February TEACH Meeting

​Join TEACH for our February meeting!

Tuesday, February 24^th

6pm – Library Opens

7pm – Meeting Begins (Children's Character Class during meeting)

Piedmont Park Alliance Church

We are excited to welcome back Brenda Dickinson to speak during our meeting time this month! In addition to being a veteran homeschooling mom, Brenda is our voice in Florida’s Capitol as she advocates for homeschooling students and families. You can read Brenda’s full bio below.

Come be encouraged and inspired at our February meeting!  

Also at the February meeting:

• Children's Character Class: Children of all ages can learn about Godly character traits in this popular class taught by Jordin Hicks, which takes place during the meeting time.

• Field Trip Sign-Ups: Look for sign-up sheets at the check-in table for upcoming Spring Semester Field Trips!

• Box Tops Prize Drawing: There will be a prize at the meeting for the person who brings the most Box Tops that night. Participants will need to bring at least 100 to be eligible. Box Tops enable us to purchase additional resources for the TEACH Library, as well as to offer great events through the year.

• TEACH Lending Library: The TEACH Library will be available from 6 to 7pm. Come early to check out the wide selection of books, DVD's and CD's. If you borrowed items at the January meeting, they are due this month, so bring them back and borrow something new!

Brenda Dickinson and her husband, Craig, were pioneers in the present-day home education movement. She served as president of TEACH in the late 1980s. Brenda successfully home educated her two children from kindergarten through high school. She has served as an advisor, consultant and mentor to parents and has lectured on varied topics relating to home education. She served on the Advisory Board which lead to the development of The Florida Virtual School, an award winning, nationally recognized virtual school. She has represented the interests of home education families on the Florida High School Athletics Association Public Liaison Advisory Committee, on the Department of Education 2002 School Code Re-write Task Force, the McKay Scholarship Task Force, and the Florida Department of Education Articulating Coordinating Committee. She became the President of the Home Education Foundation after the death of her husband in 1993. As a result of her work in the Florida Capitol, home education students enjoy participation in dual enrollment, Bright Futures Scholarships, extracurricular activities, the Florida Virtual School.

Spring 2015 TEACH Meeting Schedule

• Tuesday, February 24th
• Tuesday, March 24th *Science Fair*
• Tuesday, April 28th

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