• Cross Country
  • For grade 3 through 12 both boys and girls
  • Contact Jim Steffes: Jim@bartohoss.com
• Girls Varsity Soccer
  • Must be 13 by August 15
  • Contact Janell Bontekoe: janell@bontekoes.com
• Girls Volleyball
  • Highschool age
  • Contact Ryan Bolton: rjtmbolt@bellsouth.net

Winter sports (approximately October through early March)

• Basketball
  • For middle and highschool boys and girls
  • Contact Angie Ambrosetti: ambrosetti8@comcast.net

Spring Sports (approximately March through May)

• Boys baseball
  • For middle and highschool age
  • Contact Julie Simmons djsimons@tvn.net
• Boys Varsity Soccer
  • Highschool age
  • Contact Yoli Bell: bellyobell@comcast.net

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.

Inviting young entrepeneurs

Our yearly used book sale will be held June 12, a Saturday, at the spacious Camp Jordan Arena in East Ridge.

This is a great opportunity for homeschooling entrepreneurs to showcase their products to a large group of people. Young business people (children not yet graduated) will be allowed to set up at the individual price. Come on in, kids, and show us what you can sell.

Mom or dad also sell for no more than the admission price.

Businesses are welcome at the event for a $30 fee.

Saturday, June 12 schedule

• Sellers 8 a.m.
• Buyers 9 a.m.
• Sale ends at 1 p.m. we must be out of the building by 2.
• Gary Hargraves will help set up at 7 a.m. Can you or a son volunteer to come in early to help?

Admission for all at the door

• Free — children under 17
• $3 per adult
• $5 a couple
• $30 for a business
• Only businesses and entrepreneurs need to register. See contact below.
• Table and chair rentals. NO charge if you bring your own. But if you want to rent the cost is $6 per table, and $1 per chair.

Questions & registration

• Businesses & entrepreneur questions and registration, Jan Bontekoe at exhibitor.reg@csthea.org
• General questions, Lisa Stewart (423) 476-5520, or lisabstewart@gmail.com

Tips for success Make yourbook sale and entrepreneur day a memorable event.

• Sell your own books and products
• Bring plenty of change
• Share a table with a friend; you can take turns shopping
• Sellers, buyers, bring your own bags
• A map of Camp Jordan is on our website, www.csthea.org (see homeschool expo section).

On March 19 and 20 the CSTHEA mock trial team participated in the Tennessee mock trial competition in Nashville. The team consisted of Amanda Paul, Vivian Hughbanks, Abigail Till, Brittany Kanerva, Caitlyn Sudkamp, David Tulis and Seth Jones.

They were coached by Jeff Atherton and Scott Maucere.

Over the course of the two-day competition they competed against four teams — Tulluhoma High School, South Greene High School, St. Maryʼs Episcopal and Springfield High School from around the state.

This competition brought out the skills the team had acquired over four months of practice and the regional competition, in which they had placed first. They were challenged as their knowledge and presentation of the case material was put to the test.

Each member of the team performed exceptionally well under the pressure.

At the end of the competition, Vivian Hughbanks was voted the most valued player of the team. Their hard work and dedication payed off, as they were awarded 6th place overall in the competition. Five of the seven members of the team will be returning next year; we can only imagine what the future will hold.

Friday, May 7

• 10 a.m. – 8 p.m.
• (Gate opens at 10 a.m.)

$16 per ticket

• Prepaid Ticket Deadline Thursday, April 22
• Cash customers must be in line at the CSTHEA Gate before 10:30 a.m.
• Cash only at the CSTHEA Gate until 10:30 a.m or Prepaid ticket
• All nonriders 3 years of age & older are required to pay the $5 gate admission at the main gate.

Instructions

Please read carefully the following instructions!

This annual homeschool day at our local amusement park is scheduled the first Friday in May.

To summarize, for Friday May 7 you may:

• Purchase discounted tickets prior to May 7 by mail and enter the park any time that day with your prepaid ticket, or…
• Purchase discounted tickets on the day of the event with cash only AND if you are in line before 10:30 a.m., or…
• Enter later in the day without a prepaid ticket by paying full price.
• No Refunds.

To repeat:

• You must arrive and be in line before 10:30 a.m. on Friday May 7, to get the discounted $16 “pay-cash-at-the-gate” rate.
• You can still get in at the full price regular rate.
• You can come in any time on Friday May 7 with your prepaid ticket.
• You can come in any time without a prepaid ticket by paying full price. (These are Lake Winnie’s rules and procedures, not CSTHEA’s.)
• Note the change in closing time — earlier than in previous years.

Important Details

• For those paying by mail, please make checks payable to “CSTHEA.”
• Send a self-addressed stamped envelope (SASE) with your payment. No tickets will be sent without SASE.

• Mail to:

      Steve & Deb/LW Day
      3526 Sunrise Terrace
      Chattanooga, TN 37412
  

• Deadline for prepaid tickets is April 22 (a Thursday). Steve and Debbie must receive the money by this date. Allow more time for out-oftown delivery. We are not responsible for late or misdirected mail.

What is the rain date and how does it work?

• The Rain Date is May 14th.
• If it is raining on May 7th or if rain is expected, you can choose to come anyway or choose to use your pre-paid ticket on the 14th instead.
• The rain date is not a rain check. If you come on May 7th and use your pre-paid ticket and it ends up raining, you do not get another ticket for the rain date.

Emcee Info

Would you like to emcee the banquet?, We prefer to choose our two emcees from the senior class but we are open to having other high-schoolers if no seniors apply. If you are interested in emceeing, we will contact you based on your interest expressed in the registration form.

Performance Information

We encourage everyone who would like to perform to do so. Both group and individual performances are welcome. The more we have the more fun the banquet! You do not have to be a senior to perform Any homeschool related group can perform a skit as long as they meet the deadline for sending in information and the content is deemed appropriate and is adequately described and time slots are available.

Those performing at the Banquet will still have to get their proposed performance reviewed & approved.

You must send an e-mail to Mrs. Lynn Smith at tleca1@comcast.net & to Gary Hargraves at gary@csthea.org. The e-mail must have “Banquet Performance Details” in the Subject Line. The deadline for submissions is May 8, 2010. Please include all of the following. 1. Theme 2. Content 3. Number name and current grade level of all individuals involved 4. Duration of performance 5. Name, e-mail and phone number of contact individual for the proposed performance

Banquet Seating and Requests

Banquet seating will be assigned “first come first served”, so get your payment in early and watch the newsletter or website for details. If both parties specify each other in the seating request, we will honor it. Otherwise, we can not guarantee you will get your seat request but we will try.

Reservation Information

This year there are two options. Full Banquet reservations are $20 per person and these reservation holders are expected to arrive between 6 and 7 PM. There will be place cards at the tables for you to tell you where to sit.

Dessert and Beverage reservations can be made for $9 per person. These reservation holders will not be admitted before 7:30 pm. They will be on a list and their names will be checked at the door.

If you are coming to the banquet for the full meal or for the dessert option, the 13 year old minimum age limit and dress code still apply.

No unpaid admissions or payment at the door please.

Banquet Reservation Form

Download the above instructions and the 2010 Banquet Reservation Form here.

Speakers:

• Joel Belz, founder of World magazine, on Christian journalism
• John Eidsmoe, law professor, on the Constitution
• Gary DeMar, president of American Vision and author, on developing a comprehensive biblical worldview.
• James Nickel, author and professor, on mathematics
• Carl Robbins, pastor of Woodruff Road Presbyterian Church in Greenville, S.C., on the fruit of the spirit.

I went last year and highly recommend it.

—Jeannette Tulis

On Dec. 5 three homeschool teams represented Chattanooga at the Tennessee first Lego League Tournament in Cookeville.

The competitions lasted almost eight hours, with a break for lunch. Each team competed in three rounds of robot performance and then made a presentation on their research on local transportation problems. They were then interviewed on robot design, robot programming, teamwork and leadership, and then competitively rated against each of the 48 registered teams at the event. The Chattanooga homeschool teams brought home more trophies than ever before!

The East Brainerd Hurricanes led by Shayne Champion earned third place in research and presentation with their project titled “Safety for Bicyclists”. Team Terastorm led by Jeffrey Cross won fourth place for robot performance (with 280 points) and the third place champion award for overall performance. Team Cyberthunder led by Bill Ayres won third place for robot performance (with 295 points), and the second place champion award for overall performance. This was the first time that Chattanooga took home two champion awards.

By James Hindman

Although cold weather has set in around Chattanooga, area homeschool dads have enjoyed the warmth obtained from good fellowship, strength and encouragement during the Friday meetings at Panera Bread Co. in Hixson.

The meetings have been relaxed and easygoing with an abundance of stimulating topics. At each gathering, we have been blessed with a bond which has equipped us to do battle in a culture continually attempting to confuse what it means to be a Christian, leader, servant, husband, father and friend.

There have been a great many topics exchanged at our meetings:

❏ We have discussed how to prepare our sons to be skilled and sufficient, as they will one day provide for their families.
❏ We have exhorted each other with ways to handle our little girls growing up and the changing complexities, which accompany that process.
❏ We have talked through developments we have seen in our country and what potential implications those changes may have on our jobs, our families and our homeschools.
❏ We have shared prayer requests for ourselves and loved ones and felt the calm assurances, which come from the knowledge that those prayers are being lifted up to a sovereign God.

The informal gatherings have been much more than a meet and greet. They have provided a connection, a place where paths cross, ideas exchange and the value of friendship learned.

So plan to come out and join us, Fridays 6:45 a.m. as we equip each other to be better men.

Chris Davis has supplied the following sample of topics we have discussed:

• Prayer requests
• Homeschool laws / concerns / events
• Theology / reformed doctrine / good books
• Leadership (as a husband and father) / multigenerational legacy
• Culture / worldview / cultural shift / abortion / media / Christian colonization
• Darwin and evolution
• History / Christian roots / various political current events / socialism
• Entrepreneurship
• Square-foot gardening
• Hunting / guns / camping / Boy Scouts
• Appleseed [marksmanship] Project
• Courtship vs. dating
• Sports / homeschool teams

Contact James at jehind@gmail.com.

Organizers hope to have submissions from all over the state. Any questions may be directed to Matthew Bullington at matthew.bullington@yahoo.com or Lana Thornton at lana.thornton@gmail.com.