Christmas Party Time

Christmas Party (courtesy Pixabay)

When: Thurs, Dec 14

Time: 10 - 1ish

Where: Wakemans Grove Church of the Brethren

What: CHRISTMAS PARTY!

Lunch: Dominos pizza (provided by HIS; note that if you have allergies, you may wish to bring your own lunch)

Bring: a bag or two of fun candy (to share) for decorating gingerbread houses

** NO GIFT EXCHANGES THIS YEAR **

SPECIAL CHALLENGE: every kid who tells Ms Rebekah their best Christmas joke will get a piece of Christmas candy!

SPECIAL TREAT FOR GROWNUPS: Barista Jonathan Thompson will be making lattes for us parents, HURRAY! -We'll have hot chocolate and marshmallows for kids.

SCHEDULE:

--The kids will be divided into youngers (preschool/elem) & olders (jr high/high school). 

10 - 11: WELCOME by Dave "Santa" Evans. Then gingerbread house decorating in the cafeteria--ALL

11 - 12: Stations for youngers (3 total: Christmas cards/crafts, stories, games); game time for olders

12pm: PIZZA LUNCH! provided by HIS via Dominos 

1pm: Christmas carol singing, with piano accompaniment by Christine Robitaille

Announcements for October 19!

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THE 4-1-1:

* What: HIS Regular Meeting

* When: Tomorrow, Thurs Oct 19, 9:30am - 2pm (opening starts PROMPTLY at 10)

* Where: Wakemans Grove Church of the Brethren, Edinburg

* Bring: bag lunches for your family. HIS will provide drinks.

* Bring (optional): Boxtops, nonperishable food for donation (this month to Open Door)

SCHEDULE:

9:30 Sign-in/fellowship

10:00 PROMPTLY - welcome/announcements

10:20 Students dismiss for class

10:25 Class time

11:40 Classes dismiss for lunch (preschool/nursery escorted to lunch room as a group)

12:55 Students reassemble in the lunch room for club

1:00 Clubs begin

2:00 Clubs dismiss/cleanup

BUILDING REMINDER:

The building's off-limits for playing: unless it's class/club time (or inclement weather), students need to be in the lunch room or outside. Thank you!

UPCOMING:

* PE is this Friday, 10/20 @ 1pm @ Liberty Baptist in Strasburg

* Moms' Night Out is this Monday, 10/23, 7pm @ Denny's, Mt Jackson

* Paugh's Orchard Pumpkin Patch is also Monday, 10/23, 9:40am. $5/child.

* Skyline Drive field trip is Monday, 10/30. Details asap. Free.

* Marker-Miller Pumpkin Patch (rescheduled) is Wed, 11/1, 10am. $7/child.

Welcome to 2017-18!

Back to School. Photo courtesy Wokandapix.

"Marilla, isn't it nice to think that tomorrow is a new day with no mistakes in it yet?"
"I'll warrant you'll make plenty in it," said Marilla. "I never saw your beat for making mistakes, Anne."
"Yes, and well I know it," admitted Anne mournfully. "But have you ever noticed one encouraging thing about me, Marilla? I never make the same mistake twice."
"I don't know as that's much benefit when you're always making new ones."
"Oh, don't you see, Marilla? There must be a limit to the mistakes one person can make, and when I get to the end of them, then I'll be through with them. That's a very comforting thought."

L.M. Montgomery, Anne of Green Gables

***

There's something so hopeful about a new school year, isn't there? All those racks of sparkly new glues, pencils, and gel pens (what is it about gel pens that always makes a person feel like buying twenty packs!?), the fresh sheets of paper with no still-needs-work handwriting or 2 + 2 = 5s... Nothing but hopes and dreams and that ardent, desperate belief that this year we will actually get through everything....

How glad I am that God's mercies are new every morning (Lamentations 3:23), and never reach the end of the school year wondering what happened to Language Arts!

Here at HIS we're looking at the year ahead with a great deal of excitement too. We're scheduling loads of field trips--both old favorites and super fun new ones!, our monthly meetings, volunteer opportunities like helping at Corhaven Graveyard and delivering valentines to veterans, and annual events like the Christmas party and the always-impressive X-Fair.

But despite how much time we might spend planning, it's never the calendar or the number of events that matters most; the heart of our group is in the relationships, and in knowing that no matter where we are in our homeschool journey, we've got a support network right alongside us. As we pray through how God would direct us this year, as always we ask you to pray too. How can we do a better job of encouraging and supporting each other? How can we use the (amazing!) size of our community to better advantage? What changes can we as a group make so our monthly meetings will run smoother?

The sidebar on this blog will be kept updated with field trips and meetings, but here it is below as well, so you can go ahead and mark your calendars. And if you've got ideas to add, please say so!! Some of us older brains especially need the help, haha.

We cherish you all. Thank you for all you do to make HIS the wonderful group it is. xoxo

Aug 14--Planning mtg @ 7pm, Denny's Mt Jackson

Aug 16--Swim & picnic @ Trout Pond

Aug 20/21--Solar Eclipse trip, Knoxville TN

September 4--HIS volunteer day @ Corhaven Graveyard

September 21--Kickoff Picnic @ Woodstock Park--11am

September 27--Field Trip: Monticello

October 19--HIS meeting

October 20--PE

November 16--HIS Meeting

November 18--PE

December TBD--PE trip to Sky Zone

December 14--HIS Christmas party

January 18--HIS meeting

January 19--PE

February 15--HIS meeting

February 16--PE

February 14 (?)--Valentines to Veterans

February TBD--Share Your Gift night 

March 15--HIS Meeting

March 16--PE

March TBD--Cherry blossoms/Smithsonians, DC

April 2 (?)--Montpelier trip

April 13--PE

April 19--HIS Meeting

April TBD--X-Fair

May 11--HIS Graduation

May 17--HIS Grad party

ADDITIONAL FIELD TRIPS/EVENTS to be scheduled:
Scripps Spelling Bee (November?)
JMU planetarium (Dec or Jan)
Belle Grove

New Market battlefields

Luray Caverns (September)

Green Bank Observatory, WV

Skyline Drive tour/class (mid-April)

Handel's Messiah

Concerts @ Shenandoah University