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Family Educators Alliance of South Texas
MANNA
Volume 30/ Issue 1/ January
eflecting on 2016,
Resolutions for 2017
Capitol Days
DEFENDING
Home School
FREEDOMS
Let’s
STUFF
the Truck
WORLD-PROOF
Your Child
Home School Night
with the
RAMPAGE
HOME SCHOOLING
the Ultimate School Choice!
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CONTENTS
Happy New Year!
A
New Year
Is God’s Gift
In the joyful momentsthank
HIM
In the busy moments-
Bless HIM
In the trying moments-
Trust HIM
In the quiet moments-
Praise HIM
- Roy Lessin
3 A Note from Linda
Home School
Orientation
4 National Geographic
Bee at FEAST
National Spelling Bee at
FEAST
5 Battle of Flowers
6 Stuff the Truck
Civics
7 Dinosaurs and the
Bible
Generation Joshua
8 Convention - Save the
Date!
Capitol Days
Chick-fil-a
9 World-Proof the Child
10 Co-op
11 Standardized Testing
Gift Card Shopping
Achievment Testing
12 Student Council
13 Bookstore Features
14 What’s Up?
15 Cartooning Camps
January cover photo courtesy
of Rivard Report.
Photographed by Scott
Ball.
16 Project Show
Essential Oil Workshop
Home School Night with
the Rampage
17 Skyhawks Soccer
Sports?
18-21 Sports
22 Calendar
I pray
that your
family is
as excited
about
the upcoming
New Year,
as we are here at FEAST! You
may have had a great 2016;
even so, we hope you will
begin 2017 with a renewed
vigor and excitement for your
journey of parent directed
education!
As you reflect on where
you have been, January is a
great time to discuss and give
thanks on how God brought
you into home schooling.
Looking forward to the programs
to come, and where
you are headed, I want to
remind you that FEAST has
been with you all the way. We
will be here to help you make
2017 your strongest home
school year ever. Whether
you have been home schooling
for a week or a decade, we
have gathered ideas, tips and
research to help encourage
your children while home
schooling. Come by and see
our beautiful remodeled
bookstore anytime, Monday
Serving Him by serving you!
through Thursday from 10am
to 5pm and see how we can
help! FEAST has a staff that is
called to serve and we’ll be
here to share a laugh with
you, cheer you on when you
need a good word, or even
be the shoulder during those
tough times.
How do we keep doing
what we do? The answer is
simple: The prayers and financial
support from people just
like you. Every time you give
a monthly donation, shop at
the FEAST bookstore, take
part in co-op or sports, or participate
in fundraising events,
you are helping FEAST serve
others. We know that not everyone
has the money to donate,
but for those who do, it
makes it possible for FEAST to
operate efficiently and even
offer new programs to the
home schooling community.
Keeping FEAST sustainable
through monthly donations
of any size helps us continue
to invest in the spiritual,
emotional, and educational
life of each family to whom
we minister. If FEAST has
been a blessing to your family,
will you help by becoming
a monthly donor?
Linda S. Whiten
To partner with FEAST...
CLICK HERE
HOME
SCHOOLINGthe
Ultimate School Choice!
Free Home Schooling Orientations
at FEAST Wednesday, January 25,
10:30am and 2:30pm
25 Burwood Lane, San Antonio, TX 78216
parents choose – kids win
Celebrating School Choice Week and parent’s
rights to direct the education of their
children!
Visit the FEAST Bookstore during School Choice
Week and receive a free home schooling information
packet.
Visit FEAST on Wednesday, January 25, for a free
($35 Value) home schooling orientation. Learn
about home schooling
and how families
are making the ultimate
choice in their
child’s education.
Click Here to reserve
your seat.
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National
Geographic
Bee
at FEAST
January 6, 2017, from 10am – 12pm
Grades 4 – 8, Registration Deadline:
January 4, 2017
Free for Patriot Pass Holders, $10 for
non-Patriot Pass Holders
Do your students enjoy Geography? Do they like learning
about new people and places throughout the world? We have
a contest for them: The National Geographic Bee!
This annual competition is designed to inspire and reward
students' curiosity about the world. Students in grades 4-8 all
across the United States will be competing for college scholarships
and the chance to be the National Geographic Bee
Champion!
Do your students need help studying for the Nat Geo Bee?
You're in luck! We've teamed up with our friends at Kahoot!
to develop six engaging quizzes to test U.S. and world geography.
Never used a Kahoot! before? Visit the tutorial page to
learn more.
The winner of FEAST’s contest will be eligible to participate
in the State level Geographic Bee to be held March 31, 2017.
Register Here, or for more information click here.
The Battle of Flowers® Association Announces the
23rd Annual Texas History
Essay Contest for 7th Grade Students
Friday, January 13, 2017, 4pm
ESSAYS - Home school students may submit their essays to the FEAST Office by Friday, January 13, 2017, 4pm.
FINALIST - FEAST will forward on the top two home school essays on Monday, January 16, 2017.
WINNERS - Winner will be invited to ride in the 2017 Battle of Flowers Parade in a car with their name and school/
FEAST displayed, be published in the Battle of Flowers Parade program, will receive an award at The Battle of Flowers
College Oratorical Contest, and be invited to a luncheon with their parents on Friday, February 24, 2017.
2017 Essay Topic: BLAZING TRAILS*Forts on the Texas Frontier
This is a fun activity that really causes your child
to stretch toward a goal. All students, ages 7
– 15 (student should not have reached his/
her 15th birthday on or before August 31, 2016) are
invited to participate. All participants will receive a
certificate congratulating them on their hard work
in preparing for the spelling bee. Our FEAST Spelling
Bee is divided into two divisions.
Division 1 (Just for fun) is for participants 7
through 9 years of age. The first place winner of this
division will not move on to the regional spelling
bee.
Division 2 is for participants 7 through 15 years of
Registration Deadline age. The first place winner of this division will move
on to the regional spelling bee sponsored by the
is January 4
San Antonio Express-News.
Here is how it works:
1. Register online with FEAST
2. Start studying the word list for your child’s age group.
3. Be at FEAST 15 min. early to participate in the FEAST Spelling Bee!
Tuesday, January 10, 1pm at FEAST
The FEAST Spelling Bee is FREE for Patriot Pass holders and $10 for all other participants.
Please contact Estela Frias with any questions at 210-240-8912
or email one_andonly2@yahoo.com. Click here to register!
“But I have trusted in Thy mercy; my heart shall rejoice in Thy salvation.”
Psalms 13:5
Throughout history, brave souls have been blazing new trails across Texas: American Indians, Spanish explorers,
Catholic missionaries, French soldiers, colonial entrepreneurs and Texas cattlemen. These trailblazers opened the
way for new settlers to populate the land of Tejas, the Republic and the state of Texas. But who would continue to
keep these roads open and safe for those traveling on them? It was a new type of pioneer who came to open the
territories of Texas and protect those who followed. It was the US Army. During the 1800s, the US Army established
and manned well over 40 forts and camps along the westward-moving frontier. In 1856 alone, 25% of the troops in
the US Army were based in Texas. Able soldiers like Benjamin H. Grierson and Ranald S. Mackenzie were on the Texas
frontier protecting settlers and connecting outposts of civilization in the unsettled West. These soldiers came to
an untamed land that was inhospitable, harsh and dangerous. They were challenged by the weather, the vast territory
and the unknown. They scouted for water in the desert, built their forts with adobe, native wood and stone,
strung telegraph lines, and battled a relentless war against the American Indians who fought to protect their way
of life. By the time the last of these forts closed, over 75,000 soldiers had come to the Texas frontier. Some were
famous like Phillip Sheraton. Some were unknown like the hundreds of immigrants looking for a stake in their new
country. But they all came to do their job...to tame the Texas frontier.
Fort Belknap
Fort Bliss
Fort Chadbourne
Fort Clark
Fort Concho
Fort Davis
SUGGESTED FORTS ON THE TEXAS FRONTIER:
Fort Griffin
Fort Sam Houston
Fort Lancaster
Fort Phantom Hill
Fort Martin Scott
Fort Mason
Fort McKavett
Fort Richardson
Fort Stockton
Fort Worth
Titled Entries will be judged on content, creativity, the interest generated, accuracy and appropriateness of topic
(70%), and on neatness of presentation, grammar, spelling and quality of research (30%). Resource materials
should be listed in standard bibliographic form on a separate page (not counted toward the length of the essay).
References will be checked for accuracy. Please note that essays must fall within the 350 to 700 word length to
qualify for the contest. Submit your child’s titled essay including the resource and reference page, and the signed
Statement of Originality Form to FEAST by Thursday, January 12, 2017, by 4pm.
Click here to print the Statement of Originality form.
Contact Ruth Perez at ruth@homeschoolfeast.com for questions.
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Help us “Stuff the Truck!”
Saturday, February 18, 2017
10am – 2pm at FEAST
FEAST is excited to have been chosen as a host for the “Partners for Good” Goodwill
Donation Drive! Goodwill will donate $1,000 for every truck we “Stuff” full of
good reusable donations. This is GREAT news for us because the collection can
start now! Please tell your friends and bring all of your gently used articles to
FEAST, and we will store them until the big day; or bring them day of and join the
fun as you help us stuff the truck! Items to donate: all kinds of clothing, blankets,
books, electronics, furniture, games, toys, and so much more!
FEAST appreciates your donations; the publicity is great for us and for Goodwill, so this drive is always a win-win
event. You get rid of unwanted items, and we raise money to help fund our programs at FEAST. Likewise, these
drives help Goodwill toward their goal of helping the community of un- and under-employed receive education
programs and services that will assist them in finding better jobs and building careers. Let’s bring some order to
our lives and pitch in and support two great organizations!
Dinosaurs and the Bible
January 23, 6:30pm at FEAST
Free Creation Science Workshops
The 2017 schedule of programs is shown below:
• January - Dinosaurs and the Bible
• February - The Discovery of Genesis in Chinese
• March - Distant Starlight, Big Bang and the Bible
• April - Where did Cain get his Wife and other
Supposed Biblical Contradictions
All programs will occur on the fourth Monday of each
month at 6:30pm at FEAST, with a hands on, young children’s
program offered at the same time.
Click here to register!
“In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.”
Genesis 1:1
Finding Justice in San Antonio
Please join us at the free January Civics Class at FEAST.
We look forward to welcoming our guest speaker, District
Attorney Nicolas La Hood. We have also tentatively
scheduled our new Sheriff-Elect Javier Salazar! Watch
the FEAST Civics webpage for speaker updates.
CLICK HERE TO REGISTER. Contact Gale Sayers at
hopegale50@gmail.com with questions.
About Our Program
Our FREE Civics class meets each month at FEAST. The
FEAST Civics Coordinator, Gale Sayers, spends many
months handling arrangements with local and state
politicians and government and civic leaders in preparation
for our free Civics Classes. Students learn the
proper way to dress and conduct themselves for political
or professional events. Please honor our guests
by coming in business casual attire. No shorts. We ask
that skirts or dresses be worn to knee length with no
January 18, 2017 9:45-Noon
visible undergarments. No hats on male attendees.
Whole families are invited! There are no age limits,
and parents/grandparents do attend with the children.
Students must have at least one parent/adult in attendance
unless a special arrangement has been made.
Attendance is open to all. Your faithful participation
will ensure the success of these events,so please make
it a priority on your family’s calendar to be physically
present. No writing is required, but personal notes are
strongly encouraged. No tests are given. Come out and
enjoy a very interactive time with our guests.
“If my people, which are called by my name,
shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek
my face, and turn from their wicked ways;
then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive
their sin, and will heal their land.”
11 Chronicles 7:14
Generation Joshua is
Returning to FEAST
May 11 – 12, 2017 - 9am – 6pm
Ages 11 – 19
Early Registration is:
$125 for Patriot Pass Holders ($140 after Jan. 31) $135 non-Patriot Pass Holders ($150 after Jan. 31)
HELP is needed!!!
The mob has murdered an FBI informant, and the local brass has pulled out all the stops to find the guilty party. Accordingly,
they have summoned a Federal Grand Jury to investigate the evidence and issue an indictment for murder.
The problem is that there are three possible suspects. Each had opportunity, means, and possibly a motive, so whom
do they take to trial? That is your job. The Generation Joshua iObject teen track places you, the student, in the seat
of one of the most powerful citizen judicial roles in the country, a federal Grand Jury. Don’t miss being a part of this
exciting Generation Joshua (GenJ) Grand Jury simulation.
In order to book the event with GenJ, FEAST must have a minimum of 25
committed students registered by January 31.
NOTE: If you cannot make full payment at the time of registration, but are committed to attend,
please contact june@homeschoolfeast.com to arrange a payment plan.
Space is limited so Register Today!
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Each month FEAST will highlight one of our featured speakers for the 2017 FEAST Home
School Convention. Doug Flanders is a home school dad as well as a published author and
Chief of Staff at one of the largest Level 1 Trauma Centers in the Houston area. In his article
below you can find out how to “World Proof Your Child.” Enjoy your sneak peek below, and
we will see you at the June, 2017 FEAST Convention!
Steve Demme
Valerie Felder
Save the Date: June 8—10, 2017
“In the journey of life,
it’s okay to stop and ask for directions.”
Tim & Lyndsay Lambert
Scott Lane
Vicki Bentley
CLICK HERE FOR MORE INFORMATION
Doug & Jennifer Flanders
“Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding.
In all thy ways acknowledge Him, and He shall direct thy paths.” Proverbs 3:5-6
www.homeschoolfeast.com
Support FEAST at Chick-fil-a
for Spirit Night!
January 31, 2017
20831 N US 281, San Antonio, TX 78258
Invite your friends and family to join you at Chick-fil-a off highway 281 and Evans, on January 31st for our Patriots
Spirit Night! All you have to do is mention FEAST and part of the proceeds of your purchase will go to our organization!
Dress in our Patriot colors (red, white, and blue) to show your Patriot spirit!
World-Proof the Child by Doug Flanders
Protecting our children is one of the primary jobs of parenthood, and the list of
dangers seems to be growing exponentially.
* There is BPA in your bottled water; there are hormones in your meat.
* There are predators on the Internet and cyber-bullies on social media.
* There are addictive drugs and addictive video games.
* There are terrorists hijacking our planes and the TSA hijacking our dignity.
It makes you long for the days when seesaws and merry-go-rounds were still allowed
on playgrounds.
The fact is that new dangers are popping up every day, and it is impossible
for even the most vigilant parents to keep up with them all. That
doesn’t mean you can’t protect your children. It just means that doing
so will become increasingly complex and require some added intentionality.
There are three general principles that can help guide the process:
1. SET THE EXAMPLE. A culture of safety — whether at work
or at home — starts at the top. If you want your kids to wear helmets
when they ride bicycles, then you probably should, too. Same rule
goes for seatbelts, overeating, cigarettes, alcohol, or anything else.
Most values are “caught” not “taught.”
“Show yourself in all respects to be a model of good works,
and in your teaching show integrity, dignity,
and sound speech that cannot be condemned…” Titus 2:7-8 (ESV)
2. SET THE STANDARD. Talk
with your kids. Point out the dangers
as you become aware of them.
Let them know what your expectations
are. Set a curfew. Curfews
aren’t tyranny; they are parents
showing that they care! Then enforce
the standards you have established.
A rule that isn’t enforced is
no rule at all.
“Train up a child
in the way he should go;
even when he is old
he will not depart from it.”
– Proverbs 22:6 (NASB)
3. SET THEM FREE. The ultimate goal of parenting isn’t to have large children, but to have fully functioning
adults. The only way to achieve that goal is to gradually shift responsibility from your shoulders to theirs. This
is probably the hardest, but most important, part of the whole process. You will never be able to make enough
rules to protect your children. They must internalize safety consciousness themselves. They must make it their
own. Making it their own often means making mistakes. It can be hard to watch as our children attend the
school of hard-knocks, but sometimes “experience is the best teacher.”
“When I was a child, I used to speak like a child, think like a child, reason like a child;
when I became a man, I did away with childish things.” – 1 Corinthians 13:11 (NASB)
The temptation is to simply be “helicopter parents” — ones that are always hovering, always micro-managing, always
trying to smooth the way and make the decisions and manipulate the circumstances — but that is a fool’s game. No
parent can child-proof the world. A parent’s job is to world-proof the child.
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“For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good
works, which God hath before ordained that we walk in them.”
Ephesians 2:10
Welcome back.
We pray that you and your families
had a blessed Christmas Break
and a wonderful New Year. We
are grateful that you chose FEAST
Co-op and look forward to seeing
what Christ has for you. Co-op
classes are still available. Contact
the Davilas for any questions
davilas@homeschoolfeast.com
Please consider giving a little of
your time by volunteering and
helping co-op maintain its offerings.
We need your help in the following
areas:
• Campus Monitor
• Study Hall Attendees
• Kitchen Clean Up
• End of the Day Clean Up
Teacher Applications
Do you have a love of learning?
Would you like to share God’s gifts
with others? Is FEAST a place you
call home? Teacher applications
are being accepted now for the
2017-2018 FEAST Co-op year.
Have a question or an inquiry?
Contact Roger and Johanna Davila
davilas@homeschoolfeast.com
THEME DAYS
Tuesday, January 10
& Thursday, January 12
Royalty Day
(Be a Queen or King)
Upcoming Theme Days:
February 7 & 9
Wacky Socks Day
March 7 & 9
Tie Dye Day
April 11 & 13
Crazy Hat Day
FEAST
STANDARDIZED
ACHIEVEMENT TESTING
By Jeanine Martin, FEAST Test Administrator
Every spring, FEAST conducts standardized
achievement testing for students in 4th
grade and up. It is not a “high-stakes” testing
atmosphere, so no child should ever feel anxious
about being labeled a failure. The main purpose
of the test is to help you assess your home
schooled children’s strengths and weaknesses.
Only parents receive the results.
If the results are great, feel free to maintain your
home school program as is. Or, if your child needs
additional challenge, consider using gifted programs
like Duke TIP. If the results are worse than
expected, new curriculum or different teaching
methods may be needed. Parents may also want
to consider further testing for dyslexia or dyscalculia
when scores are extremely low.
Tests are merely another tool in our home
school arsenal. Do not worry about whether or
not your child tends to test well or poorly. The results
are only meant to help your home school.
Standardized Achievement Testing
at FEAST
May 1 & May 3, 8:30am – 1pm
$75 per child
Registration deadline is March 17, 2017
FEAST is happy to offer the home school community
standardized achievement testing again this
year. The state of Texas does not require home
schoolers to test their children. FEAST offers this
as a service for students in grades 4 – 12. Space is
very limited, and registration will be accepted on
a first come/first registered basis. NOTE: No late
registrations will be accepted, and there are no refunds
after registration has closed.
Gift Card Shopping!
With the new year
comes new
opportunities
for you to support FEAST
while benefiting from
an easier shopping experience.
FEAST is now
enrolled in
ScripZone,
a fast and
easy way to shop for that
special gift for that special
someone (even if that special
someone is you). Scrip-
Zone has a large variety of
gift cards to places from
hotels and restaurants
to national retailers and
specialty stores for you to
choose from. Just sign up
at Scripzone.com to begin
your shopping experience.
Be sure to enter FEAST as
your group ID in order for
a percentage of your purchase
to come back to our
What is a standardized achievement test?
A standardized achievement test measures a
student’s level and knowledge in: Word analysis, REGISTER HERE
reading, comprehension, vocabulary, mathemat-
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ics, language, spelling, social studies and science.
Why take a standardized achievement test?
Achievement tests help teachers and students
determine the level of knowledge
that has been acquired in
their education. It helps teachers/parents
determine if
there are subjects that
may need more attention
and focus.
organization. When you
purchase you will have the
option of paying online
and having it shipped to
your home or to pay at
FEAST and have it shipped
to FEAST at no cost to you.
All orders placed between
now and January 31st,
for pick up at FEAST, will
be placed on February
1st and will be ready for
pick up one week later,
just in time for Valentine’s
Day. This fundraiser will
be continuous so you will
have opportunities every
month to support FEAST
and the home schooling
families it serves. For more
information, contact Waleska
Lira at adminassist@
homeschoolfeast.com.

BOOKSTORE
FEATURES
Is one of your
New Year’s
resolutions
“GET ORGANIZED”?
STUDENT
COUNCIL
FEAST stocks great
books that can refresh
you midyear,
or help you tell a friend
about home schooling!
15% OFF
selected
home school
self-help books!
It is time for Fun Schooling Journals!
We have the tools!
20% off
ALL PLANNERS!
These journals are also appropriate for dyslexic students
and use the Open Dyslexic Font for easy reading.
FEAST carries a variety of home schooling journals These handbooks were created by a home school mom
that will teach you how to integrate any good book or of over 25 years, dyslexia therapist and game designer
FEAST Student Council has been very involved this year, not purchasing a set of benches or tables, or perhaps a small book video into your child’s curriculum. These handbooks are with ten children.
only in FEAST, but also in the community. Student Council trading kiosk. If anyone has any ideas for the FEAST project, we activity books and daily journals that allow your student This curriculum handbook is wonderful for any style
volunteered at Elf Louise and cleaned up the landscape in encourage you to submit them to any of the Student Council to follow their interest without creating a lot of extra of home schooling, traditional, classical, unit, un-schoolers,
eclectic learners, delight directed home schoolers
front of the FEAST building. For Thanksgiving they made care officers. Thank you to everyone who helped support Student work for you. Your students can develop the skills needed
to take a book and deepen
and busy families. You can use one book for your
baskets for families in need. You may have noticed decorated Council and for all the members of Student Council for demonstrating
leadership and discipleship skills. We wish everyone a
cardboard boxes around campus filled with food items. Thank
their knowledge
of any
reproducible journal
whole family with
you all for your help by donating goods to fill the baskets! We very blessed New Year!
have heard wonderful stories about how the care baskets have Student Council is a free leadership training class for home
blessed the lives of families around the area.
schooling students in grades 9 – 12. You do not have to be a topic that is
pages.
Also, Student Council does a special project for FEAST every FEAST Co-op student to attend. Contact Elda Crenwelge with meaningful
year. Last year Student Council brought the flag poles in front of any questions at decren@att.net.
to them.
the building up to date with the new flag/sign regulations. This
included hiring a company to inspect and repair the flag pole
“…establish Thou the work of our hands upon us;
and adding a lock. It is still undecided what project Student yea, the work of our hands establish Thou it.”
Council will do this year. There have been some suggestions of
Psalm 90:17
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What’s
Up?
CARTOONING CAMPS
WITH DAN NUCKOLS
March 10 – 11, 2017, 9:30am – 3pm at FEAST
Cost: Camp 1 only $79 for Patriot Pass, $99 non-patriot pass
Camps 1 & 2: $138 for Patriot Pass, $158 non-patriot pass
Cost includes instruction book
Registration deadline: February 28, 2017
TIME
TO GET
HANDS
ON!
CRATE TOOLBOX
January 7, 9am
The Home Depot offers free workshops for doit-yourselfers
of all ages and experience levels.
Join our hands-on workshop, and you and your
child can get to work on a wood toolbox they can
use for keeping anything from art supplies to toys
neat and portable. Once the toolbox is built, your
child can paint it in their favorite color.
All kids get to keep their craft, receive a FREE
certificate of achievement, a Workshop Apron,
and a commemorative
pin while supplies
last.
Children must be
present at the store
to participate in
the workshop and
receive the kit, apron
and pin.
NEW BRAUNFELS
RAILROAD MUSEUM
Free admission every first and third Saturday
from 10am to 2pm. Kids of all ages run
the train and become a junior engineer. 302
West San Antonio St., New Braunfels. 830-
627-2447. newbraunfelsrailroadmuseum.
org.
The New Braunfels Historic Railroad and
Modelers Society (NBHRMS) is a non-profit
organization dedicated to the preservation
of railroad artifacts and education. Our
members have a diverse cross section of
interests including railroad history, artifact
collection, railfanning (Railfans are folks
who love to observe trains in action), and
model railroading in all scales.
The Alamo
Free interactive living history event from
11:30am to 4pm on the first Saturday of each
month. Includes live demonstrations, living
history and history talks. 300 Alamo Plaza
210-225-1391. www.thealamo.org.
Dan Nuckols has been cartooning ever since he
was about 5 and has been published in various
publications, including the Washington Post. Dan
draws caricatures at local country fairs, and his website,
www.danspulpit.com, displays many of his cartoons designs.
Dan has created a 16 lesson series on cartooning
CARTOONING CAMP 1, AGES 9-18
Schedule: Friday, March 10
9:30-10:30am - Lesson 1 “Basic Shapes and Forms”
10:45-11:45am - Lesson 2 “The Face”
11:45-12:45pm - Lunch break
12:45- 1:45pm - Lesson 3 “Facial Expressions”
2:00-3:00pm - Lesson 4 “The Body”
How Can We Help?
course that he offers through Camps! If you have a student
who loves to doodle, these camps would be a great
opportunity for them to hone those skills and create engaging
and fun cartoons! Camps 1 & 2 are also for those
students that want to start learning the basics of drawing.
Parents are more than welcome to join their children
in class!
CARTOONING CAMP 2, AGES 9-18
Schedule: Saturday, March 11
9:30-10:30am - Lesson 5 “Movement”
10:45-11:45am - Lesson 6 “Animals”
11:45-12:45pm - Lunch break
12:45- 1:45pm - Lesson 7 “Perspective and
Buildings”
2:00-3:00pm - Lesson 8 “Machines”
Contact the FEAST Events
Coordinator, June Haliscak at
june@homeschoolfeast.com for questions.
REGISTER HERE
Home School Foundation (HSF) is a charitable foundation established
in 1994 by HSLDA to bless the home schooling community and promote
home schooling by helping families in need through grants to home school
organizations. FEAST has an active HSF Ambassador to help guide individuals
through the application process. If you need help, please call Ann Marie
at 210 342-4674 ext. 15, and she can give you that information. If you would like to help others in our area, the
foundation will match our contributions dollar for dollar. To donate by phone with a credit card, call 540- 338-
8688. Tell them to mark your donation for the Texas State Ambassador Fund.
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Essential Oil Workshop
& Fundraiser
Introductory Class –
Tuesday, January 19 at 1pm at FEAST
Chemical Free Class
Thursday, January 10,6 at 1pm at FEAST
Skyhawks Soccer Program at FEAST
Children ages 5 - 12
Wednesdays, March 1 – April 26, 10am – 11am
$119 for Patriot Pass holders, $139 non- Patriot Pass holders
Project Show
April 7, 2017 for Ages 5 – 18
Registration deadline:
March 27, 2017
The Annual Bexar County Project
Show will be Friday, April 7th at the
Helotes Activity Center on Leslie
Road across from O’Connor High School.
Youth ages 5 – 18 may participate in 8
divisions: 1) Baking & Canning, 2) Clothing,
Needlework, & Quilting, 3) Hobbies
& Crafts, 4) Horticulture, 5) Photography,
6) Wood & Metal Projects, 7) Art, and 8)
Poster Design. Specific classes within each
division are listed on the entry form.
Enrolled 4-H members are free. Youth do
not have to be in 4-H to enter. There will
be a $2 entry fee per item for Non 4-H
members.
The project entry form is due to the Bexar
County 4-H office by Monday, March 27th.
Entries can be dropped off at the Helotes
Activity Center on Thursday, April 6th
from 6 – 8pm or Friday, April 7th from
3 – 4pm.
Contact Jamie Miranda, County Project
Show Chairperson, at mypinkkoala@aol.
com with questions.
Introductory Class - Learn about essential oils in a fun, interactive
way! Essential oils are more than just fragrance. For thousands of
years, essential oils have played an important role in human health
and well-being. This introductory class is designed to introduce you
to the basics of essential oils so you can gain a better understanding
of why they are important and how to use them in your family’s
goals for optimum health.
Chemical Free Class - It is never too late to purge those chemicals
from your home & from your body! Just because they are on the
shelves at the store does NOT make them safe! Let us show you a
better, healthier way! Come learn all about the infamous THIEVES
essential oil! Start your chemical free lifestyle using some amazing
Thieves products. Let us make a beTHIEVER out of you!
Bring a friend and enjoy the experience!
All proceeds go to help FEAST pay for the A/C change-out. All orders
placed for Young Living Essential Oils in December or January
will qualify for the fundraiser. So pick a workshop or attend both!
To obtain an order form or RSVP, please contact Waleska Lira in the
FEAST office at 210-342-4674 ext.19 or email adminassist@homeschoolfeast.com.
Home School
Night with
the
Rampage
Come Join the Rampage on March 7th, 2017
Event Starts at 4:15pm
Game Starts at 7pm
Q&A with SS&E Employees
along with a Pre-game Skate.
*Look out for more Information to come*
Please Contact Danielle at
210-444-5656 or dpierce@attcenter.com
Register HERE!
Parents, are you looking for fun physical education
program for children ages 5 -12? Why not try Soccer?
FEAST and Skyhawks will be offering an 8 week Soccer
Program at FEAST. Soccer is a fun and active sport that
builds thinking skills, as well as a healthy body. The mix
of sprinting with endurance running develops long and
short muscle fibers and also aerobic as well as anaerobic
capabilities. Playing soccer improves flexibility, cardiovascular
capability, body composition (lowering the percentage
of body fat while increasing muscle mass) and does
not jar the body in the way that other sports do. Body
type isn’t as important as with other sports and working
as a team builds social skills and self-confidence.
The Skyhawks have taught over 2 million boys and girls
and are a nationally recognized, Family Choice Award
winning, standard for excellence. Their coaches are highly
motivated and skilled in their sports area and are cleared
through a national criminal background check, FBI fingerprints,
CPR & First Aid certification, with both classroom
and field training.
To learn more about the Skyhawks visit www.skyhawks.
com. Registration will open January 9, 2017.
“…for the joy of the Lord is your strength.” Nehemiah 8:10b
SPORTS?
FEAST offers sports for home schooled middle and high school
age children. Christian athletics offers life lessons such as:
• being part of a team
• learning to work together
• encouraging one another
• builds life long memories
• cements relationships
• establish an active lifestyle
• learning to honor the Lord and serve others by becoming
the best you can be.
*NOTE: You must be a Patriot Pass holder in order to participate in any
FEAST sport. The Spring Patriot Pass is only $75 per family. Click here
to read more about the Patriot Pass.
For more about our sports options CLICK HERE!
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Track and Field! 2017
FEAST
Patriots
SPORTS
From Your
Athletic Director,
Scott Lane
Happy New Year! We at FEAST hope and pray that you had a Merry Christmas
and a happy holiday season.
We have a wealth of sports offerings ongoing this winter or about to start
this spring.
Our boy’s High School Soccer is in the midst of their season. Basketball is
also well into their season with eight strong teams competing. Our varsity
boys won both tournaments they played in during the month of December.
Golf middle school and high school players received professional instruction
from our partners at the “First Tee” during the fall. We will have a kick off
meeting for the spring tournament schedules for both high school and middle school golf in mid to late January. Pay attention
to FEAST eblasts for that date and time. Anyone wishing to join this fine instructional program is welcome to do so. Contact us
for more information at AD@homeschoolfeast.com.
Baseball had a kick off meeting in December. If anyone still wishes to participate in this program, please contact our baseball
commissioner Susan Rutherford at 210-214-0953. Our fine track and field program will have their kick off meetings on January
5th and January 9th at 6:30pm in Burwood Hall at FEAST.
On that note we have a rare opportunity to expand the sports offerings at FEAST this spring to include Lacrosse! If you have
a middle school boy, grade 5 through 8, who would like to participate in Lacrosse, please contact Mr. Kevin C. Boyle at Cell:
(210)273-2661. We will need at least 13 for a functional team and if we get that response, we will form a team this spring. But,
we need your responses now to see if this sport is feasible.
Remember that to participate in any FEAST sport, you will need a Patriot Pass, which allows your entire family access to all
FEAST activities for a full year. As of December 1, that pass which serves the whole family is reduced to the half year service
price of just $75. Remember also that we never wish that Patriot Pass to become an economic burden to anyone, so if it is for
your family, contact us so that we can work out a barter arrangement. We hope that you and your family will find a place in
these sports activities, and we pray that you are all well and enjoy the Spirit of Christ during this blessed season!
“Behold, how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity.” Psalm 133:1
Register for the FEAST Track and Field teams Now! Registration
is open now but will close on January 17th. To participate you
must first attend one of the Track and Field Kick off meetings
TRACK KICK OFF MEETINGS
Every athlete and one parent must attend one of these meetings.
During the meetings you will find out more about the
track team, practices, meets, plus an opportunity to try on uniforms
and apparel.
Meeting dates:
• Monday Jan 2nd, Noon at Johnson High School track. This
is for returning athletes only. This follows an optional practice
for all athletes which starts at 10am.
• Thursday Jan 5th, 6pm in Burwood Hall at FEAST. For all
athletes.
• Monday Jan 9th, 6pm in Burwood Hall at FEAST. For all athletes.
APPAREL ORDERING
The uniform top will be provided based on the size selected
during on-line registration. All other apparel will be purchased
on-line HERE. At this website you can select the meet shorts
(required), high school warm-ups (optional), and team t-shirts
(optional). You will pay directly to the manufacturer and the
apparel will be shipped to the team for distribution.
REGISTERING FOR TRACK
To register for the track team you must have purchased a Patriot
Pass for the 2016-2017 school year. Details for purchasing
a Patriot Pass are found on the FEAST website. To register for
the track team, log on to the FEAST website and click on the
registration link found on the website under Athletics>Track &
Field. Registration fees are $75/athlete with a family max of
$250. You will enter your contact information, select uniform
top size and pay the registration fee. The DEADLINE to register
is January 17th.
PRACTICES
Practices are every Monday and Wednesday at 4:45pm to 7pm.
The first high school practice will be Wednesday, January 18th,
4:45pm at McAllister Park. Practices will continue to be held in
McAllister Park until Monday January 30th in which practices
will switch to Randolph High School on Randolph AFB. This
first practice at Randolph will be our High School Assessment
where we test the high school athletes to help determine which
events they will train for this year. All future practices will be at
Randolph High School. Note: practices will end early, around
6:30pm, the first few weeks of the season due to darkness.
The first middle school practice will be February 1st, 4:45 pm,
at Randolph HS on Randolph AFB. All middle school practices
will be held at this location every Monday and Wednesday
throughout the season. The middle school athletes will practice
at the same time as the high school athletes. The middle
school assessments, where we test the Middle school athletes,
will occur at practice on February 6th. It is very important for
athletes to attend one of the two assessment dates, especially
if this is their first year of track. Middle school athletes can be
tested at the HS Assessments and vice versa if necessary.
MEETS
There will be 7-8 meets during the season, and they will all be
local area meets with the exception of the Home School State
meet and invitational meets for elite high school athletes. The
final track meet is the Home School State meet on April 29th.
This year FEAST will be the meet host of the Home School State
meet and we will host the meet, at Hutto High School north of
Austin.
Please pass the word to your home school friends and let them
know about the FEAST track team. If you have any additional
questions, please contact David Dunn at feasttrack@gvtc.com.
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Lacrosse at FEAST!
Interested?
If you have a middle
school boy, grade 5
through 8, who would
like to participate in
Lacrosse, then we have
some good news for
you! We have a rare
opportunity to expand
the sports offerings at FEAST this spring to
include Lacrosse! If your son would like to
participate in Lacrosse, please contact Mr.
Kevin C. Boyle at Cell: (210)273-2661. We
will need at least 13 for a functional team
and if we get that response, we will form
a team this spring. But, we need your responses
now to see if this sport is feasible.
Call Today!!!
Kicking Off the New Year!
Kick off meeting – Thursday, January 26,
6:30pm at FEAST
The FEAST Golf team had
a successful Fall season and are looking
forward to Spring! Our High School golfers
competed in tournaments through
the STPGA and Top Golf. Both Middle
School and High School honed in on skills with our outstanding
coaches, Mark Tisdale and Taylor Carruth through
The First Tee of Greater San Antonio. What a full fall we had!
Our Spring season will have our Middle School golfers
competing with the ISAL league. High School golfers will
continue with the STPGA along with several invitational
events. Golf is a great year round sport that your children
will continue to enjoy at any age.
Come to our kick off meeting on Thursday, January 26th
at 6:30pm to learn more!
Any questions should be directed to Commissioner Cindy
Seward at seward.family@sbcglobal.net
Volleyball
VOLLEYBALL
SKILLS CLINIC
January 2
Cost: $35 a month
We will meet each Monday
Jan 2 – Feb. 6
8th grade – 12th grade
10am – noon
4th – 7th grade
noon – 2pm
Feb 13 – May 29
4th – 7th grade
2-4pm
8th – 12th grade
4-6pm
REGISTER HERE!
Nothing But Net!
Baseball Starts in February!
Calling all boys between ages 11 and 18
as of September 1, 2016 to come out and
play Patriot Baseball! There will be player
evaluations for middle school athletes
and try-outs for high school athletes at
the beginning of February, with their respective
seasons beginning at the end of
February.
For further information on
our competitive baseball
programs, please contact
Commissioner Suzan Rutherford
at patriots.baseball@yahoo.com.
January is still a busy time for home
schooling families as we start out the
New Year. Soccer has a full January
schedule as well. We are working with a
new team that is doing well and learning
to work together. Openings are
still available so contact Diane White
at demwhites@yahoo.com for information.
The 2016 Girls 14U Basketball season has started
with a great pace as this team has seen the
court a total of 19 games with a record of 16:3.
Coaches Maley Young and Olivia Krehbiel are
super proud of this team's character and commitment.
This team, as well as the other FEAST
Girls 16U and multiple boys middle school and
high school teams have all played exemplary in
the season's
first half.
Commissioner
Sean LaRue, AD
Scott Lane, and
FEAST tournament
director, Michael
Brough did
an outstanding job with our invitational
this year.
The basketball program looks
forward to taking teams to Space
City Jam in Houston in January
and to the THSBC State tournament in February.
Thank you to all coaches and team parents who are steadfast
in their ministry to these amazing young athletes.
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FEAST
Calendar
January
February
2 Track & Field Kick off
4 Reg. deadline National
Geo Bee
4 Reg. deadline National
Spelling Bee
5 Track & Field Kick off
6 National Geo Bee
9 Track & Field Kick off
10 National Spelling Bee
11 Aerospace Engineering
for Kids
13 Essay deadline Texas
History
18 Civics
23 Science Workshop
31 Early Reg. deadline
Generation J
31 FEAST Chick-fil-a Spirit
Night
6 Capitol Days
18 Stuff the Truck
28 Reg. Deadline Cartooning Camps