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ST. JOSEPH CATHOLIC
HOMESCHOOL |
"...a simple and
humble labourer in the vineyard of the Lord."
Pope Benedict XVI
IMPORTANT DATES
December: Cookie Exchange
Please see the Calendar
for more information.
Adopt a Platoon
Adopt a Platoon is a group of volunteer moms that coordinate sending care packages to soldiers. We don't send things, but all of our kids got pen pals and have been LOVING writing back and forth to their soldiers. Some can't respond but the ones that do are SO grateful to get their letters and write back. It has become the highlight of our homeschool experience!!!
It takes a couple of months to get it up and going but these mothers are very committed and will definitely follow up with you once you contact them. We e-mailed them on their website.
It takes a couple of months to get it up and going but these mothers are very committed and will definitely follow up with you once you contact them. We e-mailed them on their website.
Kris W.
SMART MARTHA
Could you use a Smart Martha Seminar? Smart Martha Seminars are designed for busy mothers seeking to live out their vocation as God has called them in today's busy society. Smart Martha Seminars are the result of many years of studying the great home organizers of our time like the Fly Lady, the Side-Tracked Home Executives, the Messies, the Confessed Home Organizer, and many others. It is also the result of living the homemaker vocation seriously for over 20 years with 9 children in tow. The designer and presenter, Tami Kiser, is an author and speaker who resides in South Carolina with her husband, children and many pets.
If you would like to register for the Smart Martha Seminar in Tacoma, WA on September 27 from 9:00 to 2:30, please download the registration form and send it along with payment to the address found on the registration form. Space is limited. Please register early if you plan to attend.
Smart Martha Registration Form
Viafores Menu
If you would like to register for the Smart Martha Seminar in Tacoma, WA on September 27 from 9:00 to 2:30, please download the registration form and send it along with payment to the address found on the registration form. Space is limited. Please register early if you plan to attend.
Smart Martha Registration Form
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TRY PRAYER! IT WORKS! CONTEST
Following in the Footsteps of the Saints
Here's a contest in which homeschoolers might be interested. The rules and application are available at www.hcfm.org/main/prayer-try.php, as well as the level of competition from previous years' winners. The contest is open to children in grades K-12. Submissions are due by February 1, 2008.
VOLUNTEERS
NEEDED
Here's a contest in which homeschoolers might be interested. The rules and application are available at www.hcfm.org/main/prayer-try.php, as well as the level of competition from previous years' winners. The contest is open to children in grades K-12. Submissions are due by February 1, 2008.
Peggy Ga.
PRAYERS NEEDED
Please pray for:
Christine B.'s father (Louis)
Christine B.'s mother-in-law (Michele)
Jane P.'s mother (Dorothy)
Mary C.'s friend (Lori)
Mike and Sue W.'s niece (Mary Catherine)
Rachel's Mom (Kathleen)
Rosalie G.'s father
Christine B.'s father (Louis)
Christine B.'s mother-in-law (Michele)
Jane P.'s mother (Dorothy)
Mary C.'s friend (Lori)
Mike and Sue W.'s niece (Mary Catherine)
Rachel's Mom (Kathleen)
Rosalie G.'s father
BOOK NOOK
Below are book recommendations
made this month. Previous book recommendations can be found
in our main Book Nook.
A Gift of Gracias: The Legend of AltaGracia,
by Julia Alvarez, illustrated by Beatriz Vidal, Knopf Books for Young Readers.
Julia Alvarez tells a beautiful story of a young Spanish girl who helps to save her family's farm with the help of Our Lady of Altagracia. A Gift of Gracias is available in many libraries, however, my family recommends purchasing this picture book.The feast of Our Lady of Altagracia is January 21.
Christine B.
SCIENCE LINK
Robert
Krampf Science Education Co.
offers weekly Science experiments via
e-mail and Science experiment videos for free. Visit the link
to find out more about Robert Krampf's
Science Experiment
of the Week.
CALLING ALL YOUNG WRITERS
Many children within our group have written
summaries of the lives of various saints. If your child would like
their summary linked to the
website calendar,
please submit it to
Christine B. (e-mail preferred).
VOLUNTEERS
NEEDED
Community service always
looks great on college and/or job applications!
Our Lady of Guadalupe Maternity Center (located in
Lakewood
) is greatly in need of volunteer
workers to assist needy children and their families.
They are open for their clients M, W, F from
10:00
to
1:30 p.m.
On Tuesdays
and Thursdays, they are closed to the public and work
on preparing the clothing, etc. They are always
in need of donations of maternity clothing, baby items
and especially clothing for children ages 3, 4, 5 and
6. If you knit or crochet, they would welcome
your creations of baby booties, hats, sweaters and blankets!
Some of the parishes in the area sometimes sponsor “baby
showers” and collect donations from their parishioners.
This would be another great project for a teen to organize
and list on a college application! (Peggy Ga.)
SUBMISSIONS
Please e-mail
Christine any news or activities you would like
included in the newsletter. In addition, please send
your children’s poetry, short essays (1 page max.),
and drawings for inclusion in the newsletter.
Education is
not the piling on of learning, information, data, facts,
skills, or abilities - that's training or instruction -
but is rather making visible what is hidden as a seed.
~ St. Thomas More ~
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