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"Raising an Independent Learner"
Keynote delivered by: Debra Bell, homeschooling mother, author, English teacher, and popular conference speaker!
Do you want a lifelong learner who initiates studies on his own? Then let go of the wheel and start giving your kids responsibility for their education. Here are practical, inexpensive steps that will encourage children to pursue their own learning, and prevent parent burnout as well.
Purchase Tickets Early!
Keynote Meal tickets are available from local IDEA offices for $10. All tickets must be purchased in advance so that we can provide accurate numbers to the caterers. The purchase price is the same for IDEA and non-IDEA attendees. The meals in every location cost more than $10 each and are subsidized by IDEA so that more homeschoolers can be encouraged and inspired! Since there is limited seating in most locations, anyone taking a seat must purchase a ticket, including small children. Nursing babies are of course free.
Juneau - Centennial HallSheffield Ballroom #2Tuesday, April 22, 2008 Purchase tickets at the IDEA office at 8585 Old Dairy Road, Suite 205. Questions? Call the office at 789-6106, or contact Carol Habeger at 790-4755 or via email. Menu for breakfast buffet includes savory egg, scallion & Tillamook cheddar breakfast casserole, oven-roasted red potatoes, apple-smoked mesquite bacon, assorted breakfast sausages, buttermilk blueberry-lemon muffins, pumpkin-apple bread, assorted breakfast pastries and bagels with cream cheese, croissants with butter and jams, seasonal sliced fruit and berry platter. Served with coffee, tea, water, and juice. |
Anchorage - Egan CenterExplorer's Hall (Cook Room, far left on main floor)Friday, April 25, 2008 Purchase tickets in Anchorage at the IDEA Office, 670 W. Fireweed Lane. Questions? Call the office at 562-4332, or contact Sally Javier at 333-2255 or via email. Purchase tickets in the Mat-Su Valley at the IDEA Wasilla Office, 851 E. West Point Drive, Suite B5. Questions? Call the office at 357-4850, or contact Betty Bair at 373-4938 or via email. Plated breakfast includes orange juice, ham & cheese omelet, home fried potatoes, assorted Danish pastries, served with coffee and herbal teas. |
Fairbanks - Westmark HotelNorthern LatitudesMonday, April 28, 2008 Purchase tickets at the IDEA Office at 2157 Van Horn Road. Questions? Call the office at 374-2200, or contact Sandy Blewett at 456-1368 or via email. Plated breakfast includes scrambled eggs, bacon, hash browns, seasonal fresh fruit, and home style biscuit, along with coffee, tea, water, and juice. |
Soldotna - Soldotna Sports CenterWednesday, April 30, 2008 Purchase tickets at the IDEA office at the Red Diamond Center or at Carol Simpson's house in Homer. Questions? Call the office at 260-7555, or contact Debbie Mackie at 260-3158 or via email. Breakfast buffet includes buttermilk biscuits and country gravy, sausage patty, Egg Fritatta, country potatoes, white chocolate scones, pancake station with various syrups and toppings, coffee, tea, water, and juice. |
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