HCECF - Homeschool Cooperative

HCECF does lots of things, but one thing I've figured out over the past three years of having the HCECF kids enter the balsa wood bridge event at the SECME competition, is that they build bridges well. They've placed both previous years and added another medal yesterday (2nd place) in the bridge category.

However, that's not the bridge building that counts the most. I'm definetly proud of those achievements, but what I was most impressed with was the kids willingness to help out other teams when they could.

One example stands out - at the SECME competition, one of the public schools water rocket teams had a bottle that sprung a leak and wouldn't pressurise to launch. The HCECF team was doing everything it could to help them find a solution. The HCECF crash cart was accessed for duct tape, scissors and other supplies to help a team they were competing against. At one point, caniblising one of the HCECF rockets that had already launched was suggested. The HCECF's kids goal wasn't to win, but to make sure all the other kids had a chance to get their rocket airborne also. When asked what school they were from, the reply was a proud "We're the HOMESCHOOLERS".