Email is fine but no jpg’s; please scan all items and send as a pdf. Thanks for your help with this.

Claudia

Hey everyone a few things about yearbook.

When you finish your family page or Senior 1/2 page, please email Jessica at jjclayton1013@gmail.com so that she can move it to your page in the yearbook and you can do your personal pages.

Also we are so LOOKING FORWARD to seeing some activity pictures! Please upload your activity like Upward, Trail Life, other sports, musical pursuits, plays etc.

Just look for the content folder which is an icon on the left side of Treering which will take you to a shared folder where you can upload pictures to the appropriate folder.

We really want to show the wide range of accomplishments and interests of our homeschool students. Help us make that happen with your pictures! Questions? Call or text Charlotte 843-592-1502

Does your student struggle with sitting still for standardized testing?  Does he/she have ADD/ADHD or other diagnoses that make it difficult to test on ONE grade level throughout the session?

If you answered “yes” to any of these questions, you might be interested in having your student take the Woodcock Johnson Test with Susan Blackwell who will be coming to the Beaufort area in April to administer tests. Susan will also be offering consultations for parents of students with Special Needs.  After your initial contact and possible dates that work for the families, Susan will set up a time to test with Community Bible Church to use their location for testing.

The Woodcock Johnson test takes around 1 1/2 hours and is one on one interactive test.  The cost is $150 per student (discounts for multiple children in a family) and the results are available immediately following the session along with a print out of Strategies and Interventions to help in the areas in which the student tested lower than average.

You can read more about the WJIII test on Susan’s website:

www.homeschoolingthespecialneedschild.com

If you are interested, please contact Susan by phone 803-429-3899 or by email sblackwelltesting@gmail.com

MARCH 4, 2024
SCHEA
Preserving Homeschool Rights & Encouraging Homeschool Families

Urgent Action Needed to Protect Homeschool Freedom from Government “Help”

An Action Alert from HSLDA

Dear Friends of Homeschool Freedom in South Carolina,

“The ten most terrifying words in the English language are: I’m here from the government, and I’m here to help.” So said President Ronald Reagan. And that is why we need urgent action to oppose H. 5164, a bill which expands South Carolina’s Education Scholarship Trust Fund to homeschool families.

South Carolina home educators have consistently told our elected officials “thanks, but no thanks” when it comes to money from the government. As HSLDA President Jim Mason has pointed out, “homeschooling did not begin as a movement because of the top-down vision of a politician, nor was it dependent on government largesse.”

BACKGROUND

When South Carolina’s Education Scholarship Trust Fund was first enacted, South Carolina homeschoolers asked that they be written out of the bill. H. 5164 reverses this and deletes the following sentence from current South Carolina law: “not to participate in a home instruction program under Sections 59-65-40, 59-65-45, or 59-65-47[.]” This change will erase the line between private homeschooling and government-funded programs.

The K-12 Subcommittee for the House Education and Public Works Committee will meet on Tuesday, March 5, immediately after adjournment of the full committee. We expect the subcommittee to take up H. 5164 in Blatt 433, 1105 Pendleton Street, in Columbia.

We urge as many homeschoolers as possible to attend the hearing and tell our legislators we do not want government money to “help” us homeschool.

The full House Education and Public Works Committee will meet again on Wednesday, March 6, immediately after adjournment of the House, in Blatt 433. During this meeting we expect the full committee once more to take up H. 5164, and we urge as many homeschoolers as possible to attend and testify against the bill.

ACTION REQUESTED

In addition, please contact the six members of the K-12 Subcommittee and give them this message: “As a homeschool parent, I do not want money from the government. Please remove the strike-through from Section (f) in H. 5164. I want the language excluding homeschoolers to be kept in the law.”

The K-12 Subcommittee members:

Rep. Jeff Bradley, Chair
(803) 212-6815
Email: jeffbradley@schouse.gov
Rep. Bill Hager
(803) 212-6974
Email: billhager@schouse.gov
Rep. Kathy Landing
(803) 212-6975
Email: kathylanding@schouse.gov
Rep. David Vaughan
(803) 212-6779
Email: davidvaughan@schouse.gov
Rep. Terry Alexander
(803) 734-3004
Email: TerryAlexander@schouse.gov
Rep. Kambrell Garvin
(803) 212-6875
Email: kambrellgarvin@schouse.gov