Join us at our next meeting on Thursday, February 9 at 2 p.m.

In February we celebrate Washington's and Lincoln's birthdays. We will have crafts and activities to honor them and learn more about our presidents. The teens will play goofy tennis and other sports games.

The meeting will be at McKey Park from 2-4pm. Bring drinks and snacks for your family.

So make sure you come join us on the 9th. If you are not yet a VAHA member, but would like to come join us, please contact Darcy to let her know you'll be attending so we'll have enough materials on hand for everyone to enjoy.

Kids Against Hunger

VAHA is raised money for an awesome non-profit organization, Kids Against Hunger. Our goal was to raise $150 to allow purchase of three boxes of rice meal ingredients. Kids Against Hunger of Cairo, GA visited our group on December 1st at 2 p.m to help us hold our own food packaging event that will help prepare nearly 650 finished meal packages to be taken to local area soup kitchens and/or food banks. We raised over $200!!

If you are new to homeschooling or new to the area, we welcome you to attend any meeting to check us out!! We encourage you to ask questions and find out more about VAHA. We hope you will decide to join our group to participate in future meetings and field trips. See Membership for more details.

Check out some of the activities VAHA members enjoyed in the 2010-2011 school year:

August 19 - Back to Homeschool Pool party at Camp TygartSeptember 10 - K9 Demonstration –Homerville Police K-9 Officer LeRoy Kent and partner “Gina” gave us a demonstration of how they work together to combat crime and take drugs off the streets September 24 - Field Trip: Valdosta Symphony OrchestraOctober 8^th – Field Trip: Black Crow Media Radio Stations October 14 – Meeting/First Aid Demonstration October 16^th – Community Involvement Event: Make a Difference Day at South Georgia Harvest October 21^st – Field Trip: Corn Maize November 8^th – Field Trips: Valdosta Daily Times Processing Center and Lowndes County Animal Services November 11 – Meeting/State Night - An annual event dedicated to state studies. Kids get creative and show us what they learn about their state of choice and give a demonstration to the group. November 19 - Field Trip: Valdosta Symphony Orchestra December 7^th – Field Trip: Valdosta Airport December 9th - Christmas Party January 10^th – Field Trip: CiCi’s Pizza January 13th – Meeting/Outside Science Experiments January 18^th – Field Trip: Water Treatment Plant January 27th - Monthly classesFebruary 1^st – Field Trip: Valdosta State University Planetarium February 10 – Meeting/ Valentine Party Pizza party, valentine exchange, tween cupcake challenge, and teen cake challenge. February 11^th – Field Trip: Valdosta State University Symphony February 24 - Monthly Classes March 10^th - Meeting/Georgia Power Demo/St. Patrick’s Day fun March 15^th – Field Trip: Publix behind-the-scenes tour March 24th - Monthly Classes March 25th– Field Trip: Valdosta State University Symphony April 1^st – WCTV Station in Tallahassee April 14th - Talent ShowApril 22^nd- Field Trip: Southern Grace Strawberries April 29 –Field Trip: Arts Afire Pottery Studio May 6^th- Field Trip: Downtown Valdosta Walking Tour guided by Valdosta Mainstreet May 13 - Honor's Night - 6pm- An annual event where families recognize their children's accomplishments for the year and we hold graduation for Kindergartners, 5^th and 8th graders and Seniors. May 14^th – Community Involvement Event: Stamp Out Hunger May 24^th- End of school year party at Jump N Jacks May 26^th- Teen field trip to Ichetucknee Springs
Other events VAHA members get to take advantage of:Bowling at Jac’s Lanes - Cost: $5 for 2 games (Monthly outing)

Co-ops - A few of our moms join together for separate co-ops that meet twice a month to hold co-op classes for all ages.

Mom's Outings - Give the kids and yourself a break! Come eat, chat & relax with just us moms. Testing VAHA offers the ITBS Test each May. The cost, which is set by BJU Press, is about $42.80 per child. You must be a member of VAHA for your children to test. The children are divided into six different testing groups: K, 1st, 2nd, 3rd through 5th, 6th through 8th, and 9th through 12th. In order to make the testing environment nonstressful, the children are given frequent breaks and a snack each day. In addition, parents are expected to help with one chore during the testing such as preparing snacks, cleaning up, keeping the nursery, etc.

Georgia’s Home Study law requires homeschooled children to take a nationally normed standardized test (ex. ITBS, SAT, CAT) at the end of grades 3, 6 and 9. In addition, many of us like to test our children at the end of each grade so that we have some sense of how our children are doing. So VAHA offers the ITBS Test each year to children in grades Kindergarten through 12th grade as a service to its members.

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Copyright Valdosta Area Homeschool Association.
For problems or questions regarding this web contact [Webmaster].
Last updated: October 2nd, 2011.