Homeschool

Program Scripts

Program Scripts   Group Christmas Program Narration, December 2011 For our program, I took the musical and other offerings of our students and arranged them into a program entitled Gifts and Giftings with the attached narration.  A great portion of it is Scripture. Norwalk First UMC Christmas Cantata Canticle of Joy by Joseph M. Martin, [...]

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Funds

Funds   Amazingly, we have operated in our first three and a half years with very little funding need.  Member families have donated paper goods and dollars for our meeting locations, supplies for our activities, and snacks. When we implemented the application process, we also implemented a $10 per child fee which goes directly to [...]

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Our Coordinators

Our Coordinators   The positions of leadership have been developed over the course of time based on need.  Here are the positions we currently have and what they cover: GROUP Coordinators Enrichment — In charge of collecting ideas for weekly enrichment sessions and gathering The Core Team to set the calendar Secretary — Maintains the [...]

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Our Activities

Our Activities   The activities we undertake have grown and changed along with the ages of our children and the size of our group. We have, however, put together a skeleton schedule that we use each year and flesh out according to our needs and desires. This skeleton includes Outdoor Games P.E. for lack of [...]

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GROUP Student Council

GROUP Student Council   In the summer of 2011, in planning for our fourth year, we discussed the desirability of a student council.  A number of our kids had reached what the public schools deem high school age and our group had grown to nearly four dozen students. We had also begun to recognize the [...]

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Our Name

Our Name   When we first started meeting, we didn’t think too much about a name.  We did talk about enrichment and exploring the world, and when we scheduled field trips, initially we called ourselves The Explorer’s Club. In conversation, though, we casually called ourselves the group. And then of course, me being me, I wasn’t [...]

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Our History

Our History   Nearby Norwalk, OH had a large homeschool support group, called HERO, at the turn of the century. (doesn’t that just sound ancient?) My family and I attended a handful of times as our children were reaching the legal homeschooling age in our state. Then the group folded.  The current leaders were led [...]

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Our Meeting Place

Our Meeting Place   The North Fairfield HomeSchool Group (GROUP) meets weekly in the village of North Fairfield, OH at The Outlet.  You can learn more about The Outlet and its mission here. We originally met in the North Fairfield Assembly of God Church, but by the end of the second year we had outgrown its facilities.  [...]

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A Joke Just For HomeSchoolers

Only in Homeschooling   Toward the end of Model United Nations, my co-advisor and I were filling out the post-event survey.  One of the questions asked, “What is the greatest benefit of participation in Model UN for your students?” My friend pondered a moment and then said, “Hmm, socialization.  They have friends now, and I’m so [...]

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North Fairfield HomeSchool Group

North Fairfield HomeSchool G.R.O.U.P.   The NFHS GROUP is an ecumenical Christian homeschool group. It began in the summer of 2008 with four families and has grown to nearly 20 families and four dozen students. We meet weekly at The Outlet in North Fairfield, OH. Our families come from many communities, including North Fairfield New [...]

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The HomeSchool Neighborly

The HomeSchool Neighborly In 2008 I produced a homeschool newsletter for eight months entitled The HomeSchool Neighborly. It was in response to the recent demise of our local homeschool group and my own angst over the lack of opportunity for homeschoolers in our area to come together–for whatever purposes:  support, activities, entertainment, education, friendships, competition… I [...]

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