Activities/Events

Updated 9/3/2010

Read the VHS Activity Disclaimer here.

VHS Fall Kick-Off

Join us on Tuesday, September 7 for our annual beginning of a new school year event. The VHS Fall Kick-Off, formerly the VHS Open House, will be held at the Church of God, 2929 N Freya, at 7:00 pm on September 7. DiAnna Brannan from Christian Homeschool Network of Washington will share about issues facing homeschoolers in the next legislative session. She will also be available to answer questions you may have. Information on the many events, clubs, classes, and activities that are available to VHS members will be available during this event, too. Bring your friends who are considering or new to homeschooling. We need veteran home schoolers there too, to meet the new home schoolers and answer their questions.

VHS Member Cards will also be available to be picked up at the Fall Kick-Off.

VHS Day at the Spokane County Interstate Fair

Details can be found in the September Acorn.

Mom's Night Out

Mom's Night Out will be starting up again Thursday, September 16 at 7:00 pm and will continue to meet the third Thursday of every month for a time of fellowship and encouragement. We meet at Liferoads Church located at 4209 East Pacific Ave. At our first meeting we’ll talk about organization, scheduling, making lesson plans, and share tips for how to start the year off relaxed and ready. We’ll talk about some of our hopes and goals for this new year of home schooling. It will be a wonderful time of encouragement, fun, fellowship, and food.

Please contact Jenny with questions.

Inland Northwest Home School Conference

March 25 - 26, 2011

Michael P. Farris is Chairman of the Home School Legal Defense Association and Chancellor of Patrick Henry College. Since founding HSLDA in 1983, Farris has used his extensive experience in both politics and appellate litigation to defend parental rights and help grow the organization to over 80,000 member families. He is also the founding president and current Chancellor of Patrick Henry College, a Christian institution with the mission of training students through a classical liberal arts curriculum and apprenticeship methodology to impact the world ―for Christ and for Liberty.Farris has written over a dozen books, including three novels, a constitutional law textbook, and works on marriage, parenting, home schooling, political advocacy, and religious liberty. His daily radio program, Home School Heartbeat, airs on several hundred stations nationwide. In recognition of his work in home education, Education Week has named Farris one of the ―Top 100 Faces in Education of the 20th Century. Heritage Foundation awarded him its Salvatori Award for American Citizenship in 2002. Mike and Vickie Farris live in Purcellville, Virginia, and have 10 children and 10 grandchildren.