Location:

Queens Park, New Westminster

meet at the covered picnic area near the children’s playground – LOOK FOR THE hs-ca QUILT

When

Tuesday, September 8, 2009

11-ish a.m. The first day of school, which is September 8 this year.

Bring:

  • food for your family
  • sun screen
  • rain gear
  • well labelled park toys
  • musical instruments
  • enthusiasm
  • willingness to meet new homeschoolers
  • anything else you can think of

Directions:

Queen’s park is located near the Arenex Complex in New West and is easy to find from Vancouver, Surrey/Langley and most places in the Lower Mainland. If coming from Surrey, take the Patullo Bridge and just go straight (McBride). You will see the park on your left. From Vancouver, take Canada Way to 10th Avenue in New West, turn left at the highschool and follow 10th around to McBride. The park will be on your right.

This is a very casual event. People start gathering around 11 and stay until they feel like going home. It can be very reassuring, especially for first-time homelearners, to have something special to do when all the neighbourhood kids troop back to school. If you are a new homeschooler, come out and meet some experienced folks. If you have been at this for awhile, come and share your experience with a newbie. Last year we made masking tape name tags and indicated a new homeschooler with a colour-coded N so that the rest of us would make a point of welcoming the new folks.

For information contact Melissa at infomomster@gmail.com