Meet the New Board

At our May Mother's Meeting a new board was elected. Some new faces have joined some of the tried and true!  Also, a new position was created!

 

Stacey Lytle, President

 

 

I am so excited to be serving as President for another year.  I LOVE homeschooling and I am so happy to be spending my time with you.

My husband and I are the parents of seven truly spectacular kiddos.  We own and operate our family business and love spending time together. 
In my "alone time" I love to write...my blog is one of my favorite places to be.  During my "Momma time", I love doing anything and everything we can come up with...well, the exception may be jumping out of a perfectly good airplane...but my boys are still trying to convince me how FUN this will be.  ???  Not too sure I'm buying it, but time will tell.

I dream of one day exploring and seeing all the places we've learned about over our years of homeschooling...until then, we'll keep jumping on our magic carpets and enjoying the ride.

 

Can't wait to see each of you out and about this year...enjoy the sunshiny days ahead!

 

Much love,

Stacey Lytle

Marissa Pineada

Vice President, Operations

 

 

Hi, I’m Marissa Pineda and I’m excited and humbled to be a part of the board again this year, serving as Vice President.  We have an amazing group of ladies ready to serve you and support you in your homeschooling journey. 

 

A little about myself: I recently moved to Kuna from SW Boise, have five kids (ages 12, 10, 7, 5, and 1), and have been homeschooling for nearly five years.  I love funny movies and impassioned stories, but prefer that drama remain outside the realm of real life.  When not teaching my tribe, I’m THINKING about updating my blog, or trying to invent a way to safely nap and drive/cook/clean at the same time.  I have a love/hate relationship with jeans so we’ve decided to take a break from each other.  I’m seeing lounge pants now, with chocolate acting as chaperone.

 

I look forward to serving you and seeing you at our Mother’s Meetings and other activities.  Come by and say hi, I’ll be the one with the long red pony-tail, and sneaking sips of Coca Cola from my water bottle.

 

Macy Huberty

Vice President,

Community Resources

 

 

Happy Summer! I'm Macy Huberty and I'm stepping into a new role with DHSA this year! I've been joyously married for 7 years, my huband Damon and myself have 4 young children right now: Daunika 6, Aurora 4, Declan 2, and Kalani joined us 6 months ago. Together, we are passionate about home education as a whole family experience. We live in Meridian and on a usual day you'll find us running two successful businesses, chasing children, chickens, and trying to live 'the good life' as we feel prompted by the Spirit. I'm in the middle of my conversion to understanding the gospel and sometimes it feels very much like an identity crisis, so please bear with me as I am very timid in this new role and life! 

 

I love the gospel and hope to serve this year with enthusiasm to connect resources for those looking for them. Our vision is to bring you information on resources in the valley each and every month, some you might know about and some might be new! I want all of us to have the ability to connect with others that might have a technique, style, method or ideas because each of us brings something so amazing to the blessing of home schooling - let's share our light with each other! I'm so blessed to be a part of DHSA and hope to support every one no matter if you are graduating your youngest children soon or just beginning to think about home schooling in the future.

 

 

Janet Cox, Treasurer

 

 

I'm Janet Cox. I am really thrilled to be working as the treasurer again this year. I am married to Stephen and we have a large family consisting of both natural and adoptive children--One that was just born on July 6th! We have been homeschooling since the beginning and love it! I am one of the Co-Directors of TEACH Co-op. I am looking forward to working with everyone and helping bring in a great year with DHSA!  Don't forget to save your box tops!!

 

 

Amy Groesbeck, Secretary

 

 

My name is Amy Groesbeck and I'm the new Secretary for DHSA.  I feel blessed to be a part of such an amazing group, and honored to have the opportunity to serve as secretary this year. 
My husband (Jason) and I just celebrated our 12th Anniversary this July 1st, and we have 6 awesome children (staggered boy, girl all the way down).  Their names are J.R. (11), Stephanie (9), Jordan (7), Leauna (5), Jerick (3), and Aneeka (23 mo.).  We just started home schooling about 6 months ago, so we are new to all of this.  We have felt such an incredible bond with each other as well as with our Heavenly Father as we have transitioned this year.  It's been absolutely wonderful.  We look forward to learning and growing more in the years to come.
Some of our favorite things to do as a family are camping, fishing, geocaching, going to the Y, and having family movie nights.  My husband is working full time as well as going to school, so we relish every moment we get to have with him.  It's nice that with home schooling, we don't have to try to struggle with several schedules in order to have quality family time. 
I enjoy just about any outdoor activities, anything music related, volleyball, self improvement, gardening, and spending time with friends and family.  I'm very passionate about my religion and strive to keep myself in tune with the spirit.  I feel my testimony is built on prayer, scripture study, my personal relationship & love for my Heavenly Father, personal revelation, and faith in my Savior.  I look forward to serving all of you as Secretary of this association.  Thank you for all of your support.  This is going to be a Fantastic year.

 

Patty Thompson, Newsletter & Membership Coordinator

 

 

Hey Everyone! I am Patty Thompson. I have been elected as the Newsletter and Membership Coordinator.  I am really looking forward to working with everyone and keeping you all informed about the happenings in the Treasure Valley and DHSA! I have 4 kids--ages 15, 12, 8, and 6 and I have been married to my best friend, Jeff, for 17 years now!! We were once a military (Navy) family that moved constantly but we are now settled in for the long haul!! We moved back to Idaho about 2 1/2 years ago! I have been homeschooling for about 7 years now.  I have really learned a lot and I am really looking forward to sharing some of that with you and hope to learn just as much in return! I am also one of the Co-Directors for the TEACH Co-op. I have a website:  www.shiveracademy.com that is all about homeschooling and has many lesson plans that I have created.

 

Kimberly Wing, Field Trip Coordinator

 

 

I'm Kimberly Wing and I will be the field trip coordinator this year.  I have five kids and have been home schooling for about five years. I love field trips and exploring new places.   My dream would be going to old places (especially ghost towns) and being able to explore behind the scenes where they don't let anyone go.   So if I ever go missing during a field trip I'm probably exploring some where secret, but have no fear I'll share all the fun details with you later.   I look forward to having fun adventures this coming year.  My goal is  to have the field trips free or cheap so lots can afford to come.....

 

Ruth Hansen,  Teen Coordinator

 

 

Tami Hull, Teen Coordinator

 

 

My name is Tami Hull. I am the mother of 7 children and have home schooled for 10 years minus the 2 months that we sent them to a charter school. I love summer time when we get to play in the water and be outside. As a family we have learned the art of home canning together and each year bottle hundreds of jars. It was a proud day for me when my oldest 3 children made 30 quarts of applesauce all by themselves. I love experiencing all of the different way to learn that come along with home schooling.

 

Melissa Wolf, Dance Coordinator

 

 

Lynnelle King, Fairs Coordinator

 

My name is Lynnelle King.  I am married to Bill King and we have 8 kids ages 4-17. We have been homeschooling for just about forever and plan on doing it for the other half of forever. This year I will be helping to plan the science and history fairs. I look forward to seeing you there!