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| Date: From: Subject: | 6/28/2011 4:53:04 PM Home School Legal Defense Association UN: Put Parents on Trial |
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====================================================================== H S L D A ' s W E E K L Y U P D A T E ====================================================================== ---------------------------------------------------------------------- -> Remember the last time you wrote a term paper? Research can be grueling-digging through archives, wading through articles, conducting interviews. But if it's related to homeschooling, you can relax a little. There's a good chance that you'll find what you're looking for in HSLDA's bimonthly Home School Court Report. Providing in-depth, insightful articles on much of what affects the world of homeschoolers, the Court Report is a must-read for the serious homeschooler. This publication is provided free to each HSLDA member. More reasons to join HSLDA... http://www.hslda.org/elink.asp?id=1933 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Legislative Update If you live in Connecticut, Maine, 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 28, 2010: 1. Latest UN Proposal Would Put Parents on Trial 2. Daytime Curfew Defeated 3. Earn Civics Credits at Camp 4. School Districts Impose Additional Portfolio Review Requirements 5. Homeschool Law Significantly Improved 6. Census "Mysteries" Explained 7. High School: Study Abroad Resources 8. Bless a Widow with Your Art--Deadline Approaching 9. Free, for You and Your Family 10. Photo Contest Starts This Week 11. Last Chance to Pre-order Constitutional Literacy with Dr. Farris 12. PHC Teen Leadership Camps Filling up Fast 13. "Home School Heartbeat": Water Wells for Africa 14. Next week 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=369 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ..................................................................... 1. Latest UN Proposal Would Put Parents on Trial The United Nations is creating a new mechanism that forthrightly allows children to "sue" their parents and haul them before the UN Committee in Geneva. Read more about it at: http://www.hslda.org/elink.asp?id=11631 ..................................................................... 2. Illinois: Daytime Curfew Defeated Freedom-loving homeschoolers worked with HSLDA to help defeat a proposed daytime curfew in their town. Read more about it at: http://www.hslda.org/elink.asp?id=11619 ..................................................................... 3. GenJ's iGovern West: High School Civics Credits for Your Students Do you have a plan for how your children will meet their high school civics requirements? How about registering them for Generation Joshua's iGovern Leadership Camp? At iGovern they will be immersed in a fun, educational experience that teaches American government and Christian leadership. Your student will earn a high school credit in government during our weeklong camp in Colorado this August. Regular registration closes in two weeks, so don't delay. Register today! http://www.hslda.org/elink.asp?id=11621 ..................................................................... 4. Pennsylvania: School Districts Impose Additional Portfolio Review Requirements Close to the end of the 2010-11 school year, two member families called on Home School Legal Defense Association for assistance when their school districts attempted to impose unauthorized requirements on their portfolio reviews. Read more about it at: http://www.hslda.org/elink.asp?id=11620 ..................................................................... 5. Tennessee: Homeschool Law Significantly Improved Governor Bill Haslam has signed into law House Bill 1631, which makes significant improvements to Tennessee's homeschool law. Read more about it at: http://www.hslda.org/elink.asp?id=11622 ..................................................................... 6. Wisconsin: Census "Mysteries" Explained HSLDA pledges to protect members from any attempt by officials to obtain information to which they are not entitled. Read more about it at: http://www.hslda.org/elink.asp?id=11623 ..................................................................... 7. High School: Study Abroad Resources The teen years often bring a zest for travel. It is possible to couple this desire with academic studies especially motivating your teens to enjoy learning. From language immersion experiences (for the student or the entire family) to exchange student programs, to short-term mission trips, opportunities abound. For more information: http://www.hslda.org/elink.asp?id=11624 ..................................................................... 8. Bless a Widow with Your Art--Deadline Approaching Every Christmas the Home School Foundation sends Christmas cards to homeschooling widows it has helped. Your art or photo could be the cover! These cards brighten the holidays for widows and their families across the country. Submission deadline is August 1. Entrants must be homeschool teachers or students ages 15 and up. One woman just wrote us: "As a widow, I noticed a drop in the amount of Christmas cards that were delivered to our house that first Christmas alone. When you lose your spouse, you also lose contact with a group of people that were friends of your husband. Celebrating a holiday without Dad is difficult, but receiving Christmas cards helps to brighten the house and it helps knowing that others are thinking of you. Thank you for making HSF's Christmas cards special." For more details: http://www.hslda.org/elink.asp?id=11625 ..................................................................... 9. Free, for You and Your Family Right now, PHC Prep Academy is giving away another great help for you and your high school student: Go here now and get the free download, "The Top 10 Tips for Developing a Thesis Statement." It's an actual document from the AP English Language and Composition course--completely free for you, as something you can use in any of your coursework in your homeschool, both now and in the future. Click here and get it now: http://www.hslda.org/elink.asp?id=11626 ..................................................................... 10. Photo Contest Starts This Week 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=11627 ..................................................................... 11. Last Chance to Pre-order 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=11628 ..................................................................... 12. PHC Teen Leadership Camps Filling up Fast While you still can, sign up now to enjoy summer Teen Leadership Camps at Patrick Henry College. Each applies a biblical worldview to the issues of today through exciting classroom sessions, historic field trips, creative challenges, and camp camaraderie. Camps are being offered in debate, art, music, drama, leadership, constitutional law and journalism--and much more! To learn more or to register: http://www.hslda.org/elink.asp?id=11629 ..................................................................... 13. "Home School Heartbeat": Water Wells for Africa How can you teach your children to have a heart for others as part of homeschooling? This week on "Home School Heartbeat," Mike Smith talks to Kurt Dahlin about his organization Water Wells for Africa and how he used it as a teaching tool to get his homeschooled kids excited about and involved in missions. Read more about it at: http://www.hslda.org/elink.asp?id=11630 HOMESCHOOLING IN THE NEWS Outside news items on home education ====================================================================== June 23: News-Democrat, Belleville, Illinois Curfew Plan Might be Scrapped after Opposition from Homeschooling Parents http://www.hslda.org/elink.asp?id=11632 June 23: Associated Press Homeschool Athletes Lose a Bid in Memphis http://www.hslda.org/elink.asp?id=11633 June 22: The New American Uncle Sam Wants Your Child in His National Database http://www.hslda.org/elink.asp?id=11634 June 22: The Daily Herald, Columbia, Tennessee Homeschooler Chosen as Chair of Dairy Month http://www.hslda.org/elink.asp?id=11635 > Links do not imply endorsement. ..................................................................... 14. Currently Featured on HSLDA's @home e-vents... Telling the Whole Story: Incorporating African-American History into Your Curriculum--Wanda Gibert http://www.hslda.org/elink.asp?id=11636 Employable You: Preparing High Schoolers for the Job Hunt--Alan Hudson http://www.hslda.org/elink.asp?id=11637 How to Homeschool in Florida--HSLDA Staff Attorney Thomas J. (Tj) Schmidt http://www.hslda.org/elink.asp?id=11638 How to Homeschool in Wisconsin--HSLDA Senior Counsel Scott Woodruff http://www.hslda.org/elink.asp?id=11639 If you have any questions, please visit http://www.hslda.org/elink.asp?id=11640 or contact the @home e-vent team by emailing athome@hslda.org. FEATURED HSLDA PerX - God' s World News ====================================================================== 15% Discount on the only weekly, full-color papers that give kids a Christian viewpoint on the news – like WORLD Magazine. Four reading levels grades PreK - 9. 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