2025-2026

  We need to have a large parental presence to make our events run smoothly. Parents do not need to come to every event, but we ask that you attend at least half as many events as your student attends. Younger family members are certainly welcome at events when accompanied by a parent. As we anticipate the possibility of a large group of younger siblings this year, please be aware that our property is fairly large and rambling and children need to stay in the lighted areas where official events are happening. Younger siblings who do not abide by the rules (after being reminded) will be asked to stay home at the next event.
ETS students who come to events must stay for the remainder of the event once they arrive.   All events are at the Hinrichs' residence unless stated otherwise.
Potluck and Barbeque Instructions

There is a Sign Up Genius page for each potluck.  Please sign up to bring a dish proportionate to the amount of people you are bringing.  Paper goods will be provided.  Dinner will start at 6 PM.  The barbeque will be available if you would like to cook meat or vegetables.

If you will be attending an event, please make sure that you can stay till the end once you arrive..
 

August 30th- Saturday- 2-9PM
GBT I Orientation Day
Please click here for details on this event

September   5th- Friday
Ice Cream Social (Choir cancelled)
12:00 Ice Cream Social
Please stay after class to get to know your classmates around some good ice cream!

October 3rd-  Friday
Oktoberfest

ETS will be hosting an Oktoberfest event celebrating German culture! We would like to serve authentic German food at this event. Mr. H will be providing a variety of Bratwurst.  Please sign up through the Sign Up Genius email which you will receive prior to the event. If you have issues with the page, you can email me at christy@hinrichs.org with what you would like to bring.   This event is $2 per person attending. Please pay cash or Venmo - @Christy-Hinrichs if necessary.   Please pay in advance so we can order enough good German sausages.   Please see below for the whole schedule: 

Schedule:
12:30 Choir Cancelled
2:00 Film: Sophie Scholl   
4:00 Singing: all are welcome as we will be learning some traditional German folks songs to sing at the Oktoberfest.
5:00 Dance Practice: We will be learning some traditional German dances.
6:00 Dinner
7:00 Dancing and singing
9:30 Conclusion

PS- This is rumored to be the best beerless Oktoberfest in the area!

November 21st- Friday

Gratitude Gathering- we’d like to set aside a little time to share
12:30 Watch Babette's Feast, the world's slowest movie
This ETS classic will get you thinking about your Montaigne reading in new ways!

2:30 Tell your story
Please come ready to tell your family story. Start with the basics- where did all your parents and grandparents come from? What were their professions and story of faith? From there.. just keep it interesting and clean! 5 to 10 minutes!

4:00 End

December 5th-  Friday
Caroling party  
Local classes held as usual
Choir cancelled
1:30 Christmas Movie- TBA
4:30 Hall Decoration and Sports
5:30 Dinner- Bring your own bag dinner
6:00 Practice singing Christmas Carrols
6:30 Carroling at Farm stand and to Neighbors
8:00 Gift exchange
Bring a $10.00 gift if you would like to participate
(please be creative, this does not have to be something someone would want under normal circumstances)

• Because we will be transporting everyone for our caroling adventure, we ask that younger siblings not attend this event. 
• If you are able to drive, we would love a little extra help.  We will have three cars available to fill with students.
• If you would like to bring finger foods to share, savory or sweet, that would be great.  We will provide cocoa and cider.
• Please arrange for your own dinner.
• Feel free to dress in bright Christmas colors.
• The White Elephant gift can be something you already own and would like to pass on, something unusual, or something people might actually want.  The fun of a White Elephant exchange is having some odd gifts to shuffle around. 

We are happy to say that the farmer who runs our local farm stand is looking forward to our caroling at her Christmas tree lot.
We are delighted to kick off the season of anticipating Christ’s birth with you.

December 7th -  Sunday -
Messiah Sing along at St. Paul's Cathedral, 2728 6th Avenue. San Diego
Bring your score and be ready to sing with a wonderful Choir. I have a good number of scores I will pass out at the event.  It will be much easier to sign your part if you are able to get a seat in the central section where people sit with their parts. You might try to get there an hour before the event starts so you do not need to sit on the side where it is more difficult to hear.
Throughout this semester we will be practicing pieces from the Messiah to prepare for this wonderful opportunity to sing with a large group of people in a lovely cathedral. You do need to purchase tickets and they sell out fast. Go to https://www.sdmasterchorale.org/ for tickets.  
We will be going to extraordianry desserts afterwards.
MAKE SURE TO CHECK THE MESSIAH NOTES

Christmas Ball- December 19th
For details, please click here.

January/February TBA
GBT V paper presentations.

January 26th Monday (ONLINE)
2:00 Janelle Ekpo
3:00 Delilah Stewart
4:00 Daniel Geho

January 27th Tuesday (ONLINE)
2:00 Heidi Anderson
3:00 Elijah Nunez
4:00 Mark Lunga
5:00 Greg Labonte

January 29th Thursday (ONLINE/LOCAL)
3:00 Zelysse Sirbu
4:00 Kate Armendariz
5:00 Luke Anderson

January 30th, Friday (LOCAL)
8:00 Patrick Chabot
9:00 Bryce Faber
10:00 Audrey Orr
11:00 Titus Johnson

12:30 Genevieve Helfrich
1:30 Isabella Elder
2:30 Peter

February 10th- Tuesday.
6:00 PM - ETS tutorials informational meeting - ONLINE

Escondido Tutorial Service offers online homeschoolers classes in Great Books, Geometry, Shakespeare, History of Math and Science and Classical Greek.  If you would like to hear more about these classes and ask questions, please come to our online classroom..  Go to www.gbt.org, click on the online classroom.  If you have questions, please email gbt@gbt.org. 

Fritz Hinrichs has been teaching the Great Books for over 30 years and is a graduate of St. John's College and Westminster Seminary. He has worked both locally and online with over 1200 Great Books students. He and his wife of 25 years, Christy, have five children. For more information, please go to www.gbt.org.  

March 12th to March 22nd- Europe trip

March 16th-20th- Spring Break

April 10th- Friday
Shakespearean Full-Moon Dance-

Please join us for festivities celebrating Shakespeare's life and writings

We will be having a costume/recitation contest before dinner. Please dress as a character from Shakespeare's plays or his time period and memorize a few lines that would be appropriate for that character. Costuming does not have to be from the Elizabethan Era. Shakespeare plays are performed in many different time periods. For example, a Coriolanus costume could be a military uniform from any era. First prize is a Starbuck's card and first position in the potluck line at all GBT events until the next Shakespeare dance! Second and third place will receive Starbuck's cards of lesser value and second and third position in potluck line at all GBT events until the next Shakespeare dance. We are looking forward to a fun evening celebrating Shakespeare and the Renaissance.

12:00 Lunch
1:30 Singing practice
2:30 Movie- Much Ado About Nothing
4:30 Sports - Bocce, Basketball, Croquet, ping-pong, Chess, Etc...
5:30 Costume / Recitation Contest
6:00 Dinner (Potluck)
7:00 Dancing / Singing
9:30 End

Please sign up through the Sign Up Genius email you will receive.

Please feel free to dress in Elizabethan costume or as characters from Shakespeare’s plays.

Looking forward to seeing you there! If you have any questions, please contact Mrs. Hinrichs - christy@hinrichs.org

May 1st- Friday-
Greek (Mediterranean) Dance - Prospective students welcome.
Be ready to cook some Greek food and learn some Greek dances. Please sign up through the Sign Up Genius email you will receive. If you did not receive the signup genius email, please email christy@hinrichs.org


Choir Cancelled
2:00 Film - As You LIke It
3:30 Singing practice
4:30 Sports- Volley ball, badminton, Chess, Croquet Etc.
6:00 Potluck - Please see signup genius . $3 per person please.
7:00 Dancing
9:30 End

May 29th- Friday
Ice Cream Social
12:00-1:00 Please stay after class to say goodbye to your classmates around some good ice cream! 
Choir will meet from 1:00 to 3:00.

June 8th-13th (official portion June 10th - 13th)
Please click here for last year's info.

 

Background material
Shakespeare's Storybook. 
The Elizabethan World Picture
Castle Elsinore
The Four Humors
Bonhoeffer- with Hamlet

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