The 28th Annual Education Expo
& Homeschool Curriculum Fair
Camp Jordan Arena
East Ridge, Tennessee
We hope you had a great time at the Curriculum Fair this year!
Here are some photos from Friday night! Enjoy!
We are also in the midst of organizing a boys middle school school soccer team — this would be a fall sport. (Contact John Trussel: jtrussel@daltonstate.edu)
Can sign up for any of these at the Homeschool Expo/Curriculum Fair.
In March I attended the lovely wedding of a friend and saw many familiar faces. Some were those of friends who go way back with me, those folks who started homeschooling about the same time. We had babies together, went on playdates, had tea parties (not the political kind!) and saw each other on a semi-regular basis. These were ladies I had a real connection with, yet I had not seen them in some time. Had one of us moved? No. Had there been a rift? No. We all simply got busy with our lives, our homeschooling and our families. As children got older, interests shifted. As children got their driver’s licenses, moms did not frequent the same activities.
This year I joined the Facebook crowd and have found it great fun to connect with high school and college friends as well as many local folks. I have always made it a point to stay connected with many of our out of town friends and family with a yearly letter usually sent some time after Christmas. I was inspired to do this by Edith Schaeffer’s family letters. As a single girl, I moved around quite a bit after graduating, including a two-year mission term in Europe which led to friendships all over the globe. I often toy with the idea of dropping our family letter but I just cannot bring myself to do it knowing it is my only tie with so many of these friends.
Lately I am appalled at how poorly I have kept up with friends who live here in Chattanooga. Many are on Facebook but that is not the connection I am talking about. Something is wrong when we are no longer in touch with dear friends who live near us but we are in touch with hundreds of friends via social networking sites.
By Yvonne Clark
As a mother who teaches her young children at home, I am frequently asked, “What are you gonna do about teaching chemistry?” Admittedly, chemistry is not the only subject that people are concerned about, sometimes it’s also physics, foreign language, calculus, or biology. Homeschooling is popular enough that most people know a neighbor, [...]
Thank you so much for the opportunity to promote this terrific program in the homeschool community. I’d like to spread the word about a new city-run program, funded 100% by photo enforcement revenue, that is available to city residents. It is the new City of Chattanooga Drivers Education Program, which I oversee. The traffic engineering [...]
Homeschool activist and board member Jeff Atherton took part in caucuses April 29 in a bid to obtain the Republican nomination for Chancery Court judge.
Homeschoolers busied themselves to support Jeff, the vice president of CSTHEA, who has been on the board since 1992. He is the father of four children, ages 17 to 22.
He has for years tirelessly led the homeschool mock trial team, and attended to matters of oversight of our association.
In his practice Jeff specializes in defending cities and towns against litigation and also is vigilant in area cases involving home education.
“He is a man of integrity, a man of principle and a man of zeal,” said Gary Hargraves, CSTHEA president. “And these in boundless quantities […]
Hours
Friday’s hours are from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. nonstop. Saturday’s hours are from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Admission
Admission is $3 per Family for Esprit subscribers or THEA members and $6 per Family for non-subscribers/non-members. You may Join THEA and/or subscribe to the Esprit newsletter at the fair and enter at the reduced rate. This [...]
We all hate the idea of waiting in lines. Avoid that long line at the Curriculum Fair / Homeschool Expo this year by sending in your pre-paid registration.
A PDF of the 2010 Curriculum Fair Brochure is now available online here as well as on the main Curriculum Fair page.
