NHN Convention

We are pleased to announce the dates for the 2008 NHN Homeschool Convention! Please mark your calendars for June 20th and 21st.

The convention will be located at UNLV's Student Union Building, 4505 Maryland Parkway, Las Vegas, NV. This event is open to the public. Tickets will be available at the door. Prices are $20/single, $35 couple - $5 discount with paid NHN Membership.

We regret that this year we are unable to provide childcare, so please start making your arrangements now so that you may attend without your children.

Catered Food:

Friday: 5:15-6:15
2 Slices and a soda or bottle of water: $7.25 (price includes tax and service charge)
Saturday: 12:00-1:00
4 1/2" sub, chips and a cup of soda: $8.80 (price includes tax and service charge)
Available in the Vendor Hall (Ballroom) ONLY listed hours. Able to take into Lecture Room for speakers

Schedule of Events

Times Friday Saturday Saturday Vendor Wkshps
9am-10am       X Keynote Address:
Tracy Klicka
How to keep Your Sanity While Homeschooling 		      X
10:00-11:00 Table Topics:
 Table Topics:
 		Math U See
11:15-12:15 Stewart Rhodes
Fundamentals of the Constitution Part 1		  Dan Sinclair
You Are Different And So Am I
 Tapestry of Grace
12:30-1:30 Stewart Rhodes
Fundamentals of the Constitution Part 2
  Table Topics:
 		Teach 4 Mastery
1:45-2:45 Table Topics:
  Tracy Klicka
I Think I'll Quit Homeschooling;   Five Reasons Why Moms Quit School and How You Can Keep from Becoming a Dropout 		Total Language Plus
3:00-4:00 Table Topics:
 Dan Sinclair
Teaching Reading For Understanding
  DJ & R Music
(Classical Cool Music)
4:15-5:15 Dan Sinclair
Raising Royalty		                             X         X
5:30-6:30 Dan Sinclair
Creating a Vision		                             X          X
6:45-8:15 KEYNOTE ADDRESS:
 		                            X            X
Friday:
8am-10am Set Up for Used Curriculum Sale
Doors open at 10am!
4pm Used Sale ends

Saturday:
9am-5pm Vendor Hall, Speakers & Round-table topics

Speakers

We are very pleased to be able to announce our speakers and topics!

Our Keynote Presenter will be Tracy Klicka. We are very blessed to be able to hear her encouraging words!

Tracy is the wife of Chris Klicka, Senior Counsel of Home School Legal Defense Association. She has homeschooled since birth, more than 17 years! Through many trials over the years (including the near-death of their twins during her pregnancy, and the current and ongoing struggle of Chris' multiple sclerosis), Tracy has learned firsthand what walking by faith is all about. She has seen over and over again the outpouring of God's grace in her life, and the precious importance of the Scriptures in sustaining and empowering believers. Her message for moms is one of hope and joy in God, who is able to make all grace abound to us (II Corinthians 9:8).
Keeping the HEART in homeschooling
How to keep Your Sanity While Homeschooling
I Think I'll Quit Homeschooling; Five Reasons Why Moms Quit School and How You Can Keep from Becoming a Dropout.

Our Featured Speaker will be Dan Sinclair. Many of you will remember Dan's workshops from last year's convention.

Dan Sinclair is a home educator and father to three. He teaches and speaks on numerous topics, including math, finance, reading, learning differences, and raising royalty. An entrepreneur at heart, Dan seeks to educate parents and students regarding the need for understanding stewardship. Dan is president of three different companies. He directs each one to reach its goal of helping parents teach to the unique needs of their children.
Creating a Vision
Raising Royalty
Teaching Reading for Understanding!
You are Different and so am I!

We are also honored to have Stewart Rhodes speaking.

Stewart is a graduate of Yale Law School, where he won Yale's Miller Prize for best paper on the Bill of Rights. Before attending law school, Stewart served as an Army paratrooper, and worked as a Nevada concealed carry firearms instructor. Stewart currently writes a monthly column for S.W.A.T. Magazine, called Enemy At the Gate, which is dedicated to the Bill of Rights. Stewart also writes for Jews for the Preservation of Firearms Ownership (JPFO) which is America's most aggressive, no compromise gun rights organization. Stewart has taught many classes on a wide range of subjects, including assisting in the teaching of military history at Yale University, and truly loves to teach. Stewart and his wife Tasha homeschool their four children and he looks forward to presenting this lecture to fellow homeschoolers.
Understanding the Constitution: Introduction To Fundamental Principles of Our Republic
The Bill of Rights and Current Threats to the Liberties Protected by it.

Both Friday and Saturday we will be having Round Table Topics. This will be an informal format, each table with 8-10 chairs (more if necessary) with multiple topics going on in the same banquet area.

These topics include, but are not limited to:
Dyslexia
Highschool to College & Life
Scouting & Homeschooling
Bill of Rights
Economics in the Homeschool
How to teach Co-op Speech & Debate
New Homeschoolers
Homeschool Legal Issues
Unschooling
How to Start and Support a Teen Group
How to Teach Co-op Intro to Economics Class
Nourishing Our Children, Nourishing Ourselves, Naturally

Topics and schedules will be added as they become available, please check back for the most current information! For Speakers Bios and Topic Descriptions, please see the Topics Page.

Vendors

We are proud to announce our Vendors for the 2008 Vendor Hall:


Door Prizes and Raffles

AYUSA: $25 Gift Certificate to a local restaurant
DJ & R Music (Classical Cool Music): Classical Cool TShirt ($9.99 value)
Gifted n'Goin' Buggy: Large Paperweight ($25 value)
Here's to Health: $15 off Getting Started pckg OR $4 off TAM Foods Bar
HSLDA: $10 Gift Certificate
Kaplan SAT Vocabulary Builders
Lakeshore Learning: $25 Gift Certificate
Math Monkey :(3) 4 free classes, no obligation (each valued at $159)
Nevada Foundation for the Arts: 1 portfolio entry (senior high school, 12 grade) and 8 Individual Entries
Rhythm & Rhyme Thyme: (2) one month free music classes (Value: $65 each)

Businesses that sell homeschool/education related products or services may request a vendor packet and application for consideration in the 2008 NHN Homeschool Convention.

If you would like to receive a packet, please send an e-mail to nhnconvention@yahoo.com and include:
  • Contact Name
  • Name of your business
  • Email address
  • Web link if you have a web site
Confirmation letters will be mailed out upon approval.

Vendor acceptance for the NHN Homeschool Convention is at the discretion of the exhibit hall coordinators and the convention committee.


For suggestions or volunteering, please contact Convention Chair at NHNConvention@yahoo.com

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The 2008 NHN Homeschool Convention is proudly sponsored by:

A to Z Home's Cool
AVON: Kim Hightower
Be "Tween" Talk: Chaotic Communications, LLC
Beverly Jacobson, Independent Stampin' Up! demonstrator
California Society for Biomedical Research
Eagles Homeschool Co-op; A Ministry of Canyon Ridge Christian Church
Home School Legal Defense Association<
Nevada Christian Home School

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