Kankakee Christian Home Educators

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1. Statement of Faith:

We believe the Bible to be the infallible Word of God, the supreme and final authority for all faith and life.
We believe that there is one God, eternally existent in three persons: Father, Son and Holy Spirit.
We believe in the deity of our Lord Jesus Christ, His virgin birth, His sinless life, His miracles, His vicarious and atoning death through His shed blood, His bodily resurrection, His ascension and His imminent bodily return in power and glory.
We believe that man was created in the image of God but fell into sin and is therefore lost, and only those who put their faith in Jesus Christ alone can be saved.
We believe that salvation is the gift of God brought to man by grace and received by personal faith in the Lord Jesus Christ, whose substitutionary death on the cross paid the penalty for man’s sin.
We believe the ministry of the Holy Spirit is to convict men, indwell, guide, instruct and empower the believer for godly living and service.
We believe that man is ordained by God, is between one man and one woman as set forth in the Bible, and is intended to be a picture of Jesus Christ and the Church.

We believe in the spiritual unity of believers through our common faith in Jesus Christ and that individual doctrinal differences which may exist should not hinder the unity of Christian home educators. Yes, we agree
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2. Statement of Purpose

KCHE exists to support parents as they train their children by:

Providing a place to meet like-minded people for encouragement and fellowship.
Providing information pertaining to home education

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3. I am a current member of KCHE. yes
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If you, too, are responding to God’s call to educate your children at home, and would like to participate with our group, Kankakee Christian Home Educators, you must:

1. Have personally responded to God’s offer of salvation through faith in Jesus Christ.

2. Read all current guidelines. Agreement to abide by these guidelines will be indicated by your submission of this form.

3. Submit the yearly membership fee of $35. You may pay by check made payable to KCHE and send it in by mail to P.O. Box 1461, Bourbonnais, IL 60914.

4. Please complete the release waiver found on navigation bar under the "files" tab. Or, you may print and mail the waiver to P.O. Box 1461, Bourbonnais, IL 60914.

We agree
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6. GUIDELINES FOR RULES OF CONDUCT FOR KCHE ACTIVITIES, INCLUDING FIELD TRIPS

To eliminate problems that may arise concerning the conduct of children during group activities, outings, field trips, co-op and events, KCHE would like to establish a simple set of rules for conduct and suggestions on how to enforce them.

KCHE has 4 assumptions based on the make-up of this home school group:

Since we are all professing Christians, we assume that all of us, as parents, want our children to be taught to conduct themselves in a manner befitting Christ. As parents, we also want to conduct ourselves in the same manner.

       2. We assume that the parents in this group want to work together to help our children learn to conduct themselves properly in group situations.

        3.    We assume that the children in this group are normal children who will occasionally “test” the authority of those adults around them, and will try to “get away with” something that they should not. This does not necessarily reflect poor parenting skills on the part of the parents.

        4. We assume that adults are in authority over children, and the adults in this group, when working in unison with each other, can lovingly help each other to see what our children are doing. (In other words, we believe that we can and should “police” our own group.)

Using the above assumptions, the following rules of conduct for field trips and events within the group has been established. The term “adults” means both the parents in the group and any other adult in leadership such as a tour guide or teacher.

1.   Children are expected to be polite and respectful of both the adults and other children.

  2. Children are expected to mind the adults the first time they are asked to do or not do something.

3. There will be no violations against another person, either physically (pushing, hitting, etc.) or verbally (name-calling, rudeness, etc.).

  4.   The group will stay together; no child is to separate himself/herself from the group without his/her parent’s supervision (this is a safety matter as much as a conduct matter).

   5.   As a general rule, do not touch what is not yours, and keep noise to a minimum.

   6.   Parents and children are all expected to follow the rules outlined at each field trip or event by the establishment we are visiting.

    7.    Parents are expected to respect and follow deadline requests by the organizer of each event. Please do not ask to be included once the deadline has passed.

In order to enforce the above behavior rules, we have established the following steps any parent can follow in order to stop unacceptable behavior:

First, bring the child to his/her parent to explain or have the child explain the infraction.

Second, if the conduct is persistent, or especially embarrassing to the group (gives us a bad name, is reported by the adults at the establishment, or makes people wonder if they really want to be associated with this group) the conduct can be reported to the KCHE representative in charge. This representative will contact the parents about the complaint at which time the child will be encouraged to write a letter of apology to anyone who may have been directly involved. If possible, these letters should be delivered in person by the child.

Third, if any child has more than one offense that brings a complaint or is defiant after being corrected about an offense, that child will not be allowed to go on the next field trip or event.

Fourth, any child who has 3 occurrences of misbehavior will be brought to the attention of KCHE Executive Board, and will not be allowed to go on the next 2 field trips or attend the next 2 events. After that time, the child will be welcome as long as he/she shows a change in attitude and conduct. If there has been no change, he/she will be unwelcome for another 2 field trips/events.

Attendance at a field trip or event signifies the acceptance of these rules and agreement by a family to abide by them. Parents are encouraged to review these rules with your child(ren) prior to a field trip or event. We have read and agree to the rules of conduct
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Please mail your membership fee of $35 to:

KCHE

P.O. Box 1461

Bourbonnais, IL. 60914

Your Membership WILL NOT be finalized until your membership fee and release waiver (found on side navigation bar in the "files" tab) have been received.

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