Welcome To Olive Tree
Olive Tree Christian School is a private Christian school satellite program for home educators.
It is our heart felt desire to assist home educators in the God-given task of educating their
children at home by providing school related services and a structured support system with an
emphasis on family unity, Christian service and home management.
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Olive Tree Christian School is a full-service Private School Satellite Program (PSP), called...
"A support group of the future", in 'The Future of Home Schooling', by Michael Farris,
founder of Home School Legal Defense (HSLDA). Olive Tree is a part of the CHEA support network.
We want your experience with Olive Tree Christian School to be positive and happy.
With that in mind, please include your telephone number when you send for your registration
packet. You will be contacted by telephone prior to receipt of this material. This way,
you will have the opportunity to get to know our administrators and hear, first hand,
about Olive Tree Christian School
Additional Information
Olive Tree is in it's 14th year as a homeschool PSP, we have over 200 families enrolled in OTCS throughout the Inland Empire of Southern California.
We offer A full service PSP with a support group atmosphere as well as group classes, sports and social activities. For more information check out
our About Us page or our Contact page to request a registration packet.
Newsletter
Since we only have two mandatory meetings per year, this is our primary means of dispensing school information.
Each newsletter contains information such as field trip info, School events, inspirational articles, Parent/teacher communication, household hints & recipes, and important school dates.
Our OTCS Newsletter is now provided via e-mail as part of your Olive Tree affiliation. Be sure to register your e-mail address with the school office so you receive the current edition!
A Call To Pens
This year, Patrick Henry College invites aspiring writers to answer the Call to Pens.
PHC's first short story competition for students ages 12-18 was set in motion last
year by PHC student Peter Forbes (now an alumnus of PHC), who wanted to support the
college and give young writers an opportunity to create original works of fiction
that thoughtfully reflected a Christian worldview. Over 250 students nationwide
responded to the "call" with mature, well-written stories, and we eagerly await
the response of participants this year. A Call to Pens is a contest with a broader
mission than winning prizes. If we wish to shape the culture, we must first engage
it in all aspects of life. Quality Christian literature engages the culture in a
less direct manner than other vocations, but it is no less important.
"The pen really is mightier than the sword," says Dr. Gene Veith, Provost at PHC
and author of several books regarding Christianity and culture. "Writers really
are the unacknowledged legislators of mankind. Writers played a major role in
bringing down the Soviet Empire simply by writing stories that changed people's
sensibility. Changing our own culture in a more God-pleasing direction cannot be
done by political action alone. Changing the culture is a cultural task, and
for that we need Christian writers. The Call to Pens contest is designed to
help raise up those writers."
For entering the contest, please visit www.phc.edu/acalltopens.php. There will be
two separate divisions, each with a separate theme, based on age. Several cash
prizes will be awarded to the top writers in each division. All proceeds of the
competition will be given to PHC's Annual Scholarship Fund. The entry deadline
is December 30th, 2009; winners will be announced in March, 2010.
CONTACT: David Halbrook
Patrick Henry College (540) 441-8722
OfficeOfCommunications@phc.edu
Classes begin
OTCS will be offering the following classes for the spring semester
- Childrens Choir
- Theater
- Year Book
- Computer Hardware & Building
- Auto Shop
Olivetree Policies
Field Trip
Code of Conduct
Important Homeschool Links
Homeschool legal Defense Association
Exploring Homeschooling
