| The Austin Area Homeschoolers (AAH) support group began meeting in
the summer of 1989. AAH was formed by people who were interested in homeschooling
primarily for educational reasons. Our families represent the whole spectrum
of homeschoolers. Our children vary in age from newborns to adults. We
have families who started thinking about homeschooling when their children
were born and others who didn't consider it until their children had been
in school for several years. We use many different methods to educate and
guide our children, including textbooks, purchased curricula, parent-designed
curricula, and/or our children's interests. We come from many different
lifestyles, religions or beliefs, educational backgrounds, economic groups,
family sizes, and cultures. Suffice it to say, we are a varied group, and
the threads that tie us all together are faith in our children and their
abilities, and the desire to be consciously involved in their education.
We enjoy our diversity, and we tolerate differences of opinion. We respect
other parents' decisions, even when we disagree with them, and we acknowledge
that there are many different ways to educate our children successfully.
Our group does not have nonprofit status. There is no budget. We have no officers or directors-people jump in and do what is necessary or what interests them most. (See the Home Education Magazine article reprinted, which describes how our type of non-directed group works.) Following is a list of the services and activities currently offered by our volunteers. We would like to welcome you to AAH, and we encourage you to become involved in any of our activities. If you have any special interests, such as baby-sitting co-ops, clubs, special classes, etc., feel free to put a message in our newsletter to find others who share your interest. Sometimes you will get a great response, and other times you won't, but you won't know until you try. The most up to date and complete information is in the AAH-Announce files area of the eMail list, because each subscriber can keep his own file current. AAH MONTHLY MEETING one Tuesday a month from 7:00 to 8:45 p.m. North Village Branch Library, 2505 Steck Ave. Austin, TX 78757. Watch AAH Announce for information on the topic. No food or drinks, other than water. The librarians have asked our members to refrain from bringing unsupervised children into the library. If you have any doubts regarding your children's ability to behave or wait for your meeting to end, please do not bring them with you. Sometimes the topics covered in the meetings are sensitive and not appropriate for youngsters. Newcomer Information
Newsletter
Web Site
AAH Email List
Social Club for Older
Homeschoolers
Park Days See the AAH-announce list files. Homeschool Soccer
Everyone is welcome, regardless of ability. All ages play together, including interested parents. (Most players are age 8 and up, but younger children are welcome to play.) Soccer days are a social event for many AAH families; the games provide an excellent place for newcomers to meet other homeschoolers. This is the place for teens who don't yet know enough other homeschoolers. When the soccer fields are wet or unavailable, soccer players meet at one of our alternate locations in Zilker Park. See the map in Appendix A for directions. Also ask Betsy Orf to be added to the AAH-newsletter. AAH Chess Club
Co-ops
The AAH Friday Co-op is an inclusive once-a-week cooperative, made up of families with a common goal: to provide their children with a socially and academically enriching education in a diverse, supportive, and respectful environment. The co-op offers a variety of classes for the students, from science, history and culture, and arts and crafts, all the way to cooking and fun and games ... whatever the students want to learn and the parents want to teach. The co-op operates as a true cooperative; each parent participates through teaching, assisting, or handling administrative tasks. For more information, visit http://sites.google.com/site/aahfridaycoopinfo/ or email fridaycoop@gmail.com. Fees are charged. Bastrop County Homeschoolers: For Bastrop/Elgin/Smithville area. It is an inclusive group. They have parkdays on Tuesdays around 11 to 1 p.m. at Fishermans Park. Join their email list to contact them: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Bastropcountyhomeschoolers/ Learning Without Limits is an inclusive secular homeschooling community in Williamson County & far North Travis Co. Monthly Mother's Night Out, Park Days, and other activities. For more information email: LearningWithoutLimits-subscribe@yahoogroups.com. Red Poppy Co-op, with most members in Georgetown, but open to all. Email Carrie Barker at ckbarker@ev1.net for information. San Marcos Co-op. Call Kathy (392-2512). North Hill Country Co-op. For Georgetown/Leander and surrounding areas. Everyone welcome!! For info, please contact Susan 259-1825 (nonetfarm@aol.com) or Ann Maria (512) 869-0664 (umholtzent@earthlink.net) Starcatchers Co-op. Waldorf oriented co-op that meets in Spicewood. For information contact Richard or Gracie at (512) 847-0234, or e-mail rlindley@arczip.com. Austin Homeschool Sports Coop. Ages 6 up. Meets on Fridays for a variety of sports activities, appropriate for children age 6 and up. Contact Leslie Van Buren Lvanburen@austin.rr.com or call at 266-9773 between 3-5 p.m. only. If there is no co-op in your area, or if the co-ops you investigate have a waiting list, consider starting a new one! Experienced homeschoolers will be glad to share information about how to start a new co-op. You need only a handful of families and a meeting location. Field Trips
Annual Not-Back-to-School Party
Cub Scouts
Den 10 is homeschoolers' den is a mixed-age den for boys from 1st through 5th grade. Contact Shannon Black durb@austin.rr.com. Campfire Club
Scholastic Book Club Book
Sales
Drama, Fencing, Art, Music,
Spanish, and Other Classes
Math and Science Clubs
Middle school math:
Elgin middle school math:
Middle school science bowl:
AAH BUSINESS DIRECTORY If you're a
local homeschooler who is a subscriber to the Austin Area Homeschoolers
Announcement list and you have a business, please add it to the database
on the AAH-announce list, so homeschoolers can support other homeschoolers.
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