"Hello???"
If you’ve called the PHEA office in the last few weeks or sent in your renewal application, you may be wondering why it has taken us so long to get back to you. The answer is that being industrious homeschoolers, we’ve been colonizing the moon.
No, really, May has just been a crazy month for our office
workers. On top of the usual phone calls
and applications, we have had a busy few weeks.
Lisa, who answers the phone and the emails, had a daughter
get married. As the mother of the bride,
she has been busy making sure everything was just right. From decorating the church to the last minute
details on the bridesmaids dresses, Lisa was by her daughter’s side. The wedding was beautiful, and Lisa is back
in the office as of this week.
Jenny, our illustrious application processor, took two weeks
to accompany her husband on a trip to New York and Boston for his Landscape
Architecture program. Having walked an
average of ten miles a day in each city, she is back, and ready to rest her feet
in front of the computer.
Gabrielle, our secretary-in-training, graduated from high
school last week, and will be taking a well-deserved vacation with her
family.
And then there’s all the behind the scenes work going on in
the office. The deadline for the
Palmetto Fellows Scholarship is June 15th, and Martha and Kim have
been working full-time to get the Senior Class Ranking done. While it doesn’t sound like a big deal,
they’ve been entering four years’ worth of grades for 140 seniors, and checking
and re-checking their grade point averages.
It is a lot of work!
We're pleased to report that the calculations are nearly
done. Kim and Martha will emerge from
the mountain of paperwork, and the office will be humming along as usual. Until then, we appreciate your patience – it
may take a little longer to hear from us, but we are still here, answering your
questions, processing your applications, and designing our first moon rocket.
