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| Date: From: Subject: | 5/28/2002 5:15:01 PM Home School Legal Defense Association HSLDA's Weekly Update--May 28, 2002 |
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====================================================================== H S L D A ' s W E E K L Y U P D A T E ====================================================================== Topics for May 28, 2002 1. Home Schooler Wins National Geography Bee 2. National 'Bees' Buzz With Home Schoolers 3. Home Schooling Works With Math Too! 4. Home Schoolers Find Intact Dinosaur Skeleton 5. Following the Law Makes Life 'Difficult' for NJ School District 6. New York District: Our Test or Else 7. HSLDA Calls California Social Worker's Bluff ====================================================================== Reminder: Essay Contest Ends May 31 Dozens of essays are already making their way through the mail. Is yours among them? Click below for information about HSLDA's Essay Contest! http://www.hslda.org/elink.asp?ID=437 ====================================================================== 1. Home Schooler Wins National Geography Bee Calvin McCarter, at 10 one of the youngest competitors in the competition's history, walked away from the event as the contest champion, earning a $25,000 college scholarship. Read more about it on our website at: http://www.hslda.org/elink.asp?ID=438 ...................................................................... 2. National 'Bees' Buzz With Home Schoolers The Washington Times reports on the home schooling students competeing in the National Geography and Spelling Bees. Read more about it at: http://www.hslda.org/elink.asp?ID=439 ...................................................................... 3. Home Schooling Works With Math Too! Home Schoolers are beginning to make their presence felt in the arena of mathematics, much as they have previously in many other fields of study. Read more about it on our website at: http://www.hslda.org/elink.asp?ID=440 ...................................................................... 4. Home Schoolers Find Intact Dinosaur Skeleton World Net Daily reports that a dinosaur fossil expedition for home educators has excavated a large, rare, intact allosaurus, a discovery that organizers say helps debunk the theory of evolution. http://www.hslda.org/elink.asp?ID=441 ...................................................................... 5. Following the Law Makes Life 'Difficult' for NJ School District Middlesex County superintendent's office writes its own rules for home schoolers. Read more about it on our website at: http://www.hslda.org/elink.asp?ID=442 ...................................................................... 6. New York District: Our Test or Else The school district in Yonkers, New York, recently sent out a letter to many home schoolers in the district that tried to force them all to take standardized tests every year. http://www.hslda.org/elink.asp?ID=443 ...................................................................... 7. HSLDA Calls California Social Worker's Bluff A Los Angeles County, California member answered her door and was shocked to find a social worker demanding entrance into her home. She was so scared she could barely dial the phone correctly, but she called Home School Legal Defense Association for help. http://www.hslda.org/elink.asp?ID=444 {{JoinAd}} ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The HSLDA E-lert Service is a service of: Home School Legal Defense Association P.O. 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