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| Date: From: Subject: | 11/6/2007 4:32:00 PM Home School Legal Defense Association HSLDA's Weekly Update--HSLDA Responds To Homeschooling Critic |
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====================================================================== H S L D A ' s W E E K L Y U P D A T E ====================================================================== ---------------------------------------------------------------------- -> Is customer service an art or a science? For us, good customer service is both an art and a science -it should appeal to our members and be effective. Consider what our members say about us: The freedom HSLDA allows me to have as I homeschool is wonderful! They handle the law and I get to dedicate the time to my daughter. - National City, CA HSLDA members since 1993, our membership is just as important to us as our children's curriculum. Thank you HSLDA for all you do on our behalf! - West Valley, NY More reasons to join HSLDA... http://www.hslda.org/elink.asp?id=1941 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ..................................................................... Topics for November 6, 2007: 1. HSLDA Responds to Columnist's 'Alarm' Concerning Homeschooling 2. Homeschoolers Harassed By School District 3. Registration of Homeschool Students Sought 4. DNPE Seeks Meeting With Homeschool Families 5. New Student Film Group Enters Film Festival 6. Opinions Wanted for Webpage Redesign 7. 'Home School Heartbeat': Life Prep for Homeschooled Teenagers ---[ Great Films for Thanksgiving -- Five Films Gift Pack ]----------- Gather your family and friends this Thanksgiving to enjoy this five-DVD gift pack. These films will entertain and encourage, ranging from historical documentary, to the beauty of family life on a farm, to the melodious sound of music made in the home. This five-DVD set will provide hours of entertainment for your family to watch together this holiday season. Watch the trailers and order now at Franklin Springs. http://www.hslda.org/alink.asp?ID=91 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ..................................................................... 1. Michigan: HSLDA Responds to Columnist's 'Alarm' Concerning Homeschooling Home School Legal Defense Association set the record straight after a newspaper opinion writer argued in favor of increased government oversight of homeschooling. Read more about it at: http://www.hslda.org/elink.asp?id=4515 ..................................................................... 2. South Carolina: Homeschoolers Harassed By School District As the 2007-2008 school year got under way, HSLDA assisted member families in Berkeley County School District whose officials insisted that the families provide information about their homeschool not required by state law. Read more about it at: http://www.hslda.org/elink.asp?id=4516 ..................................................................... 3. Montana: Registration of Homeschool Students Sought HSLDA intervened when officials went beyond what state law requires and asked a member family to register with the local public school district. Read more about it at: http://www.hslda.org/elink.asp?id=4517 ..................................................................... 4. North Carolina: DNPE Seeks Meeting With Homeschool Families Recently, North Carolina state education officials sent a letter to some randomly selected homeschooling families requesting that they voluntarily meet to review school records. State law, however, does not authorize such meetings. Read more about it at: http://www.hslda.org/elink.asp?id=4518 ..................................................................... 5. Patrick Henry College: New Student Film Group Enters Film Festival A film team from Patrick Henry College wrote, filmed, scored, and edited a three-minute short film for the Apple Insomnia Film Festival the second weekend of October. The film, titled "Score" and directed by PHC junior Scott York, was created in just 24 hours in accordance with Festival rules. Read more about it at: http://www.hslda.org/elink.asp?id=4519 ..................................................................... 6. Opinions Wanted for Webpage Redesign HSLDA needs your help in redesigning our Internet homepage. We're asking members and friends to view several web design options and give us their opinion of them via an online survey. Please, take a few minutes to let us know what you think, so we can serve you better. To take the online survey: http://www.hslda.org/elink.asp?id=4520 ..................................................................... 7. 'Home School Heartbeat': Life Prep for Homeschooled Teenagers Is your teenager ready to enter college or the workforce? Tune in to this week's series as host Mike Smith talks with Diane Kummer about some ways to incorporate life skills into your teenager's homeschool day. Read more about it at: http://www.hslda.org/elink.asp?id=4521 HOMESCHOOLING IN THE NEWS Outside news items on home education ====================================================================== November 5: The Ventura County Star, Ventura County, California Homeschooled College Applicants Lacking Transcripts Rely on Essays, Interviews http://www.hslda.org/elink.asp?id=4522 November 5: East Valley Tribune, Phoenix, Arizona Stacking Game Grows with Homeschoolers http://www.hslda.org/elink.asp?id=4523 November 2: WOWT-TV News 6, Omaha, Nebraska Homeschooled Athletes Come Out To Play http://www.hslda.org/elink.asp?id=4526 November 1: The Virginia Gazette, Williamsburg, Virginia Helping Homeschoolers http://www.hslda.org/elink.asp?id=4524 November 1: Channel 13 News, Orlando, Florida Phys Ed For The Homeschooled http://www.hslda.org/elink.asp?id=4525 > Links do not imply endorsement. 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