CHEP Christmas Party

Saturday, December 6
7pm
At the Hambys

Adults only
Please bring an appetizer or dessert to share.

Please RSVP to Lisa by December 3rd.

Directions:
From Sykesville/Eldersburg-
Take Rt. 32 towards Westminster
When road slows to 35 mph. turn right at light onto Rt. 91/Gamber Rd.
Turn left at next light onto Deer Park Rd.
Go 2.5 miles. House is on right: brick cape cod with green shutters
1464 Deer Park Rd.

From Rt. 97-
Turn at light onto Rt. 32 East.
Turn tricky left at Antiques Shop/Churches onto Deer Park Rd.
Go 2.5 miles. House is on left(4th house after Green Mill Rd.):
brick cape cod with green shutters 1464 Deer Park Rd.

Spring 09 HSLDA High School Symposium

Equipped and Encouraged
to Teach High School

Second Annual High School Symposium

(with all new seminars)

Friday, April 17, 2009
8:30 a.m.–4:00 p.m.

Location: Patrick Henry College

HSLDA members: Individual $20 Couple $35
Non-members: Individual $30 Couple $50
Lunch included onsite

Registration will open January 5 and will be filled on a first-come, first-served basis until maximum capacity is reached; but for now, save the date!

See more details at:
http://www.hslda.org/highschool/symposium/default.asp

Irvine Nature Center Ecology Hike

Irvine Nature Center Ecology Hike

Cold Weather Shelter

Dear CHEP members,

We need a coordinator for the Laundry/hauling piece of the Cold Weather Shelter. This person would be responsible for recruiting help for the following two tasks: 1)hauling mattresses and luggage on Monday, Dec 22, at 8am. This will probably take 2-3 hours of time, as well as setting up the furniture in the chapel area and sleeping area. It will take some strength, so I am thinking the majority of these volunteers should be teen boys and men. 2) Doing the laundry (NOT the blankets) including sheets and towels for 25 beds (they are thin and twin size) and then hauling them to the next church BEFORE 5:30pm the same day. I am thinking CHEP would be the ideal group to find a coordinator for this area.
See Cold Weather Shelter document for more details.

If you are able to lend a loving hand, please contact Amy Chai

afchai@verizon.net

Free CPR Classes

CPR Classes are being offered just for Chapelgate on January 17, 2009.

There will be two classes that will be held on that day. You can sign up for one or both classes.

The first class is CPR for infants/children ages 0 to 8 years old.
It is from 8:30am - 11:30am.

The second class is CPR for children 8 years to adults.
It is from 12pm - 3pm

There is a max of 20 people per class, so FIRST RSVP FIRST SERVE!

The classes will be held at the Howard County Fire & Rescue's headquarters:

6751 Columbia Gateway Drive Room 303
Columbia, MD 21046

Typically, if anyone wants to take a CPR class, American Red Cross will charge $65 per person. But, this will be FREE to all that take the class.

If you are interested please contact Renda Costa, the4costas@gmail.com

Homeschool Speech and Debate

News on the homeschool speech and debate group from Brenda Crowe Croweb@verizon.net

We will be meeting in the YOUTH SUITE at Chapelgate.
The middle schoolers and high schoolers will be doing the Youth Leadership program sponsored by TOASTMASTERS. Judith Anne who is the coordinator for Dist.18 Youth Leadership will be teaching the program. Judith Anne helped us out last year and we are happy to have her back with us. It is an 8 week course with a graduation ceremony for the participants and their families upon completion of the program. We will be starting this week Oct. 9th, Thursday from 7-9. We will be meeting the 2nd and 4th Thursday of the month.
We will be charging a fee of $25 per child. If your child chooses to participate in the debate program with Amy Chai and Rob the cost will be more $50, this covers materials and enrollment fees for the various competitions. Those that will be debating will continue to meet at The Chais home from 7-9 on the 2nd and 4th Thursday as well. Mr.Rob and Ms.Amy will continue working with the debate kids.
Please make your check out to Brenda Crowe. You can log into the homeschool speech and debate website thru yahoo. http://groups.yahoo.com/group/homeschool_speech_and_debate/

Next CHEP Meeting

October Meeting, Oct 13 at 7pm: Despite best efforts to put together a panel of homeschool graduates for our October meeting, we will not be able to present that panel after all. So you are warmly invited to come for fellowship and our monthly devotion. Laurie Thomas is facilitating Lrethomas@verizon.net

Theaterworks 08-09

Theatreworks tickets for Chep have been ordered. If you are interested in ordering additional tickets on your own, or would like to see the schedule of shows you may go directly to the Theaterworks website, www.twusa.org.

Writing Curriculum Details from Sue P.

The Institute for Excellence in Writing Program that Sue Passerelli shared with us at the writing workshop is $169 and can be found at,

www.excellenceinwriting.com/index.php?q=TWSS-D

BSO Concerts

It’s time to sign up for the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra’s mid-week orchestra concerts for youth. These concerts take place at Meyerhoff Symphony Hall in Baltimore City. Easy to follow directions are on their website and they have a parking garage ($5 last year) right across the street. This is a good chance for your children (and you) to hear a world class orchestra at a great price-$6 each. The concerts are 35-45 minutes long-depending on what age group you sign up for. BSO does not give a discount for large groups so this year we are not sending a group order. If you are interested, you can find more information and order at www.bsokids.com. These concerts are popular and fill up quickly so sign up soon if you are interested.

Fall Co-op update

CHEP Co-op is ready to roll! Please make your $36.00 ART check out to "Teddy Richardson" and bring it to her October 3rd.

The $5.00 Preschool payment should be placed in the CHEP box between now and October 3rd. This should be made out to "CHEP" with the bi-line of "CHEP preschool crafts".

See you at the Atrium!

Co-op News

Fall Co-op is ready to roll! All of the other classes are filling up nicely, with teachers getting ready.

We still have room for one more leader in our World Language class. If you know someone who would like to share their foreign language talent for one of the co-op Fridays, please contact Diane Lutz.

Due to lack of interest, there will be NO theater option available for either age group-- maybe in the spring?

The class information sheets will come out with the Tuesday Messages on September 16th with details about fees and materials. Fees are due by the 21st-- put them in the CHEP mailbox in the church workroom.

Welcome to our CHEP Blog!

Every Fall is a new adventure for homeschoolers, and here is a new one for CHEP families...

Here you can find:
Events Calendar-Meetings Dates/Speakers. Field Trips, Co-op Dates, Registration and Progress Report Deadlines, Special Events, etc.
Current updates and reminders for CHEP happenings

If you have an activity update or reminder you would like to post, or a CHEP Blog suggestion, please email it to me (Lisa Hamby). I will try to keep things current!