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| Date: From: Subject: | 1/13/2012 12:55:07 PM Home School Legal Defense Association Oklahoma: Home Education Day at the Capitol is Coming Soon! |
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====================================================================== From the HSLDA E-lert Service... ====================================================================== Oklahoma: Home Education Day at the Capitol is Coming Soon! Dear HSLDA Members and Friends: The Oklahoma Home Education Day at the Capitol is less than a month away, on February 7, 2012. As you know, this is an election year, and the Home Education Day has been planned by Oklahoma Christian Home Educators' Consociation (OCHEC) with this in mind. Instead of the normal "tracks," the Capitol Day events will be full of family-related activities! You can register today at: http://www.hslda.org/elink.asp?id=13292 . Your family will have the opportunity to tour the Capitol, sit in on the opening session of the House or Senate, invite your legislator to lunch, witness a historical re-enactor, participate in a scavenger hunt, and attend a rally at the Capitol Building. At the rally several great speakers are scheduled including Governor Mary Fallin, Senator Steve Russell, Representative Josh Crockroft (a homeschool graduate and one of two elected to the Oklahoma legislature) and others. HSLDA Staff Attorney Tj Schmidt will also be there. Over the years, Oklahoma's Home Education Day at the Capitol has been one of the national homeschool community's best-attended events. We at HSLDA strongly believe it is because of your attendance, along with hundreds of other families, that home education freedom in Oklahoma has remained protected. As you may recall, there have been several attempts over the years to increase the regulation of home education in Oklahoma, but all have failed due to your efforts and prayers. We would like to see the 2012 Oklahoma Home Education Day at the Capitol draw the biggest attendance yet. Please plan now to bring your family to Oklahoma City and have a wonderful experience for your children and protect the future of home education freedom. Find out more information here: http://www.hslda.org/elink.asp?id=13292 . Oklahoma enjoys great freedom when it comes to home education. Over 100 years ago, Oklahomans adopted a state constitution that recognized parents can provide their children "other means of education." As the freedom that you have in the Oklahoma Constitution is unique, even in our great nation, it deserves our extra effort to be protected. We believe one of the best ways you can help ensure the continued freedom of home education in Oklahoma for both your family and for future generations is to attend the annual Home Education Day at the Capitol on February 7. When legislators see hundreds of energetic homeschool families touring the Capitol with their bright-eyed children, homeschooling becomes more real to them. Your meeting with your legislators, which we strongly encourage, puts a face to homeschooling and makes it more difficult for them to vote in favor of any negative home education bill in the future. Both OCHEC and Christian Home Educators Fellowship of Oklahoma (CHEF of OK) work hard monitoring legislation and keeping up relationships with legislators. Your presence will help fill the Capitol with homeschoolers and will be vital in protecting home education freedom in Oklahoma. Last year over 1,600 people attended Home Education Day at the Capitol. Make your plans now to make this year's event even bigger! Now is the time for early registration. While you and your family can come if you haven't pre-registered, early registration is strongly encouraged. Registration allows you to get a name tag for the event and purchase a boxed lunch (if desired). It also provides an accurate count of those attending, Visit http://www.hslda.org/elink.asp?id=13292 to register now. REQUESTED ACTION: 1) Come to Oklahoma City on February 7, 2012, to participate in Home Education Day at the Capitol. If you or an older child would like to be a volunteer, please contact capitolday@ochec.com for more information. 2) If you can't come to the Home Education Day at the Capitol, please pray for the event and consider whether your family can bake cookies to be given out to legislators. Each year the legislators love getting homemade cookies from homeschoolers. To participate in the cookie drop go to: http://www.hslda.org/elink.asp?id=13293 . You could also donate to help defray the costs (over $3,000) of Capitol Day at: http://www.hslda.org/elink.asp?id=13294 . If you are not yet a member of HSLDA and would like to help us fight for greater parental rights and homeschool freedom in Oklahoma please visit http://www.hslda.org/elink.asp?id=13295. If you would like to be put on our email list to receive vital e-lerts you may sign up at http://www.hslda.org/elink.asp?id=13296. Thank you for your part in fighting for freedom in Oklahoma! Feel free to forward this to your friends who are homeschooling but may not be part of HSLDA, OCHEC, or CHEF of OK. Sincerely, Thomas J (Tj) Schmidt HSLDA Staff Attorney ---------------------------------------------------------------------- -> How many acorns can a chipmunk hold in its cheeks? We don't know! But we do know that gathering little by little enables ordinary folks to prepare for hard times. That principle is behind HSLDA's payment plan: by paying a month at a time, families can receive an annual HSLDA membership. Meanwhile, they can feel secure as they homeschool and focus on other priorities -- their children. Don't go nuts trying to pay for membership all at once. Choose one of our convenient payment plans. 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