Home Educators Association of Virginia (HEAV) has two dates for Day at the Capitol this year! Here is information compiled from HEAV’s website and HEAV’s Virginia Homeschool Update:
Please mark your event calendar with two dates for Day at the Capitol: Wednesday, February 22 and Thursday, April 26, 2012. Due to a great response in previous years, we will have two different events in 2012. Subject to availability, families can attend either or both events.
Make your study of Virginia government and history come alive! Teach your children how our government works, and make a significant impact on the Virginia General Assembly. Join homeschoolers from all areas of the Commonwealth for HEAV Day at the Capitol. This HEAV-sponsored event is open to all homeschoolers!
Legislative Day at the Capitol, scheduled for February 22, will be held during the legislative session. Parents and students can visit their legislators, sit in committee meetings, and observe real-time debates and voting from the gallery above the House and Senate chambers. Tours of the Capitol and Executive Mansion will also be available. A special, professional reenactment of Patrick Henry’s “Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death” speech will be presented for homeschoolers at St. John’s Church in the afternoon.
On April 26, the very popular Capitol Classroom Day at the Capitol will be held after the legislature adjourns. Students and parents can sit in the actual seats of the legislators in the House or Senate and learn how a bill becomes a law from the capitol staff. They will have an opportunity to debate a homeschool-related bill, and then electronically vote. Visits will also be scheduled to the Virginia Supreme Court, and tours of the Capitol and Executive Mansion will be offered.
Registration for Day at the Capitol begins Monday for HEAV members! Monday and Tuesday (January 30 and 31), HEAV members can register and save $5 before registration officially opens to the public! Don’t wait – Day at the Capitol fill quickly.
Not a member? Why wait? You can join now and get all the membership benefits – including discounts at Day at the Capitol and the HEAV Convention!
Contact HEAV for any further information.
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