Speaker Biographies and Links
Richard "Little Bear" Wheeler
By 1978, Evangelist/Historian and founder of Mantle Ministries, Richard "Little Bear" Wheeler, recognized the Lord Jesus Christ's mighty hand in guiding his life for the purpose of leading his family into full-time ministry. Under the Lord's inspiration, Richard Wheeler began to integrate his biblical seminary studies, Christian conviction, and theatrical training to reach our nation with a riveting message to alert, equip, and commission the saints in their God-ordained responsibilities as believers. As the mantle of ministry was passed from Elijah to Elisha, the purpose of Mantle Ministries is that of passing a mantle of America's Christian heritage from one generation to another, thereby preserving a Godly legacy and Christ-honoring standard given to us by our Founding Fathers.
http://www.mantleministries.com/
Dee Dee Eldridge
Deedee Eldridge and her husband Don have been teaching at home, obeying the mandate from the Lord set forth in Deuteronomy 6, since their first child was born nearly 19 years ago. She has a passion for learning that has grown out of doing so right along with her children, and seizes every opportunity to encourage others in the exciting journey of home education. Mrs. Eldridge has been a teacher of the Word for over twenty five years and has a zeal for the Lord and a love for His people, especially those in the home-educating community. She shares out of a desire to help every parent discover how to make learning fun and stress-free for both they and their children, emphasizing the balance between the academic and character/spiritual training our Father intended as we raise the children He has loaned to us. She is in the process of writing her first book, tentatively titled “Hebrew Verses Greek Education”; a study in contrasts between training the heart and teaching the mind. For the past 9 years Deedee has been a leader in SCOPE, a home-education support group in the Sacramento area, is beginning her fourth year serving on its Board of Directors. Dee Dee and her husband, along with their family of 4 blessings from the Lord, reside in Folsom, California, where they also pastor a local congregation.
Kendra Fletcher
The homeschooling mother of seven, ages 15 down to 1, with the newest little guy ready to make an appearance in May. She has never known what it means to homeschool without the presence of preschoolers, and loves to encourage other moms beginning their homeschool journeys with little ones underfoot.
http://www.preschoolersandpeace.com/
Jennifer Steward is a veteran homeschooling mother of eight, founder of Stewardship Publishing and Everything You Need to Know About Homeschool Unit Studies. She has traveled all over the United States teaching and encouraging parents to develop a true love for learning in themselves and their children. Her hearfelt desire is to minister to parents by not only teaching them how to simplify school but also to give them a fresh vision and reminder of why they started homeschooling in the first place & WHY they should keep on going!
http://www.unitstudies.com/default.aspx
Carlita Boyles
Carlita Boyles is a Christian wife and mother, and the author of the new homeschool math curriculum, Math on the Level. Together with her husband, John, who is the editor and illustrator, she has developed a program that gives parents the tools to teach their children at each
child’s level of maturation using real-life family-centered activities instead of textbooks. Carlita has a passion for helping parents confidently teach children in the way that the children learn best. Her talks are focused on equipping parents to be better teachers.
Carlita’s interest in helping homeschooling parents is a reflection of her background in education. She has a Bachelor of Science degree in Child Development and a Master of Arts degree in Special Education. She also holds a California Multiple Subjects teaching credential and a
California Specialist in Learning Disabilities credential. For over 12 years, Carlita taught in California public schools, primarily in classes for children with learning disabilities, and has worked as both a
Resource Specialist and a Special Day Class teacher. With the birth of her oldest daughter in 1993, she left the public school setting to become a homeschooling mother. She and John live in Windsor, California where they continue to homeschool their three delightful children who
are in 4th, 7th, and 9th grades. They love the freedom and flexibility of being a homeschooling family and are grateful that God has allowed them this joy.
http://www.mathonthelevel.com/
Reb Bradley, father of 6, is a pastor who ministers to the Body of Christ at large. Reb has been a radio counselor and talkshow host, and as a writer and national conference speaker he works diligently to strengthen the modern Christian family. He conducts seminars and teaches extensively on issues related to marriage, fatherhood, child training, and single Christian living. Reb is most noted for his book Child Training Tips: What I wish I knew when my children were young. Reb and his wife, Beverly, have taught all six of their children at home, with three now grown and three still at home.
http://www.familyministries.com/
Glen and Dawna Wiemeyer
Glen and Dawna believe in homeschooling now more than ever before! They have homeschooled each of their children from kindergarten through high school with their youngest graduating last year. Glen and Dawna have been the administrators of Covenant Christian Academy , a private school ISP, since 1992 and are the coaches of Santa Rosa Touché, a nationally ranked speech and debate club for homeschooled students ages 12 – 18.
Katherine Dang
Miss Katherine Dang has been in the field of American Christian Education since 1970. Upon graduating from the University of California, Berkeley, with a Bachelor of Arts in American History, she began teaching at American Heritage Christian School, Hayward, California, under headmastership of Mr. James Rose, now President of the American Christian History Institute of Palo Cedro, California. During her nine years at American Heritage, she developed and established her courses in the Principle Approach.
Leaving American Heritage in 1979, she went on to help found and establish Chinese Christian Schools, in San Leandro, California. In the school as administrator and teacher for sixteen years, she gave direction and oversight to the curriculum in grades kindergarten through twelfth and was responsible for the training of the faculty
For seven summers (1972-1978), she was under the direction of the late Verna Hall, in the researching and compiling of original resources for ancient history students. The Universal History volume is based upon the research collected from those seven summers andtwenty-seven years' experience in teaching students, parents, and school faculty.
Katherine Dang is a home and day school consultant, conference speaker and workshop leader, and has taught Christian history institutes and courses sponsored either by Pilgrim Institute of Mishawaka, Indiana, or American Christian History Institute, throughout the country, for over twenty years. Currently, she is the Vice President of Pilgrim Institute, and the Founder and President of Philomath Publications.
http://www.philomathpub.com/
Hunter and Tammy McKeever
We began homeschooling 23 years ago when we had just three daughters, and in 1989 were blessed with our son who will graduate from high school at home this June. Being able to educate our children at home has been such a blessing (most days!) that we feel strongly that we would like to stay involved; hopefully being a source of encouragement and assistance to others answering this call from the Lord. Serving in some capacity in the homeschool community was something which seemed natural to do almost from the very beginning. We started out as members of the support group planning committee/board in Humboldt County approximately 20 years ago, then after moving to Sonoma County served as part of the support group board here as well. As Sonoma County has shifted to a more of an ISP focus Tammy has worked with several of the local groups in leadership as well as teaching a variety of classes for home-educated students. For the past 6 years or so we have been the administrators of a local ISP and prior to this year Tammy has enjoyed being a discussion leader in Bible Study Fellowship and hopes to do so again following her son's graduation.
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Peter La Rock, HSLDA
Peter LaRock is legal assistant for the Home School Legal Defense Association. He graduated first in his class from his homeschool program, and is grateful to God and to his parents for all the love that it took. He lives in Northern Virginia with his lovely wife Julie, and hopes to someday homeschool children of his own.
hslda.org
Jeremy M. Jernigan
Jeremy is a 2003 graduate of Vanguard University with a degree in music ministry. He gave his life to the Lord at the age of four and was homeschooled since the age of five. He has taught private piano instruction for eleven years. He currently instructs beginning, intermediate and advanced piano, music history and music fundamentals at Mendocino College of Ukiah and Lakeport and continues to pursue teaching private music instruction for all ages. His interests and hobbies include fishing and bow hunting for elk, deer, antelope, wild pigs, black bear and turkey.
Shannon HawkyardShannon started singing at the age of 4 and has really never stopped! To fully understand Shannon’s journey from her early years of performing on stage with several bands and musicians in small clubs in Northern California to Christian Recording Artist, it’s essential to recognize the importance of the 14 -year layoff. After marrying Craig in 1995, Shannon subsequently became the mother of 4 beautiful children over the next 12 years. Sawyer (12), Kyler (8), Wren (3) and Brecken Faye (1) are the focal point of her life and all are home schooled by Shannon. "This is really my Calling. More important than singing or any of that, it’s my husband and our children. The most important thing I’ll ever do is to help teach and train our kids in the Lord. To love Him and to love others as He has loved us." says Shannon.
shannonhawkyard.com
Marcia Brim2004 was the first official business year for BrimWood Press. However, with over 28 years of combined management experience in corporate America, we are harnessing our business know-how and our eight years of home schooling experience to start a home based publishing company. As an experienced husband and wife team, supported by three energetic and resourceful children, we look forward to accomplishing our mission of bringing visually rich, intellectually stimulating and engaging products to parents/teachers and the children they instruct.
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