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SELAH is a non-denominational, Christian organization seeking to support home school families and make disciples for Jesus Christ. SELAH is divided up into homegroups which meet separately in homes. Each homegroup has a different focus and location, which is explained in its vision statement. Yearly membership costs $38 for the 2009-2010 school year. We will be taking new member registrations for the 2009-2010 school year beginning May 19th. (In response to legal cousel, we regret that we are unable to accept application sfrom any families belonging to a public school ISP or Public Charter School.) How to Join SELAH
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home group descriptions
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Each of our home groups desire to build families whose mothers/wives walk with Jesus as they love their husbands and children in home atmospheres where learning can take place. They seek to do this by spending time in the Word of God together, praying for each other, and being sources of encouragement one to another.
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Name of Leader: Elizabeth Smith Year established: 2001 Size of Group - any openings?: 12 families - 4 openings Age range of children in group: Newborn to 15 years old General
Activities: Field Trips planned as members desire Day
and Time of Monthly Mom's Night Out: DAYTIME Monthly Park Day, 2nd
Monday of the month, 2:00 to 4:00 pm General
location of group: Santa Clara to South San Jose What makes this group unique? We discuss Charlotte Mason's educational ideas mainly rallying around a literature-based education. We meet during the day because many of our moms find it difficult to get out in the evening. We have a wide range of ages of children; the older ones help take care of the little ones as the moms talk. Our children are developing friendships with each other at the park days. The children have the opportunity to present something they are learning to the whole group at the beginning of the park day. |
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Name of Leaders: Natalie Menges and Darci Worth Year established: 1995 Size of Group - any openings?: 20 families; 3 openings Age range of children in group: Infants through seniors in high school General Activities: see below Day and Time of Monthly Mom's Night Out: We meet in months when SELAH does not have a PNO. Time and Day vary. General location of group: Most families live in the Cambrian, Almaden, South San Jose areas What
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Name of Leaders: Mariette Hart and Janet Niblack Year established: 1996 Size of Group - any openings?: We have 9 families and no group limit, so yes, we have openings. Age range of children in group: age 1-17 General Activities: Monthly moms' meetings, all family picnic in August, loosely organized outings with children, keeping in touch via email Day and Time of Monthly Mom's Night Out: The third Tuesday of the month (except for months of all SELAH meetings), 7 PM General location of group: Almaden area of San Jose/Los Gatos What makes this group unique? We call ourselves the "Low Maintenance Homeschool Group." Our group was created for moms who want to streamline commitments and activities or have extra demands on their time, such as a job, a family member with special needs, or children with a wide age range. One meeting a year we focus on how to better honor and love our husbands. We work hard to keep the "home" in homeschooling, encouraging our members to stay home and "declutter" their lives. |
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Name of Leader: Carolyn Milon Year established: 2007. A continuation of the group formerly known as Sweet Fellowship which was established in 2001. Size of Group - any openings? 20. Full for the 2009-2010 school year. Age range of children in group: Infants to 14 with the concentration between 1st - 6th grades. General Activities: Once monthly park days which include student presentations, if desired, lunch and organized games. Field trips, holiday parties and annual promotion night. Day and Time of Monthly Mom's Night Out: 7:00 p.m. on the first Monday of each month. General location of group: Leigh/Curtner Aves. near Campbell/San Jose border What makes this group unique? We require each member to take an active participation in some aspect of planning and/or helping with group activities. This is borne of the belief that we all have unique gifts from the Lord and that He will lead us to help each other in support of homeschooling our children. |
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Name of Leaders: Michele Johnston and Alice Magelby Year established: 2009 Size of Group - any openings?: 15 - Presently 1 opening Age range of children in group: 3 to 14 years old with emphases on younger elementary grades General Activities: Park Days on the 2nd and 4th Fridays from 11 to 1pm; Field Trips - Parent initiated; Two Celebration Family Breakfasts - one in late Aug, the other early June. Day
and Time of Monthly Teacher's Night Out: 4th Tuesday of the month,
General location of group: Campbell to South San Jose What makes this group unique? We are a group of families whose desire it is to seek the Lord Jesus Christ with our hearts, in our words, and in our actions. As one of our goals, we desire families to seek Jesus in all areas of our lives- not only education. Traveling along this path, we come together to encourage each other and to grow in wisdom and understanding. To accomplish this, we have the help of two mentor moms, Maggie Johnson and Eileen Shaffer who have homeschooled and graduated their children and will bring to the Seekers group a great deal of knowledge on family life and education. Our group also includes homeschooling dads. Our desire is for our group to build lasting friendships that will span our schooling years and beyond. We encourage a safe, fun-filled, comfortable environment where we can come as we are and grow together. We want to provide a place where we as moms and dads can share the tough times along with the good times. In Matthew 11: 29-30, Jesus said, “Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For My yoke is easy and My burden is light.” What a blessing to have a Lord and Savior who is gentle and gives us rest to our souls as we homeschool our children. In this homeschooling adventure, our blessings are great as we seek after Jesus to glorify Him in all we do. |
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Name of Leaders: Autumn Fonceca and Lisa Lebovitz Year established: 2007 Size of Group - any openings?: The group currently has 15 families. We have 2 openings for the 2009-2010 school year. Age range of children in group: Currently infant through elementary school; but open to all ages. General Activities: Monthly park days (2nd Friday of each month 10:30 AM), nature outing/hike (4th Friday of the month, 10:30 AM),Show-n-Tell/presentations, monthly field trip (as scheduled), quarterly family activities, and monthly Teacher's Night Out meeting. Day and Time of Monthly Teacher's Night Out: Third Thursday of each month meeting at 7:30 PM in a member's home, excluding the Selah-wide meetings in September, February, and May (visit after this meeting if desired), also, no meeting in December. Our times together are to share, encourage, and prayer for one another. We will also have some mentor moms come to share at our teacher's night out meetings. General location of group: Sunnyvale, Campbell, Santa Clara What makes this group unique? This group is a place where we share, provide support and find encouragement in our calling to nurture, teach, and train our children in the Lord as we walk along the road of home education. Each family is encouraged to seek the Lord in the "way" they should school their uniquely created children. You will find we don't emphasize any particular "curriculums", but encouragement for creative and natural learning to take place in our homes and with friends. We hope to provide ideas and activities to foster a living education through quality books, nature outings, park days, and field trips. We hope to encourage the "family" part of home-schooling by offering opportunities for occasional all-family events (hikes, picnics, game nights, etc.). This group is a great place if you are just starting home-schooling or have children at different age ranges. |
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Name of Leader: Carol Presley Year established: 2005 Size of Group - any openings?: Limited to 15 families. We are currently full for the 2009-2010 school year. Age range of children in group: Ages 1-16 years General Activities: We have monthly field trips. For our park days we meet twice a month at the same park within the Los Gatos/South San Jose area, but we choose a different park each month. Every other month we offer a Presentation Day hosted in the home of one of our families. Day and Time of Monthly Mom's Night Out: We meet the first Thursday of the month, 7-9pm, September through May. General location of group: We meet in a home near the 101 and 85 connection, Bernal Rd. and Monterey Hwy. What makes this group unique? Our Mom’s
Night Out is a time of prayer & fellowship; discussing various topics
based on the current needs, requests, and interests of the group. Though
each of the families in our group has their own philosophy of education,
with a variety of curriculum being used, we delight in sharing opportunities
and personal experiences with each other as a way of enriching our individual
homeschool plans. We thrive on supporting each other!
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