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"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
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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
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
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