"Celebrate Learning--Home-style!"

Thanks to the overwhelming response and

success of the conference last year, the Families for Home-based Education

(FHE) is hosting, for the second year, a homeschool conference on February

16, 2002 from 9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. The conference is for homeschool and

non-homeschool families--new, old, or for those just thinking about

homeschooling.

The conference will be held in Longview, Washington, at the Cowlitz PUD

building. Longview is located just off Interstate 5 at exit #36 between

Portland and Seattle. The PUD building is within a few miles of the freeway

exit at 961 12th Avenue. More specific directions can be found at the end

of this message.

We have some excellent speakers! Senator Joseph Zarelli has agreed to come

again to update us on how our freedoms to homeschool may be affected by our

elected officials this year. The conference schedule is as follows:

9:00 a.m.-9:10 a.m. Welcome

Flag Ceremony by the Boy Scouts

Song by the Bennion family "America the Beautiful"

9:10 a.m.-10:00 a.m. Keynote speakers--Gary and Sandy Bennion

and their children

"Harmony in the home"

They have homeschooled for 8 years and are the

parents of 11 children.

10:00 a.m.-10:30 a.m. Senator Joseph Zarelli--

"Preserving Our Homeschool Freedoms"

Washington State Senator;

Supporter of home and private schooling

10:30 a.m.-10:45 a.m. Break--muffins, fruit, hot chocolate, cider

and herb teas

10:45 a.m.-11:45 a.m. Sharing Time--Thoughts and experiences from four

homeschooling families

~Deborah Downs--has homeschooled for 8 years

and is the mother of 5 children. Her

husband is a public school principal and she

serves as a Precinct Committee Officer.

~Becky Ouelette has homeschooled for 8 years

and is the mother of 7 adopted children.

~Allison Weiss--is 25 years old and is a

graduate of the University of Puget Sound

with a music degree. She has experienced

both public and homeschool. She and her

parents, Mark and Cyndy Weiss, spoke at our

conference last year. She just returned from

Argentina where she studied as a Fulbright

Scholar for the past year.

~Anne Faber has homeschooled for 9 years

and is the mother of 5 sons.

11:45 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Loren and Linda Krenelka--"Seven Skills that

Invite Kids to Cooperate"

Loren and Linda are both educators. They

began homeschooling their son when he was in the

third grade. They are educational consultants

for homeschoolers, conduct non-test assessments

administer the CAT to groups of homeschoolers,

and evaluate learning styles. Their private

business is the Lewis County Learning Center

through which they are currently helping 65

junior high and senior high homeschool students

and their families. Loren and Linda's son Daniel

is 22 years old. He has completed four years of

college and is now living in Seattle and is in the

process of buying his first home. If present he

will join us on the panel.

12:30 p.m.-1:00 p.m. Lunch Break

1:00 p.m.-1:10 p.m. Special Musical Number by Allison Weiss

1:10 p.m.-1:50 p.m. Discussion Panel--Most of the featured speakers

will be on our panel. In addition we will have

Brittany Bennion and Daniel Krenelka.

1:50 p.m.-2:00 p.m. Closing remarks by MaryAlice Wallis

Those interested in attending the conference can mail the

form at the end of this message and their check to the address listed on the form. Please make sure you send the entire form. The sandwich choices are at the very end of it.

Anne Faber will be sending you two additional emails. Both emails will have

an attachment. The attachments will contain this same information and a

registration form, but they will be a much better quality than what is in

this message. One email will have the attachment in MicrosoftWord for all

those that have it. The second email will be in a PDF format that can be

read with Acrobat Reader. With either of these, you will be able to print a

better quality letter and registration form that can be given to a friend or

homeschool group. If you don't want to bother with either of these emails,

please just delete them when you get them. We hope you will pass the word.

If you have any questions, you can contact us as follows:

Anne Faber

e-mail address: thecountryhill@hotmail.com

phone number: (360)636-7985

MaryAlice Wallis

e-mail address: maryalicewallis@hotmail.com

phone number: (360)578-3843

Hope to see you at the conference!

Anne Faber & MaryAlice Wallis

Families for Home-based Education

Directions to the conference:

Whether your are coming from the Seattle area or the Portland area the easiest way to the PUD is to take I-5 to Exit #36. After getting off the exit, head west on 432(Tennant Way) toward the coast. When you are coming into town you will arrive at a series of signal lights. Begin watching for 12th Avenue (one-way street) on your right. The PUD building will be down the street a little ways on your left. It is a fairly new brick building with a green metal roof. The address again is 961 12th Avenue.

P.S. Detach the form that follows and return it to the address

listed below.

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Last Name____________________ First Name _________________

Spouse's Name_________________

e-mail address_________________________

Mailing Address__________________________

City, State & Zip _________________________

Phone Number (____)_________________

Do you want a box lunch? yes/no Please include an additional $5.50

in your check. You are welcome to bring your own lunch.

We are requesting a $5.00/person or an $8.00/couple donation for those

registering before February 6th. Those registering after the 6th it will be

$8.00/person and $12.00/couple. Please make checks payable to "Families for

Home-based Education(FHE)."

Please mail your check and this form to Anne Faber

134 Haryu Road

Longview, WA 98632 **EARLY BIRD PRICE**(Before February 6th): Number of Conference Tickets

for individual _______ x $ 5.00 = $________

Number of Conference Tickets

for Husband/Wife _______ x $ 8.00 = $________

AFTER FEBRUARY 6th:

Number of Conference Tickets

individual _______ x $ 8.00 = $________

Number of Conference Tickets

for Husband/Wife _______ x $12.00 = $________

Number of Lunches _______ x $ 5.50 = $________

(Lunch includes a

6" sandwich, chips,

a cookie, and a drink)

Total $ enclosed $

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Sandwich Choice: _____ Roast Beef _____ Turkey ____ Ham

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