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| Date: From: Subject: | 6/22/2011 5:06:57 PM Home School Legal Defense Association Bill to Send 6-Year-Olds to School Dies |
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====================================================================== H S L D A ' s W E E K L Y U P D A T E ====================================================================== ---------------------------------------------------------------------- -> "I saved my entire membership fee with one discount" "We've been a Liberty Mutual customer for over 12 years. We called and asked about our HSLDA member discount and they lowered our premium by approx $95 per year...coincidentally the same amount as our HSLDA annual membership fee. Thought you'd want to know!!'" More reasons to join HSLDA... http://www.hslda.org/elink.asp?id=1107 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Legislative Update If you live in Connecticut, Hawaii, Indiana, New Hampshire, New York, Oregon, Rhode Island, or Washington, 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 June 22, 2011: 1. Bill to Send 6-Year-Olds to School Dies 2. Driver's Ed Snag Resolved with Waiver 3. School District Demands Birth Date, Grade 4. The iGovern Experience: Read An Eyewitness Report 5. Did You Get the Free Download? 6. 2010 Commercial Video Contest Winners 7. Now Available! Class of 2012 T-shirts! 8. Photo Contest Coming Soon 9. Special Pre-order Price for Constitutional Literacy with Dr. Farris 10. Christmas Card Contest 11. "Home School Heartbeat": The Faithful Parent 12. Currently Featured on HSLDA's @home e-vents... ---[ Biola Youth Academics Offers Online Courses ]-------------------- Biola Youth Academics offers academically rigorous and biblically centered courses for junior high and high school home educated students online and at site locations throughout southern California. Enroll your student today at Biola Youth Academics at the link below! http://www.hslda.org/alink.asp?ID=367 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ..................................................................... 1. Connecticut: Bill to Send 6-Year-Olds to School Dies Legislation that would have eliminated a parent's right to determine whether a 6-year-old must attend school died when the Connecticut General Assembly adjourned. Read more about it: http://www.hslda.org/elink.asp?id=11573 ..................................................................... 2. Illinois: Driver's Ed Snag Resolved with Waiver HSLDA's expertise helped a member family apply state law to have their daughter enrolled in public school driver's education. Read more about it: http://www.hslda.org/elink.asp?id=11574 ..................................................................... 3. Virginia: School District Demands Birth Date, Grade When a family's notice of intent to the local public school district provoked a request for extra information, HSLDA stepped in. Read more about it: http://www.hslda.org/elink.asp?id=11575 ..................................................................... 4. The iGovern Experience: Read an Eyewitness Report Generation Joshua is proud to recruit many of its staff and volunteers from the student body of Patrick Henry College. One such student, Nick Barden, a GenJ alumnus, wrote an excellent article covering our iGovern East Leadership Camp here at Patrick Henry College. Read his review: http://www.hslda.org/elink.asp?id=11576 You can register your student for an awesome week of politics and adventure at iGovern West this August! http://www.hslda.org/elink.asp?id=11577 ..................................................................... 5. Did You Get the Free Download? Don't miss out--go here now and get our free helpful information just for HSLDA members, to help you homeschool...It's a free guide that tells you all about online learning called, "All about Online Learning--and How to Know that It's Right for You." Because online learning is becoming so widespread and mainstream for homeschooling families today, it pays to be up on how it works--so that you can find out if any form of online learning is right for your child. Click here now and get it... http://www.hslda.org/elink.asp?id=11578 ..................................................................... 6. 2010 Commercial Video Contest Winners Last year, for the first time, we asked filmmakers to produce original videos advertising HSLDA. The results were amazing. Two winners emerged - one selected by a panel of critics, the other by viewers. View the top entries: http://www.hslda.org/elink.asp?id=11579 ..................................................................... 7. Now Available! Class of 2012 T-shirts! Let your student celebrate in style all year with our unique t-shirts designed just for the 2012 homeschool graduate! Order now: http://www.hslda.org/elink.asp?id=11580 ..................................................................... 8. Photo Contest Coming Soon Beginning July 1, homeschool students may submit entries to the 2011 HSLDA Photo Contest. This year's competition offers each age group a choice of themes. And, as always, cash prizes will be awarded. For details and contest guidelines: http://www.hslda.org/elink.asp?id=11581 ..................................................................... 9. Special Pre-order Price for Constitutional Literacy with Dr. Farris The Constitution was formed by the authority of "We the People," and it was expected from the nation's very beginning that the people themselves would enforce the sworn duty of every leader to preserve, protect, and defend the Constitution. Join Michael Farris as he walks through the constitutional history and legal theory that are essential to American self-government. Pre-order discount ends July 1. View the trailer! http://www.hslda.org/elink.asp?id=11582 ..................................................................... 10. Christmas Card Contest Every year the Home School Foundation sends Christmas Cards to widows who have received assistance from the Foundation. HSF is hosting a special contest to give homeschoolers an opportunity to design the artwork for the Christmas greeting card. For contest guidelines: http://www.hslda.org/elink.asp?id=11583 ..................................................................... 11. "Home School Heartbeat": The Faithful Parent Parenting itself is a challenging but life-changing process. Once you add in the responsibilities of homeschooling, what does it look like to be faithful to such a tremendous calling? This week on "Home School Heartbeat," Mike Farris talks with Martha Peace about how to grow in faith and strength as a godly parent to teach your children. Read more about it at: http://www.hslda.org/elink.asp?id=11584 HOMESCHOOLING IN THE NEWS Outside news items on home education ====================================================================== June 20: Wyoming Tribune Eagle, Cheyenne, Wyoming Homeschoolers: Summer Vacation Still in Demand http://www.hslda.org/elink.asp?id=11585 June 19: Hindustan Times, Mumbai, India "School is an Artificial Social Environment" http://www.hslda.org/elink.asp?id=11586 June 19: Columbia Daily Tribune, Columbia, Missouri Dad Helps Son Overcome Steep Odds http://www.hslda.org/elink.asp?id=11587 June 18: Pine Journal, Cloquet, Minnesota Homeschool? Making the Choice http://www.hslda.org/elink.asp?id=11588 June 18: The New York Times, New York, New York After Homeschooling, Pomp and Traditional Circumstances http://www.hslda.org/elink.asp?id=11589 June 17: The Tennessean, Nashville, Tennessee Self-employed Homeschool Mom Gardens and Creates http://www.hslda.org/elink.asp?id=11590 June 13: Riverside Community College District, Riverside, California Mother, Daughter Graduate from Riverside City College Together http://www.hslda.org/elink.asp?id=11591 June 13: Fox News Homeschooling: Right Choice for Your Child? http://www.hslda.org/elink.asp?id=11592 > Links do not imply endorsement. ..................................................................... 12. Currently Featured on HSLDA's @home e-vents... Upcoming E-vents: The Supportive Homeschool Dad: How to Have a Presence in Your Absence--Derek Carter http://www.hslda.org/elink.asp?id=11593 Confessions of a Homeschool Dad: Homeschooling for Heaven, not Harvard--Jim Mason, Esq., HSLDA Senior Counsel http://www.hslda.org/elink.asp?id=11594 How to Homeschool in Florida--Thomas J. (Tj) Schmidt, Esq., HSLDA Staff Attorney http://www.hslda.org/elink.asp?id=11595 On-Demand E-vents: A Prodigal Speaks--Carol Barnier http://www.hslda.org/elink.asp?id=11596 If you have any questions, please visit http://www.hslda.org/elink.asp?id=11597 or contact the @home e-vent team by emailing athome@hslda.org. FEATURED HSLDA PerX - Mindsprinting ====================================================================== MINDsprinting, a proven, K-12 tutoring program (Math/Reading Comprehension) that assigns lessons you print from the Internet. Easy-to-use. With your HSLDA discount: only $12.50 per month/subject. 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