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| Date: From: Subject: | 2/22/2011 4:42:29 PM Home School Legal Defense Association HSLDA's Weekly Update--Mike Farris Warns of Coming Persecution |
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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 Kentucky, Minnesota, Montana, New Hampshire, New Mexico, New York, North Dakota, South Dakota, West Virginia, or Wyoming, 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 February 22, 2011: 1. Mike Farris Warns of Coming Persecution 2. 6-Year-Old Hauled to Psych Ward 3. Do You Know a Widow in Need? 4. New! Class of 2011 T-shirts! 5. High School Life Skills Resources and Checklist 6. You CAN Homeschool! Seminar 7. Home School Heartbeat Now Podcasting! 8. Financial Literacy Challenge Deadline Approaching 9. Bible Bee Can Draw People to Your Church 10. Could Your Teen Fix the Budget Deficit? 11. "Home School Heartbeat": Curricular Relief from the Home School Foundation 12. Coming up on HSLDA's @home e-vents... ---[ Introducing: The Family Business Pack ]-------------------------- 7 DVDs and over 14 hours of premier business training to help build a family business. Watch the preview online! http://www.hslda.org/alink.asp?ID=333 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ..................................................................... 1. Mike Farris Warns of Coming Persecution In an interview with Baptist Press, HSLDA Chairman Michael Farris details trends that bode ill for homeschool freedom in America and abroad. Read more about it at: http://www.hslda.org/elink.asp?id=10392 ..................................................................... 2. Parental Rights: 6-Year-Old Hauled to Psych Ward According to an article at Today.com last week, a little boy's Los Angeles school sent him to the psychiatric ward against his mom's wishes. Anxiety over his dad's deployment to Iraq led the boy to "[draw] a violent picture and [write] that he wanted to die," which prompted the school's reaction. Read more about it at: http://www.hslda.org/elink.asp?id=10409 ..................................................................... 3. Home School Foundation: Do You Know a Widow in Need? March 1 opens spring enrollment for HSF's Widows Fund. If you are a homeschooling widow or widower, or know someone who is, please contact us to find out how we can help. This fund enables widows and widowers to continue homeschooling by helping them with the cost of curriculum and sometimes other emergency needs. Find out more: http://www.hslda.org/elink.asp?id=10393 Contact HSF: http://www.hslda.org/elink.asp?id=10394 ..................................................................... 4. New! Class of 2011 T-shirts! Let your student commemorate his or her achievement in style with one of HSLDA's original Class of 2011 T-shirts! We've got one for the guys and one for the girls! Order now! http://www.hslda.org/elink.asp?id=10395 ..................................................................... 5. High School Life Skills Resources and Checklist Make the most of the teen years by teaching your teens important life skills. We've put together resources and a checklist to give you a jump start. Read more about it at: http://www.hslda.org/elink.asp?id=10396 ..................................................................... 6. You CAN Homeschool! Seminar "Teaching at Home: Basics and Beyond for Struggling Learners and Toddlers to 'Tweens" will be held Saturday, March 12, 2011, from 9:00 a.m.-4:30 p.m. at Patrick Henry College in Purcellville, Virginia. The seminar includes four general sessions and 12 workshops, plus Q&A sessions. Lunch is provided. Learn more and register: http://www.hslda.org/elink.asp?id=10397 ..................................................................... 7. "Home School Heartbeat" Now Podcasting! HSLDA's "Home School Heartbeat" radio broadcast is now available as a podcast that you can listen to on your MP3 player anywhere and anytime. You can subscribe either through iTunes or via an RSS Feed. Learn more: http://www.hslda.org/elink.asp?id=10398 ..................................................................... 8. Financial Literacy Challenge Deadline Approaching The U.S. Department of the Treasury and the U.S. Department of Education will be offering their 2011 National Financial Capability Challenge March 7-April 8. Read more about it at: http://www.hslda.org/elink.asp?id=10399 ..................................................................... 9. Bible Bee Can Draw People to Your Church Is your church friendly enough to help people participate in The National Bible Bee Family Discipleship Program? It's a wonderful way for you to attract Bible-believing families in your area to your church this summer! Details on how you can make it happen are available online. Read more about it at: http://www.hslda.org/elink.asp?id=10400 ..................................................................... 10. Could Your Teen Fix the Budget Deficit? President Obama's recently released budget projects a $7.2 trillion deficit. Think your child could do better? At this year's iGovern summer leadership camp, Generation Joshua students will have the chance to learn from nationally acclaimed leaders what our Founders thought about federal budgets, and then draft and vote on their own federal budget. Read more about it at: http://www.hslda.org/elink.asp?id=10410 ..................................................................... 11. "Home School Heartbeat": Curricular Relief from the Home School Foundation Can you still homeschool if you can't afford to buy expensive curriculum? The Home School Foundation's Curriculum Relief Fund is working to make sure that the answer to that question is "Yes!" for every family. This week on the program, HSLDA President Mike Smith talks with Elizabeth Smith and two families who received grants from the Foundation. Find out how becoming part of the Foundation's work can bless you and others! Read more about it at: http://www.hslda.org/elink.asp?id=10401 HOMESCHOOLING IN THE NEWS Outside news items on home education ====================================================================== February 21: The Times Record, Brunswick, Maine Homeschoolers Launch First Science Fair http://www.hslda.org/elink.asp?id=10402 February 19: The Beacon-News, Aurora, Illinois Homeschool Families Fight State Registration http://www.hslda.org/elink.asp?id=10403 February 18: Fox News Illinois Homeschooling Bill Tabled--But Fight Far From Over http://www.hslda.org/elink.asp?id=10404 > Links do not imply endorsement. ..................................................................... 12. Coming up on HSLDA's @home e-vents... Helping Women Become Godly Mothers--Martha Peace http://www.hslda.org/elink.asp?id=10405 When They Come Knocking: How to Handle Social Worker Contacts--Mike Donnelly http://www.hslda.org/elink.asp?id=10406 How to Use the Scriptures in Child Training, Part II--Lou Priolo http://www.hslda.org/elink.asp?id=10407 Don't Forget--Buy 2, Get 1 Free! There are just a few more days to take advantage of our Buy 2, Get 1 Free offer! Until Monday, February 28, 2011, register for three e-vents and receive one of those three e-vents absolutely free. Just enter JumpStart2011 when registering, click "Apply Coupon," and enjoy your free e-vent! If you have any questions, please visit http://www.hslda.org/elink.asp?id=10408 or contact the @home e-vent team by emailing athome@hslda.org. FEATURED HSLDA PerX - National Driver Training Institute ====================================================================== Twenty-five dollars off this parent taught driver education program. 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