New Family Information Session–Tues, 7/29

Please join us for an overview presentation specially geared to new families. Make your plans now to attend this informative event and be sure to bring a friend!

New Family Overview Presentation
• TUESDAY, JULY 29th – 7:00-8:30pm
RSVP NOW!

The New Family Overview will be led by our Director, Elise Eaton. It is designed to provide an introduction to the Extraordinary Education program for families who are new to EE and to answer common questions. All families who are enrolled in CORE classes are expected to attend a New Family Overview, and all potential EE families are strongly encouraged to attend.

Children are welcome to attend, but they must remain with a parent at all times.

Event Location:
Extraordinary Education Center
9522 Carraway, Magnolia, TX 77354 www.extraed.org

THSC Conference THIS WEEK! July 24-26

Be sure to stop by the Extraordinary Education booth at the Texas Home School Coalition Conference at The Woodlands Waterway Marriott Convention Center this weekend.

Thursday night from 5:00-7:00 is FREE Shopping night!
The convention officially opens on Thursday at 7:00pm, and free seminars will be offered from 7:00-9:00pm.
The convention continues on Friday from 9:30am-6:00pm and on Saturday from 9:30am-5:30pm. We hope to  see you there!

Please note that ON-SITE general admission registration MAY SELL OUT, and a limited number of Shopping Only Passed will be available. Last chance to register online is TOMORROW at Midnight, TUESDAY, JULY 22. Don’t miss out!

 

 

 

“Homeschooling for High School Students” Seminar

Parents of junior high and high school students are invited to join us on Saturday, August 2, 2014 from 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. on the Extraordinary Education campus to learn what you need to know about graduation requirements, record keeping, transcript development, dual credit classes, testing, and more. 

Pre-registration costs of $49.00 include materials, printed and electronic templates, free attendance for a spouse, and light refreshments.  Walk-in registration (if space is available) is $60.00 per person. 

Please register by emailing Cyndie Phillips at cphillips@extraed.org or Renee Campbell at rcampbell@extraed.org. 

You do not have to have a child enrolled at EE to attend this seminar!

Superstar Students Workshop

Secrets to Self-Control, Effective Study Habits, and Test-taking Tactics

Your junior high or high school aged student is invited to join us for a fun and informative "hands on" seminar to be held on Tuesday, August 5, 2014 from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. on the EE campus.  The pre-registration cost of $135.00 includes materials, supplies, snacks, and lunch.  Walk-in cost : $160.00 if space is available (which is doubtful!).

The secrets to self-control (which is linked to higher academic achievement), organizational skills, test preparation tactics, and strategies for recall of information as well as detailed instruction on how to take notes during lectures and while reading assigned texts will be taught in a fun, exploratory, hands-on manner in this much needed (by most students!) seminar.   If you want your junior high or high school aged child to enter school with less anxiety and improve their abilities in most academically related areas – then this is the seminar for them!

Lunch, snacks, and course materials are included. 

It is suggested that you send a three ring binder, dividers, a back pack, a list of classes your child is enrolled in for this school year, and any school supplies that will be carried in the backpack with any child who needs extra help with organization. 

Maximum class size: 16 students -- so enroll now by emailing sshilling@extraed.org, rcampbell@extraed.org to reserve a coveted spot! (Open to all students, whether they will attend EE or other schools.)

EE Missionary Family

Dear Friends & EE Parents,

A former EE parent, Andrea Kopataki, is in the process of becoming a missionary. She will be teaching at a Christian school in her native Hungary.  She and her husband spent 20 years in the Woodlands area before moving to Europe with their two teenage children. 

Andrea feels called to work with the children of the missionaries who serve Eastern Europe as well as the Hungarians who send their children to the International Christian School of Budapest.  Having raised a special needs child, she also has a passion to provide services to families who are raising children with learning difficulties and developmental differences. 

I am sending this information to introduce her and to ask you to prayerfully consider supporting her ministry. Andrea is visiting the Woodlands area during the month of July and she would be very excited to meet with your family to give you an opportunity to get to know her and learn about her ministry.  Also, if you could introduce Andrea and her ministry to anyone in your circles (family, friends, church groups, community and business leaders) please consider doing so. 

I am attaching a 5 minutes long introductory video of the International Christian School of Budapest and a letter Andrea wrote to describe her calling there:

https://www.dropbox.com/s/60r6swuf0hraus9/ICSB_TeacherVid_vFNL.m4v

(Andrea’s letter)

Dear Friends,                                       

I hope this letter finds you well, enjoying God’s blessings. 

I am having an exciting chapter of my life.  After calling Texas home for 20 years, God has called our family back to our native Hungary.  Leaving against all logical reasons to stay was the hardest decision my husband and I ever made and the adjustment was extremely difficult for all of us.  We regret not having had the chance to personally say good-bye to many of our friends, but we hope to see everyone when we visit this summer. 

I am writing to share with you that God has opened a door and called me to serve in the special education department and of the elementary section of the International Christian School of Budapest (ICSB) as a teacher.

This job is important because ICSB keeps many missionaries (YWAM, United World Mission, ABWE, Campus Crusade for Christ, Entrust, Every Nation, Global Harvest, etc.) in the mission fields of Hungary and Eastern Europe as the school provides a quality education in English for their children. The school is also a witness to the Gospel for the surrounding Hungarian community and specifically to the families of our Hungarian students who make up 50% of the lower elementary and 30% of the 250 total enrollment.

The supplemental services department of the school provides students with learning disabilities and other special needs, a valued and needed service.  These services either don’t exist or are in a dismal state in the Hungarian educational system.  In this position I will:

· Be a witness on campus and in that community

· Work in the special education department to provide educational therapies to increase students’ learning capacities, drawing on my experience with my own daughter

· Encourage families, especially mothers of children with various special needs by organizing lectures, support groups and Bible studies

· Use my ability to speak both Hungarian and English to work with non-English speaking children and families of ICSB and also to teach our English-speaking missionary kids the local language. 

After a long search for God’s plan and His reason to move us here I believe doing this work is God’s calling for me at this time of my life.  If you believe in me and in the children and families who would benefit from this work, would you bless us by partnering with me in this ministry, please?

With your help:

· You take part in the fulfillment of the Great Commission and make it possible for me to pledge my time, labor and energy to be an ambassador for Christ

· You make it possible for kids with special educational needs to be in a school environment where they are loved and nurtured, not bullied, and where they will receive a quality education.

· I can attend the courses and obtain the training that will better equip me to provide the specialized programs many of our children need.  I can also introduce these programs, widely available in the U.S., to Hungary where they are barely known. 

· We can build a sharing library of books, DVDs and other much needed resources 

· Many children will receive help in their native language facilitating their learning 

· Last but not least my own two children will be part of a loving environment that most resemble the schools they used to attend in our home in The Woodlands. 

Thank you for your prayerful consideration of supporting my mission.  I would be grateful for your help in some of the following ways:

A. Be on my team as a prayer partner.  Please pray for God’s guidance and for my family

B. Help me reach more people during our visit in July in the States by:

a. Inviting like-minded people such as your family, friends, co-workers or neighbors into your home/business where I could personally introduce myself and my ministry.

b. Securing 5-10 minutes of presentation time for me at your place of worship or small group gatherings (such as Bible studies, women’s groups, men’s fellowships, business luncheons) so I could introduce my ministry and ask for help

c. Talking to the Missions Committee of your local church and asking them to consider supporting my ministry at ICSB.

d. Enlisting business owners to regularly donate to this mission

e. Sharing with me any other ideas you may have to help make my fundraising successful.

C. Give financially, sending your tax deductible contributions to my missionary organization, Resourcing Christian Education (RCE)

I sincerely thank you for taking the time to read my letter and for considering to get involved with this ministry. 

We will be visiting the U.S. from the 24^th of June to the 29^th of July and very much look forward to seeing you then.  Please drop me a line at akopataki@yahoo.com or call me at 832-312-8839.  I would be honored by the opportunity to personally share more with you. 

Blessings,

Andrea

URGENT! Daytime Curfew Proposed in Magnolia–City Council Meeting, July 8th

A new daytime curfew in Magnolia will be considered at the Magnolia City Council meeting on Tuesday, July 8th at 7:00pm. This curfew seems to go directly against our constitutional rights as homeschoolers and parents, and we need to take a stand. Other homeschoolers and Magnolia area families should be aware.  Please spread the word!

To Home School Families in the Magnolia Area

Please plan to attend the hearing and/or make a public comment.

What:  Magnolia Day Time Curfew Public Hearing

When:   Tuesday, 07-08-14 @ 7:00 p.m.

Where: Magnolia City Hall, Sewall Smith Council Chambers, 18111 Buddy Riley Blvd, Magnolia, Texas 77354

Request:  Public Comment - 3 minute limit

Complete the following form ahead of time if possible:

http://www.cityofmagnolia.com/vertical/sites/%7B897F68C4-D082-448C-86EC-FDD23D6DCB11%7D/uploads/Request_to_Speak(1).pdf

The full text of the proposed ordinance can be viewed at this link:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B1xEk2EGp5ckX1RJaFRmYjhmRjg/edit?usp=sharing:

Proposed city council agenda:

19. CONVENE PUBLIC HEARING #1 - CURFEW ORDINANCE 
(Mayor Todd Kana)

A public hearing will be held at 7:00 pm at Magnolia City Hall, Sewall Smith Council Chambers, 18111 Buddy Riley Blvd, Magnolia, Texas 77354 regarding a proposed Curfew Ordinance to hear comments for or against the proposed ordinance.

20. CLOSE PUBLIC HEARING

21. CONVENE PUBLIC HEARING #2 - CURFEW ORDINANCE

A second public hearing will be held at 7:05 pm at Magnolia City Hall, Sewall Smith Council Chambers, 18111 Buddy Riley Blvd, Magnolia, Texas 77354 regarding a proposed Curfew Ordinance to hear comments for or against the proposed ordinance.

22. CLOSE SECOND PUBLIC HEARING AND RECONVENE OPEN MEETING

23. CONSIDERATION – ORDINANCE NO. O-2014-016 – CURFEW ORDINANCE 
(Mayor Todd Kana)

Consideration and possible action to adopt:

ORDINANCE NO. O-2014-016

AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF MAGNOLIA, TEXAS, ESTABLISHING A CURFEW FOR PERSONS UNDER THE AGE OF 17 WITHIN THE CITY OF MAGNOLIA, TEXAS, BETWEEN THE HOURS OF 12 MIDNIGHT AND 6 A.M. AS WELL AS AT ALL TIMES DURING THE DAY DURING WHICH SCHOOL IS IN SESSION; ALSO CONTAINING DEFINITIONS AND PROVIDING FOR A PENALTY FOR PERSONS IN VIOLATION OF THE CURFEW AS A CLASS C MISDEMEANOR; PROVIDING THAT IT IS UNLAWFUL FOR ANY PARENT OR GUARDIAN OF A PERSON SUBJECT TO CURFEW TO KNOWINGLY PERMIT, OR BY SUFFICIENT CONTDROL ALLOW SUCH PERSON TO VIOLATE THIS ORDINANCE; PROVIDING THAT ANY OWNER OR EMPLOYER OF AN ESTABLISHMENT VIOLATES THIS ORDINANCE BY ALLOWING A MINOR TO REMAIN AT SUCH ESTABLISHMENT DURING CURFEW HOURS; AND ESTABLISHING A FINE IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $500 PER OCCURRENCE AND PROVIDING FOR THE PUBLICATION OF THIS ORDINANCE.