WHO Convention June 15 & 16, 2012

Puyallup Fair & Events Center 110 9th Ave SW Puyallup, WA 98371 Click Here for Directions Friday, June 15th - 9:00 - 6:00 Saturday, June 16th - 9:00 - 4:00

Thank you 2012 Speakers

We are thrilled to have Dr. Keller be able to join us in 2012!!

In 2008, Keller wrote and directed the development of a series of interdisciplinary companion texts called Kogs-4-Kids™, which show how science is connected closely to all other areas of study and how it affects everyday life. The categories for the Kogs series are: history, language, philosophy, arts, technology, and critical thinking. Real Science-4-Kids and Kogs-4-Kids offer solid science concepts in a manner understandable for youngsters. Today Real Science-4-Kids is taught in 50 states as well as Australia, New Zealand, Canada, Europe, Japan and Korea. Keller’s team continues to develop and test products
Resa Steindel Brown's expertise is in building educational processes and environments that enable children to find their passion and develop their individual and innate brilliance. She has been involved in alternative education since 1970 and homeschooling since 1987. She homeschooled her own three children from kindergarten to college. The Call to Brilliance devastates the concepts of learning disabilities.Unable to read until age ten, Resa's youngest entered college at eleven. He became chief technology officer of a major online sports magazine at 15, and even had a chance to train with the Berlin Opera and Hamburg Ballet, all before he turned 18. This was the child who was dyslexic, digraph, and speech delayed The point is, all children are born with the seeds of their own brilliance, and Resa has found a way that through their innate interests and passions we can nurture and develop that brilliance for all children. "...nothing less than a blueprint to bring life back to our increasingly moribund educational system and to our society which has lost its way." -- John Taylor Gatto, author of The Under Ground History of American Education and Dumbing Us Down.
Tammy Takahashi is the author of Deschooling Gently: A Step by Step Guide to Fearless Homeschooling, and Zenschooling: Living a Fabulous and Fulfilling Life Without School. Tammy has been involved in the California homeschool community since 2003 in varying capacities, including speaking, volunteering, and editing the California HomeSchooler. She is also a long standing member of Toastmasters, the president of Knerdy Knitters, and is the proud homeschooling mom of three children ages 14, 11, and 8.
Dr. Tom Hoyle's ministries are headquartered in Tacoma, WA.  Since 1985, he has spoken in over five hundred churches, schools and groups, of all fifty states and five foreign countries. In addition to his academic studies, American Heritage Ministries, NW is inspired especially from his duties, training, and trips as a full colonel in the USAF Reserve.  In particular, he has travelled and researched extensively in the Washington, D.C. area, as well as New England. Dr. Hoyle is committed to the absolute authority of the Bible. Consequently, his ministry is endorsed by many pastors, teachers, scholars and laymen.  (References are available, as on the "Testimonials" page.) You might also consider his parallel work, Bible & Science Ministries.
Paige Timer, the daughter of a pastor and lover of music and theater, is passionate about building relationships and strives to lead others to engage and invest in the lives of those around them. A self-titled free spirit, Paige is an encourager who loves helping parents discover tools for leading their families toward success. She and her husband, Josh, have been homeschooling their two children for the past eight years. They now work for My Father’s World, where Paige is a curriculum consultant and speaker.
Give her a few discouraged homeschooling moms and Jill Farris gets excited. The mother of eight children ages 6 to 26 (and happily married to her husband Doug for 30 years), Jill is passionate about encouraging parents in what she considers to be their vital role in  raising the next generation of world changers. Although she has a B.S. in Education/English from New Mexico State University, Jill says that her real education began when she looked into the eyes of her struggling learner and knew she had to find answers. Jill speaks to women’s groups, home educators and other parent groups throughout the western United States. She writes and speaks about struggling learners, the power of reading aloud, and the influence of Christian mothering. Jill is a member of the Northwest Christian Speakers Bureau, is a speech coach for E.P.I.C. (an NCFCA speech and debate club) and an award winning member of Toastmasters International.
Lee Binz, The HomeScholar helps parents homeschool high school and is a leading internet home school resource helping parents homeschool to college.   She is an expert in how to craft a winning homeschool transcripts.  She has an award-winning Christian homeschool blog and one of the most popular homeschool newsletters available.   Lee is a dynamic speaker at homeschooling conventions as well as homeschooling support groups.  Check out her homeschool online free minicourse and training webinar on how to give homeschool credit in high school.   You can find Lee online at www.TheHomeScholar.com and on Facebook.com/TheHomeScholar.
Join WHO and long-time homeschooler Celiane Limes as she presents an informative and lively presentation on homeschooling in Washington State.  Parents of three homeschooled boys, Celiane will cover important topics in homeschooling, including the eleven required subjects, the declaration of intent, qualifying to homeschool, testing, resources, advantages to homeschooling, and more.  If you or someone you know is looking for more information about homeschooling, this is the place!
Sarah Gunning Moser, married for over twenty-six years, Sarah is a twenty-year homeschool veteran with two grown children.  She is an experienced classroom teacher, tutor, home educator, adult instructor, conference speaker, and business owner.  Sarah works continually to improve literacy and moonlights in the Seattle area as a theatrical dresser.  She worked in the aircraft industry for over seven years as a manufacturing engineer which profoundly affected her skills in organization and administration. One of 25 Endorsed Trainers for the Spell to Write and Read program, Sarah specializes in reading remediation for grades K-12.  She offers diagnostic testing services, consultations, and teacher in-services at schools.  Her passion for the English language includes the desire to assist both young people and struggling adults to improve their English, be they ESL students, recent immigrants from other countries, or adults with low reading skills.  Her dream is to help restore America’s former literacy level and introduce people to the richness and versatility of English. Sarah dedicates herself to the work of Christ in this hurting world.  She hopes that through her teaching and encouragement of others lives will improve through increased literacy and a deep love of reading.  Web site:  www.familyedservices.com
Marilyn Mosley Gordanier has more than 35 years of experience in the field of education. Since founding the Laurel Springs School distance learning program in 1991, she has led the school to become a premier provider of personalized, learning style friendly online education for grades K–12. Ms. Mosley Gordanier was nominated for a Nobel Earth Prize, and has been a keynote speaker at numerous educational conferences in the U.S. and around the world. She currently serves as president of the United Nations Global 500 Environmental Forum. Throughout her career, she has been devoted to the idea that within the hearts and minds of children and their families is an endless source of inspiration, caring and learning.
Mary Harrington has taught Latin for over twenty years at various levels, from Middle School aged homeschoolers to community college classes. A mother of eleven, she homeschooled her last four children, including in-depth study in Latin. The two boys were accepted at the Naval Academy and currently serve as naval officers. Denise works as a physicist and is happily married and mother of Keri. The youngest, Stefanie, has her AA degree majoring in music, graduating with Honors, and is the wife of a high school English teacher and the mother of two little girls.  The older ones who were not homeschooled are doing great too, and a credit to their family and their Lord.
Jay Smith “What are Colleges really looking for? How do they make their decisions? Join Jay Smith, Linfield College’s Associate Director of Admission, for an interactive hour for students and parents. Take a behind-the-curtain look at the application review process and discover that it's not just about GPA and test scores!”

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