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Rocky Mountain Home Educator's Conference

Thursday, June 21

6:00PM - 9:00PM Registration
6:00PM - 9:00PM Exhibit Hall Open

Friday, June 22

8:00 AM - 6:00 PM Registration
8:00 AM - 5:00 PM Exhibit Hall Open
9:00 AM - 10:00 AM Breakout Sessions:
 
   
Life, Liturgy and the Pursuit of Holiness Fr. Kevin Augustyn
A Good Attitude Makes All the Difference Kelly Roper
Phoneme "Phundamentals" and Cool Tools For Reading Celeste Thomas
The Heritage of Grace Alan Schaeffer
College Funding David Kullman
* Early Childhood Awareness Early Childhood Connections
   
10:15 AM Welcome
10:30 AM - Noon **Opening Mass - Rev. Christopher Hellstrom, main celebrant (Exhibit Hall will be closed at this time)
Noon - 1:30PM Lunch (on own)
1:00PM - 5:00PM Confession Available
1:30PM - 2:30PM
Keynote: Home Education: Attachment Parenting Grows Up Elizabeth Foss
2:45PM - 3:45PM Breakout Sessions:
   
   
Redemptive Suffering Bob Roper
Notebooking: Basic and Beyond Kim Fry
If I Had Known Then What I Know Now Nancy MacArthur
The Effects of Modern Media on Culture Eric Genuis
*Dream Workshop I Jo Lynn Osborne
   
4:00PM - 5:00PM Breakout Sessions:
   
   
Our Call to Holiness Bob Roper
Teaching Christ: The Heart of Pope Benedict's Thought Dr. Anthony Lilles
Building Character in the Homeschool Setting Kelly Roper
High School Panel Moms
*Dream Workshop II Jo Lynn Osborne
   
5:00PM Exhibit/Vendor Hall Closes
5:15PM - 8:00PM Eric Genuis Concert/Banquet (by Reservation only)

Saturday, June 23

7:30AM - 2:00PM Registration
8:00AM - 8:40AM Holy Mass** - Fr. Kevin Augustyn, main celebrant
8:40AM Welcome
8:45AM - 4:30PM Adoration
8:45AM Exhibit Hall Open
8:45AM - 9:15AM Continental Breakfast
9:00AM - 11:00AM Confession Available
9:15AM - 10:15AM Breakout Sessions:
 
   
*The Spiritual Aspect of Special Needs Fr. Roland Freeman
Perfection is God's Business; Ours is Just the Trying Elizabeth Foss
History As God's               Story Dr. Jonathan Reyes
Elementary Math Dr. Joan Cotter
*Removing Reading Blocks Dianne Craft
Math Can be a Walk in the Woods . . . or a Twenty Mile Forced March (High School Math) Dr. Stanley Schmidt
   
10:30AM - 11:30AM General Session - The Domestic Monastery, Kelly Roper
11:30AM - 1:00PM Lunch (on own)
1:00PM - 2:00PM The       Stolen Generation, Dr. Jonathan Reyes
2:10PM - 3:10PM Breakout Sessions:
   
   
How Do You Spell Joseph? Bob Roper
History Timelines - Hands On! Kim Fry
Homeschool FAQs Kelly Roper
Why Study the Classics? Fran Rutherford
*The Biology of Learning I Dianne Craft
*Special Needs Panel  (Part I) Parents
   
2:30PM - 4:30PM Confession Available
3:15PM - 4:15PM Breakout Sessions:
 
   
The Importance of Civic Duty Bob Shaffer
Take the Groan Out of Writing Irene Beatty
Unschooling for Everyone Alan Schaeffer
Integrating the Classics Into Your Curriculum Fran Rutherford
*The Biology of Learning II Dianne Craft
*Special Needs Panel  (Part II) Parents
   
4:00PM Exhibit/Vendor Hall Closes
4:30PM Adoration Ends
4:45PM - 6:00PM **Closing Mass with Most Reverend Michael J. Sheridan,
  Bishop of the Diocese of Colorado Springs