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| Date: From: Subject: | 1/4/2011 4:15:55 PM Home School Legal Defense Association HSLDA's Weekly Update--Over 2 Million Children are Homeschooled |
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====================================================================== H S L D A ' s W E E K L Y U P D A T E ====================================================================== ---------------------------------------------------------------------- -> Who's knocking on your door? When a social service worker arrives at your door, tension can run high. Wouldn't it be nice to get your lawyer on the phone, providing you with immediate step-by-step guidance? More reasons to join HSLDA... http://www.hslda.org/elink.asp?id=1099 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Legislative Update If you live in 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 January 4, 2011: 1. Over 2 Million Children are Homeschooled 2. Resolutions You Can Make to Preserve Parental Rights 3. Home School Foundation: Thank You from 2010 4. Art Contest Now Accepting Entries 5. Constitutional Law Online Deadline Extended 6. Still Time to Bid on Homeschool Art 7. Prospective Student Days at Patrick Henry College 8. "Home School Heartbeat": A Decade in Review 9. Next week on HSLDA's @home e-vents... ---[ College Credit for High School Students ]------------------------ Patrick Henry College Preparatory Academy offers AP courses with a Christian worldview. HSLDA members receive a large discount. View the PHC Prep course lineup today! http://www.hslda.org/alink.asp?ID=297 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ..................................................................... 1. Over 2 Million Children are Homeschooled In a new study released today the National Home Education Research Institute estimates there were over 2 million children being homeschooled in the United States in 2010. Read more about it at: http://www.hslda.org/elink.asp?id=9932 ..................................................................... 2. Resolutions You Can Make to Preserve Parental Rights Welcome to 2011! As this exciting year begins, many of you have made resolutions regarding how you will live differently. Here are four more commitments you can make to preserve parental rights in 2011 and beyond. Read more about it at: http://www.hslda.org/elink.asp?id=9915 ..................................................................... 3. Home School Foundation: Thank You from 2010 We help some of the most amazing families at HSF. For everyone who has prayed or given to help support our mission, here are thank-yous from families helped in 2010. Watch the video: http://www.hslda.org/elink.asp?id=9916 ..................................................................... 4. Art Contest Now Accepting Entries HSLDA's 2011 Student Art Contest is accepting entries through February 1. There are three themes corresponding to three age groups, each with prizes. Profits benefit fellow homeschoolers through the Home School Foundation. Contest guidelines: http://www.hslda.org/elink.asp?id=9917 ..................................................................... 5. Constitutional Law Online Deadline Extended Students now have until January 10 to register for the spring semester of Constitutional Law Online, taught by Michael Farris, Chairman of Home School Legal Defense Association and Chancellor of Patrick Henry College. If you've always wanted to learn more about the history and background of our legal system, from a biblical perspective, or if you're looking for a good U.S. government class for your homeschooled students, then this class is for you! This internet-based course follows Michael Farris' textbook, "Constitutional Law for Enlightened Citizens," and uses a computer-based audio CD to deliver the "classroom" lectures. Live chat-room discussions held every two weeks allow students to pose questions to Dr. Farris. To learn more and to register: http://www.hslda.org/elink.asp?id=9918 ..................................................................... 6. Still Time to Bid on Homeschool Art Last year's HSLDA art contest finalists were given the option to donate their artwork to an auction to benefit the Home School Foundation. Several students have graciously donated their work, and we're excited to be able to offer their pieces to you! Contributions to HSF for the artwork are tax deductible and will go to support the special needs fund. View artwork and begin bidding at: http://www.hslda.org/elink.asp?id=9894 ..................................................................... 7. Prospective Student Days at Patrick Henry College This spring, Patrick Henry College invites students and their families to experience the College at a Prospective Student Day. Interact with students and professors, hear from College leaders, visit chapel, observe class lectures, and learn about the College's unique academic and extracurricular opportunities. We hope to see you on campus this spring! Learn more: http://www.hslda.org/elink.asp?id=9931 ..................................................................... 8. "Home School Heartbeat": A Decade in Review So, we all know there were big battles to fight in the "old days" of homeschooling, but what has been happening in the last ten years? Listen in as Mike Farris and Mike Smith discuss trials and triumphs of the past decade, as well as what the future holds for homeschoolers, on this week's "Home School Heartbeat." Read more about it at: http://www.hslda.org/elink.asp?id=9919 HOMESCHOOLING IN THE NEWS Outside news items on home education ====================================================================== January 2: Chicago Tribune, Chicago, Illinois African-Americans Choosing to Homeschool http://www.hslda.org/elink.asp?id=9920 December 31: News-Times, Danbury, Connecticut Homeschooled New Milford Seventh-Grader Wins National NASA Essay Contest http://www.hslda.org/elink.asp?id=9921 December 30: The Houston Chronicle, Houston, Texas Texas Teen's Knowledge of Bible Lands Her Recognition--and $20,000 http://www.hslda.org/elink.asp?id=9922 December 28: WIS-TV Channel 10, Columbia, South Carolina Study: Homeschooling Becoming More Popular http://www.hslda.org/elink.asp?id=9923 December 26: The Virginian-Pilot, Norfolk, Virginia Chesapeake Sees Spike in Homeschooled Students http://www.hslda.org/elink.asp?id=9924 December 21: The Jersey Journal, Jersey City, New Jersey 8-year-old Jersey City Boy is Doing All He Can to Save His Local Library http://www.hslda.org/elink.asp?id=9927 December 18: The Atlantic The Bible Bee: Where the Word Becomes Sport http://www.hslda.org/elink.asp?id=9928 > Links do not imply endorsement. ..................................................................... 9. Next week on HSLDA's @home e-vents... This year, develop positive, lifelong relationships with your children through the power of the tongue. In "Blessing Your Children with Words of Praise," http://www.hslda.org/elink.asp?id=9929 HSLDA President Mike Smith uses James 3:1-10 as a model to help you use words to edify and build up your children. Join us on Thursday, January 13, @ 9:00 p.m. (ET) as Mike explains how your children can experience your words not as a form of rejection, but as a blessing. Jumpstart Your New Year: Buy Two e-vents, Get One Free! To help you start 2011 off right, HSLDA is pleased to offer you a special discount from now through February 28, 2011! Receive access to a free e-vent--live or archived--with the purchase of two other e-vents when you input our special coupon code. Using the coupon is easy: when registering for three e-vents on your Shopping Cart page, enter the coupon code JumpStart2011 for only one of the three e-vents, click "Apply Coupons," and the lowest priced e-vent will become free. Please note that the code can only be used once per account. This offer is only good through February 28, 2011, so hurry to http://www.hslda.org/elink.asp?id=9930 and get your e-vents now! If you have any questions, please contact the @home e-vent team at Athome@hslda.org. FEATURED HSLDA PerX - Hunter HomeSchool ====================================================================== HomeSchool Minder is the complete, affordable, and easy-to-use software solution for organizing your homeschool. HomeSchool Minder provides you with a secure, reliable, and intuitive place to easily create and store records, grades, calendars, assignments, lesson plans, and transcripts for all of your students. Special pricing is available for HSLDA Members. 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