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| Date: From: Subject: | 5/26/2009 5:13:47 PM Home School Legal Defense Association HSLDA's Weekly Update--Family Avoids Truant Officer Visit |
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====================================================================== H S L D A ' s W E E K L Y U P D A T E ====================================================================== ---------------------------------------------------------------------- -> How many of your friends would pay your legal fees? As a member of HSLDA, you have 80,000 families standing with you to protect and advance homeschool freedoms in the United States and foreign countries. More reasons to join HSLDA... http://www.hslda.org/elink.asp?id=1106 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Legislative Update If you live in Alaska, Illinois, Michigan, New Hampshire, New Jersey, North Dakota or Texas, click on the link below to learn about legislation that could affect your freedom to homeschool. http://www.hslda.org/elink.asp?id=6116 ..................................................................... Topics for May 26, 2009: 1. Family Avoids Truant Officer Visit 2. Next week on HSLDA @Home E-vents 3. Homeschooling Thru High School Coordinators' Blog 4. Business Owners: Save Money, Change the Culture 5. Poetry Contest Deadline Approaching 6. 'Home School Heartbeat': Bill Bennett--Preserving the Last Best Hope ---[ Family Movie Nights ]-------------------------------------------- Franklin Springs Family Media offers films that will inspire and entertain your family. Click the link below to watch the trailers and order today. http://www.hslda.org/alink.asp?ID=159 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ..................................................................... 1. Texas: Family Avoids Truant Officer Visit Home School Legal Defense Association protected a member family when public school officials overstepped their authority and tried to send a truant officer to check up on the family's homeschool program. Read more about it at: http://www.hslda.org/elink.asp?id=6581 ..................................................................... 2. Next week on HSLDA @Home E-vents Do you know how the recently passed Virginia Guaranteed Assistance Program will impact your high schooler's college scholarship opportunities? Find out on Monday, June 1 as HSLDA attorney Scott Woodruff and Lee Andes of the State Council for Higher Education discuss this law's legal and financial implications for home education. On Tuesday, June 2, learn from Scott Somerville how husbands can provide essential assurance, godly leadership, and involvement in homeschooling--without neglecting other God-given priorities. Then, explore how Christians can influence the worldview of the increasingly powerful film industry on Thursday, June 4, with seasoned film veteran George Escobar. Space is limited for all e-vents, so register today! For more information or to register http://www.hslda.org/elink.asp?id=6592 ..................................................................... 3. Homeschooling Thru High School Coordinators' Blog Becky Cooke and Diane Kummer, HSLDA high school coordinators, frequently post entries to their blog that provide tips, resources, and encouragement to those teaching high school at home. Take a couple of minutes each week to glance through the new postings. Past entries are included in the blog archives. View the blog: http://www.hslda.org/elink.asp?id=6582 ..................................................................... 4. Business Owners: Save Money, Change the Culture If you're a business owner, you'll want to learn about Cornerstone Bancard, a company that HSLDA has benefitted from for a number of years. We're pleased to report that HSLDA has joined with Cornerstone to offer you the same benefits of the "Processing With a Purpose" program. If you're in a business of any kind, you likely have a credit card processing company, and that's where Cornerstone comes in. To see a brief video explaining how Cornerstone can save your business money, and how it also benefits our culture, click the link below: http://www.hslda.org/elink.asp?id=6583 ..................................................................... 5. Poetry Contest Deadline Approaching Time is running out for young writers who wish to enter HSLDA's 2009 student poetry contest. Entries must arrive at HSLDA postmarked no later than June 1. There are three categories divided by age, each with its own theme. Entries must follow a specific form. As in the past, winners will be awarded cash prizes and will have their poems published on HSLDA's website. For contest guidelines and entry form: http://www.hslda.org/elink.asp?id=6584 ..................................................................... 6. 'Home School Heartbeat': Bill Bennett--Preserving the Last Best Hope Author, host of Morning in America, and former Secretary of Education William Bennett believes that it is crucial to teach our children the great narrative of our nation, the stories of its heroes, and the truth about its founding. Learn about his efforts to inspire the next generation with the true story of America. Read more about it at: http://www.hslda.org/elink.asp?id=6585 HOMESCHOOLING IN THE NEWS Outside news items on home education ====================================================================== May 22: The Sun, Fox Valley Villages, Illinois Policy Revisions Could Hurt Homeschoolers http://www.hslda.org/elink.asp?id=6586 May 21: Pantagraph.com Choice to Homeschool Children not a Matter of Money, Experts Say http://www.hslda.org/elink.asp?id=6587 May 20: WCAX-TV Channel 3, Burlington, Vermont Homeschoolers Sweep Spelling Bees http://www.hslda.org/elink.asp?id=6588 May 20: The Tribune, Tampa, Florida Homeschool Group's Graduating Class Sets Record http://www.hslda.org/elink.asp?id=6589 May 20: WHO-TV Channel 13, Des Moines, Iowa Homeschooling In Iowa http://www.hslda.org/elink.asp?id=6590 May 20: News-Democrat, Belleville, Illinois Homeschooled Students Graduate, Heading to College http://www.hslda.org/elink.asp?id=6591 > Links do not imply endorsement. 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