August - 2015

China breaking, Greece melting, Dow crashing

If you haven’t read MONEY DRAGON yet, you might want to. The financial world seems to be rocking and rolling. It would be a good thing to use current events and personal finances to teach your kids about money. Hey – you might learn something, too. About two weeks ago, China devalued its currency by 2%. Imagine that happening to you. Overnight, someone comes and takes 2% of all of your money; scary. But that is only the beginning. China is breaking, Greece is melting, the

Orientation Workshop Saturday Sept 12

Tuesday, Sept. 8, begins the first week of school this year. Having completed this first week of school, APS families will be ready for our Mandatory Orientation Workshop Saturday, Sept 12; 8:45 am Orientation will take place in “F” building at Grace Baptist Church 22833 Copper Hill Santa Clarita, CA 91350 We have a lot to accomplish at this Workshop. It is only open to APS Parents and the Class of 2016 who will help serve breakfast before going to have group photos taken. W

CHEA Closing its Doors?

In late July 2015 many home schoolers in California received an ominous e-mail informing them that the ground-breaking Christian Home Educators Association of California (CHEA) might be forced to close its doors. WHAT? It is true. CHEA wrote, in part: “We just concluded the 32nd Annual CHEA Convention, and while many families were blessed and encouraged and supplied to educate their children at home, attendance was only 1/3 of previous years. By God’s grace, the attendance