CHOIS Blog

This news release came our way and we hope you find it helpful.

OCEAN PARK, WA—After spending much of the past year hunting down scholarships available to home-schooled students, David Craft realized there was a problem. “There are lots of scholarships available only to those in traditional schools, but none to speak of just for homeschooled students,” he lamented. “When I searched online for ‘homeschool scholarships’ I came up with only a few results, most of which had nothing to do with homeschooling.” Read the rest of this entry »

CHOIS received this letter from HSLDA President, Mike Smith.

Dear Homeschool Families:

 Many of you have already heard that Sono Harris, wife of Gregg Harris, has been diagnosed with stage four cancer which has thrust the Harris family into a crisis. I recently spoke with Gregg to find out the latest report, and he shared with me that God has been very gracious to Sono and the rest of the family. Sono is weakening daily but has experienced very little pain. Sono speaks of seeing Jesus soon. Although they have not been given any indication as to when she might receive her total healing, Gregg has indicated that it could be any time now. Read the rest of this entry »

Sono is continuing to prepare to be with her beloved Lord Jesus, and thankfully she is not in much pain. She is very weak, but is still helping make preparations for Gregg and the children after her departure from this life. She is truly is remarkable woman of faith! Read the rest of this entry »

The CHOIS webmaster has been kind enough to post the Trojan Horse DVD information on our website and it can now be purchased there. This movie was shown at the CHOIS Convention for the last two years and many of our attendees wanted to be able to own a copy for themselves.  It is available for purcahse at www.chois.org

CHOIS has been able to purchase several copies of the DVD that was shown at the most recent CHOIS Convention, Exposing a Trojan Horse. They will be $15.00 each with a shipping charge of $3.00 for a total of $18.00.  Our webmaster has been instructed to post this information as soon as he possibly can, so please check the www.chois.org website within the next week or two if you would like to purchase this interesting DVD.

While this article pertains to the homeschooling laws of California, CHOIS felt that it was worth sharing.

Retrieved 6/18/10 from http://pheofca.org/Public-Education-Recruiting-in-Hospital.html

Roy Hanson, Jr. – Director

Most homeschoolers would be caught by surprise if they had just admitted their child to the hospital and then were approached by someone with a school enrollment form. Yet this is essentially what happened to one family earlier this year when they had to admit their home-schooled son into Children’s Hospital in San Diego, and stumbled on what appears to be a new kind of trial public school program in that city. Read the rest of this entry »

CHOIS received this email and we’re passing it along to any who might be interested in an educational Yellowstone Experience.

Hello,

            My name is Joe and I work for the Yellowstone Association a non-profit organization based out of Gardiner Montana.   The Association is a partner of the park and helps provide funding for Yellowstone National Park.  One of the ways is through our Field Institute where we lead educational trips through the park with a Naturalist Guide.  The reason that I am contacting you is that we have just recently opened a new facility that is great for groups both small and large.  The Yellowstone Overlook Field campus consists of three cabins that are available for participants.  Two of the cabins that we offer accommodate up to twelve people and our third cabin is great for families or small groups accommodating up to five people.    The cabins are available to groups that are taking a program or class with us.  We also provide newly constructed and customizable packages that start and end at the Overlook.  Below are some links from the Yellowstone Association and the Yellowstone Overlook Field Campus or YOFC for short.

•                  www.yellowstoneassociation.org
•                 http://yellowstoneassociation.org/institute/tours/yellowstone.aspx
•                 http://yellowstoneassociation.org/institute/tours.aspx

 Hopefully you will find these links helpful.  The best way to find out about us or about any of the programs that we offer is to call our Information Specialist Angie.  Her phone number is 406-848-2852 and she would be happy to answer any question big or small.  You can of course contact me as well if you have questions. 

 Thank you for your time,

 Joe Morvan
Gardiner Campus Manager
Yellowstone Association
P.O. Box 117
Yellowstone National Park, WY 82190
406-848-2832 – phone
406-848-2175 – fax
jmorvan@yellowstoneassociation.org
www.YellowstoneAssociation.org

Home School Legal Defense Association gets invovled with a New Hampshire court decision.

http://www.hslda.org/hs/state/nh/201005190.asp

 Home School Legal Defense Association has filed a friend of the court brief in a New Hampshire custody case that threatened to establish a rule that could be harmful to homeschoolers. Read the rest of this entry »

Today, June 3rd, is your last opportunity to register for the Loving Education at Home convention at the pre-registration price, BUT you can only register at the used curriculum sale. On-line registration is completed.

10 AM to 1 PM

College Church of the Nazarene, gymnasium

504 E. Dewey

Nampa, Idaho 83686

Registration for March testing closes at midnight on August 1st.  Go
to www.iche-idaho.org to register online or to print out a mail-in
registration form.  Registration forms must be postmarked no later
than August 1st.  Late registrations cannot be accepted.
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This is an updated prayer request that CHOIS has received. Please join us in praying for Sono Harris.

Many of you are aware of the ministry over the years of Gregg &
Sono Harris. Gregg has been a long-time Christian homeschool
advocate, speaker and pastor and has been very instrumental in
the Christian homeschool movement. In fact, Gregg’s ministry
helped launch many of our state homeschool organizations.
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There will be several radio interviews in the next week to promote home education and the CHOIS Convention. Please tune in to and perhaps get a chance to win a free registration to the convention.

Thursday, May 27 at 8 in the morning on KIDO 580AM. This will be a 10 minute interview with CHOIS Chairman Linda Patchin

Monday-Friday, May 31-June 4 at 8:15 in the morning on KBXL 94.1 FM. This will be a series of 15 minute interviews on the Valley Church program. Topics include: Convention information, Why Homeschool?, How to get started homeschooling, Idaho Homeschool Laws, and Parental Rights Amendment. Guests will include CHOIS Chairman, Linda Patchin. Parental Rights Chairman, Micheline Ghioroso, and new homeschool parents, Amy and Mark Duenas.

Tuesday, June 1 at 4 in the afternoon on KBXL 94.1 FM. This will be a half hour broadcast on the upcoming convention and the station will definitely be giving away a free registration. CHOIS Chairman, Linda Patchin will be the guest.