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UPCOMING EVENTS: NOVEMBER 2009:
7th--VETERAN'S DAY CELEBRATION & DEDICATION, KAUFMAN, TX.
9th--WELCOME HOME THE SOLDIERS VOLUNTEER PROJECT, DFW AIRPORT
9th--LUNCH SOCIAL (after volunteer project)
19th--DALLAS CHILDREN'S THEATER-THE BEST CHRISTMAS PAGEANT EVER!, DALLAS, TX.
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Group T-shirts are ready and may be picked up at various Hearts & Hugs events! Contact us to schedule pick-up.
DISCOUNT SUBSCRIPTIONS & BOOK CLUBS AVAILABLE TO OUR MEMBERS:
TIME FOR KIDS Weekly Readers
DISCOVERY
SCHOLASTIC BOOK CLUB
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Contact Us:
Founder/Director:
Kristi
Teen Activity Coordinator:
Billie Jo
Scholastic Coordinator:
Susan
Time For Kids Coordinator:
Kristi
Science Weekly Coordinator:
Kristi
DISCOVERY Coordinator:
Kristi
Links of Interest
 | HSLDA |
| THSC |
| TEENS ONLY SOCIAL CLUB |
| HOMESCHOOL WEEK PROCLAIMED IN TEXAS |
| HOME EDUCATORS RESOURCE STORE |
| SCHOLASTIC BOOK CLUB |
| HEARTS & HUGS YAHOO E-LOOP (MEMBERS ONLY) |
| THE OLD SCHOOLHOUSE MAGAZINE |
Field Trips
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On this page you will find a brief description of all the educational field trips we have scheduled for the summer months, as well as the academic school year.
When signing up for field trips, volunteer activities or social events please include your FULL NAME, contact information and number of adults and children attending, INCLUDING THEIR AGES. It is very important that you RSVP to ensure you are notified in the event an activity has to be rescheduled. Since the majority of our activities require we confirm the number of participants prior to the event, please abide by sign up deadlines.
Field Trips are open to Hearts & Hugs members only.
NOVEMBER 2009
In conjunction with Veteran's Day, we will be attending the Veteran's Memorial Ceremony as well as viewing one of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall replicas! This wall is one of four that are displayed around the nation.
The wall is 370 foot long, 8 foot tall and is about four-fifths the size of the original wall located in Washington, D.C.
This field trip is sure be a great opportunity for a history lesson or two! Wear your patriotic colors, and feel free to take along small flags to wave!
DECEMBER 2009
JANUARY 2010
This month, our field trip will take us to the Dallas World Aquarium!
The facility is home to a unique display of flora and fauna from five continents, 14 countries, three oceans, numerous seas and rivers.
The 200-foot Wilds of Borneo Entrance ramp is lined with plants and animals representative of this region of the world for your enjoyment as you enter the complex.
The indoor adventure begins at the top of the Orinoco - Secrets of the River rainforest exhibit. The upper levels showcase mixed avian species as they fly freely throughout the vegetation, foraging for food, building nests, caring for their young or preening at the top of the 40-foot waterfall. Mammals, ranging in size from small Vampire bats to large Antillean manatees, share the rainforest with amphibians, reptiles, invertebrates and fish.
The Aquarium portion of The Dallas World Aquarium includes marine species from around the world. Adjoining the aquarium are the outdoor South Africa exhibit and the seasonal Madagascar display. The indoor pathway continues at the bottom level of the Mundo Maya exhibit by way of a forty-foot long tunnel through the Cenote filled with sharks and rays. The stone pathway ascends into the upper levels where tiny hummingbirds and large raptors have an up-close encounter with the tall Tree of Life.
Many exciting adventures await you and your children as you trek through a South American rainforest, observe beautiful coral reefs, watch Black-footed penguins in their lush South African garden and view plants and animals from the Yucatan gulf coast to the highland rainforest in the Mundo Maya exhibit!
There's also 3 restaurants, a book store and a gift shop!
If you would like to attend this field trip, please contact us! FEBRUARY 2010
The 45-minute guided tour will feature displays and interactive exhibits showing the history of U.S. paper currency, the production process and its technology, an informative 15-minute film of the production process, a quarter-mile long elevated walkway tour overlooking the currency production floor, the Moneyfactory Gift Shop, and three live demonstration exhibits; a turn-of-the century spider press, a mutilated currency redemption desk, and an engraver’s bench. Other features of the Visitor Center include a gift shop and a vending and rest area.
Deadline to sign up is February 1, 2010. MARCH 2010
APRIL 2010
MAY 2010
WE WILL BE UPDATING OUR WEBSITE FOR THE 2009-2010 YEAR AS FIELD TRIPS ARE SCHEDULED. BE SURE TO CHECK BACK OFTEN FOR ALL THE DETAILS ON WHAT WE HAVE PLANNED!
7th--VIETNAM VETERANS MEMORIAL WALL, KAUFMAN, TX.
Due to the busy holiday season, and many families either traveling and/or entertaining friends and family, we have elected not to have a field trip this month. However, we will be attending a couple of plays to help get you and your family in the Christmas spirit, as well as offering a couple of volunteer projects for you and your family to be involved with...and what better time than the holiday season to help others?!
15th--DALLAS WORLD AQUARIUM, DALLAS, TX.
February's field trip takes us to Fort Worth, Texas where we will tour the Western Currency Facility! Here you will learn all about U.S. paper currency, and best of all, you can actually see billions of dollars being printed as you walk along an enclosed walkway suspended over the production floor.
Please check back a little later for all the details on this month's field trip to the Dallas Police Department's Mounted Unit barn!
Please check back a little later for all the details on this month's field trip to the NEW Terrell, TX. U.S. Post Office!
Please check back a little later for details on this month's "out of this world" field trip! (tentative)
