SHBE Convention 2009
“Beyond the Ordinary”
Join us Feb. 27 & 28, 2009 at the Saskatoon Inn
for the 18th Annual SHBE
Home Based Educators Convention!
Check back often, more information will be added to this page as it becomes available.
NEW - Click here for convention schedule.
Keynote speaker
Convention details
Teen Program
Teen Recognition
Used Books
Letter from the convention committee:
Here is the brochure for the 2009 SHBE Convention to be held February 27 and 28, 2009, at the Saskatoon Inn. The convention is a great opportunity to meet and learn with other families, to network, to be encouraged, and to view and purchase curriculum material.
Please note that, due to budget considerations, the convention committee is not able to offer any exceptions to the convention registration fee. The committee has worked carefully to cut all unnecessary costs while still providing a quality conference at an affordable price. Attendees are welcome to attend all or a portion of the convention, as their schedules permit; however, the price remains as stated on the registration brochure. We regret that we are unable to provide discounts for persons choosing to participate in less than the full conference. Thank you for your understanding.
For our purposes, the Saskatoon Inn has been the best location for the varied program we strive to present, including keynote group addresses, workshops, and vendor exhibits. Our desire is to provide an excellent yet affordable convention. The cost for the convention is covered in part by the registration fees and by the revenue received from the vendors for their exhibit space. However, a significant source of revenue (of which many people are unaware) is the credit given to the convention for room rentals booked by convention attendees. Your reservation at the Saskatoon Inn, therefore, assists us in keeping registration costs down.
With this in mind, we would like to invite you to support the SHBE convention by staying overnight at the Saskatoon Inn. We have a block of rooms being held at a special group rate until January 27, 2009. We need 227 confirmed room nights to receive maximum credit for our hotel meeting room rentals.
While the deadline for the special convention rates at the Saskatoon Inn has passed, there are still some rooms available for the convention. Please mention that you are with the SHBE convention and to count your reservation with our block of rooms as we get a significant credit for the number of room nights homeschoolers book! Thank you.
Our convention theme for 2009 is “Beyond the Ordinary”. This theme embodies the heart of home educating parents who want more for their children than what the world has set out as “normal”. Our desire is that our children will rise up and become world changers focused on what is really important for today and for eternity. We trust that the convention will be a help and an encouragement along your homeschooling journey. We look forward to seeing you in February.
Melissa Ong
For the 2009 SHBE Convention Committee
Keynote Speaker
 Brian Ray and his wife will be our keynote speakers. Brian D. Ray, Ph.D. founded the National Home Education Research Institute (NHERI) in 1990 as a 501(c)3 non-profit research organization, and is the president of the institute. He holds his Ph.D. in science education from Oregon State University, his M.S. in zoology from Ohio University, and his B.S. in biology from the University of Puget Sound.
Dr. Ray has been a middle school and high school classroom teacher in both public and private schools, an undergraduate college professor, and a university professor at the graduate level. He is a leading international expert with regard to homeschool (home school, home education) research. Dr. Ray executes and publishes research, speaks to the public, testifies before legislators, and serves as an expert witness in courts. Have a look at the NHERI web site for further information.
Betsy is a warm, compassionate, and fun-hearted teacher. She and Brian have been married 29 years and have 8 children, ages 27 to 9, and two grandchildren. All were/are homeschooled through their secondary years. Betsy home educates her children, helps manage a six-acre farm, grows and preserves large amounts of food, is a part of local and statewide homeschool leadership, and is active in her community exercising her gifts of hospitality, teaching, and counseling other women. She is also a key support to her husband, Dr. Brian Ray, in his international work as president of the National Home Education Research Institute.
Here is a list of workshops that will be presented by Brian & Betsy Ray.
Dr. Brian Ray who is the keynote speaker at this years convention will be interviewed by John Gormley on Tuesday, Feb. 17th, at 11:00 - 11:30 on AM radio. It's on CKOM 650 Saskatoon, and CMJE 980 in Regina. If you miss the broadcast you can still listen online after the fact here.
Convention Details
The SHBE convention has always had an exceptional group of presenters offering workshops to encourage you in your choice to home educate. This year is no exception. Click here for a preliminary list of workshops.
One of the highlights of the SHBE convention is the opportunity to browse the various exhibitors tables. Have you wondered if there were any materials to help you in your home education? Perhaps you would like to browse through curriculum before you buy? Are you wondering about some post secondary options? All this and more can be at your fingertips if you attend this years SHBE convention! Click here for a preliminary list of exhibitors/vendors. Here is an early list of post secondary exhibitors.
Teen Program
Click here for the full SHBE 2009 Conference Teen Program.
NEW! Homeschool Completion Recognition Event
For the first time at a SHBE conference, there will be a short event in recognition of parents and teens who will be completing their formal homeschool studies in the spring of 2009. The teen along with their parents will be invited onto the platform after being introduced. Parents will need to supply a paragraph about their teen indicating how many years they were homeschooled, where they are from and current plans or future aspirations. A group photograph will be taken after all of the introductions are made. If your family would like to be a part of this new event, please contact Linda Karn by February 15, 2009.
Used Books
SHBE will be holding a Used Book sale again this year at Convention so look through your old books, sell what you don't need and come and look for what you do need. For those of you wishing to sell used books be sure to get your assigned number with your registration and print off the two Used Book pages. Here is the form for your list of books and here is the instruction page.
Here is a picture of convention chair Melissa Ong and SHBE president Dorothy Holfeld.
(Photo by Angelo Coppola)
Click here for a wrap up of last year's (2008) convention.
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