Charlotte Mason Education Conference: June 17-20, 2015

Conference Checkin Asbury Inn lobby

Whole group
sessions in
McKenna Chapel

Smaller group sessions:

Informal chats &
presentations workshops
(Some titles
abbreviated.)

Meals in main dining hall (in the Sherman Thomas

Student Center) and eat & meet in the two side halls,
Cordelia A & B (seats 40 each.) A short piece of music
in main hall at half past the hour.

Free
time

Large group
informal
gatherings

Tuesday, 6/16/15
4:00 - 5:30
6:30 - 8:30

Pre-

Pre-conference check-in for immersion session attendees. Kresge dorm key pick up in Kresge lobby. $10 key

5:00 - 6:00

Dinner

Dining hall

7:30 - 8:30

Social

Get acquainted with fellow attendees. Suggested gathering areas: McKenna Lobby, Asbury Inn Lobby, Kresge
Lobby, Student Center Fireside

Conference
Check-in

deposit required, returned on check-out. Asbury Inn & William House lodging check-in starts at 3:00 in Asbury
Inn lobby.

Wednesday, 6/17/15
7:15 - 8:15

Breakfast

In dining hall for Kresge attendees. In Asbury Inn lobby for Asbury Inn and William House attendees

8:00 - 8:30

Conference
Check-in

Check-in in the Asbury Inn lobby for pre-conference. No lodging check in.

8:30 - 2:30

Pre-Conf.
Immersion
Groups

12:00 - 1:00

Lunch

3:00 - 6:15

Conference
Check-in

CMI check-in, Asbury Inn lobby. Kresge dorm key pick up in Kresge lobby. $10 key deposit required,

4:00 - 5:00

Free Time

Campus tours of conf. locations 4:00 and 4:30

Riverbend Press table open 3:00 - 4:45

4:00 Conference Newcomer Q&A in McKenna lobby

5:00 - 6:00

Dinner

Dining hall and Cordelia A & B: States Eat & Meet

Half Past Music: Cindy Swicegood

6:00 - 6:30

Free Time

6:30 - 7:15

Welcome

7:15 - 8:30

Plenary I

Multi-age
Homeschool
Nancy Kelly
SH408

Nature Study
& Natural
History
Cheri Struble
BC231

Teaching Science in Middle &

High School
Nicole Williams
M202

CM & Older
Student
Kerri & Kathryn
Forney
MC205

The Large Room

L. Aldridge, S. Zuidema
S. Rusby-Bell
MC206

returned on check-out. Asbury Inn & William House lodging check-in starts at 3:00 in Asbury Inn lobby.

Welcome: Carroll and Andy Smith

Conference Hymn and Folk Song: Janet Pressley-Barr & Kenny Havens
Mini-Concert: Hannah Hoyt and Tim Laurio
Dr. James Peterson: My Genes Made Me Do It! Moral Education and the New Genetics

8:30 - 9:00

Conference
Check-in

Check-in in the Asbury Inn lobby.

8:45 - 9:45

Chats

Beginning with
CM
L. Burkholder
MC205

Plenary
discussion
Dr. J.
Peterson
BC231

Leading
CM Book
Study
Groups
C.
Hissong
K. Forney
SH408

20th Cent.
Corroborator
s of Mason
L. Cadora
D. Johnson
MC206

Current Corroborators of
Mason
L. Cadora
D. Johnson
MC206

Mason and the

Disadvantaged
Child
E Hoey, T.
Racklyeft
N. Hutchinson
BC232

Dads
Encouraging
Dads
Scott Cottrill
McKenna
lobby

Thursday, 6/18/15
7:15- 8:15

Breakfast

In dining hall for Kresge attendees. In Asbury Inn lobby for Asbury Inn and William House attendees

8:00 - 8:30

Conference
Check-in

Check-in in the Asbury Inn lobby; lodging check in after 3:00.

8:15 8:30

Matins

Music: Janet Pressley-Barr

8:45 - 9:45

Plenary II

Art Middlekauff: The Role of Knowledge in Moral Development

10:00 12:00

Workshop I

Heroic
Poetry
Buckingham
BC231

12:00 - 1:00 Lunch

Genetic Turning
Points Book
Discussion
Peterson
MC202

Direction in Courting &

Marriage D. Johnson &
E. Finnegan
BC232

Cordelia A: Ambleside Online Eat & Greet

Cordelia B: Open to all diners

Standing
Aside: Role of
Parent Teacher
S. Whiteside
Cordelia B

Riverbend Press table open 8:00 - 8:30

CM &
Notebooks
E. Daly & K.
Forney
MC 205/206

Ourselves
and Moral
Development
N. Kelly
SH408

Reengaging
the
Disengaged
N. Williams
Cordelia A

Handicrafts
J. Tulis
M202

Half Past Music

Taylor Jackson

1:00 1:30

Free Time

1:30- 2:45

Plenary III

Eve Anderson Nature Study Lecture with Cheri Struble: Natural History Clubs, Then and Now
CMI News

2:45 3:45

Tea

Eve Anderson Nature Study Tea in dining hall

A Taste of a Scale Howe Evening with Kathryn Forney and Cindy Swicegood

3:45 5:00

Free Time

5:00 - 6:00

Dinner

Riverbend Press table open 2:45 4:45

Cordelia A: Teen Conference session with Dr. Devin Brown
Cordelia B: Open to all diners

6:00 - 6:30

Free Time

6:30 - 7:30

Chats

7:30 - 9:00

CM Fair
(Royal
Auditorium)

Navigating the
Pressures of
STEM
K. Christenberry,
J. Peterson,
A. Middlekauff
SH408

Using Comstocks
Handbook of Nature
Study
N. Williams
MC204

Ourselves book
discussion
N. Kelly
BC231

Assessment
L. Cadora
BC232

See displays of student work from many states, living books for
science; get ideas for things to do for nature study, mapping; do a
century chart or a simple handicraft; connect with one another

Life Long
Learner
L. Burkholder
MC205

Gardening &
Christian Life
V. Guroian
MC206

6:15 8:00
Film
Crossing
Delancey
McKenna
Chapel

Basketball court open (Gym)

Board games (Student Center Fireside)

Friday, 6/19/15
7:15- 8:15

Breakfast

In dining hall for Kresge attendees. In Asbury Inn lobby for Asbury Inn and William House attendees

8:00 - 8:30

Conference
Check-in

Check-in in the Asbury Inn lobby for one day attendees

8:15 - 8:30
8:30 - 8:45

Matins

Music: Janet Pressley-Barr

Announcements: Dr. Jen Spencer

8:30 - 9:45

Plenary IV
Chat

Dr. Vigen Guroian

Electronic Chat with Margaret Coombs

10:00 - 12:00

Workshop II

Narration
Part l
C. Smith,
K. Forney
MC205/206

12:00 - 1:00

Lunch

Cordelia A: Teen Conf, Prep. for College Admissions with Kim Okesson
Cordelia B: Art Middlekauff, discussion of Plenary II

1:00 2:00

Free Time

2:00 4:00/4:30

Workshop
III

Natural History
at Home &
Community
C. Struble
Cordelia A

Be Still My
Soul: Peaceful Ed w/ CM
C. Hissong
M202

The
Humble
Plant
N. Kelly
SH408

Riverbend Press table open 8:00 8:30

Teaching
Citizenship
with Plutarch
A. Snell
BC231

Fostering Thoughts
Towards God
K. Christenberry
BC232

Tending Heart of
Virtue Book
Discussion
Dr. Guroian
MC204

Living
Math
C. Whitley
Cordelia B

Half Past Music: Lizzy Kelly

Riverbend Press table open 12:00 2:00

Narration
Part 2
C. Smith,
K. Forney
MC205/206

Composition
S. Rusby Bell
MC 204

Habits in Elem.
Class
K. Shanoskie,
M. Meza, O.
Groody
Cordelia B

CM at Dinner Table
A. Migeon
Cordelia A

Planning
Schedules
N.Williams
SH408

Restorative
Practices
S. Hutchinson
BC232

Dry Brush
C. Struble,
S. Dalton
M202

Architecture
S. Zuidema
BC 231

5:00 - 6:00

Dinner

Cordelia A: Lisa Cadora on attention in a culture of distraction

Half Past Music: Kathryn Forney

Cordelia B: Lisa Ripperton on creating a culture of reading

6:00 - 6:30

Free Time

6:30 8:30

High Bridge
Park

Friday Night at the Park

Under the pavilion: ballroom dance demos & lessons with the Halversons, teen talent show, group singing, guitar
picking
Under the sky: nature sketching, fun with wild flowers, walk to overview, connect with old and new friends

Saturday 6/20/15
7:15 - 8:15

Breakfast

In dining hall for Kresge attendees. In Asbury Inn lobby for Asbury Inn and William House attendees.

8:15 - 8:45

Free Time

Packing and check out. Asbury check out time 11:00.

8:45 - 10:45

Workshop
IV

11:00 - 12:00

Plenary V

12:00 - 1:00

Lunch

Biotic Citizenship
J. Kelly
SH408

CMs Master
Thought from John 6
A. Middlekauff
Cordelia A

Riverbend Press table open 12:00 2:00

Understanding
Dualism in
Education
C. Smith
McKenna

The Power of Stories

B. Buckingham , J. Tulis
Cordelia B

Navigating
Land Mines
K. & K.
Forney
MC205/206

Liz Cottrill: Living Books and a Life of Character

Music: Grace Cottrill

The used living books sale is on the second floor of the McKenna Chapel, accessed by elevator or the stairs on either side of the chapel. Books
will be arranged in 80+ bins on tables and marked by either Ambleside Online curriculum year or by subject. The honor system is used so look
anytime, select your books, total them and then find Kathryn or Kerri Forney to pay that total. They can be most easily found at their tables
during free times, before and after plenary sessions and then during meal times seated at the table with a bright red table cloth near the entrance.
Payment may be by cash, credit card, or check made out to Kerri Forney.
CMI Coffee Mugs and canvas bags will be on sale in as the Asbury Inn lobby during conference check-in and in the McKenna lobby before and