Keynote Speakers at Convention 2010
Dr. Michael P. Farris is Chancellor of Patrick Henry College and Chairman and General Counsel of the Home School Legal Defense Association.
Since founding HSLDA in 1983, Farris has used his extensive experience in both politics and appellate litigation to defend parental rights and help grow the organization to over 80,000 member families with a staff of sixty. As a constitutional attorney, Farris has argued before the United States Supreme Court, seven U.S. Circuit Courts of Appeal, and ten state supreme courts.
In 2000, Farris became the founding president of another unique educational venture: Patrick Henry College. PHC is the only higher educational institution in the nation in which a majority of the students were home-educated. It is a four-year Christian college with the mission of training students through a classical liberal arts curriculum and apprenticeship methodology to impact the world “for Christ and for Liberty.” PHC provides academically excellent, baccalaureate-level higher education from a biblical worldview. After serving as president of PHC for six academic years, Farris transitioned into the role of Chancellor. He continues to teach Constitutional Law and coach the PHC Moot Court team. His teams won the national championships in both 2005 and 2006 and defeated Oxford University before two of the highest judges in Britain and in a repeat match before the Supreme Court of Virginia.
Farris is an honors graduate of Gonzaga University School of Law (Juris Doctor, 1976), where he was the Articles Editor of the law review and the winner of the Linden Cup Moot Court competition. He recently earned a Post Graduate Certificate in Laws with merit in the area of Public International Law.
In recognition of his work in home education, Education Week has named Farris one of the “Top 100 Faces in Education of the 20th Century.” Heritage Foundation awarded him its Salvatori Award for American Citizenship in 2002.
Farris has written over a dozen books, including three novels, a constitutional law textbook, and works on marriage, parenting, homeschooling, political advocacy, and religious liberty. His daily radio program, Home School Heartbeat, airs on several hundred stations nationwide. Farris was ordained in 1983 and currently serves as an elder for Blue Ridge Bible Church.
Mike and Vickie Farris have homeschooled their family since 1982 and have ten children and eleven grandchildren. They live in Purcellville, Virginia.
Dr. Jay L. Wile holds an earned Ph.D.
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Dr. James Stobaugh & Karen Stobaugh
Jim and Karen Stobaugh have four home educated adult children. They have a strong burden for the new leadership group that God is calling forth from the home schooling community. Jim was a Merrill Fellow at Harvard University and holds a B.A. cum laude from Vanderbilt, an M.A. from Rutgers University, an M.Div. from Princeton Theological Seminary, and a D. Min. from Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary. An experienced teacher, he is a recognized leader in homeschooling and has published several books for students and teachers. Some are in the series Preparing Thoughtful Christians to be World Changers, with both student and teacher editions: Skills for Literary Analysis (2005), Skills for Rhetoric (2005), World Literature (2005), American Literature (2005), and British Literature (20035. Stobaugh has also published Fire That Burns but Does Not Consume (2003), A Gathered Inheritance (2004), and the highly valued SAT and College Preparation Course for the Christian Student (1998; revised edition, 2004). He lives near Hollsopple, Pennsylvania, and travels widely to speak at conventions about literature, teaching, and education.
Workshop Leaders
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Workshop Panel Members
Panel members are HOME Regional
Representatives and HOME Board Members. These veteran and
committed homeschool leaders minister to fellow homeschoolers
throughout Maine in so many ways. Their diverse backgrounds and
collective knowledge and experience will educate and inspire
all.