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Posted: April 17 2008 at 9:58pm | IP Logged Quote Kyle
Hi, I just joined this great forum and I want to introduce myself.

I'm Kyle. I've been happily married to my husband Mike for nearly 5 years. We currently live in Overland Park, Kansas. I see a few members here from Virginia. Mike and I started our 'grown up' life in Arlington, VA but moved West when our family outgrew our 1 bedroom apartment. Our marriage has been blessed by the arrivals of Joseph (3) and Eli (17 months). From the beginning, we have considered homeschooling. Now that Joe is 3, I am starting to do some research to discern what my educational philosophy is and what I think will work best for my children.

I look forward to learning from all of you and contributing what I can.

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Posted: April 17 2008 at 10:29pm | IP Logged Quote Michaela
Welcome to the forums, Kyle. This is a wonderful place. I hope to get to know you better.

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Posted: April 17 2008 at 10:48pm | IP Logged Quote lapazfarm
Welcome, Kyle! Glad to have you join us!

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Posted: April 18 2008 at 7:48am | IP Logged Quote JenniferS
Welcome to the forum from a fellow Kansan! We live south of Overland Park.

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Posted: April 18 2008 at 8:26am | IP Logged Quote Mary G
Welcome to this motley crew, Kyle! We currently live in Denver, but are moving to Dumfries in June to help start the new diocesan high school out there ... we'll wave as we pass thru the dreaded (and really BIG) Kansas along I70!

Blessings and jump right in with questions, comments or just funny stories ... we love it all!

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Posted: April 18 2008 at 8:35am | IP Logged Quote missionfamily
Welcome Kyle! Blessings as you begin this journey with your family.

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Posted: April 18 2008 at 9:13am | IP Logged Quote marihalojen
Welcome Kyle! My sister lives in Overland Park, you have some great hiking/biking trails in those parts!

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Posted: April 18 2008 at 6:56pm | IP Logged Quote rm4mrfrus
Welcome Kyle!

I was just looking into possibly moving to Kansas! (I think we are narrowing down our search to Ohio and Kansas at the moment!) We're in Va now (grew up in NoVa). What is Kansas like for Catholics? Catholic homeschoolers? We were looking at a house online in Cherryvale which is in the Southeast corner of Kansas. Know anything about that area/diocese?
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Welcome Kyle!

I was just looking into possibly moving to Kansas! (I think we are narrowing down our search to Ohio and Kansas at the moment!) We're in Va now (grew up in NoVa). What is Kansas like for Catholics? Catholic homeschoolers? We were looking at a house online in Cherryvale which is in the Southeast corner of Kansas. Know anything about that area/diocese?
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Cherryvale is in the Diocese of Wichita. Bishop Jakels worked for Cardinal Ratzinger before he came to Wichita.

http://www.cdowk.org/welcome/index.html

It is a very small town, close to the Oklahoma border. While there is a community of Catholic homeschoolers in the Kansas City area, I don't imagine that there are many down there. Homeschooling is fairly easy in Kansas. There isn't much anti-Catholic sentiment here, even in areas like those in SE Kansas, where they are a smaller percentage of the population. Catholic populations are higher in the northern and central regions.

The region is fairly economically depressed right now, which might be important for you to know, unless you have a job already lined up.

All in all, Kansas is a great place to live.
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Posted: April 18 2008 at 10:46pm | IP Logged Quote Kyle
rm4mrfrus wrote:

I was just looking into possibly moving to Kansas! (I think we are narrowing down our search to Ohio and Kansas at the moment!) We're in Va now (grew up in NoVa). What is Kansas like for Catholics? Catholic homeschoolers? We were looking at a house online in Cherryvale which is in the Southeast corner of Kansas. Know anything about that area/diocese?
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We really like our corner of Kansas. Archbishop Naumann is awesome. A very holy man. We live 4 miles from the state line and Bishop Finn, on the Missouri side, is also great. We have been blessed to meet many wonderful Catholic families.

The Kansas City area is known for its art scene, in addition to its bar-b-q. There are many, many homeschooling families in this town. A lot of gyms, dance schools, etc. offer classes during the day specifically for homeschoolers. PM me if you'd like more info. We have been happy here. And we know several families who have moved West from the DC area in the past few years. There seems to be a bit of a migration West.
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