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| Date: From: Subject: | 9/7/2010 4:15:28 PM Home School Legal Defense Association HSLDA's Weekly Update--Homeschoolers Interrogated by Secret Police |
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====================================================================== H S L D A ' s W E E K L Y U P D A T E ====================================================================== ---------------------------------------------------------------------- -> Will your children's inheritance retain its value? If you pass on a legacy of freedom, your children and their children's children will thank you. But freedom is never secure; it must always be guarded. Membership with HSLDA is an investment in the future that can be passed on to future generations of families wanting to teach their children at home. More reasons to join HSLDA... http://www.hslda.org/elink.asp?id=1944 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Legislative Update If you live in Illinois, Massachusetts, or Michigan, 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 September 7, 2010: 1. Homeschoolers Interrogated by Secret Police, Face Imprisonment 2. Escaping the Threat of Jail 3. County Asks Religiously Exempt Family for Evidence of Ability to Teach 4. We Read the Constitution 5. Follow HSLDA on Facebook 6. Student Photo Contest Results Posted 7. Student Video Contest Winners Announced 8. Internet Commercial Video Contest Open to All Ages 9. "Home School Heartbeat": College Advice from Homeschool Grads 10. Next week on HSLDA's @home e-vents... ---[ Homeschool Buyers Co-op ]---------------------------------------- School districts get volume discounts. Why not homeschoolers? Check out great discounts like 50% off Grammarlogues, an award-winning, easy, affordable way to teach grammar in grades 6-12. That and more are available at the link below. http://www.hslda.org/alink.asp?ID=261 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ..................................................................... 1. Botswana: Homeschoolers Interrogated by Secret Police, Face Imprisonment Please take action to support persecuted homeschoolers in Africa. Contact the Botswana Embassy and Office of the President of Botswana, and ask officials to protect the rights of these families. Read more about it at: http://www.hslda.org/elink.asp?id=9046 ..................................................................... 2. California: Escaping the Threat of Jail Family Protection Ministries, working in partnership with HSLDA, were instrumental in defeating a proposal that would have eliminated very important due process procedures in California's truancy laws. Read more about it at: http://www.hslda.org/elink.asp?id=9047 ..................................................................... 3. Virginia: County Asks Religiously Exempt Family for Evidence of Ability to Teach HSLDA helped a member family with their religious exemption from public school attendance when a public school representative made unauthorized demands. Read more about it at: http://www.hslda.org/elink.asp?id=9048 ..................................................................... 4. We Read the Constitution On Saturday, September 18, "We Read the Constitution" will be hosting hundreds of events across the country where the U.S. Constitution will be publicly read aloud. Please consider attending a reading event or perhaps hosting one. For more information: http://www.hslda.org/elink.asp?id=9049 ..................................................................... 5. Follow HSLDA on Facebook Join thousands of other fans as they receive up-to-date homeschooling news on Facebook. Read more about it at: http://www.hslda.org/elink.asp?id=9050 ..................................................................... 6. Student Photo Contest Results Posted Names of students who were selected as winners in the 2010 HSLDA photo contest have been posted. Contestants were asked to submit entries illustrating one of three proverbs, according to age group. Winning photos will be posted soon. View the winners: http://www.hslda.org/elink.asp?id=9064 ..................................................................... 7. Student Video Contest Winners Announced The results of HSLDA's inaugural student video competition are in! Students were asked to submit short videos according to a pair of themes--one per age group. Winners were then selected by an expert panel and by an online vote. View the winners: http://www.hslda.org/elink.asp?id=9051 ..................................................................... 8. Internet Commercial Video Contest Open to All Ages HSLDA is excited to announce our inaugural commercial video contest! Entries are being accepted through November 15. The purpose of this contest is to create a viable commercial for HSLDA. This contest differs from our student competitions in two main ways. Participation is open to a wider range of entrants and the prizes are more significant. For guidelines and entry form: http://www.hslda.org/elink.asp?id=9052 ..................................................................... 9. "Home School Heartbeat": College Advice from Homeschool Grads Ever wish someone who has been in your shoes would give you advice? Listen this week as homeschool grads share what they learned--and what they wish they'd learned--when they headed off to college for the first time! Gather your teens around as host Mike Farris interviews college grads who have tips for college preparation. Read more about it at: http://www.hslda.org/elink.asp?id=9053 HOMESCHOOLING IN THE NEWS Outside news items on home education ====================================================================== September 7: WorldNetDaily.com Parent-led, Home-based Education is Now Bordering on Mainstream in the U.S. http://www.hslda.org/elink.asp?id=9054 September 6: The Daily Gleaner, Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada Their Classroom is in the Kitchen http://www.hslda.org/elink.asp?id=9055 September 4: WorldNetDaily.com Judge Cites Homeschoolers for Violating U.N. Mandate http://www.hslda.org/elink.asp?id=9056 September 3: Ashe Mountain Times, Jefferson, North Carolina Ashe Homeschool Support Group Continues To Grow http://www.hslda.org/elink.asp?id=9057 September 3: Voice of America Education Begins at Home in Many U.S. Households http://www.hslda.org/elink.asp?id=9058 September 3: KYTX-TV Channel 19, Longview, Texas Homeschooling on the Rise in Texas http://www.hslda.org/elink.asp?id=9059 September 2: WOWK-TV Channel 13, Charleston, West Virginia Erasing the Divide Between Schoolwork, Play http://www.hslda.org/elink.asp?id=9060 > Links do not imply endorsement. ..................................................................... 10. Next week on HSLDA's @home e-vents... Are you ready to put a stop to the selfishness, pride, and disobedience in your life and household? Find out how in "Biblical Thinking and the Attitudes of Humility, Obedience, and Gratitude"! http://www.hslda.org/elink.asp?id=9061 Martha Peace, wife, mother, speaker, and author, will share 10 principles of thinking biblically and will help you apply those principles to develop humility, obedience, and gratitude in yourself and your family. Bring your questions and prepare to discover how biblical thinking can lead to biblical attitudes on Tuesday, September 14, @ 9:00 p.m. (ET). Does the thought of teaching Latin overwhelm you? Do you wonder whether Latin is that important to your child's education? Join us for answers and encouragement in "LATIN, the Secret Weapon of Successful Students." http://www.hslda.org/elink.asp?id=9062 Barbara Beers, veteran homeschooling mother, curriculum author, and speaker will show you how you can learn this important language along with your 5th-12th-grade students and teach them advanced English grammar at the same time! 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