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| Date: From: Subject: | 7/10/2003 4:10:15 PM Home School Legal Defense Association HSLDA's Weekly Update--July 10, 2003 |
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====================================================================== H S L D A ' s W E E K L Y U P D A T E ====================================================================== Topics for July 10, 2003 1. Texas Bill Would Repeal Immunization Exemption 2. Restrictions on Homeschooling in Idaho Averted 3. Bulgaria and Chile 4. Home School Heartbeat: Storytelling Plus: Homeschooling in the News ANNOUNCMENTS ===================================================================== Announcing the 2003 HSLDA Art Contest This year's theme: "Freedom in America" Over $2,000 in prizes and open to HSLDA Members age 7 to 18. Preliminary entry deadline is August 30, 2003. For more information visit: http://www.hslda.org/elink.asp?ID=949 ...................................................................... Sample Transcripts Now Available to HSLDA Members In an effort to better serve our member families, HSLDA has created two sample high school transcripts that can be downloaded and customized to reflect your graduate's information. http://www.hslda.org/elink.asp?ID=950 ===================================================================== 1. Texas Bill Would Repeal Immunization Exemption H.B. 89 threatens to remove the newly won freedom guaranteed to parents who chose not to have their children immunized. Read more about it at: http://www.hslda.org/elink.asp?ID=951 ...................................................................... 2. Restrictions on Homeschooling in Idaho Averted The message that homeschoolers do not need or want any more regulation was heard loud and clear. Read more about it at: http://www.hslda.org/elink.asp?ID=952 ...................................................................... 3. Bulgaria and Chile New on HSLDA's International webpage: information on homeschooling in Chile and Bulgaria. Read more about it at: http://www.hslda.org/elink.asp?ID=953 ...................................................................... 4. Home School Heartbeat: Storytelling "Dad, tell me a story!" Is that a refrain you frequently hear at your house? This week on Home School Heartbeat, Mike Smith talks about the importance of reading and incorporating storytelling into our homeschool programs. Read more about it at: http://www.hslda.org/elink.asp?ID=954 ...................................................................... HOMESCHOOLING IN THE NEWS Outside news items on home education ===================================================================== Jul. 7: WOKR TV13 (New York) Homeschooler Could Be Denied College Diploma http://www.hslda.org/elink.asp?ID=955 Jul. 7: The Tuscaloosa News (Alabama) Family Works Together to Raise Day Lilies http://www.hslda.org/elink.asp?ID=956 Jul. 6: Albuquerque Journal (New Mexico) Homeschooling: Teaching Thy Children Well http://www.hslda.org/elink.asp?ID=957 Jul. 4: The Vancouver Sun (Canada) Underwater Robot Sucks Up Success http://www.hslda.org/elink.asp?ID=958 Jul. 2: Tarentum Valley News Dispatch (Pennsylvania) Bill Would Let Homeschoolers Participate in Extracurricular Activities http://www.hslda.org/elink.asp?ID=959 Jul. 1: Huntington Herald Dispatch (West Virginia) Progress Reports Proposed for Homeschooled Children http://www.hslda.org/elink.asp?ID=960 FEATURED MEMBER DISCOUNT ===================================================================== Education PLUS -- With your HSLDA account number, you can now get a special discount on 3 programs for homeschool parents by Dr. Ronald and Inge Cannon: High School Transcript CD-Rom; "Mentoring Your Teen" home seminar; and a "Gifted and Talented Children" home seminar. For more information visit: http://www.hslda.org/elink.asp?ID=699 ===================================================================== To celebrate our 20 years of service to the homeschool community we are giving away 20 free one year memberships with HSLDA. Just use our online form to tell us why you are an HSLDA member to qualify. Congratulations to this week's winner: Deb Freeman of North Hollywood, California http://www.hslda.org/elink.asp?ID=911 ===================================================================== | |
