Fort
Bend Christian Home Schools (FBCHS) is a family based organization created for
the express purpose of supporting home school families in the Fort Bend County
Area. The group provides a means of
communication between home school families and the sharing of information
pertinent to provision of high quality education outside the public school
system.
Membership
is available to any family that resides in
Membership
dues are $17.50 for the year beginning August 1 through July 31. Families may join FBCHS at any time during
the school year. These families will be
required to pay the full membership fee if joining on or prior to January 30 of
the year. Families joining after January
30 will receive a five-dollar discount off the membership fee of $17.50.
Membership entitles the family to voting privileges at each of the two business
meetings each year, subscription to the FBCHS News (up to nine issues yearly),
a copy of the support group directory, and other intangible benefits such as
participation in the yearly graduation ceremony for high schoolers,
eighth graders promoting to ninth grade, and kindergartners promoting to first
grade.
FBCHS
sponsors various field
trips and activities during the months of September through May. Park Day is a monthly activity held on the
third Wednesday of each month from
FBCHS
will hold one graduation ceremony each year.
This annual ceremony may include high school seniors, eighth graders
promoting to ninth grade and kindergartners promoting to first grade. The ceremony will be organized and planned by
all the parents of participating children.
All involved families will decide as a team how the ceremony will be
paid for. Nonmembers may not participate
in the graduation ceremony.
FBCHS
will have two business meetings each year, one in the Fall and one in the
Spring. The purpose for the business
meetings is to elect officers, provide an accounting of the FBCHS treasury, and
to discuss/vote on issues affecting the operation of the support group. The date, time, and location for the business
meetings will be prominently published in the newsletter. Each parent of each member family is entitled
to one vote. Only members in attendance
at the business meeting may vote. Votes
are not be accepted by proxy, telephone, facsimile, email, or any other method
of transmission.
FBCHS
Steering Committee
for 2001-2002 Newsletter Editor Treasurer/Membership For more information concerning
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Last revised: February 2, 2002