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Andrew
Pudewa - Excellence in
Writing - Keynote Speaker
Andrew Pudewa is
the director of the Institute
for Excellence in Writing and a
homeschooling father of seven.
Presenting throughout North America, he addresses issues relating to
teaching, writing, thinking, spelling, and music with clarity, insight,
practical experience, and humor. His seminars for parents, students and
teachers have helped transform many a reluctant writer and have
equipped educators with powerful tools to dramatically improve
students' skills.
Although he is a graduate of the Talent
Education Institute in Japan
and holds a Certificate of Child Brain Development from the Institute
for the Achievement of Human Potential in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania,
his best endorsement is from a young Alaskan boy who called him "the
funny man with the wonderful words." He and his beautiful, heroic wife
Robin currently teach their four youngest children at home in
Atascadero, California.
Jim
Weiss - Greathall Productions -
Featured Speaker
Jim
Weiss has been a storyteller for over 25
years. Under the Greathall
Productions label, Mr. Weiss has produced 36 storytelling recordings
with
enticing titles such as King
Arthur,
Greek Myths, Sherlock Holmes, Galileo and the Stargazers.
He is the recipient of over 75 national awards. His recordings are
highly praised and recommended by practically every
homeschooling journal and professional including Home Education
Magazine, Homeschooling Today, Greenleaf Press, The Well-Trained Mind,
Family Times, The Link and countless others. Jim travels
extensively across the United States and Canada presenting library,
school, store and community events; teacher workshops and homeschool
conferences. He has performed at The White House
Easter Event and starred in and hosted a PBS Storytelling that
won a Northern California Emmy Award for Best Children's Show.
Amy Barr
Amy Barr is an archaeologist, educator,
homeschool mom, and
co-founder of The Lukeion Project.
During the summer between her freshman and sophomore years at
Cincinnati
Christian University she excavated at the Decapolis city of Abila in
Jordan,
but returned to find that her degree program in Ancient Near Eastern
Studies
had been canceled. She transferred to
Miami University (Oxford, OH) to complete a B.A. in Classics and
received her
M.A. in Latin from The Ohio State University, where she was the head
teaching
assistant for a Mythology class of over 900 students. She
returned to Miami University to begin her doctoral work in
Ancient History, where she helped develop a classical mythology class
that emphasized
writing skills. Soon after, however,
she transferred to the University of Cincinnati to pursue a Ph.D. in
Classical
Archaeology. In addition to her work at
Abila, her 10 years of archaeological experience include work at the
Mycenaean
citadel of Midea in Greece and the fabled site of the Trojan War in
Turkey. Her publication of “horse and
rider plaques” from the sanctuary at Troy linked this unique votive art
form to
the hero cult that grew in popularity after the campaigns of Alexander
the Great
and the founding of the Hellenistic monarchies. In addition to
speaking and teaching at schools and co-ops across
Ohio, Amy has spoken at the North American Christian Convention and was
a
participant in a Congress on Cypriot archaeology held in Göteborg,
Sweden. Her teaching experience includes Miami
University, The Ohio State University, the University of Cincinnati,
and the
Institute for Learning in Retirement.
Amy and her husband, Regan, live in Holly Springs, NC, where they
homeschool their 3 children, Hannah, Caleb, and Isaiah. They
founded The Lukeion Project in response
to a disturbing trend that minimizes, or even eliminates, a study of
the
classical world during the high school years of education. Regan
and Amy believe that older students
should spend time investigating these civilizations on which so much of
American law, art, politics, architecture, drama, medicine, sport,
science and
culture are dependent.
Regan Barr
Regan is an
archaeologist, educator, homeschool dad, and co-founder of The Lukeion
Project. Regan earned a B.A. in Christian
Ministries
before heading to Cincinnati Christian University for his M.Div. in New
Testament with a minor in Ancient Near Eastern Studies. His
parents’ graduation gift of a trip to
Greece, Jordan and Israel ignited his love for the ancient world, which
still
drives The Lukeion Project today. Regan
spent the next 10 summers traveling and excavating in the Mediterranean
and
Europe while pursuing an M.A. and Ph.D. in Classical Archaeology at the
University of Cincinnati. He’s
excavated at the Decapolis city of Abila in Jordan, the Bronze Age
Mycenaean
citadel of Midea in Greece, and the venerable site of Homer’s Troy in
Turkey. His publication of the Greek
and Hellenistic oil lamps from Troy was the first formal publication on
this
topic in over a century of excavation at the site. Regan
has spoken in such diverse settings as
the Cincinnati Art
Museum lecture series, the North American Christian Convention, the
Cincinnati
Women’s Club, schools and homeschool co-ops across Ohio. He was also a
participant in a Congress on Cypriot archaeology held in Göteborg,
Sweden. Regan’s teaching experience
includes
Cincinnati Christian University, the University of Cincinnati, and the
Institute for Learning in Retirement. Regan
and his wife, Amy, live in Holly Springs, NC, where they homeschool
their 3
children, Hannah, Caleb, and Isaiah. They founded The Lukeion
Project to raise
awareness of modern society’s
debt to the Classical World, so often under-represented in education
today, and
to bring history to life through live, online, interactive classes on
all
things relating to the Greek, Roman and New Testament world.
Regan will be prensenting a Vendor Workshop with his wife Amy.
Yvonne
Bunn

Yvonne
Bunn is presently the Executive Director of Home Educators
Association of Virginia, a state-wide organization providing
information, legislation, and resources for Virginia home-educating
parents. Yvonne speaks throughout the state on home-school issues
including the Virginia home-school law and testing requirements. She
spearheaded the popular "How to Begin Home Schooling" seminars
throughout the Commonwealth. She writes for The Virginia Home Educator,
the premier magazine for Virginia homeschoolers.
Prior to her position as executive
director, Yvonne worked for eight
years as Director of Government Affairs for HEAV. She worked with the
Secretary of the Commonwealth to initiate Governor George Allen's
Proclamation of Virginia Home Education Week that continues to be
recognized. She also acted as the home-school liaison on the State
Superintendent's Parent-Community Advisory Board at the Virginia
Department of Education. While Director of Government Affairs, she
lobbied for Virginia homeschoolers as well as directed HEAV's full-time
lobbyists and on-line bill readers during General Assembly sessions.
She has coordinated and has been an instructor in HEAV's very effective
"Day at the Capitol" held during the Virginia legislative session. This
weeklong event at the Capitol has included a home-school page training
program and, most recently, the nationally recognized TeenPact program.
Yvonne has a degree in elementary education and taught for eight years
prior to beginning home education 17 years ago. She and her husband
George have five children.
Janice
Campbell

Janice Campbell is
a lifelong learner, writer, and conference speaker
who has enjoyed homeschooling since the late 1980’s. She and her
husband, Donald, have seen the benefits of home education in the
lives of their four sons, and she takes joy in sharing what she has
learned with others. Through her website, www.EverydayEducation.com,
Janice offers inspiration, information, and resources for writing and
homeschooling
through the teen years, with a focus on making the most of the teen
years through early college or home business. Janice
graduated cum laude from Mary Baldwin College with a B.A. in
English. She is author of Transcripts
Made Easy: Your
Friendly Guide to High School Paperwork, Get
a Jump
Start on College! A Practical Guide for Teens, and Zeitgeist
Literature: Self-Directed, College-Prep, Literature-Based English for
Homeschoolers (available in
2007) ; editor of The Virginia
Homeschool Manual;
and creator of the
Beat-the-Clock Essay Workshop™, an innovative one-day workshop that
prepares students for the SAT and other timed essays. Her website,
www.EverydayEducation.com, offers information, resources, inspiration,
and a free e-newsletter.
Steve
Clark
Steve Clark
is a “homeschool
dad” who
personally homeschooled his own
children from 1998 through 2004. He and his wife, Katrina, live in
Louisville, Kentucky, and have 5 children, ranging in age from 17-23
years. From 1997 to the present, Steve has worked with VideoText
Interactive, where his main focus has been to advise and counsel
parents who want to make sure that their children excel in high school
math. In
addition, Clark edited and produced “Life
Skills for the Homeschooler,” a book that addresses dozens of practical
issues that many homeschoolers forget to teach. Clark is also
President of the Homeschool Speakers & Vendors Association, which
helps homeschool speakers and vendors in the development and promotion
of their products, with the goal of ensuring that all homeschoolers in
the US and Canada have access to the very best curriculum available.
Steve
Demme
Steve
and his wife Sandra
have been
married for over 28 years. They
have been blessed with four boys: Isaac, 27; Ethan, 25; Joseph, 23; and
Johnny, 20. With God’s help, they have have all been home
educated. Steve
addresses a variety of topics at
homeschool conferences to encourage parents in their God-given
responsibilities of raising and training their children for His glory.
His desire is to understand God’s word and practice it, beginning in
the home.
As a former math
teacher who has taught at all levels of math in public, private, and
Christian schools, Steve is also the author and founder of Math-U-See.
He has served in full and part time pastoral ministry for many years
after graduating from Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary.
Tammy
Duby

Tammy
Duby is a homeschool mom of 14 years, a mother of two, and a borrower
of other people’s children. She holds degrees in Elementary and Early
Childhood Education. Her teaching takes a hands-on approach, while
emphasizing literature. Her workshops offer a blessing, a good laugh,
and practical ideas parents can implement right away. She and her
husband Mike own Tobin’s Lab: Hands-On Science. They live in Culpeper,
Virginia.
Maggie Hogan
Maggie and Bob
Hogan live in a (formerly)
Amish farmhouse in Dover, DE where they began homeschooling their two
(now grown) sons in 1991. She is a regular contributor for
homeschooling internet sites as well as print magazines like Homeschooling
Today
and The Old Schoolhouse. She’s a nationally known speaker
and co-author of The Ultimate
Geography and Timeline Guide, Gifted
Children at Home, Hands-on Geographyand
other resource books. Involved
in local, state, and national homeschooling issues, they both serve on
boards of home education organizations in Delaware. They’re also owners
of Bright Ideas Press, a home school company dedicated to bringing the
best practical, fun, and affordable materials to the homeschool market.
Tyler Hogan

Tyler Hogan is a homeschool graduate with
a B.A. in Theatre Ministries from Belhaven College. He has been
performing and directing physical theatre and theatre missions groups
for seven years all over the world. He is also a musician,
writer, cartographer, and speaker with a passion for discipleship and
the arts. In his "spare time," you can usually find him with a
good book in one hand and a chai tea in the other.
Wade
Hulcy
Wade
Hulcy is a 25-year veteran of homeschooling and the father of four sons
32, 28,
25, and 19 years. Wade taught and coached
in Dallas Independent School District for five years, owned his own
remodeling
business, was Vice-President of a chain of cafeterias before becoming
President
and CEO of KONOS, Inc., a homeschool curriculum publishing company, for
the
last 18 years.A board member of his
state homeschool organization, Texas Homeschool Coalition, Wade touts
his
greatest claim to fame is in marrying his first-grade sweetheart and
co-author
of KONOS Curriculum, Jessica Hulcy! Wade
has
a passion for building families and training fathers to take on
Biblical
leadership in their families. He is a
great encourager of mothers to strive to be excellent teachers and
gives them
strategies to make their homeschools fun and exciting. He and Jessica
have just started a new
business called homeschoolmentor.com designed to mentor new
homeschoolers. Wade is warm, funny,
practical, transparent,
and sincere all in the same breath. Wade
is a speaker you will totally connect with.
John Jenkins

John
is an
award-winning author for Focus on
the Family Breakaway magazine for teen boys. John's love for
history, his passion for critical thinking and effective communication,
and his commitment to student excellence have found expression in five
books, nine short stories for Focus on the Family, speaking at
homeschool conferences, and seven years of teaching homeschool students
across Northern Virginia.
Rebecca
Keller
Dr.
Rebecca
Keller, the author of the
increasingly popular science series, Real Science-4-Kids (RS4K). Dr.
Rebecca W. Keller received her Ph.D. in biophysical chemistry from the
University of New Mexico and has spent several years working in the
areas of biophysics, molecular biology and neuroscience. She is a
former research assistant professor at UNM and also homeschooled her 3
children for 14 years. Albuquerque, NM is her home.
Susan Kemmerer

Susan
and her husband Dale have been blessed with 9 children, ranging in age
from preschool to adult). She has been homeschooling for nearly 2
decades (and still has nearly 15 years to go before they are all
graduated!). An author and motivational speaker, Susan has written a
number of textbooks for homeschooled children, including Apples Daily
Spelling Drills, Research in Increments, and Pennsylvania Keystones.
Her articles have appeared in a number of magazines. She and her
husband started their own homeschool company, Schoolhouse Publishing,
nearly a decade ago. Susan has spoken to audiences all over her state,
combining personal experience, biblical insight, gentleness, and a
touch of humor. Her workshops are designed to encourage and equip
homeschool moms in their high calling – especially those moms that are
experiencing discouragement and burnout. She is currently working on a
book for burnt out overwhelmed homeschool moms. Her primary love is for
her Savior and her family. She is first and foremost a wife and mother,
and is grateful for that calling. She and her husband serve on the
board of one of PA’s homeschool conferences. They are active in their
local church.
Celeste Land
Celeste
Land of Vienna,
Virginia, enjoys talking about homeschooling with anyone who will
listen. Celeste is a member of The Organization of Virginia
Homeschoolers (VaHomeschoolers) Board of Directors, and chairs its
Government Affairs Committee. She has lobbied on behalf of
homeschooling interests at the state and federal level for many years,
and has helped craft numerous laws, bills, and policies at the state
and local level. Celeste also assists with media
contacts for VaHomeschoolers, which has led to many interesting and
unusual interviews with newspapers, radio, and television. A
longtime contributor to the VaHomeschoolers Newsletter and website,
Celeste's written work has also been published in Growing Without
Schooling, Home Education Magazine, Homeschooling Horizons, and the
Life Without School blogzine. Her children, Leila (16) and Adam (12),
have always homeschooled.
Kathleen
Lawler

Kathleen Cotter Lawler is the daughter of Dr. Joan
A. Cotter, author and creator of the Activities for Learning/RightStart
Mathematics program. She was one of the first children to grow up under the
Activities for Learning principles. Kathleen has a dual Masters
Degrees from the University of Mary in Bismarck, North Dakota. Kathleen
is the mother of four children ages 10 to 14 and lives on a
fourth-generation ranch in North Dakota. Kathleen will be presenting a
vendor workshop for Activities for Learning/RightStart Mathematics.
Sue Reese
Sue
Reese, a self-proclaimed non-writer, found the Institute for Excellence
in
Writing five years ago as an answer to her fears and frustration about
teaching
writing. Having home educated for eleven years, her oldest daughter
will
graduate in 2006 and her other will have three more years at home.
Having
discovered how to turn a reluctant writer into a confident one and
provide
clear direction to her structure-loving student, Sue looks forward to
passing
along her excitement and share with you this wonderful adventure in
writing. Sue will be presenting a vendor workshop for
Excellence in Writing.
Ann Cameron Siegal
Ann
Cameron Siegal is a freelance writer and photographer for a
variety of publications including the Washington Post.
Many of her articles are spawned by unexpected finds she and her
daughter have come across during nine years of homeschooling. In
a previous life, Ann spent five years on Capitol Hill
and eight years on the Board of Visitors for Radford
University. She is entering her 21st year working with Girl Scout
troops. One of Ann's favorite quotes
is, "To raise a child to
young adulthood who knows herself, who has a sense of what she loves,
an ability to relate to others and a command of the things she needs to
learn -- that is a gift far beyond the right school and the best
scores." Rob Eshman, Editor, Jewish
Journal.com
Scott
Somerville
Scott
Somerville went to Harvard Law School with five children in 1989 and
graduated with honors (and a sixth child) in 1992.
Before he was a lawyer, Scott was a homeschool activist—as the first
president of Christian Home Educators of New Hampshire, Scott battled
the New Hampshire rules
revision subcommittee to a
standstill in their effort to triple the
regulations on homeschoolers.
That brush with the law was enough to induce him to quit his day job as
a programmer, put the house on the market, and move the whole family
down to Cambridge, Massachusetts. Scott went straight from Harvard to
Home School Legal Defense Association, where he was a staff attorney
for 14 years. In October 2006,
Scott left his full-time position at HSLDA to begin the K-Dad Network.
He remains of counsel to HSLDA.
Bob
Taylor 
Bob Taylor is the
president and
co-founder of Educational Materials Associates, Inc., (EMA) of
Charlottesville, VA. Since 1974 EMA has been America’s #1
publisher of affordable, family-type history & geography games for
ages 8 to adult. Bob
is a U.S. Army Veteran and holds degrees from the University of
Virginia (B.A. History) and the University of Delaware (M.Ed. Secondary
Education). He has over 40 years experience in teaching, writing, and
speaking about American history, including 15 years as an award-winning
teacher, coach, and administrator. He has also been a guest lecturer at
Millersville University and the University of Delaware. Bob
is an authority on social studies education for grades 4 to 12, and
he is the author of over 50 history & geography games in use in
thousands of public, private, and homeschools in all 50 states.
His games have been selected by 1,200+ museums and historic sites
nationwide. EMA games are found at the National Archives, Mount
Rushmore, presidential homes & libraries, battlefields (the
Revolution, Civil War & World War II), and national, state, and
regional parks. Bob is happily married to Lorraine for 39 years. They
have two grown daughters, one of which is a homeschooling mom, and six
wonderful grandchildren.
Jessie
Wise
Jessie is a home education
consultant, speaker, and writer. She is the author of numerous books,
including the best-seller The
Well-Trained Mind: A Guide to Classical Education at Home (W.
W. Norton, 1999 and 2004), a book she co-authored with her daughter,
Susan Wise Bauer. She has taught at both public and private schools, as
well as teaching her three children at home. She and her husband Jay
live in historic Charles City, Virginia. Her other books include The Ordinary Parent's Guide to Teaching
Reading (Peace Hill Press, 2005) and First Language Lessons for the
Well-Trained Mind; Levels 1 and 2 (Peace Hill Press, 2000).
Scott
Woodruff 
As
Staff Attorney for Home School Legal Defense Association, Scott
specializes in Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Maine, Maryland, Missouri, New
Hampshire, New Jersey, Oklahoma, Rhode Island, South Dakota, Virginia,
and West Virginia homeschool law. He has assisted hundreds of home
educating families in dealings with social workers, police officers,
principals, and prosecuting attorneys. He has campaigned successfully
against repressive homeschool legislation. Scott and his wife, Jane,
teach their two daughters, Betsy and Sarah, at home. Their son,
Christopher, was homeschooled through high school and is now attending
Baylor University.
Michele Zavatsky
For over a decade, author Michele
Zavatsky has visited thousands of places (with her family) to find the
best sites that kids love to visit! This
adventure of writing and publishing family travel guidebooks has taken
Michele and her home-schooled family on a journey of experiences they
could have never imagined. The Zavatsky
family have been blessed to be called the “family that vacations for a
living” by over 300 radio and television programs. Michele
has spoken to hundreds of groups throughout the Midwest and the South
encouraging “family-friendly”travel.
Michele and her husband George have
appeared as guests on hundreds of radio and television shows, had featured articles in
state-wide newspapers and magazines, spoken to thousands of people at
schools and conventions, and write monthly columns in many publications
about "family-friendly" places to travel. Besides the wonderful
adventure of marriage, they place great importance on being loving
parents to Jenny & Daniel.
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