FLEX FLASH
FLEX           ~            FLASH            ~            OCTOBER    
Hello FLEX Fans!
 
FLEX has been busy behind the scenes and a lot of things have come up!
Before we talk about them here is our
 Star emoticon FLEX FLASH SPOTLIGHTStar emoticon
Kim Railey  ~ she is a mother of two, homeschooling/ unschooling her children, organizing fieldtrips, events activities and co-founder of FLEX. Member of local, state, and national homeschooling organizations.  She has a gift to connect people, finding and setting up great activities, she puts a lot of information on different yahoo sites, and never stops working for others.
 Star emoticonThank you very much for all your hard work!Star emoticon
 
People seem to use the website but we are hardly ever receive any feedback.  We know people are very busy and get e-mails from many different places, it would just help everyone if we could get the home schoolers to connect and communicate.
 
To give you an example what we have been working on and which subjects we would like to receive feedback on are:
1. Junior Community Band / Home School Band
2. Aviation Classes
3. Language Classes
4. Art Classes
5. Co-op info exchange
6. District resource and info networking
7. Events
 
We do it because we have heard that people are looking for these types of activities or events and then, after weeks of research, we never hear from them again.
 
Being home schoolers ourselves, we know that schedules change in a heartbeat, just let us know that you are still interested in it for the future.  Many, many groups, co-ops, businesses etc. have experienced similar situations and had to cancel classes or events because of it.  This is not fair to other students. Please set a good example and communicate with each other!
 
What happened in September?
 - Meeting with people from different co-ops, businesses and districts.
 - Over 90 people have signed up for the conference and we are finishing up the preparations for the event.
 - The Weather Man Rod Hill came to Camas.
 - FLEX meeting took place.
 - More inforamtion has been researched and added to the website.
 - We tried to find people interested in starting a Home School / Junior Community Band (one person responded).
 
What is going on in October?
 - Conference on the 5th!
 - Contacting more people about the Community Band.
 - Trying to find people interested in aviation classes.
 - Organizing a "Kaffeeklatsch" group.
 - Meetings with more businesses and co-ops to find a location for a center will continue.
  
We would like to thank the ALE parent partner programs for mentioning FLEX in their newsletters!
 
Now we would like to hear from YOU!
 
Have a great day!
Your FLEX team!