March’s ESA Meeting and Upcoming Events

The end of our 2023-2024 year is nearing an end. March’s meeting had the ESA graduating seniors as a panel answering a variety of questions to provide insight for the group ranging in conversations including plans following graduation for school or work, number of schools where they applied, planned major (if known) or certification, and recommendations for standardized tests.

Thank you to all the seniors for your insight and information you provided. We enjoyed it!

Upcoming Events

• The deadline to submit all Presidential Service Award signed logs with eligible hours along with your Affirmation of Eligibility form is due no later than midnight on March 25, 2024 to Mrs. Hébert. A representative from the organization where you volunteered should sign the form to verify the hours served. If the service was for an ESA Service Project, either Mrs. Hébert or Mrs. Truitt can sign the form.
• Application period for returning ESA members opens on April 1st for the 2024-2025 school year. Please refer to our ‘Returning Member Form.’
• New members interested in applying, also may submit applications beginning on April 1st. Please refer to the details on our ‘About‘ page and in the ‘New Member Application‘ for membership details.
• Our final meeting for the 2023-2024 school year is approaching. That will be the luncheon at Olive Garden in Plano. Please refer to the calendar for further details.

February’s ESA Meeting

We were privileged to have Shari Nelson and Amy Greenwell, Homeschool Dual Credit College and Career Counselors, from Collin College join us. They shared information about starting Collin College as an incoming freshman, taking dual credit college courses while in high school, receiving a degree from Collin College, and transferring to a different college from Collin College. And, they shared information about how this can be a cost effective approach along with details of things to consider and look into if you intend to transfer from Collin College to a different college.

January Service Project: North Texas Food Bank

We had the pleasure of serving together at the North Texas Food Bank on January 12th. The shift volunteering at that time packed: 22 pallets; 1,056 boxes; 30,624 pounds of food; providing a total of 25,520 meals.

January’s ESA Meeting

We rang in 2024 with the college panel for our meeting. The panel provided wisdom on how to pick colleges and on things to consider when selecting your major. Thank you to the ESA alumni for sharing your valuable insights.

ESA Christmas Social

We were blessed with wonderful weather for the ESA Christmas Social. It was a great time to interact with each other and to share Christmas treats and have fun together.

November’s ESA Meeting

We enjoyed having Mrs. Boor as our guest speaker. She discussed personalities and the importance of understanding differences between different personality types.

Fall Group Service Project at Feed My Starving Children

We enjoyed an opportunity to serve together at Feed My Starving Children. Most of the group worked together packing boxes of food at a table. Several members helped with the warehouse, moving boxes from the tables to the warehouse and adding food for the tables to package.

September Meeting Kick-Off

Our first official meeting for the 2023-2024 year was held in September. It was the annual “ice-breaker Bunco” meeting. We appreciate the efforts by the officers for the ’23-’24 year and are looking forward to a great year!

October’s meeting will be a service project at Feed My Starving Children.

Bunco

Picnic and games kick-off

Avery, our social chair, did a phenomenal job planning and running our social! We greatly appreciated the cooling towels and waters on the unseasonably hot day for our kick-off. The gathering was a fun opportunity to talk to one another and play games.

New Member applications accepted through 8/31/23

After saying goodbye to 9 seniors, our ESA National Homeschool Honor Society chapter is seeking new members to join our ranks and help fill those seats and then some. Our long-standing (20 years!) and active chapter has grown to consistently to around 40 members and we’d love to have more.

Our chapter – Iota Alpha – is accepting New Member applications postmarked through August 31 for Fall admit consideration. The New Member Application can be found on the “Forms & Files” page, linked above on the home page.

Members must be entering grades 9-12, submit a standardized test score (a variety of tests are accepted), a transcript (GPA 3.5 or higher) and letters of recommendation. Meeting attendance is expected of members, as well as the completion of 25 hours of service each year (15 hours may be earned the preceding summer). Tentative 2023-24 meetings & events can be found at the “Events” link here on the home page. Meeting location & time information can be found on the sidebar to the right.

Our chapter also accepts members in grades 9-11 for spring admission, with an application postmark date of 12/31. If you have any questions about applying or specific questions about our chapter, please don’t hesitate to contact Mrs. Melanie Hébert at ALandMEL@the-hebert-family.com