Now offering IN PERSON and VIRTUAL Classes High School Exploring World Geography 2024-2025 School Year at The Homeschool Resource Center 307 S. Parsons Ave. Brandon, 33511 Thursdays beginning August 22nd 12:15-1:45 PM This one-year high school course describes and explains the world we live in. It focuses on how people interact with geography and how geography affects communities and countries. Purchase: Exploring World Geography curriculum package (by Notgrass) which includes Exploring World Geography textbooks part 1 and part 2, plus the Exploring World Geography Gazetteer book. Computer access and the Internet (Google classroom will be utilized) - there are also phone applications for google classroom that can be used instead or in conjunction with a computer, regular school supplies such as pens and paper For 32 weeks of class (fall and spring semesters) the fee is $420. This is payable as follows: a $70 non-refundable deposit to the Tampa Bay HEAT. You may pay this online when you register for the class. This will hold your place in the class. The remaining balance $350 will be paid directly to the instructor before the first day of class by cash, checks, PayPal *as friends and family* Venmo (“as friends and family”): @AprilArica-Hotchkiss Zelle: can provide personal QR code PayPal (“as friends & family”): [email protected], MY BIOGRAPHY "Hi, I’m April! I’m a wife, married for twenty-two years and a mother of three children whom I’ve homeschooled for over fifteen years; our eldest graduated from Liberty University last year! I’m a life long learner with a tremendous love for reading, gardening, and sailing. I have a strong entrepreneurial spirit and enjoyed having a hospitality business, hosting guests from all over the world for years. I’ve been teaching high school government & economics classes to students in homeschooling communities in Florida and California for the past two years. I grew passionate about these subjects through teaching my own children. As a Christian, my conviction is rooted in the call God has given us to steward His creation. Having a biblical understanding of man’s fallen nature and natural laws in the realm of government and economics helps us to understand how policies, legislation, and ideologies can navigate the course of a nation, of states, cities, and families. Government and economics can be quite complex, but they’re also fascinating! My desire is to journey alongside and equip this generation to understand these studies through a biblical lens and thus understand how to make decisions for themselves and their community that allow them to flourish. We’ll watch Prager-U videos, listen to thinkers like Thomas Sowell and Milton Friedman, study the branches of government and our Founding documents such as the Declaration of Independence and our Constitution. There will also be an opportunity to get involved with the Young America’s Foundation organization by attending their High School Conference at the Reagan Ranch in California, as our family has participated in past years! I look forward to exploring the workings of our government and economic system; along with world geography with this year’s students!” | 