Home Front Educators


Serving home school families in Central Virginia since 1996.
Site last updated February 2010

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New Items: New items in the classifieds section and on the calendar.

February

Friday Arts & Fun Spring Semester
    Where: Grace Church
    When: Classes begin February 12th 2010
    Details:
      The spring semester of Friday Arts & Fun is coming up fast, and we are gearing up for another session of outstanding classes, fun and fellowship. Please check out our website for information regarding classes. Also, make sure you have checked the database to make sure all of your information is up-to-date and class registrations are correct.
      During the winter months we sometimes face inclement weather on Friday class days. Cancellations will be posted on our website by 8:00 a.m. in the event of a winter storm. Also, please check the website each Friday for cancellations of individual classes.

FunQuest Field Trip
    Where: FunQuest
    When: Friday, February 26th, 2 - 4 pm
    Cost: $4 / each, capping @ $10, spectators w/children are free - see the flyer.
    Details:
      There is no maximum number of participants for this field trip, please sign up at the information table or by emailing Angela Weaver.
      Join us at FunQuest for a fun field trip! Check out the flyer, at HFE website, for all the details.

Central VA Area-Wide Homeschool Science Fair
    When: February 27, 2010
    Details:
      For more information or to register contact Alan Jones.

March

Lynchburg Museum Field Trip
    When: March 19th
    Details:
      Details will be posted here soon.

Homeschool Talent Show
    When: Week of March 21, 2010
    Where: CVCC
    Cost: $5 entry fee
    Details:
      CHIA is hosting a home school talent show the week of March 21st at CVCC. There will be a $5 entry fee to go towards prizes. The finals will be Friday March 26th. Depending on how many people are interested, there will be preliminaries on Tuesday and Thursday. Acts should be less than 5 minutes. There will be an 88 key piano/keyboard available. Any family friendly acts are welcome. There will be judges who will provide fee back and determine the finalists and winners. Please contact Alan Jones.

April

Mill Mountain Zoo Field Trip
    When: April 2nd
    Details:
      Details will be posted here soon.

May

Appomattox Courthouse Field Trip
    When: May 21st
    Details:
      Details will be posted here soon.

General Ramblings

Do you have something amusing that you would like to see on our website? How about something that your kids have done? We are starting to look into having a place for the kids to be able to be published. All items submitted would need to be pre-approved. Check back often for more information. Until then, here are a few things as I find them. I plan to change them occasionally so let's cross our fingers that it actually happens.


Some of the artwork from Spring Friday Classes

Art I : Mosaics Class Art I : Mosaics Class Art I : Mosaics Class
faf art I_a (25K) faf art I_b (23K) faf art I_c (23K)
Art II : Pouring Paint Class Art II : Pouring Paint Class Art II : Pouring Paint Class
faf art II_a (26K) faf art II_b (19K) faf art II_c (27K)

Science Class

Owl Pellet Dissection : Vole Skeleton
Dissected Owl Pellet (27K)

Friday Arts and Fun

Cancellations Notes

    Friday Classes Scheduled to begin Friday February 12th.