Regional Information Meetings

Fuquay, Holly Springs, Garner and Cary Joint Info Meetings

Are you curious about the classical model of learning? Are you interested in the classical model, but have found yourself overwhelmed trying to execute it? Do you want your children to know God and be able to make Him known to others? Does homeschooling through high school seem like a daunting task? Are you looking for support and accountability among other like-minded homeschooling families?

Wherever you are on the homeschool journey, please consider joining us at an Information Meeting to see if Classical Conversations is what you are looking for. 

We will have representatives from the Holly Springs, Garner and Cary campuses of CC to talk about the Foundations, Essentials and Challenge programs on Thursday, January 26 from 7-9 pm at Swift Creek Baptist Church on Penny Road and on Saturday, February 25th from 9-11am at Colonial Baptist Church on Tryon Road.  Details are below.

January Meeting - 

Date and Time:  Thursday, January 26, 2012 from 7-9 pm

Location: Swift Creek Baptist Church, 9300 Penny Road, Raleigh, NC  27606

Contact: Lora Mays, loramays@nc.rr.com 

February Meeting - 
Date and Time:  Saturday, February 25, 2012 from 9-11 am

Location: Colonial Baptist Church, 6051 Tryon Road, Cary, NC  27518

Contact: Rebecca Carter,  chbcary@yahoo.com   

Even if you are part of a CC Foundations/Essentials community, these informational meetings are helpful to get more information about the Challenge programs. 

Parent Night 2011

Parent Night will be Friday, April 1st at 7 pm!

Each class will give a presentation.  Essentials students will read papers. Memory Master Awards will be presented. Dessert will be eaten.  Fellowship will be shared by all. 

CC members please invite family members to come watch your children shine!  Bring a dessert or something salty, if you would rather. 

CC prospects, please come watch our children strut their stuff and enjoy our dessert and fellowship!

Parent Practicums

Today at the Director Training we were told the dates of the upcoming parent practicums in North Carolina.  There might be a few additional dates that are going to be released, but I'll go ahead and share these so that you can mark your calendars for the one you would like to attend.

May 10-12 Burlington 

May 17-19 Wilson

June 1-3 Jacksonville

June 6-8 Boone

June 7-9 Cary

June 27-29 Asheville

June 28-30 Wilmington

July 6-8 Waxhaw

The Parent Practicums are free for parents!  Camps are offered for the children for $30 per child for the three days.  More information is provided on the CC link on the upper right hand corner of this blog, so I won't rewrite it here.  The camps fill up very quickly, as in minutes!  So, if you are planning on coming, keep checking the website and register your children as soon as you see it's open. 

Classical Conversations' Parent Practicum are designed to share more about classically educating yourself and your children.  The topics covered are more 'big picture' and visionary.  The parent practicums are not the place to learn more about the day to day of the Classical Conversations Communities.  If you have any questions about those topics, please email me or post a comment with your email address. 

The Parent Practicums are also where the tutors are trained each year.  Each afternoon after lunch the parents who will be tutoring for their groups go to tutor training and the remaining parents have informational sessions on topics that will support their endeavors in classically home educating their children. The tutor training provides so many great ideas.  I wish that all parents went to tutor training or something just like it. However, our tutors do 'train' each week in class, so it's all good!

Normally, in order to go to tutor training you have to already be hired as a tutor for your community.  However, I learned today that I can have two parents come as 'substitute tutors' that can be trained in the afternoons at the parent practicums, even though they have not been hired as tutors.  So, if you are interested in this let me know, but first you will need to register your family and join our group!