Wrap Up: Home Education Day at the State House 2005
On the last weekend of April 2005, AHEM organized homeschoolers from around Massachusetts to come together to explore the rich history of the Boston area, connect with legislators, and just plain have fun with each other.

Homeschoolers, many from out of town, warmed up Sunday afternoon with visits to the National Heritage Museum and the Concord Museum. After an afternoon of exploring, many attendees hooked up at the Sunday night Contra Dance where some danced non-stop for three hours to the wonderful calling of Marcie Van Cleave and her accompanying musicians. Marcie runs the Folk Arts Center of New England, and those of you who are now turned onto Contra Dancing can find dances scheduled for all skill levels at their website http://www.facone.org/.

On Monday morning, April 25, 2005, about 250 homeschoolers from far and wide descended on the State House. Through the aid of letter writing before the event, many homeschoolers were able to connect one-on-one with their legislators and/or aides, who came to the Great Hall to greet their constituents personally. We mingled while enjoying a light breakfast reception, browsed displays by homeschoolers about their lives, and listened to homeschoolers speak about their lifestyle choice. State House tours or visits with legislators followed.

Click here to see what the plans looked like for the weekend.

Click here to view photos of the Contra Dance and Monday morning reception.

We'd like to thank Joyce Spiliotis for sponsoring the Great Hall; Ted Spiliotis for speaking with the State House tour groups; Stop and Shop, Carberry's, and Quebrada for donations of food and drink; and Molly Pinto-Madigan, Peter Bermudes, Giles Holt, and the Altamari family for speaking at the event. Also thanks to the many hands who helped in big ways and small to pull the whole event together. We'd also like to thank everyone who attended. The day would have been a big disappointment without your presence.

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