Thanks & blessings!
Shannon
Quincy Area Christian Home Educators (QACHE)
Parent Informational
Meeting for 2014-15 Academic Year
QACHE falls under the Illinois Christian Home
Educators. You can go on the Illinois Christian Home Educators’ website www.iche.org and sign up to receive their free
homeschool magazine.
Why join QACHE?
v
Email
notification of all QACHE activities
v
Support
and encouragement
v
Fellowship
with other homeschool families
v
Social
activities/fieldtrips
v
Educational
information and ideas
v
Group
learning opportunities
v
Basketball
(boys and girls)
v
Volleyball
(girls)
Membership Benefits
- Yearbook
- Family Directory
- Group emails
- Family Gymnastics Night
- DVD: Boot Camp
- Miscellaneous activity expenses subsidized
Remember it’s up to YOU to see that these suggestions and ideas happen. There is no prevailing committee
of people that organizes and makes things
happen. This is YOUR group. If you would
like suggestions or
advice about how to organize a specific event
or activity from parents who have been in the group longer,
feel free to contact anyone on the executive
committee and we’ll do our best to point you toward the
individuals who can give you the best
information and help.
Executive
Committee:
Randy
& Becky
Keith
& Tami
Mick & Cindy
Curt & Amanda
Alan & Lisa
When it
comes to homeschool activities and fieldtrips, please consider the following:
There was an important job to be done and Everybody was sure that Somebody
would do it. Anybody could have done it,
but Nobody did. Somebody got angry
about that because it was Everybody’s job. Everybody thought that Anybody
could do it, but Nobody realized that Everybody wouldn’t. It ended up that
Everybody blamed Somebody when Nobody did what Anybody could have done.
COMMUNICATION Contact Person Contact email
QACHE Yahoo Group
Email Cindy
Email is for QACHE
related material only. If you have
something that is not a QACHE event, you may send it out one time through the group.
Information sent should be informative, not a subjective opinion. If in doubt, please send to a member of
executive committee for review.
QACHE Family
Directory Cindy
Every family who
completes a Family Membership Form will be listed in the directory. We realize there are many within our group
who teach private lessons in various fine arts or have products or services to
sell. If your family owns a business and
you would like to be featured on our business page in the directory, please get
all information to Cindy by October 1st.
We also have an online business directory on the database section of the QACHE
site. Support our homeschool entrepreneurs!
QACHE Picture Day Cindy
Picture
day will be 10:30-1:30 October 7 at
Rock Church. Watch for details via email.
QACHE Yearbook Kelly
Carmen
Thanks for your help
in making our QACHE yearbook a wonderful portfolio of homeschool memories!
EDUCATIONAL
ENRICHMENT Contact person Contact
email
Book It! Reading
Incentive Program
Motivate your Kindergarten-6th grader to read
by rewarding their reading accomplishments with praise, recognition and fun! Individual
family enrollment via website: http://bookitprogram.com/Enrollment/homeschool.asp
Must enroll by September 1st. Free
enrollment!
Iowa Test of Basic
Skills (Spring) Coordinator needed! (must have
four year degree)
Music Events Amanda
Muddy River
Children’s Opera at JWCC, Mary Ellen Orr Auditorium. Date TBA
Quincy
Symphony Young People’s Concert at Baldwin Intermediate
School – Date TBA
Quincy
Area Youth Chorus
(QAYC) Paul
Fall
& Spring Concert TBA
Quincy
Symphony Orchestra Season Tickets
Children attend
free! You may contact the symphony
office at 217-222-2856 for ticket and concert information.
Quincy
Park Band
Free concerts all
summer, every summer and one at Christmastime! For more information and a
concert schedule see www.quincyparkband.com
Teen Pact –
Government Leadership School
For complete details
and information go to www.teenpact.com or
talk to Mary or Lisa .
GROUP
LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES Contact person Contact
email
Countryside
Playschool Shannon Jarvis peanutsissydog@gmail.com
Meets Tuesdays in
Sept, Oct, Nov from 10 am – 1 pm with activities & fun for ages 2-8. Group of 12 children will have 2 teachers.
Located on Payson Road in St. John’s Cathredal.
$24 for 4 week session, with a $20 registration / supply fee.
Classical
Conversations www.classicalconversations.com
Foundations
(K-6th) & Essentials (4th-6th): Diane
Challenge (7th-9th): Molly
Combines Biblical
worldview and classical tools of learning as paid tutors equip parents and
encourage students.
Parents accompany the
students each week through classes where fun methods are used to “train the
brain to retain.” Foundations meets 9 am – noon; Essentials 1 pm - 3p.m.;
Challenge A 9 am – 3 pm.
1st Sem.
begins Wednesday, Aug 27; 2nd sem. Jan 7. Cornerstone Baptist Church
7918 Hwy MM, Hannibal.
KWEST (Kids working, encouraging, and sharing together)
& TWIST (Teens working, interacting, & studying together)
KWEST
(K-3rd grades) Kelly
TWIST (4-12th
grades) Cindy
Amanda
1st Semester: Sep 12 thru Dec 12 (skip Nov
28) = 13 weeks
2nd Semester: Jan 9 thru Apr 24 (skip Apr 3)
= 15 weeks
Fridays 12:30-3:30 PM, Lighthouse Baptist
Church
SaintBots Robotic
Team Alan
Mick
& Cindy
7th-12th graders are
given a challenge and work together as a team to build a robot that
will perform the
assigned task. More information
about the program can be found at usfirst.com/ftc. We will meet on
Fridays from 3:30 – 5:00 at Klingner and Associates' office,
located on the corner of 24th and College.
ATHLETIC
ACTIVITIES
Contact person Contact
email
Basketball – Boys
varsity & JV: Alona Basketball Comm. Pres.
Tim (coach)
Jeff (asst.)
Junior
High Boys: TBA
Girls: TBA
Volleyball – Girls
varsity & 14U: Molly Athletic Director
Stacie (coach)
Girls
4th-6th Annaliese (coach)
Spirit Squad Amanda
Erin
Pom and
flag team for girls age six and older.
October – February.
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Kroc
Center Swimming Cindy
Swimming lessons one day a week for 8 weeks.You
pick Mon, Wed or Sat.
Preschool: 9:00-9:45am. School
age: 9:50-10:35am. Most Advanced (M/W only): 11:00-12:00pm.
1st Session is week of 9/8 thru week of
10/27. 2nd session (Mon. ONLY because of holidays) 11/10 - 12/29.
Session cost for preschool and school
age is $24 for Gold member, $28 for other member, $40 for
non-member.
Session cost for most advanced is
$30/$35/$50.
**You must register at the Kroc Center at
least one week in advance or you will be charged more.
YMCA Swim/Gym Jeanie
FUND
RAISING OPPORTUNITIES Contact
person Contactemail
Box Tops for
Education (BT4E) Coordinator needed!
Save your Box Tops
and QACHE earns .10 for each one!
Hy-Vee Labels for
Education Cindy
Cut out
the UPC code (number should begin with 75…) from the label. If possible please group them in
packs of 50 and
designate that they have been counted already.
We receive 5¢ for each label.
Scrip Orders Michelle
MISC.
FAMILY EVENTS / ACTIVITIES Contact
person Contact email
Mom’s Night Out Terry
6:30pm at Malachi’s Family Café (1739 Oak
St). All homeschool moms are invited. Topic of discussion
will be decided by those attending.
Held 2nd Tuesday of each month.
Clothing Swap /
Curriculum Sale Shannon
Jarvis peanutsissydog@gmail.com
Details TBA. Most likely in October.
Operation Christmas
Child Mary
National Collection
week is November 17-24th and relay center is located at LifePoint
Bible Church,
1739 Harrison. If you are interested in volunteering, or for
more information, please contact Mary Shelor.
For complete details
check web site: www.samaritanspurse.org
Gymnastics Center
Family Night Cathy
An all-time favorite family fun night. Watch emails for details. 6:30-8:30
pm Friday, April 10, 2015.
Fall Family
Dinner/Spring Family Picnic - Coordinator(s) needed for either or both!
These two dinner
events have been wonderful family get-togethers, and we have had some awesome
speakers and
presentations. Please consider making either or both a priority for your family
to attend.
Graduation Ceremony Coordinator needed!
Carnival Coordinator(s)
needed!
A fun
family event, usually held in late Spring as an end of the year party. Families run carnival style
booths, with everyone in attendance donating prizes to
be handed out.Details in the Spring.
GROUP
FIELD TRIPS .
If you have a new
fieldtrip idea, or would like to organize a fieldtrip, please do so! Simply check with Cindy who oversees the
QACHE calendar to be sure there is no major conflict with other events. Then send out a group email with your
specific details, sign-up, etc. Remember: As coordinator of a field trip, please
designate a photographer for submitting photos to the yearbook.
Fieldtrip ideas: This list is not exhaustive in any way. It is
a combination of fieldtrips done in past years, as well as some of your
suggestions for new fieldtrips.
Area
Bank Tour Going
Bonkers Library Quincy Herald
Whig
Auntie
Ann’s Pretzels Heartland
Dairy Lock & Dam Tour Quincy Museum Tour
Buffalo
Wild Wings Rest. HIS
Ranch Mark Twain
Cave Quincy Police Dept
Continental
Cement Hummel
Springs Mill
Creek Farm R Pizza Farm
Tour
Dot
Foods KHQA
or WGEM Old Tyme Assoc. Springfield
IL Lincoln Sites
Edgewood
Apple Orchard Klingele
Vet Clinic Papa Johns Pizza Starbucks
Fire Safety House Knapheide
Tour
