The Second Annual Thomas Jefferson Education Forum
in Southern California and Concurrent Youth Conference aka FATJEF II
Date & Time:
Saturday, April 12, 2008, from 9 a.m. until the evening
Location:
The Rancho Cucamonga Hall of the Goldy S. Lewis Community Center, 11200 Baseline Road, Rancho Cucamonga, CA 91701
Price:
$90.00 per person
$150.00 per couple (same family)
Youth Conference $60.00 per scholar-age youth Sorry Youth Conference Full
Make checks out to Deena Ortiz; or you may pay by PalPal, but there will be an additional charge to cover the fees.
Lunch (a sandwich bar) included in the price of the ticket
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No child care available
Vendor Hall, door prizes, and great speakers including our keynote speaker, Dr. Oliver DeMille, author of A Thomas Jefferson Education Oliver DeMille:
 is the founder and president of George Wythe College, and the author of A Thomas Jefferson Education. As a university student, Oliver went on a search for a truly great education—researching private and public universities, technical and religious schools, and corporate and international educational institutions. As a result, he took classes from a small Bible school where he worked closely with mentors and studied the Bible and the great classics in many fields. Eventually, although Coral Ridge Baptist University was not regionally accredited, he was so excited by the quality of his studies that he left a large, well-respected university to focus full time on his classical education. He earned the B.A. in Biblical Studies (May 1992), M.A. in Christian Political Science (December 1992), and Ph.D. in Religious Education (May 1994) at Coral Ridge Baptist University. He has written and spoken extensively about the traditional education system versus his intense mentored-classical experience with Coral Ridge and other non-traditional schools. After his Coral Ridge studies, he went back and completed the B.A. in International Relations with a minor in Aerospace Studies at Brigham Young University (August 1994). Oliver is a popular keynote speaker, writer and business consultant, and he is married to the former Rachel Pinegar. They have eight children. Dan Ralphs:  Dan Ralphs is a native of Ukiah, California. He holds a Master’s Degree in Education from George Wythe College and is currently pursuing his Doctorate in Constitutional Philosophy. Mr. Ralphs has lectured in ten different states and three different countries on a variety of subjects including education, leadership, personal success and politics. A teacher in training since he was two years old, Mr. Ralphs taught High School Spanish in Mesa, Arizona, after years of working with youth in a number of youth programs including Youth for America Conferences. He currently works as the Director of Public Relations and Marketing at George Wythe College, one of the premier leadership schools in the nation. He is a golf enthusiast and loves college football. He is married to the former Allison Schnepf and they reside in Cedar City, Utah with their two children Jay and Malia.
CHOICES, DAMSELS AND DRAGONS
“The masses or the average man looks about him examines his circumstances and then sees what he can get according to them. The great people in the world decide what they want, look for the circumstances that they need to get it and when they don’t find them they make them.” –George Bernard Shaw
Over the next, twenty years there is little doubt that your generation will face challenges and will need powerful leaders to step up. In this day-long seminar for youth ages 12-18, you will learn the pivotal choices that you must make now to live up to the title “the hero generation”. It will require courage to slay dragons* and to be damsels but this generation was born for these tremendous tasks!
Come and join Dan Ralphs, Jim Hillyer and others in this life changing day of fun, simulations and learning!
Registration: Visit http://www.gwc.edu/seminars/other/080412_2fatjef.html
Date: Saturday, April, 12th, 2008
Where: Goldy S. Lewis Community Center, Rancho Cucamonga, CA
Cost: $30
William DeMille:  William DeMille is an American Farmer living in Monticello, Utah with his wife and four children. He is the founder of the organization MiniAg which teaches methods and principles of food production and trains farmer statesmen. He grew up on a farm in the Rocky Mountains and has been farming for the past fifteen years in America’s Corn Belt. He helps families and communities produce the healthiest food that they can, locally. ?
William DeMille will show you that there are “better ways” to produce the healthiest, best tasting food right in your own home and yard offer ing solutions to some of today’s agricultural dilemmas.
 Janine Bolon:  Janine Bolon wears many hats: professional scientist, international author, GWC mentor, serial entrepreneur, and home-schooling mom (to name just a few of her current activities). She has spent the last several years spreading the message of debt-free living and wealth accumulation from her home base in Cedar City, Utah. Ms. Bolon has a B.S. in Biochemistry and an M.A. in Education.
"Attracting Abundance through Vision"
No one gets up each morning thinking, "Wow, it's a great day to pile on some more debt!" Yet most of us do so without thinking, each and every day. This workshop will teach you a few simple principles to deal with the debt you already have and to avoid digging any deeper on your current income. This financial system has been used successfully by over 1,000 families in the past three years. Come hear about the basic behaviors that are necessary to change your financial situation for the better.
Amy Edwards: 
Amy Edwards is the home schooling mom of three exciting kids. She has been involved in education for almost 20 years, teaching all ages. She graduated from UC San Diego with degrees in Literature and Sociology and a multi-subject teaching credential. She worked with the YMCA in an elementary after-school program and in their social services department. She developed an SAT preparation course for high school students in the AVID (Advancement Via Individual Determination) program. But it was not until she discovered TJEd that she felt she had truly uncovered the principles of quality education. She has home schooled her own children for 4 years and works to continually learn more about TJEd to insure they receive a quality education. She is currently working on her Masters Degree in Education from George Wythe College through the Distance Studies program. She organized the StatesMoms Society in San Diego and hosts monthly meetings to teach and discuss the basics of TJEd. Master Dancer: Are you well-trained in Leadership Education? Are you an expert? Are you a Master? What is the difference? Have you found a Master in Leadership Education? How do you become a Master? Do you want to become a Master? Or are you happy being well-trained, or even an expert? I would like to share my experiences as a dancer with you and my epiphanies of how they relate to Leadership Education. Let’s learn together.
Teri Helms:  Teri Helms is the mother of five boys, ranging in age from nineteen to six. All of her children have been home educated since birth. Obviously, since Dr. DeMille was getting his own classical education during a large span of her illustrious homeschooling career, Teri was "on her own" to develop a methodology of education that would best serve the needs of her ever-growing brood of young men! She has had many opportunities to be mentored in countless social settings by pioneers within the homeschooling movement.
Dr. Raymond Moore had a profound influence on Teri when she was fortunate enough in three different settings to be taught by him and his wife, Dorothy. She has always chosen to use classical literature as the basis for educating her boys. In the early 1990's she was taught Mona Brooks’ methods of integrating art into education at Mona's Santa Monica studio. She used the methodology based on Mona's books "Drawing with Children" and "Drawing with Teens and Adults" for years with a large group of homeschoolers in the Coachella Valley. Five years ago, she was introduced to TJEd by a mentor through the first edition of "A Thomas Jefferson Education" book. Since then, she has read and reread TJED materials and is currently implementing them in her home. (Mostly on herself!) Teri and her husband Paul along with their two oldest boys, have attended the “Face to Face with Greatness” Seminars. They are currently working on the Pillar program book list together. She has read voraciously all of her life, and one of her greatest joys is finally seeing the fruit of all of those years of homeschooling "in the wilderness." For seventeen years Teri used her leadership skills to train women within a direct sales business that she built to a very successful level. She obviously has no problem frequenting her local MAC counter, and realizes that it WILL be an epiphany-filled day when she can find matching sox for all five boys in one dryer load so that; on the slim chance there is a thunder shower in the Palm Springs area, they won't be caught barefoot in inclement weather! She LOVES to make people laugh and think simultaneously and will use word pictures, analogies and personal anecdotes to bring this about. Teri is anxious to share with you why she firmly believes that TJEd is the Rolls Royce of all models for educating people, and cherishes the opportunity to encourage you that if SHE can home educate SO CAN YOU! The title of her topic?- "Molding Minds while Wearing MAC Makeup!" (And she's REALLY looking forward to seeing how Dr. DeMille plans to use ANY of this for his comments!) Angela Ward:
Angela is a homeschooling mother with five children, one of whom has Downs syndrome. She has her masters in performing arts, and has performed Shakespeare on the stage in New York and in London. She is enrolled in the doctoral program at GWC. Karen Kindrick:
 Karen Kindrick started “official” homeschooling in 1984, and had 20 years experience teaching her own six children! After graduation from homeschool, her children went on to receive degrees from universities and colleges, and continue in those pursuits even now.
They carry the fire of passionate learning into their everyday lives, have their own sibling bookclub, and excitedly collaborate with each other as they homeschool their own children.
Karen has presented the principles and how-to’s for Brain-firing, Heart-firing learning to homeschoolers, public and private school teachers and administrators since 1989.
Karen and Jeanne Bradley are the founders of Courageous Beings – Brains on Fire, Hearts on Fire, dedicated to igniting passionate learners and Courageous Beings.
Karen runs the EPIC Guild, a member website filled with online workshops, videos, mp3’s, photos, examples, and pdf files to download which share how to apply the EPIC Blueprint and create exciting EPIC Adventures.
She also runs the EPIC Adventure Academy, presently guiding families from four continents through the EPIC Adventure, Raiders of the Renaissance Minds.
http://www.courageousbeings.com, http://www.epicadventure-cb.com
Shannon and Liam Leahy
 Liam and Shannon Leahy, have been married 18 years and are parents to 3 lively boys (13,10, 7). Shannon taught childbirth and parents classes and worked on legislation for parents rights for many years. Liam is a skilled turn around manager, senior executive in an energy industry and professional mentor for entrepreneurs. When our own boys came along, home schooling was a very natural extension of parenting for one of us! But when introduced to Thomas Jefferson Education in 1999, these principles became a way of life and put both of us on the same page. Learning with our kids, growing together and really providing a leadership education became a priority, a journey and a pleasure for our entire family.
We are pleased to share, What Me Worry? Enjoying the Journey of a Thomas Jefferson Education because after all this is a incredible journey and a lot more fun together .
Some local accommodations if you'd like to come in the night before.
- Best Western Heritage Inn ($89/night)
8179 Spruce Avenue
Rancho Cucamonga, CA 91730 US
(909) 466-1111 ex 702 (ask for Sue)
Best Western in Rancho Cucamonga has agreed to $89 per room per night, but you must call the manager for that price (not the toll-free reservation number). Do tell him that you are attending the Thomas Jefferson Education Forum -- or mention my name.
Guests may also use the Bali and 24-Hour Fitness facilities at no extra charge, and there are restaurants next door.
- Christmas House Bed & Breakfast ($95 to $195 per night includes gourmet breakfast)
9240 Archibald Ave
Rancho Cucamonga CA 91730-5236
(909) 980-6450
www.christmashouseinn.com
Amerihost Inn & Suites Fontana ($99/night)
13500 Baseline Ave, Fontana CA US
Tel: 909-463-5900 Reservations: 1-800-434-5800
- Amerihost Inn & Suites Fontana ($99/night)
13500 Baseline Ave, Fontana CA US
Tel: 909-463-590
Reservations: 1-800-434-5800
- Other Local Options: There are numerous hotels in Ontario of varying prices. The Ontario International Airport (ONT) is less than six miles from Central Park in Rancho Cucamonga where the seminar is being held so any of the hotels near the airport are convenient, but you'll need to make arrangements for transportation.
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