provides information, support and activities to Eastside Homeschool
families is proud to welcome Blake Boles! This special FREE presentation
on September 9th from 7:00-9:00 PM at the Kirkland Library is for
parents and teens to discuss transitions between high school and college
in a casual Q&A format.
**Seating is limited to 130 in the venue. Please RSVP to
Julie@valvanos. com if you are able to attend.
Blake Boles works extensively with teens outside of traditional high
school. Blake designs and leads international adventures and domestic
leadership programs for self-directed teens through his company Unschool
Adventures. He is the author of College Without High School, the former
acting director of a wilderness summer camp, and an advisor to
unschooling teens at Not Back to School Camp.
After a traditional public school upbringing and halfway through an
astrophysics major at UC Berkeley, Blake read a John Taylor Gatto book
and immediately rearranged his major to exclusively study the wide world
of alternative education. He has worked as an outdoor science teacher,
snowboarding market researcher, high-volume cook, freelance web
designer, and windsurfing and tree climbing instructor. He's most often
found in California or Oregon, and he travels widely.
Blake holds a B.A. from the University of California at Berkeley,
Wilderness First Responder certification, and Wilderness First Aid
instructor certification. When not working with teens, Blake enjoys
ultra-light backpacking, Frisbee, cappuccinos, couch surfing, and
never-ending reading & writing.
(In addition Blake will be selling his book College Without High School,
via PayPal. Just send $17 to the account "yourstruly@blakebol es.com".
Blake will bring the number of books equal to the number of orders
received (plus a few for parking lot stragglers).
Thank you and hope to see you there,
Julie Valvano, TPA President
Please feel free to forward to other homeschool groups or individuals
that may be interested in attending this event. It is important that
everyone RSVP.
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