Welcome to the 2017-2018 School Year
by Wayne Addison, MHEA President
As the President of MHEA, I want to congratulate everyone on the start of a new school year; I also want to welcome new families to MHEA, many who perhaps are homeschooling for the first time. Home education is an exciting journey for you and your family, and we want to be a resource to you during that journey. Our website, www.mymhea.org, has been relaunched to provide more timely information in order to serve as your primary source of MHEA information. Please make checking the website a part of your normal routine.
As the new school year begins there are many exciting things on the horizon. We look forward to the continued support of some MHEA staple events (Graduation, Field Day, Rally Day, Snowflake Ball, and many others); we are also looking at adding some new events, so please keep checking the newsletter and the MHEA website. Our Activities Committee is hard at work, but needs some good people to come alongside and help support and organize some of these great activities.
During 2016-2017, MHEA/THEA continued to lead the way with their influence and guidance on legislative activity that impacted the homeschool community. Karen Johnson, MHEA’s Legislative Liaison, is responsible for keeping us informed through regular updates with THEA of federal, state, and local politics in order to identify any threats to our family values. Before your support group meetings, please check with Karen for information to share with other families within your group. We must remain diligent in defending the rights and privileges we have earned from those who so tirelessly worked before us in order to protect those same rights and privileges for our children for years to come. The ability for MHEA/THEA to monitor and advocate legislative activity that protects the rights to homeschool in Tennessee only happens through the support generated by MHEA memberships.
Our vision as always is to provide useful, valuable, and relevant resources and information to our member families; and your Administrative Board is ready to serve you. The MHEA Board would like to formally thank all of the volunteers who served countless hours this past year. As a volunteer-based organization, nothing happens without the assistance of those willing to sacrifice for the benefit of others. Through your time and support, MHEA has a real impact throughout the state of Tennessee, the region, and even nationally.
In closing, Suellen and I are honored to have the opportunity once again to serve you and your family. It is a responsibility that we welcome, but we cannot do it alone. I truly believe that the best days are ahead of us. Please stand with us to support the families around the Memphis area and beyond. May the Lord bless you and your family throughout the upcoming school year.
As the President of MHEA, I want to congratulate everyone on the start of a new school year; I also want to welcome new families to MHEA, many who perhaps are homeschooling for the first time. Home education is an exciting journey for you and your family, and we want to be a resource to you during that journey. Our website, www.mymhea.org, has been relaunched to provide more timely information in order to serve as your primary source of MHEA information. Please make checking the website a part of your normal routine.
As the new school year begins there are many exciting things on the horizon. We look forward to the continued support of some MHEA staple events (Graduation, Field Day, Rally Day, Snowflake Ball, and many others); we are also looking at adding some new events, so please keep checking the newsletter and the MHEA website. Our Activities Committee is hard at work, but needs some good people to come alongside and help support and organize some of these great activities.
During 2016-2017, MHEA/THEA continued to lead the way with their influence and guidance on legislative activity that impacted the homeschool community. Karen Johnson, MHEA’s Legislative Liaison, is responsible for keeping us informed through regular updates with THEA of federal, state, and local politics in order to identify any threats to our family values. Before your support group meetings, please check with Karen for information to share with other families within your group. We must remain diligent in defending the rights and privileges we have earned from those who so tirelessly worked before us in order to protect those same rights and privileges for our children for years to come. The ability for MHEA/THEA to monitor and advocate legislative activity that protects the rights to homeschool in Tennessee only happens through the support generated by MHEA memberships.
Our vision as always is to provide useful, valuable, and relevant resources and information to our member families; and your Administrative Board is ready to serve you. The MHEA Board would like to formally thank all of the volunteers who served countless hours this past year. As a volunteer-based organization, nothing happens without the assistance of those willing to sacrifice for the benefit of others. Through your time and support, MHEA has a real impact throughout the state of Tennessee, the region, and even nationally.
In closing, Suellen and I are honored to have the opportunity once again to serve you and your family. It is a responsibility that we welcome, but we cannot do it alone. I truly believe that the best days are ahead of us. Please stand with us to support the families around the Memphis area and beyond. May the Lord bless you and your family throughout the upcoming school year.