Here at LEAP, we have our very own Ice Princess. Annalisa won first place in her division. Click below to read the article and see her picture that was in our area paper. Congratulations Annalisa on your fine accomplishment.
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Dear LEAP Families,
First - Middle/School High School Meeting – Monday, April 28, at 7 PM at the Clark’s house. NOT TONIGHT!!! Anyone who will have students in Middle School (8th and Up) are welcome to attend; or if you really desire to teach a high school class and want to present it to the parents. High School students are welcome to attend, but it is not necessary. (Reminder that 6th and 7th will travel together next year and will have their 2nd year of Geo Bee as one of their main classes) They will however, share many of the middle/high school electives and so you may want attend too.
Second – Tomorrow is Pennsylvania’s Primary Election Day – anyone of 4-H age (around 3rd and up) are welcome to come and help serve lunch at 1st Presbyterian Church in Milford from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Please contact Teri Phillips — directly if you will be attending or you need more specific information.
Third REMINDER:
From Amy Willis:
HERSHEY PARK FIELD TRIP: If you haven’t signed up already- time is running out – if you did sign up please get your money to me as soon as possible.
WED. MAY 28, 2008 SPECIAL REDUCED RATES FOR HOMESCHOOLERS. $25.OO PER PERSON AGES 9 AND UP, $23.00 PER PERSON 3-8. (this is close to half price! INCLUDES ALL PARK FEATURES: WATERPARK, ZOO AMERICA AND AMUSEMENT PARK. SPECIAL CREATURES OF THE NIGHT PRESENTATION IN ZOO AMERICA. SPECIAL CHOCOLATE LORE/AND THE ART OF TASTING CHOCOLATE PROGRAM (EXTRA $5) IN CHOCOLATE WORLD.
AS THE COORDINATOR OF THIS TRIP – I WILL NEED TO HAVE YOUR MONEY CHECK OR CASH BY FRIDAY APRIL 25TH. – call me with questions – Amy Willis
Website:
leaphomeschool.wordpress.com (be sure to bookmark this site and start visiting it often for added info)
If you would like help navigating the site, please contact Dawn
PICTURES:
I am currently trying out the Picasa Photo Sharing Website – Here is the link— Cut and paste the “entire line” to get in— (it was in your email)
NOTE: As with anything on the internet, these sites may contain content not appropriate for families. Picasa vs. Flickr, doesn’t seem to allow you to other people’s photos as easily. I have the security on the site turned way up as to not allow anything in appropriate, but I don’t know if that is passed on to the guest pass. So, I think the Picasa site with the link just to our page is hopefully a better choice for now then the guest pass at Flickr. Also please pass on “your” photos to me by email, to share with other families. As you can see, I have lots of teens on the site, because that is what my children have taken pictures of, their friends. You are welcome to right click on any photo and save it to your own computer’s “My Pictures”. These Pictures are by invite only with this cut and paste link, this link is not visible to the general public. Please be descrete with who you share this link with (other family and friends).
NEW Email Address:
leaphomeschool@gmail.com
We have a general email for the general public to contact us with on the website.
Please share this email and the website with anyone who is interested in LEAP, you are our best advertisement for new families. Remind them that we would like to hear from them by June 1, registration day and interviews are June 12. All new family paperwork is due by August 1.
TOMORROW IS REGULAR DAY.
Yearbook pages are due!! Please bring them and turn them in to Ara (remember she has another baby on the way very soon and needs to take care of things while she has a chance!)
4-H Meetings—There are two more 4-H meetings, next Thursday April 3, at which time you will register for the campaign to run for student officers for next year; the May meeting date has been changed to Thursday May 1, at which time campaign speeches will be given.
Remember, skating is available Friday afternoon.
Just a reminder that we will be roller skating tomorrow from 10 -1 due to the public schools being out.
Please pass along this information to anyone you know may be interested.
Thanks and God bless,
Lisa Williams
“Those who know your name will trust in you,
for you, Lord, have never forsaken those who seek you.” Psalm 9:10
Update below (Thanks Barbara)—
It appears there will be skating options on Thursdays (usually11-2) and Fridays (12:30-3), hopefully enough people each day that he continues to keep it open.
Therefore—you can skate this Friday and/or next Thursday (10am-1pm time change for this Thursday only).
From: Barb Repenning
Sent: Monday, March 10, 2008 7:15 PM
Subject: rollerskating
Homeschoolers!– Donna Crum spoke to Jay from the rollerskating rink (the old Gotta Roll Rink behind home depot, in Matamoras) and he said he would be happy to be open Fridays for us from 12:30 – 3 PM . This will be every other Friday starting this Friday the 14th of March. Toddlers may bring their tricycles, and if your child has rollerblades or skates of their own, they are welcome to bring them too. The fee is still $5 for everyone- skater or non skater. (We’ll have to work on that one!) You may also bring your own CD if you’d like to hear any certain music. They will play what ever we bring. –Spread the word. –
Lisa Williams and some from her co-op will still be skating but on Thursdays. — See you Friday!- Barb Repenning
Thanks for the update and the option to continue going on Fridays. Thursdays rule out all LEAP folks every other week, so none of us will be there this week. Some of us hope to come on Thursday the 20th however, as it starts vacation.
If enough are interested in Fridays we will call Jay direct.
Thanks for starting this up for all—it has been a great option near the end of winter to be active.
Nancy
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Hi there:
I wanted to let you know that we are changing home school roller skating to Thursdays from 11-2, but Jay said that if there is enough interest, he will also continue to do Friday afternoons from 12:30 – 3:00.
Jays number is: 570 229-7190 if you’d like to call and express interest in Fridays. If you can, forward this information to anyone who is interested.
Finally, Thursdays will be 11-2, except for March 20th, when we will skate from 10 -1 due to a public school vacation day.
We had a great turnout yesterday, thanks for spreading the word!
Lisa Williams
“Those who know your name will trust in you,
for you, Lord, have never forsaken those who seek you.” Psalm 9:10
1) Skating Friday (see forwarded message)
2) Parent Dinner tomorrow night, 6:30pm. Please remember your silent auction item—something new, very gently used, or antique, or possibly a service from yourself or a business. The auction not only helps in fundraising but adds some extra fun to the night.
Hope those babysitters are all lined up, and that your looking forward to a night of renewal as we remember “Our First Love”—in homeschooling that is!
3) Be sure March 17th, a Monday, is on your Calendars. It is a REGULAR DAY make up, so everyone attends. (Tomorrow we will discuss the Alternate Day make up.)
Hi Lisa,
Thanks for the update on skating. I am forwarding it to our group.
Every other Friday we have a LEAP day with some of the families. Many of the younger kids finish at 1:15, which means if any of them come it will not be until 1:45 (some may not want to spend the money for half the time). Many of the older kids have an additional class in the afternoon so most of the teens could not make it at all. So, I’m sure you will get some LEAP folks tomorrow but I expect our numbers will be less on Alternating Fridays.
Let me know if you want a count. Last time we had over 30. We would probably be half that this week.
See you tomorrow—my 10 year old loved it, so I guess my plans are made!
Blessings, Nancy
PS—Tomorrow night is our LEAP parent dinner/speaker at Milford 1st Presbyterian at 6:30. It is open to non-LEAP homeschoolers—cost $12/person. Many in your group are coming. We needed to know in advance, but could accommodate a few last minute, such as yourself it you are interested. Let me know. We’d love to have you
Reichert’s Roost
—–Original Message—–
From: Lisa Williams
Sent: Sunday, March 02, 2008 3:06 PM
Subject: Skating with the Holy Rollers
Hi there:
I pray that you had a good time this past Friday at the first Homeschool Skate with the “Holy Rollers,” as we’ve donned them! We will skate again this week, from 12:30 – 3:00 to extend the time an extra 1/2 for those who are interested. We may add more time on the front end in subsequent weeks: we can’t push it much past 3:00 , as the “schooled” kids show up after that.
I want to thank you for the kids’ great behavior, and for cleaning up before we left. We have lots of ministry opportunities at the rink, and we have a great opportunity to glorify Christ and share the benefits of homeschooling with those working at the rink. Thank you for being an awesome witness for Jesus! It did not go unnoticed.
Please remember that Jay has asked for the $5.00 entrance fee to be paid by everyone (except babies under 2), not just skaters. So, if you don’t want to skate, see if you can arrange a carpool. Hopefully we can get enough skaters that this will change for the spectators.
We are praying about changing the skating day to earlier in the week for the subsequent weeks. I will keep you all posted.
Thanks for making it a great day, and hope to see you again on Friday!
If you need more information about the skate, please contact me via email or Jay at (570) 229-7190.
The rink is located at 151 Reuben Bell Dr. , Matamoras , PA.
Please forward this to anyone in your group!
Lisa Williams
Hi there:
We are definitely skating at the new rink in Westfall this Friday! Here are the details:
Friday, February, 29 from 1PM – 3PM , and EVERY Friday.
$5.00 per person (skate rental is included)
The rink is located next to Home Depot in Westfall.
The owner, Jay, is very affable and ready to work with us. The more people we can get, the better the price will get. It will stay at $5.00 for now, so tell your friends!
We Can bring our own music, games, etc. It would only be open to homeschoolers. It will be pay as you skate arrangement, with no money in advance or obligation to show.
Lisa Williams
“Those who know your name will trust in you,
for you, Lord, have never forsaken those who seek you.” Psalm 9:10
We have been contacted by some other homeschoolers in the Milford area who are organizing a roller skating opportunity for homeschoolers only on Friday afternoons.
They are part of a very small group of home schoolers (about 20 including parents) who meet on an informal basis. Their group has kids from 14 years to 14 months! Most of them are in the 8-10 range
They recently contacted the owner of the new roller skating rink in Matamoras, next to Home Depot about hosting a home school session, and are wondering if members of LEAP would be interested in participating.
Quoting Lisa Williams:
“His current prices at $6.50 per session and $1.00 for skate rentals. However, he is willing to negotiate with us, and the more people we have who are interested, the lower we can possibly get the rate. Right now we have about 25 people, and I’m hoping to get him to let us in for $5.00 this week. I don’t think we have to guarantee a certain amount of people, but if we have an estimated number, we can use that to get the best price. It would definitely be pay as you can come. We are looking at having the session on Friday afternoons, from 1:30 to 3:30 or so, but that is negotiable. During the winter months, we would like to meet every Friday, but may scale back when the weather improves. During the winter months, we would like to meet every Friday, but may scale back when the weather improves. We can bring our own music, games, etc. We would prefer Christian music. The more the merrier, so share the information as the Lord leads. .”
From: Lisa Williams
Please reply to this email if you would like to go this Friday and with how many. In the future you can reply directly to Lisa, but for the first time, if everyone replies to me I will then forward a list to you all of who is going in case you are interested in who will be there from LEAP. Great opportunity to meet others in the area.
