The Bug Man presents "Oregon Coast Sea Life" 4/15

The Bug Man Returns!

Bugs R Us is returning to JCHE for a FREE fun night of science! Some of you may have attended our Bug Day Science Day a while ago, or attended one of the Bug Man's other presentations. John has a great range of topics that he teaches on that include hands - on learning. JCHE will be hosting Bugs R Us as he does a presentation for the whole family on the "Oregon Coast Sea Life". The description is as follows: Oregon has one of the most diverse coastal ecosystems on the planet and now it's coming to you! Explore sea life using models and real specimens as we discuss the fish, plant, and mammal life along the Oregon beaches. This program highlights sea shells, plant life, preserved animal life and features sea life coloring pages, real sea shell souvenirs and take-home field guides for all visitors." 

This presentation will be at the JCHE April meeting, to be held on Monday, April 15th, at West Main Church of Christ, at 7:00 p.m. The presentation will last about 1 - 1/2 hours and the best part is that it is FREE! We just need you to give Joan Consiglio a call, or email her to let her know you are coming so we can plan for set up. Her contact information is gaitedgardens@embarqmail.com or call 541-826-9405. 
Hope to see you there!

Blessings to you and yours,

Tika Weeks

Blessings to you and yours,
Tika Weeks

JCHE History Day 3/15

JCHE History Day - "Charged Up - Electricity Changed the World!"

Mark your calendars for Friday, March 15th for our next History Day! We are hard at work putting together a day to learn together about "Charged Up - Electricity Changed the World!". This will be done the same way as we have in the past with families attending and going through learning stations, and sharing a pot luck lunch together. It will be from 9:00 a.m. until about 1:30 p.m. at West Main Church of Christ, on Friday, March 15th. The cost is $5.00 per family for JCHE subscribers and $10.00 per non - subscriber families. All family members are invited to attend, but the stations will be geared to Kindergarten and up. 

For this History Day, we are asking that each family do a one page report on any inventor, from any time period, including a picture of the person and of the invention. It can be as simple as one paragraph, or more detailed. Then we will let everyone attending know the number of families involved and we will have you bring that many copies of your "report". During our history day, one of the coordinators will compile the "reports" chronologically into a folder for each family to take home. When you register, let us know who you would like to report on so we don't have any duplicates.

The schedule will be as follows:

8:30 - 9:00: Check in; go to sanctuary

9:00: Welcome, overview of topic, split into 4 groups

9:30 - 10:00: Rotation #1

10:15 - 10:45: Rotation #2

11:00 - 11:30: Rotation #3

11:45 - 12:15: Rotation #4

12:30 - 1:30: Lunch, receive your folders with copies of everyone's reports, dismissal.

At Stations #1-3, we will have a time line for each family to complete during the presentations. At Station #4, each family will have a few minutes to share about their inventor. 

We will also be having a potluck lunch. For the lunch we are asking each family to bring a dish from either their inventor's time period or country of origin. Write up a 3x5 card about what the dish is and the inventor's name. JCHE will provide the beverages, fruit, extra sandwiches, plus paper goods. 

We strongly encourage you to register early, as these have been very popular days in the past! Space is limited and filling up fast! And you must pre-register! 

To register, email Therese at thoehne@dcwisp.net or call 541-826-3560. I will need your name, number and ages of the children attending, phone number, email address, and the name of the inventor you will be reporting on. You may do one inventor per family, or your children may each do one. You may prepay or pay at the door. 

Local Online Used Curriculum Sale & Swap at The HS Gathering!

Folks, If you have homeschool items to sell (or find), send me the info and we'll repost it! Email (hsgathering @ gmail.com) or post here by Monday, Feb 25th for the March edition of the HS Gathering FOR SALE/WANTED Bulletin :) Thanks & God bless, Tika

[HSG] My Apologies

HSG Families,

It has been brought to my attention that some of you have been receiving SPAM emails which appear to be originating from the HGS account. I am looking into it and will do what I can to put a stop to it as soon as possible. 

My apologies to all of you!

Blessings to you and yours,
Tika Weeks