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May 2008
NEW! Connected Community Classical Conversations newest service to home school families and educators everywhere! As part of this Connected Community, use our most recently developed product - the Foundations Online Tutorial. The next evolution in CC's memory work resource applications. This online application has power-packed graphics, access to memory work pdf files, MAC compatibility, and more! see demo Available August 2008 - so stay tuned!
CC Portal for Licensed 2008/2009 All program Directors and Essentials tutors are being imported into our new internal business communications system, the CC Portal. Licensed Directors should have access by mid-June 2008.
April 2008
3rd Annual Great Wolf Lodge planned for September 14-19. Call now to reserve your room with special rates!
What do I need for Essentials? parent edition click here More questions? Talk with your Essentials Tutor for insights on recommended and other optional resources that may augment your home school.
How do I get my Challenge guide? You will receive your Challenge guide through your Challenge tutor (available May-June time frame). Contact your Challenge tutor for payment and receiving instructions.
ATTENTION! *** CYCLE 3 FLASHCARDS *** ATTENTION! If you have received Cycle 3 Flashcards prior to April 15, 2008, please send an email to Janet in Customer Service (CustomerService@classicalconversations.com) to receive additional/replacement cards. Please include: name and order number (if possible) the number of sets purchased mailing address We will be shipping Cycle 3 History Weeks 21-24, and the Presidents cards. Thank you!
Mar 2008
Leigh Bortins' Echo In Celebration: A Call to Home-Centered Education, Second Printing released.
Mary Alphs, CC's National Director, tours midwest states to meet with home school families interested in developing CC communities in their area.
CC Challenge Curriculum Guides will no longer be sold online. Instead they will be distributed and sold through Challenge Directors beginning in the 2008/2009 program year.
CC Portal Update The portal is ready for licensed Program Directors to access. More information for the 2008/2009 Directors will be coming over the summer. Information will include brief description of how to access, update profile, and enter their program roster online. Note that the EXCEL spreadsheets will be phasing out in 2008/2009.
Feb 2008
Leigh, Keith, and Nick visit with home schooling families in California. Leigh Bortins and Andrew Pudewa speak on teaching and leading the next generation.
Leigh Bortins in India working on her doctorate in global ministries.
Cycle 3 Product Release Notes. We are pleased to announce the release of our Cycle 3 Products - the 2-CD Audio Set. The Memory Work Resource CD (formerly known as the PowerPoint CD), and the Cycle 3 Memory Work Cards.
CC Releases their first ePublication for Directors and Tutors
Conversations
February 2008 Volume 1 Issue 1
Quarterly EPublication for CC Directors and Tutors
Jan 2008 Happy New Year! We continue to marvel at how many home school families have found CC Communities to be the "missing link" in their home schooling journey. CC Communities' support, accountability, community, classical model, and Biblical worldview continues to resonate in the hearts of many, many home school families. As CC leadership we want to keep you in the loop concerning our 2008 growth and development, as many of you have families and friends that ask us each year "When is CC coming to my state?". Well this year we have some new State Managers for existing states, but also several new states are coming on board this year. CC would like to welcome our new State Managers for 2008. Lisa Bailey (NC), Melisa Ellision (VA), Kim Cromer (IL), Cara Bergeron (OR), Pixie Lichtenstein (PA), Becky Logan (LA), Anita Wilson (TX), Michelle Oliver (MD/DC/DE), and Jennifer Nevarr (Developing Areas). view map of CC's presence in the US
Dec 2007 Leigh Bortins speaks in California with Andrew Pedewa. We have a location for our California event. It is going to be held in Southern California East of LA. The location will be at Sierra-Vista Baptist Church in Rancho Cucamonga, CA. I have attached the website link: http://www.sierra-vista.org. The schedule will be a "modified" Practicum starting Thursday night, Friday - All Day - with Lunch brought in, and Saturday till 12:00 noon. Andrew Pudewa will be holding most of the workshops on Friday with Leigh Speaking during Lunch. Leigh and Andrew are speaking Thursday and Leigh Sat. Morning. We will have a Business meeting Sat. afternoon if anyone is interested in starting a CC Community. The dates are Feb. 28,29 and Mar. 1st, 2008. registration for Friday lunch required.
September 2007 CC's Ten Year Anniversary slide show! You'll need the latest Adobe Flash to view.
Another CC Family making news:.. A new movie was recently released on DVD on August 21st called “The Ultimate Gift”. The movie’s Executive Producer,
Jim Van Eerden, is a Classical Conversations' parent. The movie also stars a home-schooled girl. Leigh Bortins was able to help review the initial production and give valuable feedback to the producers prior to the Movie Theater release. Tracy Klicka review article.
Jim,
Patty and I rented “The Ultimate Gift” this past week and had one of the best evenings we’ve had in years watching it. It was heartwarming, morally instructive, and done with excellence. I don’t remember when I’ve seen a movie I enjoyed more.
- Chuck Colson
August 2007 Nevarr familyon Janet Parshall's National Radio Program.
July 2007 The Schmidt family, who have participated in Classical Conversations for over five years, are in the NC local news. Many CC families will recognize the materials and methods the Schmidt family uses. more
May 2007 The Nevarr family, who lead a Foundations Community in northern VA, as well as Mary Alphs, Lisa Bailey, and other CC families, are interviewed by CNN for their upcoming series entitled God's Warriors. CC_Press_Release CNN_Video1 CNN_video2 CC_blog
Spring 2007 Keith Denton joins CC Team as CC's new Business Manager.
CC Memories from Foundations, Essentials, and Challenge more
Fall 2006 CC Team expands as Mary Alphs is added as CC's National Director. CC State Managers expand to include Georgia, Florida, Kentucky, Oklahoma, and outlying areas.
Program Managers are added to CC Team: Denise Moore, Bobbie Smith, Lisa Bailey, Pam Greenholt, and Linda Tomkinson.
2006 First Leighmails are sent out to CC families everywhere. Archived LeighMails :November 12th, 2006 November 4th, 2006 October 29th, 2006
Monthly Bulletins Designed for church bulletin inserts and other handouts. Contact Classical Conversations for permission to reproduce more than 50 copies. December 2006November 2006 October 2006
Fall 2005 Leigh moves from Winston-Salem to Pinehurst, NC. CC Bookstore Grand opening and full-time bookstore manager, Cyndi Widman, is added to CC Team. CC State Managers expand to Virginia and Ohio.
Summer 2005 CC Audio Team created - Pam Lopes and Maria Copeland create quality audio recordings. Later the talents of Susan Rodenburg, Tim Curtis, and Anne MacCallum are added.
Fall 2004 First State Managers join the CC team - Holly Morales and Julie Denton.
October 2004 Leigh Bortins interviewed on Homeschool Heart Beat with Micheal Farris link
Summer 2004 Heather Shirley joins CC Team. First Audio Cd and PowerPoint Cd products are created, as well as a web redesign for main CC website.
Spring 2003 Essentials pilot program in Kernersville, NC
Fall 2000 First Foundations program begins in Kernersville, NC
2004/2002 Leigh Bortins makes local NC business news...2004A 2004B 2002
1997 Leigh Bortins, along with friends Pam Greenholt and Linda Tomkinson, begin a Challenge Program in Winston-Salem, NC.
