REFRESH, Renew, and Rejuvenate! Conference!
FIGHT HOMESCHOOL BURNOUT AND WIN!
Come and enjoy the REFRESH! 2023 Online Conference on Thursday, February 9th, for an afternoon of online collaboration – where you can learn from wonderful speakers, recharge your homeschooling batteries, and interact with parents attending from all over the world.
When you register, you’ll get all you need to attend each LIVE session. A Zoom link will be sent to the email address you provide. The Zoom link provided will be used for all FOUR talks.
Also, all sessions are recorded for later viewing, so you’ll get notice of the recordings’ availability the next day.
Please note! Be sure to sign in 15 minutes before the session begins. Each session will start at the top of each hour.
Here at Homeschool Connections, we’re committed to making it easy for you to get tools to help your family achieve your educational goals and excel as moms and dads. Get what you need to enhance your energy and your family’s homeschooling experience. God bless you and your homeschooling pursuits – and we’ll see you on Thursday, February 9th!
Registration is now open!
Time |
Speaker |
Topic |
5 PM ET |
Holly Vaughn |
Motivating Your Students |
6 PM ET |
Mary Ellen Barrett |
Encouraging us with tips on how to avoid BURNOUT |
7 PM ET |
Paola Ciskanik |
“Am I enough? Am I doing enough?” |
8 PM ET |
Jenny Bales |
Prayer & Peace for Busy Moms |
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Jenny Bales
Topic: Prayer & Peace for Busy Moms
About Jenny: Jenny is a Catholic homeschool mom of four incredibly unique kids, ages 10-20 who have been (or were) homeschooled all of their lives. Her 15+ years of homeschooling experience have made her passionate about encouraging, connecting, and equipping mothers through their Catholic homeschooling journeys both in her local community and online. Before having kids, she taught middle school Language Arts and ran Catholic youth retreats. Now, her Heart of a Mother Facebook group connects 5000 Catholic homeschooling moms from around the world to share their wisdom and experiences, and her growing consulting business has both one-on-one and group coaching options for Catholic homeschoolers through Bloom and the Sunroom, respectively. Jenny especially enjoys reflecting on all aspects of homeschooling through the lens of our incredible Catholic faith and would like to thank Homeschool Connections for this opportunity to share her heart with other mothers today. You can find her online at heartofamother.net and bloomhomeschooling.com.
Mary Ellen Barrett
Topic: Encouraging us with tips on how to avoid BURNOUT
About Mary Ellen: Mary Ellen Barrett is married to David and mother to their eight children. She resides on the south shore
of Long Island, New York and has been homeschooling for twenty-one years. She is the editor of Seton
Magazine, a curriculum consultant for Seton Home Study School, a podcast host on the Stay at
Homeschooling Moms Podcast as well as being a frequent speaker at Catholic conferences on issues
pertaining to motherhood, women of faith and homeschooling. She loves travel, cooking, reading and
time at home with her family. She can be found on Facebook and Instagram but would prefer to meet in
person over a cup of coffee or a glass of wine.
Paola Ciskanik
Topic: “Am I enough? Am I doing Enough?”
About Paola: Paola Ciskanik is a wife, mother to seven grown children, and grandmother. All seven children launched into the world from her very real, and not perfect homeschool, the youngest leaving the nest in 2018. All seven have graduated from college, and are serving God with their unique gifts, from graphic designer to entrepreneur, to professional horticulturist to stay home mother, and more! Using the vast knowledge and experience she gained from founding the family business Emmanuel Books, a K-12 Catholic homeschool curriculum provider, and coaching hundreds of homeschooling families she is honored to spend her time serving the needs of families all over the world in the Catholic Homeschool Community, as its owner and host. In addition, she is the creator of the Catholic Homeschool Blueprint, a course designed for parents to acquire confidence and joy in the homeschool life!
Holly Vaughn
Topic: Motivating Your Students
About Holly: Holly Vaughan has an extensive background in parish catechetical work. She has experience in catechesis with all ages, particularly with middle school, high school, and adult faith formation. She has not only taught, but been involved in curriculum creation for all of these ages, and is especially interested in creating classes that teach in the format developed by the Early Church Fathers, which roots everything we learn in Scripture.