SHAPE Events 2010/2011
I am finalizing plans for the new year and can't wait to share it with you. Please put the following date on your calendar:August 11: This will be our kick off carnival. Don't miss some fun games and a chance for moms to sign up for the year's events.
Remember to bring your check book!
End of the year post!
What a great year we have had this year! We have had many events and I hope that your year was made better by the encouragement you
have received through SHAPE. That is why we are here..to provide a support avenue for moms and dads pursuing excellence in education.
Let's take a brief look back at the 2009/2010 school year.
August.....kick-off party, park days and sign ups for fieldtrips. Your access to Enchanted learning began as well. I hope this was of
benefit to some of you! I know it was a help in my home!
September/October....Read-a-thon to benefit the Spring Hill Librarry concludes with a grand total of $450. 1st annual History Fair.
Also, just a quick note to tell you about an exciting new
project we have been working on for a while and can now finally announce.
Spring Hill School District are proud to announce a collaborative science day!
Icon Neon are a company that specialise
in Neon signs and clocks and they are going to come in to tell the kids all
about what neon is and how neon works.They did a similar project with the
Winter Hill School District last year and apparently it went down a storm! So
it should be really fun for all the family.
This was by far the best event of the year~families set up tables displaying different time periods in history. It was a wonderful
day of kids sharing with kids and adults alike. What fun! PLAN to participate in 2010/2011. You won't be disappointed! There were also several fieldtrips in October.
November....Jr Naturalists, park days, fieldtrips...what more could you want?
December.....Gingerbread decorating party. This is a grand event......we had 60 gingerbread houses constructed and decorating.
Definitely sugar-plums dancing in our heads!
January...February...March More fieldtrips and park days. Moms night out too!
April....Curriculum sale and 1st annual Science fair. Afternoon Pillowcase sewing class with 20 cases sewed and donated to Vanderbilt
Children's Hospital.
May....Fieldtrips and Park days
June....Progressive Homeschool ROOM tour. This was a fun event and one that will be repeated. It was so refreshing to see how
different we all do this thing....no two homeschools are alike just as no two kids are alike.
Well....now we are working on the plans for 2010/2011...interested in participating? Sign up now! Shape memberships are being
accepted now for the new school year. The membership fee will give you many benefits. We will have a members meeting in early August
with sign ups for fieldtrips and events. An invitation will be sent in July once dates are confirmed. Next year will be our best yet!
Christmas Festivities!
There is a great smell of gingerbread wafting through my home and I have visions of Gingerbread decoraters' converging on the
Winchester Community Center on Wednesday! We have a record number of participants. I can't wait to see all of you!
For those of you not able to attend this year..you will be missed. I wish you a peaceful and happy Christmas season.
History Fair
Today was the 1st Annual History Fair. I say 1st annual because this is definitely an event that we will do again!
The room was filled with displays.....all different time periods. We had Early American, Egyptian, Roman, Asian, and many other times
and places represented. Some of the children were dressed in costume....very cute! There was humus to try....and you can sign your
name with a quill pen. The greatest part about this history fair....listening as the children very proudly explained what they had
learned...sharing about a craft, talking about the conditions a settler endured, explaining the process to mummify something. It was
really encouraging to see that our kids have learned a great deal...retained it and can articulate it!
We had a great lunch and then afterwards, many of our participants for the SHAPE Read-A-Thon picked up certificates and prizes. Our
kids have read a lot of books, a great deal of minutes, and many, many pages! At last count, the tally was over $600 to benefit the
Spring Hill Library. We hope to see many new homeschool resources on the shelf in the weeks to come!
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